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01 - INTRO Jay-Z: "The record that you made...That’s underground hip-hop with, with big sound... but with big, with big sound, ‘cause that’s what takes it over ‘cause the sound is so big. It’s an... that’s an underground hip-hop record. The richness of the music, in everything, I know it was gonna be something serious". 02 - REMEMBER THE NAME [FEATURING STYLES OF BEYOND] Mike: You ready? Let’s go! Yeah, for those of you that want to know what we’re all about It’s like this y’all c’mon This is 10% luck 20% skill 15% concentrated power of will 5% pleasure 50% pain And 100% reason to remember the name Mike: Mike He doesn’t need his name up in lights He just wants to be heard Whether it’s the beat or the mic He feels so unlike everybody else Alone / In spite of the fact that Some people still think that they know him But fuck ‘em / he knows the code It’s not about the salary It’s all about reality And making some noise Making a story / making sure his clique stays up That means when he puts it down Tak’s picking it up Let’s go Tak: Who the hell is he anyway? He never really talks much Never concerned with status But still leaving ‘em star struck Humbled through opportunities given Despite the fact that many misjudge him Because he makes a living from writing raps Put it together himself / now the picture connects Never asking for someone’s help Or to get some respect He’s only focused on what he wrote His will is beyond reach and now when it all untolds Trough the skill of an artist Ryu: This is 20% skill 80% beer Be 100% clear ‘cause Ryu is ill Who would have thought that he’d be the one To set The West in flames And I heard him wreck it with the Crystal Method "Name Of The Game" Came back, dropped Megadef Took ‘em to church I like “Bleach” man Ryu had the stupidest verse This dude is the truth Now everybody’s givin’ him guest spots His stock is through the roof I heard he’s fuckin’ with S-Dot This is 10% luck 20% skill 15% concentrated power of will 5% pleasure 50% pain And 100% reason to remember the name Ryu: They call him Ryu he’s sick And he’s spittin’ fire And Mike got him out the dryer / he’s hot Found him in Fort Minor with Tak What a fuckin’ nihilist Porcupine / he’s a prick / he’s a cock The type woman want to be with And rappers hope he get shot 8 years in the making Patiently waiting to blow Now the record with Shinoda’s taking over the globe He’s got a partner in crime his shit is equally dope You wont believe the kind of shit that comes out of this kid’s throat Tak: Tak / He’s not your every day on the block He knows how to work with what he’s got Making his way to the top He often gets a comment on his name People keep askin’ him was it given at birth Or does it stand for an acronym? / No He’s livin’ proof / got him rockin’ the booth He’ll get you buzzin’ quicker Than a shot of vodka with juice Him and his crew are known around as one of the best Dedicated to what they do and give a 100% Mike: Forget Mike, Nobody really knows how or why He works so hard / it seems like he’s never got time Because he writes every note and he writes every line And I’ve seen him at work when that light goes on in his mind It’s like a design is written in his head every time Before he even touches a key or speaks in a rhyme And those motherfuckers he runs with The kids that he signed Ridiculous, without even trying How do they do it? This is 10% luck 20% skill 15% concentrated power of will 5% pleasure 50% pain And 100% reason to remember the name Mike: Yeah Fort Minor M. Shinoda Styles of Beyond Ryu, Takbir Machine Shop 03 - RIGHT NOW [FEATURING BLACK THOUGHT OF THE ROOTS AND STYLES OF BEYOND] Mike: Someone right now / is leaving their apartment Looking down at the street and wondering where their car went Someone in a car is sitting at a signal In front of a restaurant / staring through the window at Someone right now with their finger in their teeth Who could use a little floss / right across the street there’s Somebody on the curb / who really needs a jacket But spent half the rent at a bar getting plastered Now he’s gotta walk / 14 blocks just to Work at a shop where he’s about to get fired Someone right now / is looking pretty tired Staring at a laptop / trying to get inspired as Somebody / living right across the street Just wrote the best thing that she’s written all week But her best friend is coughing up blood in the sink He can’t even think what happened / feeling so confused And he knows it looks bad but nothing he can do I wonder what it’s like to be right there in his shoes But Yo, I’m just taking it in Out the window of a hotel bedroom again Tomorrow I’ll be gone / I don’t know when I’ll be back But in this world everything can change just like that Like that Ryu: Somebody right now is dropping his vote inside a Box trying to not get shot in his throat for the act of freedom Right now / somebody’s stuck in Iraq Hoping that he gets shipped back breathing In a war but he’s not really sure the reasons So we show our support when the press mislead him Though we mourn / remain proud / salute the troops Get some / I know you boys got some work to do Tak: Meanwhile / right now someone’s 25-to-life-ing Standing on a corner with their thumb up hitchhiking Scratching off a lotto ticket hoping for a real winner Sneaking through the border just to work and eat a real dinner Right now someone wishes they were you and I Instead of second-guessing fatal thoughts of quiet suicide But right now I’m staring out the window at a fiend With holes in his arm and / holes in his jeans He pulled out a cigarette and sparked a light And walked right around the corner just out of my sight But Yo I’m just taking it in From a second storey hotel window again The TV’s on and my bags are packed But in this world everything can change just like that Like that Yo I’m just taking it in From a second storey hotel window again The TV’s on and my bags are packed But in this world everything can change just like that Like that Black Thought: Yeah / right now somebody’s sittin’ in the darkness Tryin’ to figure how to put some heat in the apartment but They got a little mattress / little carpet And they appreciate it ‘cause some people on a park bench You see ‘em rushing to get to the office Wife ride by ‘em when she comin’ home from the market Right now somebody comin’ out the pocket Tryin’ to dump that rock / they runnin’ round the block with Same time the cops is raisin’ the glock With aim to fill your legs and your back with some hot shit Right now somebody’s struggling to stop this Man that’s kicking and punching and cussing at the doctors Down the hall a child is takin’ its first breath The doctors ain’t even passed him to the nurse yet / yo I wonder if he understand what it’s worth yet Life / the time spent while we here on the earth yet The answers to the questions we all seek Can be found / it depend on how free y’all think Right now / it’s somebody who ain’t eat all week That would kill / for the shit you throw away in the street I guess one man’s trash is a next man’s treasure One man’s pain is a next man’s pleasure One says infinity the next say forever Right now / everybody got to / get it together man Uh I’m just taking it in In another strange hotel lobby again With my luggage on my back / I don’t know where I’m at I’m in a world where it all changes just like that Like that Mike: Yeah I’m just taking it in Out the window of a hotel bedroom again Tomorrow I’ll be gone / I don’t know when I’ll be back But in this world everything can change just like that Like that 04 - PETRIFIED Y'all are not, not, not Ready HO Not not ready HO We're gonna drop it steady so Do it like that Like that (like that).... Now why is everybody so petrified? WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! [x2] Yeah How you doin', y'all? My name is Mike. I'm fooling with the new shit I'm doing it all like I like what i do I do what i like I could quit and get it back like i'm riding a bike Like stop... ...bring it back, bring it back We got that balance keeping us on track That ya get what ya move and quit, wit no slow You stare like you don't care But you do it though I know You really must be so lonely Puffed up, lookin' tough, but so phony You and your boys, you don't know me You really wanna hold me show me, homie. Lets get it over with for good I got a friction addiction i wish you would Machine Shop rockin' when we step inside And we got everybody so petrified Now why is everybody so petrified? WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Listen you are not ready Like children in a building you can't stand steady It must be the beat so heavy Coz i panic attacks like a crack in the levy Give you that Rob or plant Dancing days are back Feeling all in the track and in fact For those knowing the name Of back with some brand new crap Who can do it like that? You really must be so lonely Puffed up, lookin' tough, but so phony You and your boys, you don't know me You really wanna hold me show me, homie. Tough talk doesn't mean a thing You know for yourself you know when we're up in a scene Its Machine Shop rockin' when we step inside And we got everybody so petrified Now why is everybody so petrified? WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Now why is everybody so petrified? WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Yall are not, not, not Ready HO Not not ready HO We're gonna drop it steady so Do it like that Like that (like that)... Yall are not, not, not Ready HO Not not ready HO We're gonna drop it steady so Do it like that Like that (like that)... Get UP Now why is everybody so petrified? WHAT? Petrified? WHAT? Step aside. And just drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! Drop that... COME ON! [x2] Like stop... ...Bring it back Bring it back We got that balance keeping us on track Like stop... ...Bring it back Bring it back We got that balance keeping us on track Like stop... ...Bring it back Bring it back We got that balance keeping us on track Like stop... ...Bring it back Bring it back We got that balance keeping us on track Stop...stop...stop...stop...stop...stop...stop...stop..[fades out] 'Chine Shop! shop...shop...shop [fades out] 05 - FEEL LIKE HOME [FEATURING STYLES OF BEYOND] Yeah Mike: These days are dark and the nights are cold People acting like they’ve lost their soul And everywhere I go I see another person like me Trying to make it all feel like home [x2] Mike: Standing on the bridge in the dark and I’m seeing my breath Trying to make it home without freezing to death And my grandfather’s face / stuck in my mind and how Seeing him tonight’s gonna be the last time I should’ve brought a jacket Blowing in my hands like it’s really gonna stop the chill I buy a cup of coffee with a five dollar bill / thinking Laying in that box people look so stiff At times like these you start thinking Your first breath in and the clock starts ticking I’m not trying to bum anyone out Not trying to be dramatic / just thinking it loud Some defence from the cold that I’m feeing outside and for a minute Escape with some rhythm and rhyme and Get away from the grey Just a bit of the time Ryu: Yeah / kinda funny how this world can treat you Like a freak in a sideshow / a carnival creature Climbing outta cans / I’m a diamond in the sand But you can’t tell the difference on a beach full of rhinestones My life’s trying to swallow a pinecone It’s tough when you live fast / just to die slow Talk to dial tones / my dreams are far fetched It seems / so I sleep underneath this park bench I know it don’t make sense And I don’t expect for you to know what it’s like Smoke / drink / piss / sniffing everything in my sight Push rocks in a pipe Liftoff / I keep puffin’ ‘till my lips turn white And my chest gets tight But who the fuck really cares / when you’re So far left that even death looks right All I can do is hope for the best and pray That it gets a little better than yesterday Chorus Tak: Yo pardon me / I think I’m next to url Too many problems going on / that’s why I left my girl Packed my bags and I travelled with a pen and my notepad Pissed that I was broke and all the things that I don’t have But still I try to find a way to escape From all the hate planted in my head which lead to mistakes But now I’m breathing the mold / see I was patient and calm Many sleep in the rain / but I’m awake in the storm Writing my life in a short film / The Rise and Fall How I managed to scorch hills / and climb the walls Pound pavement / aimless in this cold existence Even though thangs are changing / I’m going the distance Overcoming the doubt that had controlled her so long And put it all behind me / ‘cause life still goes on Now I’m much stronger and know where I stand While lost souls search over and over again Mike: These days are dark and the nights are cold People acting like they’ve lost their soul And everybody’s trying not to cry / trying to get by And trying not to feel out of control And if you look hard enough Sometimes you’ll find a place that might just remind you of home But if it doesn’t feel like home You can do what I do Just pretend you don’t feel so along Feel like home… 06 - WHERE’D YOU GO [FEATURING HOLLY BROOK AND JONAH MATRANGA] Holly: Where’d you go / I miss you so Seems like it’s been forever That you’ve been gone Mike: She said Some days I feel like shit / some days I wanna Quit / and just be normal for a bit I don’t understand why you have to always be gone I get along but the trips always feel so long / and I find myself trying to stay by the phone ‘Cause your voice always helps me to not feel so alone But I feel like an idiot working my day around a Call that that when I pick up I don’t have much to say / so I want you to know it’s a little fucked up / that I’m stuck here waiting At times debating telling you that I’ve had it with you And you career Me and the rest of the family here Singing where’d you go Holly: Where’d you go / I miss you so Seems like it’s been forever That you’ve been gone Where’d you go / I miss you so Seems like it’s been forever That you’ve been gone Please come back home… Mike: Come back home / you know that place where you used to live? Used to barbeque up burgers and ribs Used to have a little party every Halloween With candy by the pile But now you only stop by every once in a while [Shit] I find myself just filling my time With anything to keep the thought of you from my mind I’m doing fine / and I’m planning to keep it that way And you can call me if you find that you have something to say And I’ll tell you: I want you to know it’s a little fucked up / that I’m stuck here waiting At times debating telling you that I’ve had it with you And you career Me and the rest of the family here Singing where’d you go Holly: Where’d you go / I miss you so Seems like it’s been forever That you’ve been gone Where’d you go / I miss you so Seems like it’s been forever That you’ve been gone Please come back home… Mike: I want you to know it’s a little fucked up / that I’m stuck here waiting No longer debating Tired of sitting and hating and making these excuses For why you’re not around / and feeling so useless It seems one thing has been true all along You really don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone I guess I’ve had it with you and your career When you come back I won’t be here And you can sing it Holly: Where’d you go / I miss you so Seems like it’s been forever That you’ve been gone Where’d you go / I miss you so Seems like it’s been forever That you’ve been gone Please come back home… Brad Delson: “When you made me that initial batch of songs, I was like… That’s the shit right there”. Jay-Z, Mike: “Holla!” “Hahahahaha” 07 - IN STEREO Jay-Z: “That beat is hard” Mike: This is how it goes Welcome one and all to the show We’re wired up / fired up / fucking ready to go In the back of the parking lot outside of the bar Twenty deep / twenty feet from the boulevard Black hoodies Black caps Black label in glasses Previewing the new shit before all the masses ‘Cause the first thin I need when I’ve got a new beat Is to see how it sounds / echoing off the street I just take it for a spin Pop the CD in Slide it up to ten and get that rearview shaking Then / play it again so there’s no mistaking San Andreas the block Get this bitch earthquaking like Oh Chorus: Oh / ready for it here we go We got the whole block rocking in stereo We’re taking control / letting everybody know And if you feel it / let me hear everybody go Mike: You’re not ready I got plenty cuts for twenty months dropped steadily Plenty tracks to empty on your wack pedigree I’m backed heavily while you’re back peddling Forget the chitchat on me homie / kick back I’m on that shit that can get your homie bitch-slapped So zip you lip back / listen and watch We got the whole block rockin’ off the way the beat knocks You don’t have to warn the people on the corner / they know That if you’re standing on that corner then you’re getting that show World premiering you’re hearing that Machine Shop flow San Andreas the block Get this bitch earthquaking like Oh Chorus Turn the key / turn the volume up to loud Roll right / roll every window down Let the whole block know what this is about Turn it up y’all Mike: Burn out that system like, Oh! Chorus Mike: Let’s go ahead and test out the speakers You ready? Let’s go, like this! 08 - BACK HOME [FEATURING COMMON AND STYLES OF BEYOND] Common: Uh Yeah Ya’ll We ‘bout to take you to the… to the crib Let’s do it Mike Yeah Back home [back home] Everybody’s searching for somethin’ But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin’ Back home [back home] Ain’t nobody hoping and praying ‘Cause they feel like nothing can save ‘em And they try to hold out but they can’t fight the fact that Life goes black when those lights go out But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own ‘Cause ain’t a damn thing free Back home [back home] Common: Back home / they holler “disciple” and “blackstone” Some black they freebase yo we trapped on Where our grandmothers marched / the guns clap on There’s liquor stores, beauty supplies, and rap songs I travel the world just to come back to it The crib got a lot of soul like black music I’m attached to it In many ways this city raised me / and gave me The drama, honor, and bravery The streets seem hollow / when I go to Chicago It’s cheap wine and sorrow Times hard to swallow In search of God’s tomorrow / I borrow words from the Bible / and use them for survival / gangs rival Signs painted on the walls like hieroglyphics I tell ‘em that this is all tribal Used to do dirt / shorty’s goin’ through the same cycle And trials like Michael / tryin’ not to stay idle Back home Yeah Back home [back home] Everybody’s searching for somethin’ But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin’ Back home [back home] Ain’t nobody hoping and praying ‘Cause they feel like nothing can save ‘em And they try to hold out but they can’t fight the fact that Life goes black when those lights go out But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own ‘Cause ain’t a damn thing free Back home [back home] Ryu: Back home it’s not Compton but close The same problems exist and the pain throbbin’ And folks are so common It don’t / really bother us much we just swallow it / uh Crack the bottle and smoke / hope tomorrow something Magical happens that’ll put me back in the biz But the chances of it actually happening’s kinda slim Back home / we get the good life at glimpse In the form of a rap start, drug dealers, and pimps I’m back home Tak: Back home / I try my best to keep it together it’s cold Like the Windy City streets of December I pace back and forth / looking for the courage to shine But can’t tap the source / need something to nourish my mind I know we all lose quite a bit in life Only to gain some Life or the dark winding roads we came from But I move with the night / so I’m used to the shade And never lose sight / bringing truth back to the game Mike: Back home / we’ve got a lot of shit on our minds We’re always behind on something cause there’s not enough time And we’re non-stop / bottom line / doing what we gotta do To get some food in the fridge and stay out of the hospital Back home there’s people calling us hopeless People trying to tell us all we need is some focus But focus Focus is overrated Cause you see very blemish and mistake and can’t change it Back home is Alvarado / K-Town and J-Town Or Little Tokyo for those that don’t know Where figures shiver / living right in the litter Where kids write nigger / right inside the L.A River On the concrete / a symbol of out everyday way It’s that color and concentration over heavy grey And by the time the ink dries on this page I’ll be half a day away from the place where I stay Yeah Back home [back home] Everybody’s searching for somethin’ But all they can find is a whole lot of nothin’ Back home [back home] Ain’t nobody hoping and praying ‘Cause they feel like nothing can save ‘em And they try to hold out but they can’t fight the fact that Life goes black when those lights go out But I guess you gotta just watch out for your own ‘Cause ain’t a damn thing free Back home [back home] Common: We’re taking it back home yo Yeah it’s Common Sense I’m got Mike Mike: What up Com’? Common: Yeah S. O. B. Yeah the song we wrote hey… it’s good music Hip Hop Yeah Mike: Don’t stop Common: Yeah This song is for me, baby Yeah 09 - CIGARETTES Mike: Yeah, go ahead and uh, cue the special effects… Yeah! Mike: Man, I love this rap game Mainly cause it’s cool to add a little Spice to the life you’ve been through Everyone exaggerates a tiny little bit Make this shit sound more gangster than it really is You can’t appear weak / man / we wanna hear street We wanna hear you spit your thug over this here beat Don’t take it as sarcastic / I can’t get enough I’m telling you You can call my bluff / if it’s not rough Then I don’t really need it I’m not even ashamed I got too much reality that’s filling up my brain So sell me on the product / I’m addicted to the game Suck it up like a cigarette / light it up man Chorus: It’s just like a cigarette / it’s something that I do Once in a while but between me and you It’s just like a cigarette / nobody’s really fooled I don’t want the truth I wanna feel fucking cool Mike: Lemme tell you something that I realized tonight My hip hop radio’s like Marlboro Light They’re both selling stories And they sound about the same Cigarettes say they’re safe Rapper claim they really bang We don’t care if it’s true when we lay the money down We don’t believe the words We just love the way they sound They’re acting we’re like idiots / they’re lying to out face Maybe we are idiots / we buy it anyway I’m running out to get the rapper’s next CD / just Sucking up the guns, drugs and misogyny The same way that I suck up all the stories when I breathe That little bit of death supposedly cancer free And everything they say’s got the truth twisted up but But twisted up’s what I want / man I can’t get enough ‘Cause even though we know it’s all just a big bluff We just light another up / what We don’t give a fuck It’s just like a cigarette / it’s something that I do Once in a while but between me and you It’s just like a cigarette / nobody’s really fooled I don’t want the truth I wanna feel fucking cool It’s just like a cigarette / it’s something that I do Over and over but between me and you It’s just like a cigarette / nobody’s really fooled I don’t want the truth I wanna feel fucking cool Mike: Man / listen to my words / listen for while Lip service radio / don’t touch the dial If you’re in the car / turn up the track / man Give your whole neighborhood some second hand rap / hey Matter of fact / listen for a while Lip service radio / don’t touch the dial If you’re in the car man turn up the track and Give your whole neighborhood some second hand rap It’s just like a cigarette / it’s something that I do Once in a while but between me and you It’s just like a cigarette / nobody’s really fooled I don’t want the truth I wanna feel fucking cool It’s just like a cigarette / it’s something that I do Over and over but between me and you It’s just like a cigarette / nobody’s really fooled I don’t want the truth I wanna feel fucking cool 10 - BELIEVE ME [FEATURING BOBO AND STYLES OF BEYOND] Chorus: I guess That this is where we’ve come to If you don’t want to Then you don’t have to believe me But I Won’t be there when you go down Just so you know now You’re on your own now Believe me Ryu: Yo I don’t want to be the one to blame / you like fun and games Keep playing ‘em / I’m just saying Think back then we was like one and the same On the right track / but I was on the wrong train It’s like that / now you’ve got a face to pain And the devil’s got a fresh new place to play In your brain like a maze you can never escape The rain / every damn day’s the same shade of grey Mike: Hey / I used have a little bit of a plan / used to Have a concept of where I stand But that concept slipped right out of my hand and now I don’t really even know who I am / yo What do I have to say Maybe / I should do what I have to do to break free What ever happens to you / we’ll see But it’s not gonna happen with me Chorus Mike: Back then / I thought you were just like me Somebody who could see all the pain I see But you proved to me unintentionally That you would self destruct / eventually Now I’m faking like the mistake I made doesn’t hurt But it’s not gonna work cause it’s really much worse than I thought I wished you were something that you were not And now this guilt is really all that I got Tak: Uh / You turn your back and walk away in shame All you got is a memory of pain Nothing makes sense so you stare at the ground And hear my voice in your head when no one else is around So what do I have to say Maybe / I should do what I have to do to break free What ever happens to you / we’ll see But it’s not gonna happen with me Chorus Mike: Yeah Let’s go! Chorus I’ll do what I have to do You’re on your own now Believe me What ever happens to you You’re on your own now Believe me What do I have to say You’re on your own now Believe me It’s not gonna happen with me You’re on your own now Believe me 11 - GET ME GONE Mike: The dude, he said that, like, when we were making the first Linkin Park record He was like "Yeah you know, I don’t know about the rapping like, I don’t know... maybe you should just be a rock band" You know what I mean, like, trying to change us Like they signed us as an act like what we sound like and then he’s like "Oh I don’t know maybe you should just play keyboard" Mike: Before the first song that you hear me on There were people already trying to get me gone Telling me to quit rapping / just play the keys / that “My band had a singer” “They didn’t need me” But my band had my back So we did the tracks / put out the album And the talk went flat It was funny at first / but then the humor faded When some magazines printed that our label made us We were too good to be true Some were saying ghostwriters were writing all that we do So we had to disprove it / we spelled it out To the detail / how we do it / when we’re making this music After that I made it a rule: I only do email responses to print interviews Because there people love to put a twist to your words To infer that you said something ducking fucking absurd Oh / did I lose you at “infer”? Not used to hearing a verse that uses over first-grade vocabulary words? People used to infer that we were manufactured Now I’ve got the interviews on file Which people said what / which number to dial So now every enemy screaming insanity All they’ve ever gonna be’s another big fan of me Bitch Mike: Hahahaha You believe that? Like that’s crazy, it sounds crazy right? Like at this point.. At this point you think... You hear it out, you’re like: "That guy was out of his mind" But honestly at that point I mean... Besides the fact that he wanted me to just Play keyboard and whatever Didn’t want me to rap He was like: "Maybe Joe Hahn should, uh, wear a lab coat and a cowboy hat" On stage Like when we play Yo I swear to god he was crazy Cowboy hat? Yeah And later on he claimed that he wrote all... all our songs So that was really nice That guy is definitely out of his mind… 12 - HIGH ROAD [FEATURING JOHN LEGEND] Mike: Let’s go ya’ll! Mike: These people are running off at the mouth Trying to convince me that I’m running on empty Trying to convince themselves that the record with Jay was a fluke That the record I’m making is a mistake And I can’t take this Let me tell you where I’m at with this You bastards are gonna have to take back that shit I’m not plastic and fake / when I make tracks I take facts and lay ‘em out for the masses You assholes are gonna see soon that I’m not playing And start asking me the name that I’m not saying But I’m trying to be bigger than the bickering Bigger than the petty name calling Under the breath talking Rumors and labels and categorization I’m like a struggling doctor: no patience But you can say what you want about me Keep talking while I’m walking away John: You can say what you have you say ‘Cause my mind’s made up anyway I’m taking the high road / going above you This is the last time that I’m gonna trust you You can say what you have to say ‘Cause my mind’s made up anyway All that bullshit you talk might work a lot But it’s not gonna work today Mike: You people are running off at the mouth Trying to make me take myself off safety Trying to make my friends turn their backs On the team we’ve built Building up some mistaken information And I can’t take this Let me spell it out plain for you angry groups Complaining ‘bout the things we do I’m not changing direction I’m stepping up my game Maintaining my name / same way that I came up You’re gonna see that I’m not playing And start asking me the names that I’m not saying But trying not to mention the names of People who wanna siphon attention / you like the hype but Pretending you’re part of the picture you won’t pass You’re like a high school drop out: no class And you can say what you want about me Keep talking while I’m waling away John: You can say what you have you say ‘Cause my mind’s made up anyway I’m taking the high road / going above you This is the last time that I’m gonna trust you You can say what you have to say ‘Cause my mind’s made up anyway All that bullshit you talk might work a lot But it’s not gonna work today John: Why does it always have to be Somebody’s always watching me All I really need is some room to breathe Is anybody out there listening ‘Cause I can’t stand to keep this in All I really want I’ll say again Mike: Uh uh, Like that! John: You can say what you have you say ‘Cause my mind’s made up anyway I’m taking the high road / going above you This is the last time that I’m gonna trust you You can say what you have to say ‘Cause my mind’s made up anyway All that bullshit you talk might work a lot But it’s not gonna work today 13 - KENJI Mike’s father: “My father came from Japan in 1905. He was fifteen when he immigrated from Japan. He worked until he was able to buy - to actually build a store”. Mike: Let me tell you the story in the form of a dream I don’t know why I have to tell it but I know what it means Close your eyes and just picture the scene / as I paint it for you It was World War II when this man named Kenji woke up Ken was not a soldier / he was just a man with a family Who owned a store in LA / that day He crawled out of bed like he always did Bacon and eggs with wife and kids / he lived on the Second floor of a little store he ran He moved to L.A from Japan They called him “immigrant” / in Japanese He’d say he was called "isei" / that meant First Generation In The United States When everyone was afraid of the Germans / afraid of the “Japs” But most of all afraid of a homeland attack And that morning when Ken went out on the doormat His world went black ‘cause Right there / front page news Three weeks before 1942 Pearl Harbor’s been bombed and “The Japs Are Coming" Pictures of soldiers dying and running Ken knew what it would lead to Just like he guessed / the President said The “evil Japanese” in our home country will be locked away They gave Ken a couple of days To get his whole life packed in two bags Just two bags Couldn’t even pack his clothes Some folks didn’t even have a suitcase To pack anything in So two trash bags was all they gave them When the kids asked mom / where are we going Nobody even knew what to say to them Ken didn’t want to lie He said the US is looking for spies So we have to live in a place called Manzanar Where a lot of Japanese people are Stop it / don’t look at the gunmen You don’t wanna get the soldiers wondering If you gonna run or not ‘cause if you run then you might get shot Other than that / try not to think about it Try not to worry ‘bout it being so crowded ‘Cause someday we’ll get out / someday / someday Mike’s aunt: ”Yeah, soon as war broke out, the F.B.I came and… they just come to the house and, you have to come. All the Japanese have to go. They took Mr. Ni, the people couldn’t understand, why did they have to take him because he’s just an innocent laborer”… Mike: So now they’re in a town with soldiers surrounding them Every day every night / looked down at them From watchtowers up on the wall Ken couldn’t really hate them at all They were just doing their job and He wasn’t gonna make any problems He had a little garden / vegetables and fruits that he gave to the troops In a basket his wife made But in the back of his mind he wanted his families life saved Prisoners of war in their own damn country What for? And time passed in the prison town / he wondered If he’d live it down when they were free The only way out was joining the army / and supposedly Some men went out for the army / signed on And ended up flying to Japan with a bomb That 15 kiloton blast put an end to the war pretty fast Two cities were blown to bits The end of the war came quick And Ken got out Big hopes of a normal life with his kids and his wife / but When they got back to their home / and What they saw made him feel so alone These people had trashed every room Smashed in the windows and bashed in the doors Written on the walls and the floor: "Japs not welcome anymore" And Kenji dropped both of his bags at his sides and just stood outside He looked at his wife without words to say She looked back at him wiped the tears away And said Someday we’ll be okay / someday Now the names have been changed but the story’s true My family was locked up back in ‘42 My family was there Where it was dark and damp And they called it an internment camp Mike’s father: ”When we first got back from camp, it was pretty… pretty bad” Mike’s aunt: “I remember my husband said “Oh, we’re going to stay ‘till last”. Then my husband died before they closed the camp”. 14 – RED TO BLACK [FEATURING KENNA, JONAH MATRANGA AND STYLES OF BEYOND] Kenna: Oh oooh… Mike: I had a friend named Victor The two of us used hang every single day And it seemed like overnight that his whole life / just changed I know when his mom and his dad broke up / it didn’t make sense But I know that his dad was a drunk and he gambled away the rent Pretty soon Vic was seeing red / pissed off / but instead He’s drink every night ‘till he passed out Then he’d do it all again The whole time / smiling on the outside to cover the pain But on the inside / all he was trying to do was get away Chorus: He’s dying to get away Let the pain of yesterday Go slipping through the cracks Hiding himself away Watching all the memories fade away From red to black Tak: Funny how thing change color Then fade to another shade / when you had it made It was all good / but now look / just another day It was so fresh / it was so clean Now it’s all gone / one, two, three Lights out / which way to turn Can’t get a grip / all alone in a big white house Every day gets worse / and you just curse ‘till your head bursts And it hurts so bad / she left / now you suffer Should’ve thought of that one first No family / no kids / can accept what you did / now you wanna Run away but you can’t ‘cause the past comes back again Ryu: Slippin’ through the cracks / sip a little Jack Go to bed half dead What about a rent? Why does every cent gotta be a bet When’s it gonna end Oh my god / we don’t got a penny left My mom’s gotta find a way to get a job Outta debt / outta dodge / out of breath / out of this big problem My pop’s wanna get away from the pain In a better place in his brain But the medication he takes makes him wasted So sick he was gonna think the good Lord would come to take him I’m shaking him Wake up you son of a bitch! Chorus [x3] Slipping through the cracks… 15 - THE BATTLE [FEATURING CELPH TITLED] Speaker: Time’s up, time’s up, time’s up Celph: Yeah Speaker: Hold on Celph: I, that’s all you got? Speaker: I, Celph, you got 30 seconds, ‘re you ready? All right, Celph Titled, here Celph: Yeah listen! Yo Celph: There hungry rappers battle for a buck and some change There really be kids starving / give a fuck if it change Shock rap / not that / you get signed you might blow up Release “Party In Iraq” / you might blow up I see you trying to think a few lines you might get at me with Slap happy with babies who’re born with crack in they cribs Too much to cram under your oversized fitted And the public school system failed you / either you’re ignorant or… 16 – SLIP OUT THE BACK [FEATURING MR. HAHN] Mike: You know me I used to get caught up in everyday life Trying to make it through my day so I could sleep at night Tried to figure out my way through the maze of rights and wrongs But like you used to say Nothing feels like it’s really worth it Forget perfect / I’m trying not to be worthless Since I last saw you I’ve been looking for a purpose / well I met this kid who thought like I did He had a weird way of looking at it This is what he said Chorus: Slip out the back before they know you were there / and At the worst you’ll see nobody cares ‘Cause you don’t wanna be around when it all goes down Even heroes know when to be scared Mike: Now / I don’t remember where I met him Or remember his name But he walked funny like he was just too big for his frame Just over five foot / but he weighed a buck fifty And what he said just seemed so right it stuck with me / listen It’s like poker / you can play your best But you got to know when to fold your cards and take a rest And know when to hold your cards / hold your breath and Hope that nobody else is stacking the deck / because I don’t need to tell you that life isn’t fair It doesn’t care It arbitrarily cuts off your air And like you / I want someone to say it’s okay But in the truest part of our hearts everybody’s afraid / we’re just Underappreciated and overwhelmed Fighting so hard to hide our fear that were scaring ourselves You understand what I’m saying / ‘cause you always did But its different in the words of a cowardly kid Chorus Mike: And I’m no hero You remember how it was / you know All I ever did was worry / feeling out of control To the point where everything was going end over end I’m spinning around in circles again This is where you come in All of this to explain to you why I had to Separate myself away from yesterday’s life Please remember This isn’t how I hoped it would be But I had to protect you from me Mike: That’s why I Slipped out the back before you knew I was there I know you felt unprepared But every single time I was around I’d just bring you down And I could tell that it was time to be scared That’s why I Slipped out the back before you knew I was there And I know the way I left wasn’t fair I didn’t wanna be around just to bring you down I’m not a hero But don’t think I didn’t care 17 - BE SOMEBODY [FEATURING LUPE FIASCO, HOLLY BROOK AND TAK OF STYLES OF BEYOND] Lupe Fiasco: Ugh, M.S., Lupe You know I’m a fan, man, I’m a real fan Feel real honoured to be up in here, [Holly: Wanna be somebody] you know I’m saying? [Holly: Wanna be someone] They had to bring out the expensive mics for this one [Holly: Wanna be somebody] You know I’m saying the $7,000 headphones for this one here [Holly: Wanna be someone] Know I’m sayin’? Come on, talk to me Mike: This is a story of them against us / win or lose Forcing your feet into someone else’s shoes Everybody’s got something to say / that we ought to Live their way, / what we’re doing’s not okay In this world everybody’s got a chip on Both sides of the neck / got no respect Wait up a sec You ever feel like the pressure is Too much to take / Too much weight Ladies and gentlemen If anybody can hear me right now please shout back We’re not the only ones feeling so trapped In the dream of somebody else / in fact They got their heads full of some overblown scheme Opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen And all they want to do is push you to be that And all you want to do is scream back Holly / Tak / Mike: Gonna be somebody [For anybody telling me I can’t] Gonna be someone [For anyone who told me I had no chance] Gonna be somebody [I’m telling you the time has come / like that] Gonna be someone [And maybe you’ll get it when I’m finally done] Mike: We dont sleep to dream / we sleep to build stamina Energy to do our thing / get your camera ‘Cause this ride is about to begin Sit down and buckle it in / lemme say it again In this world everybody’s got a chip on Both sides of the neck / got no respect Wait up a sec When I was young they said the Odds of making it were slim to none Ladies and Fuck it / I’m tired of them saying the dream you have Doesn’t exist / telling you you’re worthless saying you should quit Basically telling you that you’ll never be shit Really they’re pissed cause they’ll never achieve some Opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen And all they want to do is push you to be that And all you want to do is scream back Lupe Fiasco: Uh They’re gonna think crazy Mumbling to yourself / in the basement all day Uh-uh-uh-ing and to yourself My pops didn’t dig it / with shoveling it to myself My boys used to get it / they dug it because they felt My undertaking took me / I was making in my stealth A wealth of rhymes of crazy / I would chuckle to myself Then they went into the mental rolodex See I knew ‘em by heart like a brain in my chest Then I / took ‘em to school where subjects were getting felt Books under my seat / notebook laying on my desk My teacher’s like, "Mr. Jaco?” "Yes?” “With all that knowledge, you ain’t trying to college Be a lawyer or a doctor, get a whole lot of dollars Rather degrade woman and glorify violence?" Well the work that works for me might not work for you No homework / I got work to do Gonna be somebody [For anybody telling me I can’t] Gonna be someone [For anyone who told me I had no chance] Gonna be somebody [I’m telling you the time has come / like that] Gonna be someone [And maybe you’ll get it when I’m finally done] Mike: Yeah, this one goes to those fantastic human beings that keep us down and hold us back And give us fuel for what we do Thanks! 20 - THERE THEY GO [FEATURING SIXX JOHN] Mike: Ready? Sixx: Yeah Mike: Let’s go Sixx: Yeah, ladies and gentleman Pleased to meet you I go by the name of Sixx John Of course you know Mike Shinoda… Mike: Yeah! Sixx: Uh oh Uh oh Let’s go Let’s go! Mike: One time / for my Machine Shop crew and then it’s Two times / S.O.B and L.P too and then it’s Three times / It’s Mike and Sixx on the track and then Four times / when we come in through the back They’re saying Chorus: Oh no / close the door Shut the lights and start the show Better let everybody know Get on the mic and there they go Oh no / close the door Shut the lights and start the show Better let everybody know Get on the mic and there they go Mike: Armed and dangerous / bitch Y’all can’t really hang with us on this Everybody’s so afraid of us / shit Makes me wanna hang it up and quit Forget about all the things you heard before ‘Bout time that we’re kicking down your door Everybody’s gonna hit the fucking floor Like “please Mike don’t hurt me anymore” / I don’t gotta have a Secret lie or an alibi / everybody knows why I’m here I’d just as soon crack a bottle As crack you over the head with a bottle of beer So just listen up there powder puff Better believe that I’m not playing You can love it you can hate But don’t mistake it everybody’s saying Sixx Chorus Mike: What you really wanna do is this Just make believe that I don’t exist But you won’t / cause everytime you go to spit I talk over you just like this It’s annoying / just for you You could scream all day ‘till your face is blue I’m getting’ in your head and you know it too And that’s just me you don’t know my crew My man Sixx John / understand though The way that he flows you can call him Rambo: Never miss a shot / never run out of ammo Come out with heat like a goddamn commando And add in S.O.B Ryu / Tak / Vin Skully / Cheapshot Now you see Fuck with me? / nah / Sixx Sixx John: Uh oh / whatever you yell when you see that door close Imma bail through the back [fo’ sho’] Straight to the bar so I can act [a fool] I figure you guys would get a little surprised Your eyes wide when it’s me an’ Mike Shinod I’m just plain old Sixx John from the Nam-District This is not supposed I still talk with awkward speech I’m like a dog that’s off his leash Step out with a Fort Minor patch on a black tee Niggas scared to walk these streets I ain’t trippin’ homie / talk is cheap Acapellla or we can bark on a beat And if that ain’t enough action / I got Seventeen pages in this little magazine I keep Chorus Mike: We got this place rockin’ / beat knocking non stopping If y’all are with it let me hear it now yeah yo Mike: One time / for my Machine Shop crew and then it’s Two times / S.O.B and L.P too and then it’s Three times / It’s Mike and Sixx on the track and then Four times / we do it like that Sixx: Like that Sixx: Clap Clap bitches 19 - THE HARD WAY [FEATURING KENNA] Kenna: Yeah-ooh … Mike: Come with me / let me walk you through the world that I currently stay in You can take a look around and tell me if I’m mistaken You can meet and talk to / everybody that I live with Maybe you can tell me why everybody’s so distant Is it me or maybe / when I look around daily I don’t even know the people I can put my trust in lately People that I used to hang with / now they’re acting so different I’m still the same person why doesn’t anybody listen Can somebody please / just explain to me What happened to way that we always said we’d be Right now I don’t know why I pushed through the pain that I got through And I’m losing hope Kenna: Deafening voices / that frequency inside my head That says / I’m going at it the hard way I focus / get everything inside out of my head That claims / I’m going at it the hard way Mike: Come with me / let me walk you through the world that I currently live in Not a thing is forgotten / not a thing is forgiven Nobody can hold their own underneath the weight but Nobody can take the blame for their own mistakes so What do you do when somebody lets you down And you wanna say something but you can’t ‘cause they’re not around Inside you think they know the extent of the pain But they won’t even admit that they were the one to blame Can somebody please / just explain to me What happened to way that we always said we’d be Right now I don’t know why I pushed through the pain that I got through And I’m losing hope Kenna: Deafening voices / that frequency inside my head That says / I’m going at it the hard way I focus / get everything inside out of my head That claims / I’m going at it the hard way Kenna: Voices… Voices… In my head… In my head Mike: Can somebody / please just explain to me What happened to way that we always said we’d be ‘Cause right now I don’t know why I pushed through the pain that I got through And I’m losing hope / Gimme one reason not to Kenna: Deafening voices / that frequency inside my head That says / I’m going at it the hard way I focus / get everything inside out of my head That claims / I’m going at it the hard way Kenna: Yeah-ooh … |