People shocked after learning Sean Paul doesn't actually say Sean de Paul in any of his songs

What would a Sean Paul song be without his iconic intro?

I don't even need to say it - you'll already know what it is.

We've all heard Paul's raps, and a lot of us would've probably attempted them during karaoke, but in the intro to his songs he always says 'Sean da Paul' doesn't he? No.

Unlike Jason Derulo, DJ Khalid and other famous artists, Paul doesn't actually sing/rap his name.

Legendary rapper revealed what he actually says at the start of his songs. (Araya Doheny/Getty Images for Revolve)

The trademark introduction which he spits at such speeds it becomes impossible to comprehend, actually is a reference to cricket - which Paul, I'm guessing, is a fan of.

Cricket, famously known as 'a gentlemen's game'.

Now, I'm not saying Mr Paul is not a gentleman, I'm simply stating facts that the traditional game was created in the 16th century and was played by the upper class - rapping would not have typically fallen into that category.

While he certainly does in the modern day, where does the connection between the two come from.

Well, bizarrely enough there is one.

So what is Sean da Paul actually saying?

Well, during an interview with Vice, the 51-year-old revealed that the true meaning behind the tagline we hear in his greatest songs like 'Temperature', 'Like Glue' and 'Get Down', isn't actually what we think we're hearing.

After you've read this article, next time he gets you to sing in the crowd you WILL know the lyrics. (Astrida Valigorsky/WireImage)

Explaining what he says to the publication in 2022 - more than two decades on from releasing his first album, he said: "There was a famous cricketer in Trinidad, Shivarine Chanderpaul.

"Everybody was like, 'Chanderpaul', and yo, that name stuck. And then I just started to say it at shows and met the dude Chanderpaul years later, and he's like, 'Yo!'.

"But yeah, big up to Shivarine Chanderpaul."

So there you go, a bit of music trivia for you - surely this will come up in a music round of a pub quiz, and if it does then you're welcome.

This revelation is something that some fans have began to catch on to, as one social media user wrote on X that he'd always thought that the singer was giving a 'weird tribute' to Chanderpaul - a theory which was readily dismissed by others until he located this very interview.

So the next time you attempt karaoke, you can at least get the introduction to the song right now... before you start babbling and saying the odd word at the end of each verse!