Step Up
Linkin Park
Yo
Watch as the room rocks, mentally moonwalk
Mix media slang banging in your boom box
Verbal violence, lyrical stylist
In a time when rock/hip-hop rhymes are childish
You can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty
Rapping to a beat doesn't make you an emcee
With your lack of skill and facility, you're killing me
And a DJ in the group just for credibility
I heard that some of you are getting help with your rhymes
You're not an emcee if someone else writes your lines
And rapping over rock doesn't make you a pioneer
'Cause rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years
But now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up
All after a fast buck and all the tracks suck
So how does it stack up, none of it's real
You wanna be an emcee, you gotta study the skill
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Bring it to you every time like this
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Step, step up, step, step up
So you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity
But mentally you don't have the hip-hop energy
With a tendency to make up stories
Sounding like the only hip-hip you heard is Top 40 (Top 40)
And your record company is completely missing it
All the kids are dissing it for not being legitimate
So, in a battle, you can't hack it; react with whack shit
And get smacked with verbal back-flips
Get your ass kicked by fabulous battle-catalysts
It's taken decades for emcees to establish this
You're new to hip-hop and welcome if you're serious
But not on the mic, leave that to the experienced
Using the waves of sound, the true master paralyzes his opponent, leaving him vulnerable to attack.
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Bring it to you every time like this
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Step, step up, step, step up
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Bring it to you every time like this
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Step, step up, step, step up, step up
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Who can rock a rhyme like this
Bring it to you every time like this
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Step, step up, step, step up
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Bring it to you every time like this
Who can rock a rhyme like this
Step, step up, step, step up, step up
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Step up to the microphone
And you do it like this
And you do it like this
Step up to the microphone
Mix media
And you do it like this
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Step up to the microphone
And you do it like this
Mix media
Step up to the microphone
And you do it like this