Nickname Songtext
von Bobby Rush

You see, everybody in the world got a nickname
You may not admit it, but
You got a nickname

Like Slim, Red, T.T., Laylee, Dee Dee
Foots, Heads, Face, Eyes
You got a nickname
See, I got a nickname
I wanna tell you about it right here

My daddy call me Junior
′Cause I'm named after him
See, my momma call me Screen Bean
′Cause I'm tall and kind of thin

I don't know
Just who to blame
But everybody I know
Got a nickname, yeah
Everybody got a nickname


You may not admit it, wow wow
But I know it′s true
Every lady I know
Got a nickname too

Like Lil Bill and Penny
Shorter and Skinny Minnie
Red and Slim
And all of them

I don′t know
Just who to blame
Everybody I know
Got a nickname
Oh! Everybody got a nickname

Once there was a lil old lady, ah-ha
Who lived in a shoe, ow-ow-ow-ow-ow
She had so many kids
She didn't know what to do

You see, the lil old lady
Was so name confused
She had to nickname the kids
To tell who is who


I don′t know
Just who to blame
But everybody I know
Got a nickname

(Everybody's got a nickname)
Everybody′s got a nickname
(Everybody's got a nickname)
Well, well, well, well, well
(Everybody′s got a nickname)
Pee-Wee, Poo-poo, Bobo and Tutu
(Everybody's got a nickname)
Sparky, Spanky, Spooky and Speedy
(Everybody's got a nickname)
Well, well, well, Jo-Jo, Jabo, Fish and Coco
(Everybody′s got a nickname)
Slim, Salt, Butter Bone, Fuzz

I don′t know
Just who to blame
But everybody I know
Got a nickname
Well, well, well, well, well, everybody's got a nickname, yeah

Leroy Brown from Arkansas
Everybody called him Itty Bitty Spark
Flat Foot Sam, back in a jam
Changed his name to Boots
Was size 18 shoe
Nicknamed Foots, well, well, well, well, well, well

I don′t know
Just who to blame
But everybody I know
Got a nickname
(Everybody's got a nickname)

Well, well, well, got a nickname
(Everybody′s got a nickname)
Pee Wee
(Everybody's got a nickname)
Laylee and Dee-Dee
(Everybody′s got a nickname)
Babba, Face
(Everybody's got a nickname)
Talkin' ′bout a nickname
(Everybody′s got a nickname)
I want everybody get together
Come on, gimme some of that soul power, now
Everybody