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 [...]
Lets go ya’ll
These people are running off at the mouth
Tryin to convince me that I’m running on empty
Tryin to convince themselves that the record with Jay was a fluke
That the record that I’m makin is a mistake
and I cant take this
Lemme tell you where I’m at with this
You bastards are gonna have to take back [...]
My father came from Japan in 1905
He was 15 when he immigrated from Japan
He, he… he worked until he was able to buy this patch
And build a store
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, [...]
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 [...]
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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
I don’t want to be the one to blame
You like fun and games
Keep playing em
I’m just sayin
Think back then
We was [...]