U Don't Know Me
Kid Rock Lyrics

Here here we go from Japan to Romeo
It's time to tell my story, and I'm taking you on a journey from Japan to Romeo

My flow is slow and it's ya know my first time on radio
Although my flow is slow, this is my first time on the radio and I'm about to tell it like it is

Now some say I'm foul, some say I'm wild, and that all might be true
I've been called foul and wild, and to some extent, that might be true

But it did not happen overnight, so let me tell my tale to you
My success didn't happen overnight, so let me tell you how it all started

It started out when I was six just tellin' dirty jokes, my mother overheard and washed my mouth out with soap
I started telling dirty jokes at the age of six, and my mother was not pleased about it

Now as I grew I always knew what it was for me to do, never front just be blunt and always tell the truth
Growing up, I knew exactly what I wanted to do, which was to always tell the truth without pretending to be someone else

Never fake, I never act like something that I'm not, remember me I'm that foul-mouthed kid that lived around your block
I never like to fake anything or pretend to be someone I'm not - I'm just that foul-mouthed kid that used to live near you

You thought that I was crazy like a dog chasin' its tail, and by the time I turned of legal age I'd probably be in jail
People thought I was crazy, like a dog chasing its tail, and probably assumed I'd end up in jail once I turned 18

In school my teachers thought I was just a foul-mouthed freak, now their yearly salary is what I make in just one week
My teachers used to think I was a freak for being so foul-mouthed, but now I make more in a week than they do in a year

So to the people who used to say you think you know it all, maybe I do and maybe I don't but right now I'm standin tall
To those who thought they knew everything about me, I might know more than you think or maybe not, but either way, I'm standing tall

And you don't know me
Bottom line, you don't really know me

It's funny how one kid can cause so much confusion, parents should be happy I'm the dop their kids are using
It's ironic how one kid (me) could cause so much confusion, but parents should be happy that their kids are listening to my music

Now some people think this business is all fame and glory, but there's a flip side to that truth so let me kick my story
Some people think the music industry is all about fame and glory, but there's another side to that truth, so let me tell you my story

It took me oh so long to reach the point I'm at, every time I take one step forward they push me two steps back
It took me a long time to get where I am today, and every time I make progress, something happens that feels like two steps back

I give an inch they take a mile some try to cramp my style, they try to diss they shoot they miss, I walk off with a smile
Some people try to take advantage of me, or criticize me, but I just keep walking with a smile on my face

But time will pass and I'll outlast anyone who doubts me, and the booty-naked truth is you don't know shit about me
Time will pass, I'll keep going despite the doubters, and the plain and simple truth is that you don't really know anything about me

So when I'm in your town to nearest mic please kindly show me, so you can see what's really me and find out you don't know me
When I come to your town and perform, come see me and learn who I truly am and how much you don't actually know about me

'Cause you don't know me
Once again, you truly don't know me at all

Now you might want to party man so here's your party jam, hey girly in that skirt I want you just like Uncle Sam
If you want to party, then here's the song for you - I even have my eyes on that girl in the skirt, she's that irresistible

Let's knock boots, let's knock boots right down to the nitty-gritty, with every drink 'n every blink you seem to get more pretty
Let's get down to some serious action and don't hold back, and it's funny how with every drink and blink, she just gets more and more beautiful

So out the bar straight to my car now what's left to do, she was sayin' I love you so I said yeah I love you too (ha!)
We leave the bar and jump straight to my car, and she's proclaiming her love to me, to which I just reply with a casual 'I love you too' (ha!)

Next day I awoke I almost choked, who's bringin' me inside, my head was ringin' heard people singin', 'here comes the bride'
I woke up the next day feeling hazy, not sure how I got there and listening to people singing wedding tunes like something bad had happened

Thinkin' just what was I drinkin' as I looked around to see, the girl I met last night was at the altar waitin' on me
I look around to make sense of everything and realize that the girl I hooked up with the previous night is at the altar ready to get married to me

Next thing I know I'm face to face with holy matrimony, looked at that bitch and I quick screamed 'you don't know me...She didn't know me'
I'm now face to face with marriage and things just got real - and then I screamingly realize that the girl didn't even know the real me

Girls around this country think I'm nasty think I'm sexist, but they bought my first LP: You know Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast
Girls all over the country think I'm nasty and sexist, but they bought my first LP 'Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast'

Sayin' ooh your this and oooh your that uh uh uh hold up cutie, what's your favorite song off that LP? 'Ah, Wax That Booty'
Girls still criticize me but then admit to loving my music, and when I ask them about their favorite song from 'Grits Sandwiches for Breakfast' they usually say 'Wax That Booty'

A lesson taught, I know you thought my dirty raps were kinda funny, but close-minded people thought I was only out to make money
People who were open-minded found humor in my so-called dirty raps but those who weren't thought I was just in it for the money

But check on back 'cause it's a fact obscenity is no new thing, remember Chuck Berry and when he sang My Ding A Ling
It's a fact that obscene sexual references aren't new in music, and as evidence, one can recall Chuck Berry's 'My Ding A Ling'

But for me I feel what I see and I say just what I feel, and in this world everything I see you know is all too real
I observe, I feel, and I say what I truly think and mean, and everything I've seen and experienced has left me feeling like this world is all too real

Even though I don't look the same 'cause I cut off my flat top, I'll always say just what I feel 'cause that's the real Kid Rock...
Although I might not look the same (since I cut off my trademark flat top), I'll always speak my mind, regardless of the reactions, because that's who I truly am, Kid Rock

And you don't know me
Just so we're clear, YOU don't know me