Mike Shinoda

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Yo, what up? Its Stef, call me up.
I'm gonna be in town all this week,
so uhh if you wanna get that track takin care of, let
me know. Call me on my cell, later.

Hey Mike, whats up? this is Ron, ya know, last week in the chatroom.
I was just touchin a face, see how your Easter went. Umm
I was seein if you gonna see Joe soon too,
he has my keyboard that i've been trying to get back.
I've been trying to call him,
and he hasnt been returning any message's so if ya see him give an angle to uh get it back.

Whats up evich, glad you could keep me uhh detailed
Please enter your pa..
First message
Yo Mike, This is Chali 2na, whats up man?
I'm just trying to catch up witch ya so we can go on here
and get this song on the roll, pop a d...haha call me back

Wasn't that fun, lets try something else?

45 caliber killer without of the filla
Elevated Show your brothas how your not a gorilla
Smooth talking fully automatic weapon constiller
Taste thrilla, great filler
Hit him with the bounce stiller
Filthy stinking standing on the side grounded
Still be sinking submerging in the parks
Still be linking plucked beats when it starts
Hope your thinking its not a mirage
Im living up off tracks from out of the garage
Well if you could duck but its hard to dodge
In the back of that spine where my darkness lies
Flippin straight up ripping apart your squad
X-Ecutioner's Style cuts and blends
Like a syringe banging you in each of your limbs
See me coming through your party hard
Without no body guard
Smoking something, stomping on each of your toes
I'm the B to the L to the A to the C King
And when it comes to planning the Thought, keeping thinking this

From the top
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up when Im talking to you
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Im about to br
Wasnt that fun?
Lets try something else

Forty-five calibre killer from out of the filler
Definitely going to show yall brothers how you not a gorilla
Smooth talking, fully automatic weapon concealer
Taste thriller, break thriller
Lets hit em with the bounce filler
Filthy stinking, standing on solid ground
And still be sinking, submerging in the parks
Still be linking, plucked beef when it starts
To f**k your thinking, its not a mirage
Im in the motherf**king track, yo, from out the garage
With an if, you to duck, but its hard to dodge
In the back of the spine where my dawgs, they lie
Going to flip it straight up, ripping apart your squad
X-ecutioner style, cuts and blends like a syringe
Hanging you from each of your limbs
See me coming through the party hard without no bodyguard
Smoking something, stomping on each of you Tims
Im the B-to-the-L, the A, the C, King
And when it comes to planning
The thought to keep thinking, man

Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up
Shut up

I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're so close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

It's true the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you're not with me
I'm with you

You / Now I see / Keeping everything inside
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes

I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No, no matter how far we've come I
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

There's a time when the operation of the machine
becomes so odious, makes you so sick at heart,
that you can't take part.
You can't even passively take part,
and you've got to put your bodies upon
the gears and upon the wheels, upon the levers,
upon all the apparatus,
and you've got to make it stop.
To save face how low can you go
Talk a lot of game but yet you don't know
Static on the way make us all say whoa
The people up top push the people down low
Get down
And obey every word
Steady getting mine if you haven't yet heard
Wanna take what I got
Don't be absurd
Don't fight the power
Nobody gets hurt
If you haven't heard yet then I'm letting you know
There ain't shit we don't run when the guns unload
And no one make a move unless my people say so
Got everything outta control
Now everybody go
Steel unload final blow
We the animals take control
Hear us now clear and true
Wretches and kings we come for you
So keep pace how slow can you go
Talk a lot of shit and yet you don't know
Fire on the way make you all say whoa
The people up top and the people down low
Get down
And I'm running it like that
The front of the attack is exactly where I'm at
Somewhere in between
The kick and the hi hat
The pen and the contract
The pitch and the contact
So get with the combat I'm letting 'em know
There ain't shit you can say to make me back down no
So push the button let the whole thing blow
Spinning everything outta control
Now everybody go
Steel unload final blow
We the animals take control
Hear us now clear and true
Wretches and kings we come for you
Steel unload fire blow
Filthy animals beat them low
Skin and bone black and blue
No more this sun shall beat onto you
From the front to the back and the side to side
If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high
From the front to the back and the side to side
If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high
From the front to the back and the side to side
If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high
From the front to the back and the side to side
If you fear what I feel put 'em up real high

I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static
and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're so close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

*It's true the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you're not with me
I'm with you~

You Now I see Keeping everything inside
(with you~)
You Now I see Even when I close my eyes

I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

*Repeat

You Now I see Keeping everything inside
(with you~)
You Now I see Even when I close my eyes
(with you~)
You Now I see Keeping everything inside
(with you~)
You Now I see Even when I close my eyes


No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No matter how far we've come I
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you~

You Now I see Keeping everything inside
(with you~)
You Now I see Even when I close my eyes
(with you~)
You Now I see Keeping everything inside
(with you~)
You Now I see Even when I close my eyes

I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're so close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

It's true the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you're not with me
I'm with you

You / Now I see / Keeping everything inside
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes

I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No, no matter how far we've come I
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're so close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

It's true the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you're not with me
I'm with you

You / Now I see / Keeping everything inside
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes

I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No, no matter how far we've come I
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

I woke up in a dream today
To the cold of the static and put my cold feet on the floor
Forgot all about yesterday
Remembering I'm pretending to be where I'm not anymore
A little taste of hypocrisy
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're so close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

It's true the way I feel
Was promised by your face
The sound of your voice
Painted on my memories
Even if you're not with me
I'm with you

You / Now I see / Keeping everything inside
You / Now I see / Even when I close my eyes

I hit you and you hit me back
We fall to the floor the rest of the day stands still
Fine line between this and that
When things go wrong I pretend the past isn't real
Now I'm trapped in this memory
And I'm left in the wake of the mistake slow to react
Even though you're close to me
You're still so distant
And I can't bring you back

No, no matter how far we've come
I can't wait to see tomorrow
No, no matter how far we've come I
I can't wait to see tomorrow
With you

I come to this magnificent house of worship tonight
because my conscience leaves me no other choice
A true revolution of values will lay hand
on the world order and say of war,
`This way of settling differences is not just.`
This business of burning human beings with napalm,
of filling our nation`s homes with orphans
and widows, of injecting poisonous drugs of hate
into the veins of peoples normally humane,
of sending men home from dark
and bloody battlefields physically handicapped
and psychologically deranged,
cannot be reconciled with wisdom,
justice, and love
cannot be reconciled with wisdom,
justice, and love
cannot be reconciled with wisdom,
justice, and love
cannot be reconciled with wisdom,
justice, and love
cannot be reconciled with wisdom,
justice, and love

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone

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 tryna
stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me
when I feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot,
workin' my day around the call,
But 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 waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'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
You know the place
where you used to live,
Used to barbeque up burgers
and ribs,
Used to have a little party
every Hallowe'en with candy
by the pile,
But now, you only stop by
every once in a while,
Shit, I find myself just
fillin' my time,
Anything to keep the thought of
you from my mind,
I'm doin' fine,
I plan to keep it that way,
You can call me if you find you
have somethin' to say,
And I'll tell you,
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'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
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin'
and makin' these excuses,
For while you're not around,
and feeling so useless,
It seems one thing has been
true all along,
You don't really know
what you got 'til 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'll can sing it
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
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone

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 tryna
stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me
when I feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot,
workin' my day around the call,
But 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 waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'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
You know the place
where you used to live,
Used to barbeque up burgers
and ribs,
Used to have a little party
every Hallowe'en with candy
by the pile,
But now, you only stop by
every once in a while,
Shit, I find myself just
fillin' my time,
Anything to keep the thought of
you from my mind,
I'm doin' fine,
I plan to keep it that way,
You can call me if you find you
have somethin' to say,
And I'll tell you,
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'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
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin'
and makin' these excuses,
For while you're not around,
and feeling so useless,
It seems one thing has been
true all along,
You don't really know
what you got 'til 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'll can sing it
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
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone

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 tryna
stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me
when I feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot,
workin' my day around the call,
But 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 waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'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
You know the place
where you used to live,
Used to barbeque up burgers
and ribs,
Used to have a little party
every Hallowe'en with candy
by the pile,
But now, you only stop by
every once in a while,
Shit, I find myself just
fillin' my time,
Anything to keep the thought of
you from my mind,
I'm doin' fine,
I plan to keep it that way,
You can call me if you find you
have somethin' to say,
And I'll tell you,
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'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
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin'
and makin' these excuses,
For while you're not around,
and feeling so useless,
It seems one thing has been
true all along,
You don't really know
what you got 'til 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'll can sing it
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
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home

Where'd you go?
I miss you so,
Seems like it's been forever,
That you've been gone

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 tryna
stay by the phone,
'Cause your voice always helps me
when I feel so alone,
But I feel like an idiot,
workin' my day around the call,
But 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 waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'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
You know the place
where you used to live,
Used to barbeque up burgers
and ribs,
Used to have a little party
every Hallowe'en with candy
by the pile,
But now, you only stop by
every once in a while,
Shit, I find myself just
fillin' my time,
Anything to keep the thought of
you from my mind,
I'm doin' fine,
I plan to keep it that way,
You can call me if you find you
have somethin' to say,
And I'll tell you,
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
at times debatin',
Tellin' you that I've had it
with you and your career,
Me and the rest of the family
here singing
'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
I want you to know
it's a little fucked up,
That I'm stuck here waitin',
no longer debatin',
Tired of sittin' and hatin'
and makin' these excuses,
For while you're not around,
and feeling so useless,
It seems one thing has been
true all along,
You don't really know
what you got 'til 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'll can sing it
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
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home
Please come back home

I am not a pattern to be followed
The pill that I`m on is a tough one to swallow
I`m not a criminal not a role model
Not a born leader I`m a tough act to follow
I am not the fortune and the fame
Nor the same person telling you to forfeit the game
I came in the ring like a dog on a chain
And I found out the underbelly`s sicker than it seems
And it seems ugly but it can get worse
Cause even a blueprint is a gift and a curse
Cause once you got a theory of how the thing works
Everybody wants the next thing
to be just like the first
And I`m not a robot
I`m not a monkey
I will not dance even if the beat`s funky
Opposite of lazy far from a punk
Ya`ll ought to stop talking start
trying to catch up motherfucker
And all the people say
Lauryn said money change a situation
Big said it increase the complication
Kane said don`t step I ain`t the one
Chuck said that uzi weigh a motherfuckin` ton
And I`m just a student of the game that they taught me
Rockin` every stage in every place that it brought me
I`m awfully underrated but came here to correct it
And so it ain`t mistaken
I`ma state it for the record
I am the opposite of wack opposite of weak
Opposite of slack synonym of heat
Synonym of crack closest to a peak
Far from a punk
Ya`ll ought to stop talking start
trying to catch up motherfucker
And all the people say
trying to catch up motherfucker
Oh When they come for me
Come for me
I`ll be gone
Oh When they come for me
Come for me
I`ll be gone
Oh When they come for me
Come for me
I`ll be gone
And all the people say
trying to catch up motherfucker
And all the people say
trying to catch up motherfucker

In this farewell,
There’s no blood,
There’s no alibi.
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousand lies.

So let mercy come,
And wash away…

What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.

Put to rest,
What you thought of me.
While I clean this slate,
With the hands,
Of uncertainty.

So let mercy come,
And wash away…


What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.

For What I’ve Done

I start again,
And whatever pain may come.
Today this ends,
I’m forgiving what I’ve done.

I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
(Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na)
What I’ve done.
What I’ve done.

Forgiving What I’ve Done.

In this farewell,
There’s no blood,
There’s no alibi.
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret,
From the truth,
Of a thousand lies.

So let mercy come,
And wash away…

What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.

Put to rest,
What you thought of me.
While I clean this slate,
With the hands,
Of uncertainty.

So let mercy come,
And wash away…


What I’ve Done.
I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.

For What I’ve Done

I start again,
And whatever pain may come.
Today this ends,
I’m forgiving what I’ve done.

I’ll face myself,
To cross out what I’ve become.
Erase myself,
And let go of what I’ve done.
(Na na na, na na na, na na na, na na na)
What I’ve done.
What I’ve done.

Forgiving What I’ve Done.

In this farewell
There's no blood
There's no alibi
Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what
i've become
Erase myself
And let go of
what i've done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands
of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what
i've become
Erase myself
And let go of
what i've done

I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm forgiving what
I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what
i've become
Erase myself
And let go of
what i've done

In this farewell
There’s no blood
There’s no alibi
‘Cause I’ve drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies

[Pre-Chorus:]
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I’ve done

[Chorus:]
I'll face myself
To cross out what i’ve become
Erase myself
And let go of what i’ve done

Put to rest

What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands of uncertainty

[Pre-Chorus]

[Chorus]

For what I’ve done
I start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I’m forgiving what I’ve done!!!

[Chorus]

What I’ve done
Forgiving what I’ve done

In this farewell
There's no blood
There's no alibi
Cause I've drawn regret
From the truth
Of a thousand lies
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've Done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
Put to rest
What you thought of me
While I clean this slate
With the hands
Of uncertainty
So let mercy come
And wash away
What I've Done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done

For What I've Done
I'll start again
And whatever pain may come
Today this ends
I'm for giving what I've done
I'll face myself
To cross out what I've become
Erase myself
And let go of what I've done
What I've done
For giving What I've Done

Should I have a taste of this
Start and crush your nails
And start all over again

Could this all just be a dream

If I should fall to stormy weather
Wake Me, Wake Me
yeah

Maybe this time I can do it all wrong
Without my foot in my mouth
Without that blind in my sight


Could this all just be a dream

If i should fall to stormy weather
Wake Me, Wake Me
yeah
2x

oh, oh

Too scared to lose the one
I tried so hard for
Too scared to lose the one
I never had
2x

This is not the end, this is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
But you listen through the tone
and the violent rhythm
and Though the words sound steady,
something empty's within 'em
We say yeah with fists flying up in the air
Like we're holding onto something
that's invisible there
'Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and fear
Until we dead it forget it let it all disappear
Waiting for the end to come wishing
I had strength to stand
This was not what I had planned
It's out of my control
Flying at the speed of light
thoughts were spinning in my head
So many things were left unsaid
It's hard to let you go
I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I want to do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got
Sitting in an empty room
Trying to forget the past
This was never meant to last
I wish it wasn't so
I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I want to do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got
What was left when that fire was gone
I thought it felt right but that right was wrong
All caught up in the eye of the storm
And trying to figure out what it's like moving on
And I don't even know what kind of things I said
My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead so
Picking up the pieces now where to begin
The hardest part of ending is starting again
All I want to do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven't got
This is not the end, this is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot rocking every revision
But you listen through the tone
and the violent rhythm
and Though the words sound steady,
something empty's within 'em
We say yeah with fists flying up in the air
Like we're holding onto something
that's invisible there
'Cause we're living at the mercy of the pain and fear
Until we dead it forget it let it all disappear

My insides all turn to ash,
So slow
And blew away as I collapse,
So cold
A black wind took them away,
From sight
And held the darkness over day,
that night

And the clouds above move closer
looking so dissatisfied
but the heartless wind kept blowing,
blowing

I used to be my own protection,
But not now
Cause my path has lost direction,
Somehow
A black wind took you away,
From sight
And held the darkness over day,
That night

And the clouds above more closer
looking so dissatisfied
and the ground below grew colder
as they put you down inside
but the heartless wind kept blowing,
blowing

So now you're gone
And I was wrong
I never knew what it was like
To be alone

On a Valentine's Day
On a Valentine's Day
On a Valentine's Day
On a Valentine's Day
On a Valentine's Day


(I used to be my own protection)
On a Valentine's Day,
(But not now)

On a Valentine's Day

(Cause my mind has lost direction)
On a Valentine's Day,
(somehow)
On a Valentine's Day

(I used to be my own protection)
On a Valentine's Day,
(But not now)
On a Valentine's Day

(Cause my mind has lost direction)
On a Valentine's Day,
(somehow)

God save us every one
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young
God save us every one
Will we burn inside the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young

We knew the world would not be the same.
A few people laughed, a few people cried,
most people were silent.
I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture,
the Bhagavad-Gita.
Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince
that he should do his duty,
and to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form,
and says,
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.
I suppose we all thought that,
one way or another.

When you feel you're alone
Cut off from this cruel world
Your instincts telling you to run
Listen to your heart
Those angel voices
They'll sing to you they'll be your guide back home
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
It keeps us kind
When you've suffered enough
And your spirit is breaking
You're growing desperate from the fight
Remember you're loved and you always will be
This melody will bring you right back home
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind
When life leaves us blind
Love keeps us kind

Water grey
through the windows
Up the stairs
Chilling rain
Like an ocean
Everywhere



Chorus:
Don't want to reach for me do you?
I mean nothing to you
The Little Things Give You Away
And now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet / under water
I do
(End Chorus)

Hope decays
Generations disappear
Washed away
As a nation simply stares

Don't want to reach for me do you?
I mean nothing to you
The Little Things Give You Away
But now there will be no mistaking
The levees are breaking
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under water
I do
All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you
And six feet under ground now I
Now I do


Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away
Little things give you away

(Little things give you away)

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you

(Little things give you away)

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you

(Little things give you away)

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you

(Little things give you away)

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you

(Little things give you away)

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you

(Little things give you away)

All you've ever wanted
Was someone to truly look up to you

(Little things give you away)

God bless us everyone
We're a broken people
living under loaded gun
and it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun
No
God bless us everyone
We're a broken people
living under loaded gun
and it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't be outrun
No
And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light
God bless us everyone
We're a broken people living
under loaded gun
oh
Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky

God save us everyone
When we burn inside the fires
of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young No
God save us everyone
When we burn inside the fires
of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young No
And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light
God save us everyone
When we burn inside the fires
of a thousand suns
oh
Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky

oh
Like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky

Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
Lift me up let me go
God bless us everyone
We're a broken people
living under loaded gun
and it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't ge outrun No
God bless us everyone
We're a broken people
living under loaded gun
and it can't be outfought
It can't be outdone
It can't be outmatched
It can't ge outrun

God bless us every one
We`re a broken people
living under loaded gun
And it can`t be outfought
It can`t be outdone
It can`t be outmatched
It can`t be outrun No
God bless us every one
we`re a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can`t be outfought
It can`t be outdone
It can`t be outmatched
It can`t be outrun Oh
And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light
God bless us every one
we`re a broken people living under loaded gun
like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky
God save us every one
Will we burn inside
the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young No
God save us every one
Will we burn inside
the fires of a thousand suns
For the sins of our hand
The sins of our tongue
The sins of our father
The sins of our young No
And when I close my eyes tonight
To symphonies of blinding light
God save us every one
will we burn inside
the fires of a thousand suns Oh
like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky
like memories in cold decay
Transmissions echoing away
Far from the world of you and I
Where oceans bleed into the sky
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
Lift me up Let me go
God bless us every one
We`re a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can`t be outfought
It can`t be outdone
It can`t be outmatched
It can`t be outrun
God bless us every one
we`re a broken people living under loaded gun
And it can`t be outfought
It can`t be outdone
It can`t be outmatched
It can`t be outrun

These 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 you oversized titled
And the public system failed you
Either you ignore it or...

Step Up
앞으로 나와

Watch as the room rocks
방이 흔들리는 것을 봐

Mentally moonwalk
달 위를 걷는 기분이지

Mixed media slang
대중매체의 뒤섞인 비속어들이

Banging in your boom box
너의 라디오에서 쿵쾅거리고 있어

verbal violence
언어폭력이지

Lyrical stylist In a time when rock hip hop rhymes are childish
락과 힙합의 가사가 유치한 이 때에 가사 스타일리스트라니

You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty
속이 텅 빈 가사로 날 유혹할 순 없어

Rapping to a beat doesn't make you an emcee
비트에 맞춰 랩한다고 다 엠씨는 아니야

With your lack of skill and facility
너의 기술과 기량의 결핍을 가지고

You're killing me
넌 나를 죽도록 짜증나게 하지

And a DJ in the group just for credibility
그리고 너의 그룹속의 DJ는 그냥 장식용일 뿐이지

I heard that some of you are getting help with your rhymes
너네들 중 몇몇이 작사하는 데 다른 사람의 도움을 받는다고 榕向?

You're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines
너의 가사를 누군가가 대신 써준다면 넌 엠씨가 아니야

And rapping over rock doesn't make you a pioneer
락에 랩을 사용한다고 해서 니가 선봉자가 되는 것도 아니야

Cause rock and hip hop have collaborated for years
왜냐하면 오래전부터 락과 힙합은 섞여왔으니까

But now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up
근데 요새는 그것들이 너무 막무가내로 섞이고 결합 돼

All after a fast buck and all the tracks suck
입만 빠르고 곡들은 전부 썩었어

So how does it stack up? None of it't real
이런 게 어떻게 축적될 수 있겠어? 전부 거짓이야

You want to be an emcee you're got to study the skill
엠씨가 되고 싶어? 그럼 기술을 익혀!!



Who can rock a rhyme like this?
누가 이렇게 락으로 가사를 읊을 수 있어?

Bring it to you every time like this? (2x)
누가 항상 이렇게 너에게 보여줄 수 있어?

Step, step up, step, step up
앞으로 나와, 앞으로 걸어 나와



So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity
그러니까 펜을 들고 너의 새로운 주체성에 대해 써봐

But mentally you don't have the hip hop energy
하지만 이야기를 이어갈 수 있는

With a tendency to make up stories
힙합에너지가 정신적으로 없다면

Sounding like the only hip hop you're heard is top 40
top 40에서 들을 수 있는 단순한 힙합으로 밖에 들리지 않을 걸

And your record company is completely missing it
그리고 너의 음반사는 이 사실을 완전 잊고있어

All the kids are dissing it for not being legitimate
모든 아이들은 정통의 음악이 아니면 쓰레기취급 한다는 것을

So in a battle you can't hack it
넌 경쟁에서 이길 수 없어

React with whack shit
꽥꽥거리면서 반항해 봐

And get smacked with verbal back flips
그러면 말로 된 채찍으로 얻어맞을 걸

Get your ass kicked by fabulous battle catalysts
엄청나게 경쟁을 좋아하는 사람에게 엉덩이를 걷어차일 거야

It's taken decades for emcees to establish this
이 정도로 해내려면 엠씨는 아주 오랜 시간이 걸린다구

You're new to hip hop and welcome if your serious
넌 힙합 초보이지. 니가 진심이라면 널 환영해

But not on the mic
하지만 마이크에선 안돼

Leave that to the experienced
마이크는 숙련자에게 넘겨줘

Step Up
앞으로 나와

Watch as the room rocks
방이 흔들리는 것을 봐

Mentally moonwalk
달 위를 걷는 기분이지

Mixed media slang
대중매체의 뒤섞인 비속어들이

Banging in your boom box
너의 라디오에서 쿵쾅거리고 있어

verbal violence
언어폭력이지

Lyrical stylist In a time when rock hip hop rhymes are childish
락과 힙합의 가사가 유치한 이 때에 가사 스타일리스트라니

You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty
속이 텅 빈 가사로 날 유혹할 순 없어

Rapping to a beat doesn't make you an emcee
비트에 맞춰 랩한다고 다 엠씨는 아니야

With your lack of skill and facility
너의 기술과 기량의 결핍을 가지고

You're killing me
넌 나를 죽도록 짜증나게 하지

And a DJ in the group just for credibility
그리고 너의 그룹속의 DJ는 그냥 장식용일 뿐이지

I heard that some of you are getting help with your rhymes
너네들 중 몇몇이 작사하는 데 다른 사람의 도움을 받는다고 榕向?

You're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines
너의 가사를 누군가가 대신 써준다면 넌 엠씨가 아니야

And rapping over rock doesn't make you a pioneer
락에 랩을 사용한다고 해서 니가 선봉자가 되는 것도 아니야

Cause rock and hip hop have collaborated for years
왜냐하면 오래전부터 락과 힙합은 섞여왔으니까

But now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up
근데 요새는 그것들이 너무 막무가내로 섞이고 결합 돼

All after a fast buck and all the tracks suck
입만 빠르고 곡들은 전부 썩었어

So how does it stack up? None of it't real
이런 게 어떻게 축적될 수 있겠어? 전부 거짓이야

You want to be an emcee you're got to study the skill
엠씨가 되고 싶어? 그럼 기술을 익혀!!



Who can rock a rhyme like this?
누가 이렇게 락으로 가사를 읊을 수 있어?

Bring it to you every time like this? (2x)
누가 항상 이렇게 너에게 보여줄 수 있어?

Step, step up, step, step up
앞으로 나와, 앞으로 걸어 나와



So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity
그러니까 펜을 들고 너의 새로운 주체성에 대해 써봐

But mentally you don't have the hip hop energy
하지만 이야기를 이어갈 수 있는

With a tendency to make up stories
힙합에너지가 정신적으로 없다면

Sounding like the only hip hop you're heard is top 40
top 40에서 들을 수 있는 단순한 힙합으로 밖에 들리지 않을 걸

And your record company is completely missing it
그리고 너의 음반사는 이 사실을 완전 잊고있어

All the kids are dissing it for not being legitimate
모든 아이들은 정통의 음악이 아니면 쓰레기취급 한다는 것을

So in a battle you can't hack it
넌 경쟁에서 이길 수 없어

React with whack shit
꽥꽥거리면서 반항해 봐

And get smacked with verbal back flips
그러면 말로 된 채찍으로 얻어맞을 걸

Get your ass kicked by fabulous battle catalysts
엄청나게 경쟁을 좋아하는 사람에게 엉덩이를 걷어차일 거야

It's taken decades for emcees to establish this
이 정도로 해내려면 엠씨는 아주 오랜 시간이 걸린다구

You're new to hip hop and welcome if your serious
넌 힙합 초보이지. 니가 진심이라면 널 환영해

But not on the mic
하지만 마이크에선 안돼

Leave that to the experienced
마이크는 숙련자에게 넘겨줘

When this began I had nothing to say
And I'd get lost in the nothingness
Inside of me I was confused
And I let it all out to find
That I'm not the only person
With these things in mind inside of me
But all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I've got
Left to feel nothing to lose
Just stuck hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own
I want to heal I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain
I've held so long
erase all the pain 'Til it's gone
I want to heal
I want to feel like I'm close to
Something real
I want to find
Something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong and I've got
Nothing to say
I can't believe
I didn't fall right down on my face
I was confused
looking everywhere
Only to find that it's not the way
I had imagined it all in my mind
So what am I what do I have
But negativity 'cause I can't
Justify the way everyone is
Looking at me nothing to lose
Nothing to gain hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own
I want to heal I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain
I've held so long
erase all the pain 'Til it's gone
I want to heal I want to feel like I'm close to
Something real
I want to find Something I've wanted all alone
Somewhere I belong
I will never know
Myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel anything else
Until my wounds are healed
I will never be anything
'Til I break away from me
And I will break away I'll find myself today
I want to heal I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain
I've held so long
erase all the pain 'Til it's gone
I want to heal
I want to feel like I'm close to
Something real
I want to find
Something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong
I want to heal
I want to feel like I'm somewhere
I belong I want to heal
I want to feel like I'm somewhere
I belong somewhere I belong

(When this began)
I had nothing to say
And I got lost in the nothingness inside of me
(I was confused)
And I let it all out to find that
I'm not the only person with these things in mind
(Inside of me)
but all the vacancy the words revealed
Is the only real thing that I've got left to feel
(Nothing to lose)
Just stuck, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

I want to heal, I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain 'til it's gone)
I want to heal, I want to feel
Like I'm close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

And I've got nothing to say
I cant believe I didn't fall right down on my face
(I was confused)
Looking everywhere only to find that it's
Not the way I had imagined it all in my mind.
(So what am I)
What do I have but negativity
Cause I can't justify the way everyone is looking at me
(Nothing to lose)
Nothing to gain, hollow and alone
And the fault is my own
And the fault is my own

I want to heal, I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain 'til it's gone)
I want to heal, I want to feel
Like I'm close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

I will never know
Myself until I do this on my own
And I will never feel
Anything else until my wounds are healed
I will never be
Anything 'til I break away from me
And I will break away
I'll find myself today

I want to heal, I want to feel
What I thought was never real
I want to let go of the pain I've held so long
(Erase all the pain 'til it's gone)
I want to heal, I want to feel
Like I'm close to something real
I want to find something I've wanted all along
Somewhere I belong

I want to heal, I want to feel like
I'm somewhere I belong
I want to heal, I want to feel like
I'm somewhere I belong
Somewhere I belong

You know me,
I used to get caught up in everyday life
Tryin' to make it through my day
So I can sleep at night
Tryin' 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 tryin' not to be worthless
Since I last saw you I've been lookin' for a purpose
Well, I met this kid who thought like I did
He had a weird way of lookin' at it,
This is what he said:

Slip out the back before they know you were there
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
Slip out the back before they know you were there
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

Now, I don't remember where I met him
Or remember his name
But he walked funny, like he was just to big for his frame
Just over 5 foot, but he weighed a buck fifty
And what he said seemed so right, it stuck with me
Listen,
It's like poker; you can play your best,
But you gotta 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 stackin' 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 ok
In the truest part of their harts everybody's afraid
We're just
Under-appreciated and overwhelmed
Fightin' so hard to hide our fear that we're scaring ourselves,
You understand what I'm sayin',
'Cause you always did,
But it's different in the words of a cowardly kid,
Who said:

Slip out the back before they know you were there
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
Slip out the back before they know you were there
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

And I'm no hero,
You remember how it was, you know,
All I ever did was worry feelin' out of control
To the point where everything is going
End over end
I'm spinnin' 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
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 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 want to be around just to bring you down
I'm not a hero, but don't think I didn't care

I close both locks below the window.
I close both blinds and turn away.
Sometimes solutions aren’t so simple.
Sometimes goodbye’s the only way.

And the sun will set for you,
And the sun will set for you.
And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in grey,
And the sun will set for you...



In cards and flowers on your window,
Your friends all plead for you to stay.
Sometimes beginnings aren’t so simple.
Sometimes goodbye’s the only way.

And the sun will set for you,
And the sun will set for you.
And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you..


And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you..


And the shadow of the day,
Will embrace the world in gray,
And the sun will set for you.

(Instrumental)

Yo, peep the style and the kids checking for it
The number one question is how could you ignore it
And drop right back in the cut over basement tracks
Rap stack got you backing this up like
Rewind that we're just rolling with the rhythm
Rise from the ashes of stylistic division
With these non-stop lyrics of life living
Not to be forgotten but still unforgiving
But in the meantime there are those who wanna talk this and that
So I suppose that it gets to a point where feelings gotta get hurt
And get dirty with the people spreading the dirt

it goes

[
]
(Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me)
Told you everything loud and clear
(But nobodys listening)
(Called to you so clearly but you dont want to hear me)
Told you everything loud and clear
(But nobodys listening)

I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress
handfull of anger, held in my chest
And everything lefts a waste of time
I hate my rhymes, but hate everyone elses more
Im riding on the back of this pressure
Guessing that its better I cant keep myself together
Because all of this stress gave me something to write on
The pain gave me something I could set my sights on
Never forget the blood sweat and tears
The uphill struggle over years the fear and
Trash talking and the people it was to
And the people that started it just like you

[
]
(Tried to give you warning but everyone ignores me)
Told you everything loud and clear
(But nobodys listening)
(Called to you so clearly but you dont want to hear me)
Told you everything loud and clear
(But nobodys listening)

I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress
handfull of anger, held in my chest
Uphill s

Graffiti decorations
Underneath a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn were never true

Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again

Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true

Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

Gonna run away

Graffiti decorations
Underneath a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn were never true
Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true
Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
Gonna run away
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind

Graffiti decorations
Underneath a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn were never true

Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again

Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true

Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again

I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind

Gonna run away

Graffiti decorations
Underneath a sky of dust
A constant wave of tension
On top of broken trust
The lessons that you taught me
I learn were never true
Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
Paper bags and angry voices
Under a sky of dust
Another wave of tension
Has more than filled me up
All my talk of taking action
These words were never true
Now I find myself in question
They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
You point the finger at me again
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
Gonna run away
I wanna run away
Never say goodbye
I wanna know the truth
Instead of wondering why
I wanna know the answers
No more lies
I wanna shut the door
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind
I wanna run away
And open up my mind

You say you're not going to fight
Because no one will fight for you
And you think there's not enough love
And no one to give it to
And you're sure you've hurt for so long
You've got nothing left to lose
So you say you're not going to fight
Because no one will fight for you
You say the weight of the world
Has kept you from letting go
And you think compassion's a flaw
And you'll never let it show
And you're sure you've hurt in a way
That no one will ever know
But someday the weight of the world
Will give you strength to go
Hold on, the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go
So hold on, the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go
So hold on, the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go
Just hold on the weight of the world
Will give you the strength to go

I don't think y'all ready
Yo I don't think y'all ready

Graffiti decorations under a sky of grey
this constant apprehension still giving me away
the lessons I have forgotten
in spite of all I've learned
now I find myself in question
they point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
you point the finger at me again

I wanna runaway (I wanna runaway)
I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)
I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)
I wanna shut the door (and open up my mind)
and open up my mind

Paperbags and angry voices under a sky of grey
this constant apprehension won't seem to go away
all my talk of starting over
these words were never true
now I find myself in question

They point the finger at me again
Guilty by association
Point the finger at me again

I wanna runaway (I wanna runaway)
I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)
I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)
I wanna shut the door (and open up my mind)
and open up my mind (and open up my mind)

Gonna runwaway gonna runaway

Ya'll not ready
Hey yo
I don't think your all ready for what I am about to do
You all new schooled dudes that don't even got no clue
How dare you forget about Bam and Zulu
Cool Herc and Jazzy Jay they paved the way
Let me spit at you all who said I wasn't going to make it
Every time I blazed, ya'll the first to hate it
My team really keep supreme to stay strong
That's the true serious son, they're scared to put us on
Cant get with hybrids get off your hiatus
Too many artists dieing for us so I got to blaze it
I'm still repreking brooklyn D and on
hell fire and family alienation
Banging hits in the backyard on the LP song
I'm the new communicate
Phoenix Orion

I wanna runaway (I wanna runaway)
I wanna know the truth (I wanna know the truth)
I wanna know the answers (I wanna know the answers)
I wanna shut the door (and open up my mind)
and open up my mind (and open up my mind)

Someone right now
is leaving their apartment
Looking down at the street
Wondering where there car went
Someone in the car sitting at a signal
In front of a restaraunt
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
spent half the rent at a bar getting plastered
Now he gotta walk fourteen blocks 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
Somebody living right across the street
She wrote the best things
She's written all week but her
best friends coughing up blood in the sink
Can't even think what happened
feeling so confused
And he knows it looks bad
but there's nothing he can do
I wonder what it's like to be right
there in his shoes
But no I'm just taking it in
Out the window of a hotel bedroom again
Tommorrow 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
Yo somebody right now
is dropping his vote inside a box
And trying not to get shot in his throat
For the act of freedom right now
somebody is stuck in Iraq
Hoping that he gets shipped back breathing
in a war That he's not really
sure of the reasons
So we show our support
when the press mislead them
Though we more then remain proud
and salute the troops get some
I know you boys got some work to do
Meanwhile right now someones 25 to life
And is stading on the corner
with their thumb up hitchiking
Stratching off a lotto ticket
hoping for a real winner
Sneaking through the border just to
work and to eat a real dinner
Right now someone wishes
they were you were not instead of second
Guessing freedom thoughts of quiet suicide
But right now I'm staring at the window
at a frame with holes
In his arm and holes in his jeans
he pulled out his siger And sparked the light
And walked right around
the corner just outta my sight
But yo I'm just taking it in
From the second story hotel window again
The TV's on, and my bags are packed
But in this world everything
can change just like that, Like that
But yo I'm just taking it in
From the second story hotel window again
The TV's on, and my bags are packed
But in this world everything
can change just like that, Like that
Ya right now
somebody sitting in the darkness
Trying to figure out how to put some heat
in their apartment
But they got a little matress and a little carpet
And they appreciate
it 'cause some people on a park bench
You see them when you rushing to
get to the office wife robbed blind
When she coming from the market
Right now somebody coming
out from the pocket
Trying to dump that rock
They run around the block with at
The same time the cops
is raising the block with aim
To fill your legs and back with some hot shit
Right now
somebody struggling to stop this man
Who's kick and punching
and cussing at the doctors
Down the hall the child taking his first breath
The doctors ain't even passed
him to the nurse yet yo
I wonder if he understands what it's worth yet
Like the time spent while
we here on the earth yet
The answer to the question
that we all seek can be found
Depend on how free y'all think
Right now
it's somebody who ain't eat all week
That would kill for the shit
that you throw away in the street
I guess ones mans trash is
the next mans treaure
One mans pain is the next mans
pleasure one say
Infinity the next say forever
right now everybody
got to get it together man
I'm just taking it in another
strange hotel lobby again
Put my luggage on my back
I don't know where I'm at
I'm in world where we all change just like that
Like that, like that, just like that ...

You ready
Lets 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 ten percent luck
twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated
power of will
Five percent pleasure
fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent
reason to remember the name
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
But fuck em he knows the code
It's not about the salary
It's all about reality
and making some noise
Makin story
makin sure his clique stays up
That means
when he puts it down Tak's
pickin it up
Who the hell is he anyway
He never really talks much
Never concerned with status
but still leavin them
star struck
Humbled through opportunities
given him despite the fact
That many misjudge
because he makes a
livin from writin 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 it all unfolds the
skill of an artist
This is 20% skill
80% beer
Be a 100% clear 'cuz Ryu is ill
Who would have
thought he'd be the
one That set The West in flames
Then 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's through the roof
heard he's fuckin' with S dot
This is ten percent luck
20% skill
Fifteen percent concentrated
Five percent pleasure
fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent
reason to remember the name
They call him Ryu The Sick
And he's spittin fire with Mike
Got him out the dryer he's hot
Found him in Fort Minor with Tak
Been a fuckin
annihilist porcupine
He's a prick
he's a cock The type
woman want to be with and
rappers hope he get shot Eight
years in the makin patiently
waitin to blow
Now the record with Shinoda's
takin 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
He's not your everyday
on the block
He knows how to what he's got
Makin 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 doin
give a hundred percent
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 kids that he signed
Ridiculous without even trying
how do they do it This is ten
percent luck
twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated
power of will
Five percent pleasure
fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent
reason to remember the name
This is ten percent luck
twenty percent skill
Fifteen percent concentrated
power of will
Five percent pleasure
fifty percent pain
And a hundred percent
reason to remember the name
Yeah Fort Minor
M Shinoda Styles of Beyond
Ryu Takbir Machine Shop

Wooooh Wooooh Woooh Wooooooooh Woooah

I had a friend named Victor
The two of us used to hang every single day
And it seemed like overnight
That his whole life just changed
I know when his mom and 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 and instead
Hed drink every night until he passed out
And then hed 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

Dying to get away
Let the pain of yesterday
Go slipping through the cracks

Yo, Funny how things change color
Than 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
Never saw it 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 until your head bursts
And it hurts so bad she left
Now you suffer
Should've thought of that one first
No family, no kids
Cant accept what you did
Now you wanna run away
But you can't
Cause the past comes back again

Slippin through the cracks
Sniff a little jack
Go to bed half dead
What about rent
Why does every cent gotta be a bet
Whens it gonna end
Oh my god we dont got a penny left
My moms gotta find a way
To get a job, out of debt, out of dodge
Out of breath, out of this big problem
My pops 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 take him
I'm shaking him
Wake up you son of a bitch!

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

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

Slipping through the cracks
Slipping through the cracks
Slipping through the cracks

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you

* Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time
left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing

** Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away (X2)

I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

* Repeat

** Repeat(X2)

We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice is never knowing

** Repeat (X2)

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you

* Everything falls apart
Even the people who never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
You'll soon find we're out of time
left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is never knowing

Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away

I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you

* Repeat

* Repeat

We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
We're all out of time
This is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice is never knowing

* Repeat

* Repeat

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the
sake of being with you
Everything falls apart
even the people
who never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of
hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
you'll soon find
we're out of time
left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is
never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
I've tried like you
To do everything
you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the
sake of being with you
Everything falls apart
even the people
who never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of
hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
you'll soon find
we're out of time
left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is
never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
We're all out of time
this is how we find
how it all unwinds
The sacrifice of
hiding in a lie
We're all out of time
this is how we find
how it all unwinds
The sacrifice is
never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
Pushes me away

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the
sake of being with you
Everything falls apart
even the people
who never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of
hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
you'll soon find
we're out of time
left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is
never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
I've tried like you
To do everything
you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the
sake of being with you
Everything falls apart
even the people
who never frown
eventually break down
The sacrifice of
hiding in a lie
Everything has to end
you'll soon find
we're out of time
left to watch it all unwind
The sacrifice is
never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
We're all out of time
this is how we find
how it all unwinds
The sacrifice of
hiding in a lie
We're all out of time
this is how we find
how it all unwinds
The sacrifice is
never knowing
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me
pushes me away
Pushes me away

12. PUSHING ME AWAY

I've lied to you
The same way that I always do
This is the last smile
That I'll fake for the sake of being with you


Pre chorus:
(Everything falls apart, even the people who never frown eventually break down)
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
(Everything has to end, you'll soon find we're out of time left to watch it all unwind)
The sacrifice is never knowing


Why I never walked away
Why I played myself this way
Now I see your testing me pushes me away


I've tried like you
To do everything you wanted too
This is the last time
I'll take the blame for the sake of being with you


Pre chorus
Chorus (2x)


We're all out of time, this is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice of hiding in a lie
We're all out of time, this is how we find how it all unwinds
The sacrifice is never knowing


Chorus (2x)


Pushes me away?2x

Yo, yo
Forfiet the game, before somebody
takes you out of the frame
Put your name to shame, cover up your face
You can't run the race, the pace is too fast, you just won't last
Wont last, wont last, wont last...

You love the way, I look at you
While taking pleasure in the awful things you put me through
You take away if I give in
My life, my pride, is broken

You like to think you're never wrong
(You like to think you're never wrong)
You have to act like you're someone
(You have to act like you're someone)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You want someone to hurt like you)
You wanna share what you've been through
(You live what you've learned)
Learned, learned, learned,
learned, learned(echo fade)

You love the things, I say I'll do
The way I hurt myself again,
just to get back at you
You take away, when I give in
My life, my pride, is broken

You like to think you're never wrong
(You like to think you're never wrong)
You have to act like you're someone
(You have to act like you're someone)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You want someone to hurt like you)
You wanna' share what you've been through
(You live what you've learned)

Yo, yo
Forfiet the game, before somebody takes
you out of the frame
Put your name to shame, cover up your face
You can't run the race, the pace is too fast, you just won't last
Forfiet the game,
before somebody takes you out of the frame
Put your name to shame, cover up your face
You can't run the race, the pace is too fast, you just won't last
Wont last, wont last, wont last...

You like to think you're never wrong
(You like to think you're never wrong)
You have to act like you're someone
(You have to act like you're someone)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You want someone to hurt like you)
You wanna share what you've been through
You like to think you're never wrong
(You like to think you're never wrong)
You have to act like you're someone
(You have to act like you're someone)
You want someone to hurt like you
(You want someone to hurt like you)
You wanna share what you've been through
(You live what you've learned)

Ohhhhhhh
Ohhhhhhh

Why does it feel like night today,
something in here's not right today
Why I am so uptight today, paranoia's all I got left
I don't know what stressed me first or how the pressure was fed
But I know just what it feels like to have a voice
in the back of my head
Like a face that I hold inside, a face that awakes
when I close my eyes
Face that watches every time I lie,
face that laughs every time I fall
and watches everything
So I know that when its time to sink or swim
The face inside is hearing me right beneath my skin

Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back
Its like a whirlwind inside of my head
Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin

Hey yo, here we go again with the pain
I feel isn't real but in my mind
But I find myself in places with names, but not faces
My memory races at speeds hundred degrees
My soul it bleeds devil must have planted the seed
Now it feels like my backs against the wall,
I'm taking the fall
Whenever I call nobody's responding at all
But I don't know who I could trust they screaming my name
I need somebody to help me out of the flame

All I'm trying to do is just master me
all I want to do is smoke a blaster beat
but something keeps talking to me consciously
responsibly it keeps haunting me
From dusk till dawn
Everything has something for ya
That voice inside of your head got you projecting Paranoia!
cold sweat shining on your face exposing your purpose and if I
ripped off your skin I'll probably find another verse
Its nothing worse than trying to bring yourself up back from the dead
so I advise you listen to that voice in the back of your head

Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back
Its like a whirlwind inside of my head
Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin (x2)
The face inside is right beneath your skin (x4)

The sun goes down
I feel the light betray me
The sun goes down

Its like I'm Parnoid!

I feel the light betray me
The sun ahhhhhhhhhh

Its like I'm paranoid looking over my back
Its like a whirlwind inside of my head
Its like I can't stop what I'm hearing within
Its like the face inside is right beneath my skin (x2)