Linkin Park

Songwriter: Mike Shinoda Mark Wakefield

Producer: Mike Shinoda

[Verse 1: Mike Shinoda]
This is how it's done, going for the title and crown
Renowned emcees surround as the beat breaks down
Into elements, bobbing of those the Buddha blessed
Finesse the M-I-C, the way it ought to be finessed, yes

Yes, am I the one to keep you on your toes?
Most definitely in my B-boy pose
It's the Electric Boogaloo with a slight twist
Touch your chin to your chest to the rhythm like this:

[Chorus: Mark Wakefield]
Now I see what I have, I want you
Be with me, or stick and move
Now I see what I had, I want you
Be with me, or stick and move

[Verse 2: Mike Shinoda]
Emcees dogging me since the first day I grabbed the mic
Now it's like, "Sit! Stay!"
Cobra Kai flystyles, I'm kicking
Sticking emcees real quick 'cause times ticking

At the drop of a tenpence, I let loose the venom
Sending a shot of verbal heat up in them
The ending is done, grab your family and run
Apocalyptic rhyme pattern taking shots at the sun

Record industry rule four thousand eighty-one
Question my intentions and your whole world is done
Like Forrest, you'll run, turn your eyeballs into Saturn
Full Metal Jacket, fully auto-rhyme pattern

[Chorus: Mark Wakefield]
Now I see what I have, I want you
Be with me, or stick and move
Now I see what I had, I want you
Be with me, or stick and move

[Bridge: Mike Shinoda with Mark Wakefield]
Sticking, rock your whole clique and I'm wicked
Moving, booming of our tunes and you're grooving
Sticking, rock your whole clique and I'm wicked
Moving, booming of our tunes and you're grooving

Sticking, rock your whole clique and I'm wicked
Moving, booming of our tunes and you're grooving
Sticking, rock your whole clique and I'm wicked
Moving, booming of our tunes and you're grooving

[Chorus: Mark Wakefield]
Now I see what I have, I want you
Be with me or stick and move
Now I see what I had, I want you
Be with me or stick and move

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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