Released: October 9, 2020

Songwriter: Raekwon Mark Wakefield Method Man Mike Shinoda RZA

Producer: Mike Shinoda

[Intro: Method Man]
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
I cracked a bulletproof vest on an emcee's chest
Yes, yes, to make you sweat like a full-court press
On a quest to show my flow's control
The movement of the massive bodies at a hip-hop show
From high to low, feel the audio ring
As the blood in your veins pump to this rhythm
While the beat maintains subterrestrial status
King of the lyrical amplifying apparatus

[Chorus: Mark Wakefield]
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dilate, and break down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dilate, and brеak down

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
Step back, I feel my personal space is violated
(The heat of my mind makes my pupils dilated)
Don't test this or you'll be wrecked from the best-est
Check this tape deck weapon pumps thumps through your chest-esest
Break your neck, feel it happen
As I'm rappin', you could feel your every bone snappin'
You deserve to feel the force of my fire
Cut me loose De La like telephone wire
Try-a style against me, to Kenji
Try your best, no less, just then you will see
My top-notch spot, the middle block, gold medal
Kenji has been sent to represent the next level

[Chorus: Mark Wakefield]
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dilate, and break down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dilate, and break down

[Interlude: Method Man]
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer
Fucker, I think it's 'bout time that you suffer

[Break: Mark Wakefield]
Spine grab, pinch down, now you preach lies
Little kids cry and bullets spins counter-clockwise
Just be ready to test your set
Emergency broadcast, though I'm not dead yet
Spine grab, pinch down, now you preach lies
Little kids cry and bullets spins counter-clockwise
Just be ready to test your set
Emergency broadcast, though I'm not dead yet

[Chorus: Mark Wakefield, Mark Wakefield & Mike Shinoda]
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dilate, and break down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dilate, and break down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dilate, and break down
I meant what I say now
Connect one, dilate, and break down

Linkin Park

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.

more tracks from the album

Hybrid Theory (20th Anniversary Edition)