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Here are the lyrics, if you have any correction to add to them, let me know. The ISRC code of the "Genius Bar" track in the Radio-Edit edition is different, so I checked it, and it was also censored in that edition.

 

Lyrics:

Spoiler

Genius Bar

 

Yeah

 

Yeah
Let's go
Check

 

Yo
I'm the Steve Jobs of the underdogs
Drop jaws with the "one more thing" in the monologue
Keep 'em guessing what the reasons are
I don't got a chain of Mac stores, I already got genius bars
Turned a hobby into people all up in the lobby
Not Illuminati, this is neo-literati
With an army here behind me kid don't even try me
Adam bomb on anybody, word to Ben and Bobby

Let the smoke blow, get the brew spillin'
Debut a new villain like Ren and Doom chillin'
My shoes are too winning for you to cruise in 'em
Timeless cool like blue denim I'm losing 'em

And these are just the flows that I was saving
Ever since the days of Pac Man-ing at the Days Inn I been
Paving ways for them to make a basic conversation
The only Asian raising hell from here to Copenhagen
OK I'm half I know the math I'm Japanese (Get it?)
The flow is tight like I got vascular disease
Magically take it where in fact it has to be
I been mapping out the future while your ass was catching Z's

You are now vibing with Mike Shinoda, Nice
That's a very special wombat, I love it
What the hell is going on

Yeah
It all started after college
Rocking shell toes like my favorite group from Hollis
Manifest the future let the universe allow it
Keys like Khaled I'm just giving you the knowledge (the knowledge)
Damn Janet, I got 'em in control, if you
Like this then you gotta see the show, I'm the
Chef's choice, I'm Nozawa with the flow, you can
Trust me this ain't no California roll

Set menu it's a special occasion
Bass pulsating to the pupil dilation
Clickbait journalists steady spectating
Waiting for the moment they can twist the translation

I don't have a lane to stay in
Associate with great women and great men
Never make time for a fake friend
Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin
I don't have a lane to stay in
Associate with great women and great men
Never make time for a fake friend
Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin

-------------------------------------------------------

Richard Bachman

 

Let's go ya

 

Yeah
Ah, look how they're acting
Might as well ask somebody to smack them
I don't need that I sit in the back and
Hide I'm a king like Richard Bachman
Me fold? Don't hold your breath
I can keep my mouth closed and they show respect
I'm the favorite of the fans like Boba Fett
Case closed, and it ain't even over yet
Cause yeah, I'm like rabies and no chain on a Rottweiler
You don't phase me there's no saving you not nada
I'm raw baby the Scorsese, the Godfather
The Chris Nolan, the Dark Knight of the rock rhymers
I'm calling your bluff, I've had it, enough
You'r? talking but have to eventually be backing it up
Happily back in your trailer they'll be packing your stuff
You bastards are actually actors and we're wrapping you up, yeah

-------------------------------------------------------

Cheat Codes

 

Oh no, OK, you don't say
I rewrote the code that's controlling the whole game
They wanna start shit dissing me no way
My triangle button's been missing I don't play
So you can put it in sleep mode
Synonymous with rhyming like Konami and cheat codes
Kathy Bates, Misery I de-feet foes
And do it without ever changing outta my street clothes

-------------------------------------------------------

CTRL C CTRL V

 

Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell me who is that floating on the track like space
Triangle button's been missing I don't...
Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell me who is that floating on the track like space

 

Ahhhh
Who is that floating on the track like space
Gravity don't matter he just hovers into place
Pardon me I hardly feel this sudden state of grace
But this track is taking off like it was built on rocket bass
Or rocket treble fuck it I don't give a damn
Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell your mother, tell your brother, send a secret telegram
Mike is to the the mic like peanut butter is to jam
I walk what I talk
I was made from the pressure like a diamond outta rock
Call it password protected, I got this shit locked
Put my hands on a mic, put my foes in a box
Not a word you can tell me, came to give 'em hell these
Bars full of scars from the punches that they dealt me
Now I'm bullet training on tracks that never fail me
Pull apart the bars nothing ever can derail me
I don't follow you dudes I just move different
These fools don't even know what to do with it
New faces retracing paces I blueprinted
Saying, "Mike we didn't have a clue until you did it"
CTRL-C, CTRL-V, don't sleep
Wild like Villanova over a dope beat
Style between an old soul and OG
Tell 'em focus on goals over the gold teeth

 

 

Radio Edit lyrics:

Spoiler

Genius Bar

 

Yeah

 

Yeah
Let's go
Check

 

Yo
I'm the Steve Jobs of the underdogs
Drop jaws with the "one more thing" in the monologue
Keep 'em guessing what the reasons are
I don't got a chain of Mac stores, I already got genius bars
Turned a hobby into people all up in the lobby
Not Illuminati, this is neo-literati
With an army here behind me kid don't even try me
Adam bomb on anybody, word to Ben and Bobby

Let the smoke blow, get the brew spillin'
Debut a new villain like Ren and Doom chillin'
My shoes are too winning for you to cruise in 'em
Timeless cool like blue denim I'm losing 'em

And these are just the flows that I was saving
Ever since the days of Pac Man-ing at the Days Inn I been
Paving ways for them to make a basic conversation
The only Asian raising hell from here to Copenhagen
OK I'm half I know the math I'm Japanese (Get it?)
The flow is tight like I got vascular disease
Magically take it where in fact it has to be
I been mapping out the future while your *** was catching Z's

You are now vibing with Mike Shinoda, Nice
That's a very special wombat, I love it
What the hell is going on

Yeah
It all started after college
Rocking shell toes like my favorite group from Hollis
Manifest the future let the universe allow it
Keys like Khaled I'm just giving you the knowledge (the knowledge)
Damn Janet, I got 'em in control, if you
Like this then you gotta see the show, I'm the
Chef's choice, I'm Nozawa with the flow, you can
Trust me this ain't no California roll

Set menu it's a special occasion
Bass pulsating to the pupil dilation
Clickbait journalists steady spectating
Waiting for the moment they can twist the translation

I don't have a lane to stay in
Associate with great women and great men
Never make time for a fake friend
Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin
I don't have a lane to stay in
Associate with great women and great men
Never make time for a fake friend
Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin

-------------------------------------------------------

Richard Bachman

 

Let's go ya

 

Yeah
Ah, look how they're acting
Might as well ask somebody to smack them
I don't need that I sit in the back and
Hide I'm a king like Richard Bachman
Me fold? Don't hold your breath
I can keep my mouth closed and they show respect
I'm the favorite of the fans like Boba Fett
Case closed, and it ain't even over yet
Cause yeah, I'm like rabies and no chain on a Rottweiler
You don't phase me there's no saving you not nada
I'm raw baby the Scorsese, the Godfather
The Chris Nolan, the Dark Knight of the rock rhymers
I'm calling your bluff, I've had it, enough
You'r? talking but have to eventually be backing it up
Happily back in your trailer they'll be packing your stuff
You **** are actually actors and we're wrapping you up, yeah

-------------------------------------------------------

Cheat Codes

 

Oh no, OK, you don't say
I rewrote the code that's controlling the whole game
They wanna start **** dissing me no way
My triangle button's been missing I don't play
So you can put it in sleep mode
Synonymous with rhyming like Konami and cheat codes
Kathy Bates, Misery I de-feet foes
And do it without ever changing outta my street clothes

-------------------------------------------------------

CTRL C CTRL V

 

Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell me who is that floating on the track like space
Triangle button's been missing I don't...
Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell me who is that floating on the track like space

 

Ahhhh
Who is that floating on the track like space
Gravity don't matter he just hovers into place
Pardon me I hardly feel this sudden state of grace
But this track is taking off like it was built on rocket bass
Or rocket treble **** it I don't give a damn
Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell your mother, tell your brother, send a secret telegram
Mike is to the the mic like peanut butter is to jam
I walk what I talk
I was made from the pressure like a diamond outta rock
Call it password protected, I got this **** locked
Put my hands on a mic, put my foes in a box
Not a word you can tell me, came to give 'em hell these
Bars full of scars from the punches that they dealt me
Now I'm bullet training on tracks that never fail me
Pull apart the bars nothing ever can derail me
I don't follow you dudes I just move different
These fools don't even know what to do with it
New faces retracing paces I blueprinted
Saying, "Mike we didn't have a clue until you did it"
CTRL-C, CTRL-V, don't sleep
Wild like Villanova over a dope beat
Style between an old soul and OG
Tell 'em focus on goals over the gold teeth

 

 

 

35 minutes ago, martinez said:

Here are the lyrics, if you have any correction to add to them, let me know. The ISRC code of the "Genius Bar" track in the Radio-Edit edition is different, so I checked it, and it was also censored in that edition.

 

Lyrics:

  Reveal hidden contents

Genius Bar

 

Yeah

 

Yeah
Let's go
Check

 

Yo
I'm the Steve Jobs of the underdogs
Drop jaws with the "one more thing" in the monologue
Keep 'em guessing what the reasons are
I don't got a chain of Mac stores, I already got genius bars
Turned a hobby into people all up in the lobby
Not Illuminati, this is neo-literati
With an army here behind me kid don't even try me
Adam bomb on anybody, word to Ben and Bobby

Let the smoke blow, get the brew spillin'
Debut a new villain like Ren and Doom chillin'
My shoes are too winning for you to cruise in 'em
Timeless cool like blue denim I'm losing 'em

And these are just the flows that I was saving
Ever since the days of Pac Man-ing at the Days Inn I been
Paving ways for them to make a basic conversation
The only Asian raising hell from here to Copenhagen
OK I'm half I know the math I'm Japanese (Get it?)
The flow is tight like I got vascular disease
Magically take it where in fact it has to be
I been mapping out the future while your ass was catching Z's

You are now vibing with Mike Shinoda, Nice
That's a very special wombat, I love it
What the hell is going on

Yeah
It all started after college
Rocking shell toes like my favorite group from Hollis
Manifest the future let the universe allow it
Keys like Khaled I'm just giving you the knowledge (the knowledge)
Damn Janet, I got 'em in control, if you
Like this then you gotta see the show, I'm the
Chef's choice, I'm Nozawa with the flow, you can
Trust me this ain't no California roll

Set menu it's a special occasion
Bass pulsating to the pupil dilation
Clickbait journalists steady spectating
Waiting for the moment they can twist the translation

I don't have a lane to stay in
Associate with great women and great men
Never make time for a fake friend
Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin
I don't have a lane to stay in
Associate with great women and great men
Never make time for a fake friend
Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin

-------------------------------------------------------

Richard Bachman

 

Let's go ya

 

Yeah
Ah, look how they're acting
Might as well ask somebody to smack them
I don't need that I sit in the back and
Hide I'm a king like Richard Bachman
Me fold? Don't hold your breath
I can keep my mouth closed and they show respect
I'm the favorite of the fans like Boba Fett
Case closed, and it ain't even over yet
Cause yeah, I'm like rabies and no chain on a Rottweiler
You don't phase me there's no saving you not nada
I'm raw baby the Scorsese, the Godfather
The Chris Nolan, the Dark Knight of the rock rhymers
I'm calling your bluff, I've had it, enough
You'r? talking but have to eventually be backing it up
Happily back in your trailer they'll be packing your stuff
You bastards are actually actors and we're wrapping you up, yeah

-------------------------------------------------------

Cheat Codes

 

Oh no, OK, you don't say
I rewrote the code that's controlling the whole game
They wanna start shit dissing me no way
My triangle button's been missing I don't play
So you can put it in sleep mode
Synonymous with rhyming like Konami and cheat codes
Kathy Bates, Misery I de-feet foes
And do it without ever changing outta my street clothes

-------------------------------------------------------

CTRL C CTRL V

 

Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell me who is that floating on the track like space
Triangle button's been missing I don't...
Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell me who is that floating on the track like space

 

Ahhhh
Who is that floating on the track like space
Gravity don't matter he just hovers into place
Pardon me I hardly feel this sudden state of grace
But this track is taking off like it was built on rocket bass
Or rocket treble fuck it I don't give a damn
Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell your mother, tell your brother, send a secret telegram
Mike is to the the mic like peanut butter is to jam
I walk what I talk
I was made from the pressure like a diamond outta rock
Call it password protected, I got this shit locked
Put my hands on a mic, put my foes in a box
Not a word you can tell me, came to give 'em hell these
Bars full of scars from the punches that they dealt me
Now I'm bullet training on tracks that never fail me
Pull apart the bars nothing ever can derail me
I don't follow you dudes I just move different
These fools don't even know what to do with it
New faces retracing paces I blueprinted
Saying, "Mike we didn't have a clue until you did it"
CTRL-C, CTRL-V, don't sleep
Wild like Villanova over a dope beat
Style between an old soul and OG
Tell 'em focus on goals over the gold teeth

 

 

Radio Edit lyrics:

  Reveal hidden contents

Genius Bar

 

Yeah

 

Yeah
Let's go
Check

 

Yo
I'm the Steve Jobs of the underdogs
Drop jaws with the "one more thing" in the monologue
Keep 'em guessing what the reasons are
I don't got a chain of Mac stores, I already got genius bars
Turned a hobby into people all up in the lobby
Not Illuminati, this is neo-literati
With an army here behind me kid don't even try me
Adam bomb on anybody, word to Ben and Bobby

Let the smoke blow, get the brew spillin'
Debut a new villain like Ren and Doom chillin'
My shoes are too winning for you to cruise in 'em
Timeless cool like blue denim I'm losing 'em

And these are just the flows that I was saving
Ever since the days of Pac Man-ing at the Days Inn I been
Paving ways for them to make a basic conversation
The only Asian raising hell from here to Copenhagen
OK I'm half I know the math I'm Japanese (Get it?)
The flow is tight like I got vascular disease
Magically take it where in fact it has to be
I been mapping out the future while your *** was catching Z's

You are now vibing with Mike Shinoda, Nice
That's a very special wombat, I love it
What the hell is going on

Yeah
It all started after college
Rocking shell toes like my favorite group from Hollis
Manifest the future let the universe allow it
Keys like Khaled I'm just giving you the knowledge (the knowledge)
Damn Janet, I got 'em in control, if you
Like this then you gotta see the show, I'm the
Chef's choice, I'm Nozawa with the flow, you can
Trust me this ain't no California roll

Set menu it's a special occasion
Bass pulsating to the pupil dilation
Clickbait journalists steady spectating
Waiting for the moment they can twist the translation

I don't have a lane to stay in
Associate with great women and great men
Never make time for a fake friend
Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin
I don't have a lane to stay in
Associate with great women and great men
Never make time for a fake friend
Snakes never change they just shed their snakeskin

-------------------------------------------------------

Richard Bachman

 

Let's go ya

 

Yeah
Ah, look how they're acting
Might as well ask somebody to smack them
I don't need that I sit in the back and
Hide I'm a king like Richard Bachman
Me fold? Don't hold your breath
I can keep my mouth closed and they show respect
I'm the favorite of the fans like Boba Fett
Case closed, and it ain't even over yet
Cause yeah, I'm like rabies and no chain on a Rottweiler
You don't phase me there's no saving you not nada
I'm raw baby the Scorsese, the Godfather
The Chris Nolan, the Dark Knight of the rock rhymers
I'm calling your bluff, I've had it, enough
You'r? talking but have to eventually be backing it up
Happily back in your trailer they'll be packing your stuff
You **** are actually actors and we're wrapping you up, yeah

-------------------------------------------------------

Cheat Codes

 

Oh no, OK, you don't say
I rewrote the code that's controlling the whole game
They wanna start **** dissing me no way
My triangle button's been missing I don't play
So you can put it in sleep mode
Synonymous with rhyming like Konami and cheat codes
Kathy Bates, Misery I de-feet foes
And do it without ever changing outta my street clothes

-------------------------------------------------------

CTRL C CTRL V

 

Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell me who is that floating on the track like space
Triangle button's been missing I don't...
Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell me who is that floating on the track like space

 

Ahhhh
Who is that floating on the track like space
Gravity don't matter he just hovers into place
Pardon me I hardly feel this sudden state of grace
But this track is taking off like it was built on rocket bass
Or rocket treble **** it I don't give a damn
Just in case you missed it let me tell you who I am
Tell your mother, tell your brother, send a secret telegram
Mike is to the the mic like peanut butter is to jam
I walk what I talk
I was made from the pressure like a diamond outta rock
Call it password protected, I got this **** locked
Put my hands on a mic, put my foes in a box
Not a word you can tell me, came to give 'em hell these
Bars full of scars from the punches that they dealt me
Now I'm bullet training on tracks that never fail me
Pull apart the bars nothing ever can derail me
I don't follow you dudes I just move different
These fools don't even know what to do with it
New faces retracing paces I blueprinted
Saying, "Mike we didn't have a clue until you did it"
CTRL-C, CTRL-V, don't sleep
Wild like Villanova over a dope beat
Style between an old soul and OG
Tell 'em focus on goals over the gold teeth

 

 

 

Thanks! 
This EP also reminds me a lot of the vibe/style Mike adopted in 2016 for that verse on “Like Riding a bike”, with many pop culture references (damn Daniel! Apple/Spotify ...) 

55 minutes ago, leftshoe18 said:

I freaking love this.

 

I so badly want a full hip-hop album from Mike again.

I think, personally, this format is perfect. I mean maybe a bit longer like 4 full tracks running for 3 minutes each, but a full album of, say, 12 tracks with a 30+ minutes length would probably be too much for this style. Anyway, love this project, some of the best bars by Mike in years 

On 12/3/2021 at 2:09 AM, Subs said:

Thank god for new Julien-K and Grey daze soon. I love Mike, but i find this all very boring. 

 

"i find this all very boring" = "not my type of music but gonna comment anyway". errr, okay. 🥱

 

 

4 hours ago, leftshoe18 said:

I freaking love this.

 

I so badly want a full hip-hop album from Mike again.

 

totally agree. i've seen a lot of positive comments bout this EP/project.

 

I had a lot of fun listening to the mixtape. It sounds like something we would hear in an unreleased demo, but actually polished and released! And I love how the tracks blend together. This is my fav work of his since PT easily. 

 

 

I love the beginning of Cheat Codes, sounds like the best of Dropped Frames mixed with a Living Things demo. It has something of that LPU demo called “Animals” 

Edited by DIE4U92
14 minutes ago, martinez said:

Mixtape is short but pretty good. Why Mike didn't released this under Warner? Warner has bigger ranges than ADA.

I’d really love something like this but bigger, like, a proper EP, 6 tracks 

On 12/4/2021 at 2:17 AM, Stranger said:

 

"i find this all very boring" = "not my type of music but gonna comment anyway". errr, okay. 🥱

 

 

 

totally agree. i've seen a lot of positive comments bout this EP/project.

 

Am i not allowed to comment. I hadnt heard of it before, this was my first reaction as i was unaware of it, hadnt checked the site in a few weeks.

Really nice to hear bars again from Mike. In retrospect, three Dropped Frames volumes was probably the right call, because I got tired of the endless beats a while ago, and I'm not going to say anything about Mike's NFT fixation this year. This was a nice change of pace from all of that, even as short as it was.

  • 2 weeks later...
On 12/4/2021 at 5:25 AM, YRQRM0 said:

I had a lot of fun listening to the mixtape. It sounds like something we would hear in an unreleased demo, but actually polished and released! And I love how the tracks blend together. This is my fav work of his since PT easily. 

 

 

I totally agree with you. I have the same opinion. Ziggurats sounds like a typical old school Mike rap demos which I really like. Maybe he uses older samples. In some part it sounds like drums were taken from "Slip" and some sounds reminds me "Step Up". I really like it.

11 hours ago, hybrider said:

I totally agree with you. I have the same opinion. Ziggurats sounds like a typical old school Mike rap demos which I really like. Maybe he uses older samples. In some part it sounds like drums were taken from "Slip" and some sounds reminds me "Step Up". I really like it.

Yeah !!! That’s the vibe. Like, listen to the “standard” version of Richard Backman, the instrumentals remind me of Xero A LOT 

  • 1 year later...

Working on Ziggurats on Linkinpedia.

Has anyone gone through it to see what samples you can identify from other Mike songs? We don't really have much info on the tracks but it'd be nice to add some cool facts to the song pages. https://linkinpedia.com/index.php?title=Genius_Bar Like, Ctrl C Ctrl V samples One Hundredth Stream.

We were going to do info on Alternate Versions of them, some highlights of those, but there are just too many versions to do that so we'll probably remove that section lol

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