High Voltage [2nd Version] lyrics

"You know what I mean, you could put a label on a life, put a label on a lifestyle. (Sometimes...) You know, put a label on how you wake up every morning and go to bed at night..."

Hybrid

I’ve been digging into crates

ever since I was living in space.

Before the rat race,

before monkeys had human traits.

I mastered numerology and Big Bang theology

performed lobotomies with telekinetic psychology.

Invented the mic so I could start blessing it

Chincheckin kids to make my point

like an impressionist.

Many men have tried to shake us

but I twist mic cords in double helixes

and show them what I’m made of.

I buckle knees like leg braces,

Cast the spell of instrumental-ness

to all of you emcees who hate us.

So you can try on.

Leave you without a shoulder to cry on

and from now to infinity let icons be bygones.

I fire bomb ghostly notes haunt this,

I tried threats but moved on to a promise,

I stomp shit with or without an accomplice

and run the gauntlet with whoever that wants this.

High Voltage

The unforgettable sound

High Voltage

Bringing you up and taking you down

High Voltage

Coming at you from every side

High Voltage

Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

Akira, I put a kink in the backbones

of clones with microphones.

Never satisfy my rhyme jones.

Sprayin bright day over what you might say

My Blood type's Krylon Technicolor type A

On highways ride with road rage

Cages of wind and cages of tin that bounce all around.

Surround sound

devouring the scene

[with] subliminal gangrene paintings

over while the same thing

sing song karaoke copy bullshit.

Break bones verbally with sticks and stone tactics.

Fourth dimension, combat convention

Write rhymes at ease

while the track stands at attention.

Meant to put you away with the pencil

Pistol, official, 16 line a rhyme missile

While you risk your all, I'll pick out all your flaws

Spin rah, blah blah blah

You can say you saw.

High Voltage

The Unforgettable sound

High Voltage

Bringing you up and taking you down

High Voltage

Coming at you from every side

High Voltage

Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High Voltage

The Unforgettable sound

High Voltage

Bringing you up and taking you down

High Voltage

Coming at you from every side

High Voltage

Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

"And like the rock and rap -you know what i mean- people act like you know "Wow that’s a new invention ! That shit's brand new ! We're constantly evolving, it is constantly changing. (Sometimes...) There's a lot of change. Everybody's always up with labels, there ain’t no label for this shit. They're always gonna try to put a label on it, try to create something so they can water it down."

Sometimes I feel like a prophet ;

misunderstood,

under the gun like a new disease.

Sometimes I feel like a prophet ;

misunderstood,

under the gun like a new disease.

High Voltage

The Unforgettable sound

High Voltage

Bringing you up and taking you down

High Voltage

Coming at you from every side

High Voltage

Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High Voltage

The Unforgettable sound

High Voltage

Bringing you up and taking you down

High Voltage

Coming at you from every side

High Voltage

Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High Voltage

The Unforgettable sound

High Voltage

Bringing you up and taking you down

High Voltage

Coming at you from every side

High Voltage

Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

High Voltage

The Unforgettable sound

High Voltage

Bringing you up and taking you down

High Voltage

Coming at you from every side

High Voltage

Making the rhythm and rhyme collide

"You know what I mean, you can put a label on a lifestyle..."

• Artist:Linkin Park
• Album:Hybrid Theory (2000)