[ti:Step Up] [ar:Linkin Park] [al:] [offset:500] [00:07.13]yo [00:08.44]watch as the room rocks [00:09.66]mentally moonwalk [00:10.86]mixed media slang banging in your boombox [00:13.08]verbal violence [00:14.37]lyrical stylist [00:15.60]in a time when rock/hip-hop rhymes are childish [00:17.65]you cant tempt me with rhymes that are empty [00:19.78]rappin to a beat doesnt make you an emcee [00:22.25]with your lack of skill and facility youre killing me [00:24.58]and a DJ in the group just for credibility [00:27.45]i heard that some of you are gettin help with your rhymes [00:29.53]youre not an emcee if someone else writes your lines [00:31.94]rappin over rock doesnt make you a pioneer [00:34.23]cuz rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years [00:36.51]but now theyre getting randomly mixed and matched up [00:39.03]all after a fast buck [00:40.55]and all the tracks suck [00:41.78]so how does it stack up? [00:42.81]none of its real [00:43.95]you wanna be an emcee? [00:44.95]you gotta study the skill [00:46.44]who can rock a rhyme like this [00:48.73]bring it to you every time like this [00:50.85]who can rock a rhyme like this [00:53.55]step, step up, step, step up [00:55.93]so you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity [00:57.68]but mentally you dont have the hip-hop energy [01:00.81]with a tendency to make up stories [01:02.94]it sounded like the only hip-hop youve heard is top-40 [01:05.78]and your record companys completely missed it [01:08.33]and all the kids are dissin it for not being legitimate [01:10.64]so in a battle, you cant hack it [01:12.53]react with whack shit, and get smacked with verbal backflips [01:15.33]get your ass kicked, im a fabulous battle catalyst [01:17.49]its taken decades for emcees to establish this [01:19.97]youre new to hip-hop and welcome if youre serious [01:22.37]but not on a mike, leave that to the experienced [01:25.17](using waves of sound the true master paralyzes his opponent [01:30.90]leaving him vulnerable to attack)