| Since I was 3 I had ADHD,
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| got in trouble constantly, said, «Just gotta be me!»
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| Nineteen years later I’ve got this piece of paper
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| It says «congrats, you’re broke English major»
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| I still live with mom and dad and it’s kind of sad
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| when this Stanford grad brings ladies to his pad,
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| «What up girl?»
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| «Aren't you that rapper with that song about Hot Topic?»
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| Maybe Bukowski was right about women? |
| «ha ha, stop it!»
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| This is an old-school jam, I’m dropping knowledge like Plato
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| while most rappers track it backwards and stay flat like Play Dough
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| but I’m a Minor Threat, I flip scripts so they know
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| You can’t taze me bro («Don't taze me bro!»)
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| Not to conceal, keep it surreal,
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| piss off the British press when I’m like, «Who's John Peel?»
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| The NME says, «Lars is well rubbish,
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| his single is bollocks,"but I know that they love this!
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| I’m MC Lars (true player for real!)
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| It’s my self-referential introduction song
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| I’m MC Lars (true player for real!)
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| TPFR (true player for real!)
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| The name’s MC Lars now you know the deal
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| (true player for real)
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| Once upon a time Grandmaster Flash
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| inspired these nerds with a culture clash
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| Once Run-DMC mixed rock guitars
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| with the kick, snare, kick, kick, snare
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| Public Enemy took a political stand,
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| now we pirate these records like damn the man
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| NWA got attacked by the media,
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| now we check the facts up on Wikipedia
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| Can’t get on the stage at the Jay-Z show
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| so we boot up ProTools and bust a funky flow
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| Online for free we don’t make dough,
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| okay just thought I’d let you know
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| And I can give you 27 reasons why
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| Nerdcore rhymes are just as fly
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| As anything born from mainstream rap,
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| Till my laptop dies… and I’ll take that back
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| I’m MC Lars (true player for real!)
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| Still my self-referential introduction song
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| I’m MC Lars (true player for real!)
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| TPFR (true player for real!)
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| The name’s MC Lars now you know the deal
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| (true player for real)
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| Like Ralph Waldo Emerson, I stay «Self Reliant»
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| Genre-defiant, all ages shows with Kobe Bryant
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| I just checked billboard, my album’s in the charts
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| I think therefore I soundscan, right Descartes?
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| But am I a culture thief making hip-hop sound white?
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| Haven’t got the right like Lancelot the knight?
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| No, Camelot’s a myth, and Guinevere’s a slut
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| So I’ll jump into this mosh pit, pants sagging like «What!»… key change
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| I’m MC Lars (true player for real!)
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| Still my self-referential introduction song
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| I’m MC Lars (true player for real!)
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| TPFR (true player for real!)
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| The name’s MC Lars now you know the deal
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| (true player for real)
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| I kill it on stage, with two DI’s, why?
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| Post-punk laptop rap is the new DIY
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| (true player for real!)
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| I kill it on stage, with two DI’s, why?
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| Post-punk laptop rap is the new DIY
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| TPFR (true player for real)
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| True player… true player |