Remember the Name

* first single; send corrections to the typist<br><br>[Intro - Mike Shinoda]<br>You ready?! Lets go!<br>Yeah, for those of you that want to know what we`re all about<br>It`s like this y`all (c`mon!)<br><br>[Chorus]<br>This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill<br>Fifteen percent concentrated power of will<br>Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain<br>And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!<br><br>[Verse - Mike Shinoda]<br>Mike! - He doesn`t need his name up in lights<br>He just wants to be heard whether it`s the beat or the mic<br>He feels so unlike everybody else, alone<br>In spite of the fact that some people still think that they know him<br>But fuck em, he knows the code<br>It`s not about the salary<br>It`s all about reality and making some noise<br>Makin the story - makin sure his clique stays up<br>That means when he puts it down Tak`s pickin it up! let`s go!<br><br>[Verse - Tak]<br>Who the hell is he anyway?<br>He never really talks much<br>Never concerned with status but still leavin them star struck<br>Humbled through opportunities given to him despite the fact<br>That many misjudge him because he makes a livin from writin raps<br>Put it together himself, now the picture connects<br>Never askin for someone`s help, to get some respect<br>He`s only focused on what he wrote, his will is beyond reach<br>And now when it all unfolds, the skill of an artist<br><br>[Verse - Ryu]<br>It`s just twenty percent skill<br>Eighty percent fear<br>Be one hundred percent clear cause Ryu is ill<br>Who would`ve thought that he`d be the one to set the west in flames<br>And I heard him wreckin with The Crystal Method, "Name Of The Game"<br>Came back dropped Megadef, took em to church<br>I like bleach man, why you have the stupidest verse?<br>This dude is the truth, now everybody be givin him guest spots<br>His stock`s through the roof I heard he fuckin with S. Dot!<br><br>[Chorus]<br><br>[Verse - Ryu]<br>They call him Ryu The Sick<br>And he`s spittin fire with Mike<br>Got him out the dryer he`s hot<br>Found him in Fort Minor with Tak<br>Been a fuckin annihilist porcupine<br>He`s a prick, he`s a cock<br>The type woman want to be with, and rappers hope he get shot<br>Eight years in the makin, patiently waitin to blow<br>Now the record with Shinoda`s takin over the globe<br>He`s got a partner in crime, his shit is equally dope<br>You wont believe the kind of shit that comes out of this kid`s throat<br><br>[Verse - Tak]<br>Tak! - He`s not your everyday on the block<br>He knows how to work with what he`s got<br>Makin his way to the top<br>People think its a common owners name<br>People keep askin him was it given at birth<br>Or does it stand for an acronym?<br>No he`s livin proof, Got him rockin the booth<br>He`ll get you buzzin quicker than a shot of vodka with juice<br>Him and his crew are known around as one of the best<br>Dedicated to what they doin give a hundred percent<br><br>[Verse - Mike Shinoda]<br>Forget Mike - Nobody really knows how or why he works so hard<br>It seems like he`s never got time<br>Because he writes every note and he writes every line<br>And I`ve seen him at work when that light goes on in his mind<br>It`s like a design is written in his head every time<br>Before he even touches a key or speaks in a rhyme<br>And those motherfuckers he runs with, those kids that he signed?<br>Ridiculous, without even trying, how do they do it?!<br><br>[Chorus - repeat 2x]<br><br>[Outro - Mike Shinoda]<br>Yeah! Fort Minor<br>M. Shinoda - Styles of Beyond<br>Ryu! Takbir! Machine Shop!