Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Mike Shinoda
Canonical path: /mike-shinoda/the-battle
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The Battle
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The Battle
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[Celph:
These hungry rappers battle for a buck and some change
There really be kids starving / give a f___ if it change
Shock rap / Not that / you get signed you might blow up
Release "Party In Iraq" / you might blow up
I see you trying to think a few lines you might get at me with
Slap happy with babies who're born with crack in their cribs
Too much to cram under your oversized fitted
And the public school system failed you /
either you're ignorant or...]
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