Linkin Park

Released: October 30, 2005

Songwriter: Mike Shinoda

Producer: DJ Green Lantern

[Intro: Mike Shinoda & Green Lantern]
Yeah, Green Lantern, Mike Shinoda
Ay yo, Green, tell them the name of the mixtape is
Ha ha! Fort Minor: We Major
Let's go!

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
Peep the style and the kids checking for it
The number one question is how could you ignore it
We drop right back in the cut
The Evil Genius track and Mike's raps
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 unforgiven
But in the meantime there are those
Who want to talk this and that so I suppose
That it gets to a point feelings got to get hurt
And get dirty with the people spreading the dirt, it's like

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Jay-Z]
Try to give you warning, but everyone ignores me
I told you niggas now ten times, stop fuckin' with me
But nobody's listening
Call to you so clearly, but you don't want to hear me
I told you niggas now ten times, stop fuckin' with me
But nobody's listening

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
I got a heart full of pain, head full of stress
Handful of anger held in my chest
And everything left's a waste of time
I hate my rhymes but hate everyone else's more
I'm riding on the back of this pressure
Guessing that its better I can't keep myself together
Because all of this stress gave me something to ride on
The pain gave me something I could set my sights on
You never forget the blood, sweat, and tears
The uphill struggle over years, the fear and
Trash talking and the people it was to
What up to the Militia and the LPU

[Chorus: Chester Bennington & Jay-Z]
Try to give you warning, but everyone ignores me
I told you niggas now ten times, stop fuckin' with me
But nobody's listening
Call to you so clearly, but you don't want to hear me
I told you niggas now ten times, stop fuckin' with me
But nobody's listening

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda & Chester Bennington]
We got a heart full of pain, head full of stress
Nobody's listening
Handful of anger held in my chest
Nobody's listening
Uphill struggle, blood, sweat and tears
Nobody's listening
Y'all watch your back, Machine Shop is here

[Outro: Green Lantern, Kanye West, Mike Shinoda]
Fort Minor, We Major
We major? C'mon, homie, we major
We major? C'mon, homie, we major
We major! C'mon, homie, we major
We major! C'mon
Let's go!

Hybrid Theory isn’t just the title of Linkin Park’s chart-topping debut album, but a career mission statement.

From day one, the same six players (lead vocalist Chester Bennington, drummer/percussionist Rob Bourdon, guitarist Brad Delson, bassist Dave ‘Phoenix’ Farrell, DJ/Programmer Joe Hahn, and keyboardist, guitarist, and co-lead vocals Mike Shinoda) built the band by fusing all their favorite styles of music into one unmistakable signature sound. With each album, Linkin Park defiantly challenges themselves and their fans by blasting into new musical territory. After setting the template for rock that incorporated hip-hop influences with Hybrid Theory and Meteora, they shifted gears completely and defied expectations with the polychromatic Minutes to Midnight, and again with the esoteric A Thousand Suns, before melding a piece of them all into 2012’s LIVING THINGS. With their 2014 release and heaviest offering in years, The Hunting Party, Linkin Park manage to capture their ever-innovative spirit with a hunger seldom seen in bands on their seventh album. One More Light (2017) is an interesting personal album, filled with a lot of emotion.

Unfortunately, on July 20, 2017, Chester unexpectedly died by suicide, shocking and saddening both fans and his own band members alike.

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