[ VERSE 1 ]

I used to be in love with this guy named Sam

I don't know why, cause he had the head like that of a clam

But you couldn't tell me nothin, cause Sam was number one

Cause to me, oh my gosh, he was one in a million

I shoulda knew the consequences right from the start

That he'd use me for my money, and then break my heart

But like a fool in love I fell for his game

But I got mine, so I show no shame

In Empire winked his eye, and then he kept walkin

And all of those who live in Brooklyn know just what I'm talkin

The roller disco where we all used to go

Just to have some fun back in 1981

You know the place, Empire Boulevard

Is where I first saw the nigga, and he tried to play hard

But I knew the deal, cause I knew his brother Jerry

And Sam, he just broke up with his girlfriend Terry

So Jerry introduced Sam and I that night