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1. |
For You
04:27
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(you ready, chris? i think they know who we are now. let's tell them where we've been.)
I've been busy. see us stocking up the store
With fresh produce from the legend six four
Days off the calendar, believe i've been counting
Glued to my keyboard, writing for the album
I've been on the internet announcing to the public
Getting five-star reviews of lost reality published
Touring every weekend, hanging out with fans
Signing every autograph and shaking every hand
I've been out promoting, the only way i know (what's that?)
Showing off my flow while i'm flowing at my shows
If i'm not on stage live, ripping a set
It's only 'cause i've been at work, chained to my desk
I've been stressed - about my talent and capacity
And if this new album could compare to lost reality
Truthfully, i've been wondering if we'd finish
I've been living a dream and i'm loving every minute
(thank you so much for joining us here. you're about to find out where we've been.)
Everybody on the internet: this one's for you
My people in the crowd: this one's for you
You saw us at a show: this one's for you
You helped our music grow: this one's for you
You purchased and believe in it: this one's for you
You ripped and seeded it: then this one's for you
They said, "come out west and rock it before long"
I went to san diego and played at toorcon
Tim and h1kari went and brought the show to me
With cmos talking 'bout touring overseas
They said, "come to the east coast, we want to see you"
Thanks to the potters i've been rocking out at shmoo
They said, "down south, your fans won't believe it"
So skydog and merlin brought us down to phreaknic
Every single stage, every time i rap live
I see matt, and darren, and shannon for hak5
Ask for a freestyle, i'll rhyme more lines
See me with the dc-949
Finesse with the moose, connect with the wires
Quick pop a box, cp another vyrus
Reversing and coding, connecting to shells
'cause these search algorithms don't optimize themselves
(i'm on some traveling salesman type stuff. you better solve that algorithm.)
Everybody on the internet: this one's for you
My people in the crowd: this one's for you
You saw us at a show: this one's for you
You helped our music grow: this one's for you
You purchased and believe in it: this one's for you
You ripped and seeded it: then this one's for you
I've been saying; we came to stay, face it
Music has been broken, dual core's here to replace it
Another run of albums packing suitcases
On a first name basis with TSA agents
In and out of airports all across the nation
Now they finally know i'm not taking a vacation
Writing on the plane, pushing higher styles
Overflowing integers on frequent flyer miles
Adding new shows, booking up quickly
With kismet maps over fifty different cities
Downtown, uptown, or interstate drivin'
This song's not long enough for everywhere that i've been
So many shows, and loving what i see
Watching heads nod to every one of these beats
I've been on different stages, rocking different mics
For the same fans i love and share this part of my life
(we couldn't do this without you. we do it for us, but we do it for you.)
Everybody on the internet: this one's for you
My people in the crowd: this one's for you
You saw us at a show: this one's for you
You helped our music grow: this one's for you
You purchased and believe in it: this one's for you
You ripped and seeded it: then this one's for you
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2. |
Kick Back
04:05
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Back once again it's the duo in fact
Put the sounds of our generation new on the map
It's our bread and our butter (yup) the food on our plate
With the content we cover and the music we make
I've been known to kick back, kick back
I've been known to - take your ass to rhyme town
I've been known to kick back, rip it like a cyclone
Perfecting the feeling that we're bringing around
With a masterpiece sculpted created from sound
The rap with the flow from the cast that you know
Adding cracks to the code make the track so gold
Pack it and tag it like a warez group release
Bittorrent, grabbing it, seed it and leech
Nerdcore is here growing year after year
Promoting word of mouth it's the new peer to peer
My multicast datagram IP flow
Spreads across routers making every net glow
Exponential growth rate is out of control
Forced to DDoS the CMOS everywhere it goes
I stand for the purity of art in our craft
And the overflowed buffer always causing a crash
Every track spit facts vocal tones dispatched
Always working hard, but I've been known to kick back
I've been known to kick back, kick back
I've been known to - take your ass to rhyme town
I've been known to kick back, rip it like a cyclone
I've been known to kick - microphones
I've been known to - take your ass to rhyme town
I've been known to kick back, rip it like a cyclone
Back once again, but you already know
This is ultimate edition like an upgrade from pro
Fans understand when they see us at shows
All the heads nodding to the beats, rhythm, flows
This is for the listeners and downloaders too
My fellow prime intellects that levitate truth
I get a bit confused when they say I need a deal
Or compliment and tell us we could do rap for real
Cause to me this is real, most authentic on the planet
I talk about our lives so the music is organic
Most rappers never do half of what they say
But we are really nerds and we live it every day
Explains and elaborates, defines and describes
Our story put to music, no one can deny
Fresh beats and rhymes with our listeners supporting us
So you know it's real no matter what was said by Morpheus
I've been known to kick back, kick back
I've been known to - take your ass to rhyme town
I've been known to kick back, rip it like a cyclone
I've been known to kick - microphones
I've been known to - take your ass to rhyme town
I've been known to kick back, rip it like a cyclone
Now it's time that we win it cause we're in it and prove
Set them up, follow through with a finishing move
It's c64 with the sickening groove
And Dual Core's the group that you're listening to
With the plan set in motion now you're feeling the draw
Supplying the kick back, it's Newton's third law
Login and blog with your open ID
Play these tracks and you hear my voice, over IP
On some programmer, database, IT pro
Warp engines on set to lightspeed go
High definition on that liveleak show
Or you'll error out trying to divide ze-ro
So, tell the truth, it's not about the revenue
It's about the music making us into a better group
Never lose, coding all these open source clever tools
Write read no, only thing we do is execute
I've been known to kick back, kick back
I've been known to - take your ass to rhyme town
I've been known to kick back, rip it like a cyclone
I've been known to kick - microphones
I've been known to - take your ass to rhyme town
I've been known to kick back, rip it like a cyclone
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3. |
Natural 20s
04:18
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[Verse 1: int eighty]
It's time for adventure if you're willing and able
So let's take it from the MUD to the tops of the table
To the floor, to the attic, to the basement where it stays
To the nerdcore underworld (now that's a long way)
Can't go alone but it's time to start play
Better join the campaign, magic class arcane
Grab another character, here comes The Rappist
To the party has been added start the conjuring and castin'
Settle more scores, transform the Dark Lord
Level four force, pin opponents to the dart board
Dice in your hand (here) give it a try
Shake 'em up, close your eyes, make a wish and let fly
Look, there's a Random, better run while we can
Oh wait, never mind, he's the guy from Mega Ran
Gotta rally the troops, it's no time for forfeit
The party moves north, like six four in orbit
Pray through the gates, always ready to skate
Better level up quick before you meet an early fate
Now I heard there's a Jesse who lives in these parts
And he ever so Dangerously mastered the arts
A crazy collection of sorcery and spells
From the rising of nerdcore his skills had excelled
And nearby's a Frontalot, but it looks like he's screwed
So I ran as the Front was being eaten by a grue
Normally I'd help, I felt bad for shying off
But I'd rather take my chances up against the final boss
There's reason for the company, gold is the goal
So the Spamtec crew had my clicks on a roll
Engulfed in the darkness ambush by attackers
Then to the rescue it's my man YTCracker
Prepare for engagement, hope I battle well
Way to tell slaying elves inside of Shadowfell
[Hook]
Raise your hand if you got mad skills
Keep it up if you got mad kills
Make a fist if your party's always ready
Shout it out what you roll: NATURAL 20s
Raise your hand if you got mad skills
Keep it up high if you got mad kills
Make a fist if your party's always ready
Shout it out let them know you roll NATURAL 20s
I put on my robe and wizard hat...
[Verse 2: int eighty]
Now this is an adventure, or some would say a game
A study done in strategy of legendary fame
Let me introduce, though you prob'ly know his name
It's Jim Darkmagic, but you can call him James
A little bit strange, at least from the standard
But this family of magicians is renowned in New Hampshire
Finally settled on a god with Avandra
But shopped around first and almost ended up with mothra
In search of irontooth all the way up in the keep
But it was too steep, hit a pit that's too deep
And here come the rats - no way of escapin'
They want to go home play it safe in Winterhaven
Running out of options with all the rodents swarming
Maximum damage with a blast of flame scorching
A critical hit inflicted on the enemies
Cause Jim's always rolling with the NATURAL 20s
[Hook]
Raise your hand if you got mad skills
Keep it up if you got mad kills
Make a fist if your party's always ready
Shout it out what you roll: NATURAL 20s
Raise your hand if you got mad skills
Keep it up high if you got mad kills
Make a fist if your party's always ready
Shout it out let them know you roll NATURAL 20s
Raise your hand if you got mad skills
Keep it up if you got mad kills
Make a fist if your party's always ready
Shout it out what you roll: NATURAL 20s
Raise your hand if you got mad skills
Keep it up high if you got mad kills
Make a fist if your party's always ready
Shout it out let them know you roll NATURAL 20s
(single, no double up)
I steal yo soul and cast Lightning Lvl. 1,000,000
Your body explodes into a fine bloody mist
Because you are only a Lvl. 2 Druid
Robots are trying to drill my brain
But my lightning shield inflicts DOA attack
Leaving the robots as flaming piles of metal
King Arthur congratulates me for destroying Dr. Robotnik's evil army of Robot Socialist Republics
The cold war ends
Reagan steals my accomplishments and makes like it was cause of him
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4. |
The Hollow
04:26
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Welcome to a war on a colonized planet
The verge of extinction watching us vanish
The whole human race and we're under one banner
All one machine sporting COG on the standard
Just landed, reads on the scanner
Hands on my lancer and I'm gonna want answers
Briefed and equipped now I'm sprung from the slammer
Locusts spread everywhere, their m.o. is cancer
Right trigger vision, strike with precision
Keep the gears moving fighting life in remission
Work together, designed for this killin
This is prime do or die there's no time for division
Delta squad what, a hard act to follow
Recovering the resonator mapping out the hollow
Berserkers beware I just planted a bomb
With a beam, third degree, from the Hammer of Dawn, oonnnnnn
Elite force soldier, welcome to the squad
Combat infantry, gears march on
Killing off locusts until they're all gone
Hand me a weapon, gears march on
Each step taken, gotta stand strong
Left foot, right foot, gears march on
Time to move out and deploy that bomb
Every single mission, gears march on
Hidin from sniper sights, tossing out a frag grenade
High priced fire fight, back against a barricade
Rounds spinning by like the sound of a serenade
Boom shot, two off, and turn em into marinade
Still pitchin', rounds keep spittin
Turning up the heat while we cook in hell's kitchen
King of the ring, I'm the ruler, the sultan
Amped on a plan to eradicate immulsion
Spasm, convulsin, coughing when the blood runs
The lightmass bomb got us suffering from rustlung
Still chokin, jack still floatin
Sounds in the background, mortars, explosions
Losing team members proving this is real
Snub still rocking using boomers as a shield
Now underground where I've never been before
Moving to the queen's throne plotting on the skorge, suuuurrrrre
Elite force soldier, welcome to the squad
Combat infantry, gears march on
Killing off locusts until they're all gone
Hand me a weapon, gears march on
Each step taken, gotta stand strong
Left foot, right foot, gears march on
Time to move out and deploy that bomb
Every single mission, gears march on
IN to the fray watching drones on my six
Ammo grab, reload, and I'm back in the mix
Maelstrom fire send these beasts where they came from
City's last stand hitting reavers with a chaingun
Move quickly, aim getting shifty
Dom help me up cause these bullets just hit me
Corpsers, seeders, hydras in pieces
Destruction's my appetite, please just feed it
Landscape scenic for this nightmare dream it
Can't keep me down with the last name Fenix
Piece meal, chainsaw steele
Defend til the end out in Aspho Fields
E-day relapse got me aiming for their kneecaps
Laying down cover leading people to their evac
Gears march on, strong, shoulda knew that
Focus everything and ignite that brumak, brrrruuuuappppp
Elite force soldier, welcome to the squad
Combat infantry, gears march on
Killing off locusts until they're all gone
Hand me a weapon, gears march on
Each step taken, gotta stand strong
Left foot, right foot, gears march on
Time to move out and deploy that bomb
Every single mission, gears march on
Elite force soldier, welcome to the squad
Combat infantry, gears march on
Killing off locusts until they're all gone
Hand me a weapon, gears march on
Each breath taken could be last one drawn
Left foot, right foot, gears march on
Gotta move out and deploy that bomb
Every single mission, gears march on
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5. |
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Eighty:
My first time online: 1995
My neighbor's new computer, we took it for a ride
Addicted from the start and it wasn't ending soon
In jpeg rooms seeing women in the nude
But that's not my interest, time i could invest
Deltrees and trojans - computers i could infect
(hold on, i'm getting ahead of myself) take a step back
Started making fan sites of artists that could rap
Pasted some code in an im to start up
Aol choked, it was frozen on the markup
Came across proggies and tools made by others
Kicking people offline, the scene called them punters
Had the best strings that would crash and hold the throne
So i couldn't give them out, had to code it on my own
Vb3 download and feeling out of place
Started out clueless, a genozide bas
Sprinting for the lead, i couldn't stay behind
Met CaFFeiNe learned the windows api
Writing bigger apps growing day by day with it
Subclass, trespass, evade rate limits
I'm a warez group mercenary, coding was my pitch
Servers, mass mailers, anything for phish
Tosers, scrollers, ascii art, journals
For masters and subs, overheads, internals
Multithreaded brute force SecurID tokens
German, canadian, it's code that was spoken
A pinpoint in time, most will never know
I coded with the very best from all around the globe
Bounced from private rooms, finding all the spots
Bypassing blocks hide from CATWatch and TOS
Wondered if accounts would even live until the morning
'cause all of this could terminate with on screen warnings
YTCracker:
This, digital gangster, he made a splash
In a couple private rooms in '98 if my math
Is correct and got immediate respect in my past
With the phreakin', and the hackin', and the spammin' for cash
Just ask astro, i was the fidel castro
Dictator yeah'in while i'm scrolling a macro
Page on 80p
Free hosts for all the hackers and the ao-g's
This, digital gangster, he made a splash
Page on the internet in any subclass
No sendkeys, so the proggies are fast
All the tosers, and the mailers, and the phishes were mass
This, digital gangster, he made a splash
Intro art to his proggies and past
Concert, to the kiddies and dash
Then i spit some raps about it and i'm famous for that
Eighty:
Now, let's continue that the intro's begun
Did i mention? i was running windows 3.1
My 486dx was so potent
Coupled with a 2400 baud modem
Back to the task, this culture this class
These hackers, these teenagers growing up fast
With password stealers reversing was the issue
Switch out the email, flip, and redistribute
I had LeGiON, HaVoK, rolling with a force
Decompiled Fate and i marveled at the source
Coldice, dive, int, and all the vb's
There was server with an 's', and cerver with a 'c'
I was phishing with aim, switching up the game
An app that would interface with aol and aim
Clearing out the rooms eating customers alive
These chat sound strings had me spinning up your drives
For 5-minute code with the con\con stunts
One night run, over 20,000 punts
Spam became my thing, growing interest in my funds
Checks from aff - keep 'em coming every month
Regrets never once, always used caution
Aol was all i had, there was no other option
Vb3 got a bit stale and so we left
Threw away my vbx, made an ocx
My bas 32-bit, the code was a rarity
Custom controls, added gui transparency
Thinking of protocols and keywords we broke
We had fdo scripts and MasterAOL invokes
Getting out the scene, mailing, and serving
Getting into other things like Rainman and Merlin
Insideaol and then observers crew
Lcases, certs, i remember all of you
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6. |
The Game
04:06
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My name's Viktor, elite code scripter
From a Soviet satellite that's cold in the winter
Pack my own malware, write my own crypters
With more entropy than a mersenne twister
Evade antivirus, IDS filters
Leave the scene cleaner than mops and a Swiffer
A few years ago our economy crashed
The paper that we use is worth more than the cash
Can't afford furniture or tables to eat on
Fam'lies working overtime just to keep the heat on
An unstable government with no longevity
The currency I work with is stolen identities
Credit cards, PIN numbers, searching for the purest
Social security and national insurance
Buy some, sell some, archive and trade them
Compromise accounts almost faster than they make them
I'm not in a group or a crew or a clique
Just a handful of people that I do business with
We all use a forum that's hidden from the web
On a non-privileged port and encrypted instead
On a dark network where the bots come and serve
I've hacked with the admin, he's good to his word
My inbox now is like something from a dream
With a note sent from an account I've never seen
A member of ours was arrested and siezed
Our data turned over to the DC3
Also the admin's a CIA plant
So you'd better pack up and make a run while you can
Cash out accounts, make a dash out of town
They're coming to your house less than two days from now
Is this stuff for real? I don't know where it's coming from
One last thing, don't trust anyone
Better run
Message still there, screen filled with caution
Gotta think quickly and weigh all the options
Hard drives encrypted with a big key of mine
They'll never get to factor the relative prime
The only plain traffic they'd see is bittorrent
But where I live there's no such thing as a warrant
Court's one-sided, they prove any fact
Two days to pack, might be sooner than that
Increase the matter at hand
Blast the front door with a battering ram
Pull the plug, out the window and I'm flying away
Trying not to slip on the fire escape
Forgetting all my files and the password for root
Look back and I see two suits in pursuit
Car pulls up now they've blocked off the entrance
Next stop USA, off to serve a sentence
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7. |
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[int eighty]
Another day at work, I'm just grinding on my gears
On some TGIF, the weekend's finally here
It means Follow Friday, the choice is kinda hard
Let's start with Mega Ran and my mega man Lars
Schaffer the Darklord, realytcracker
And beefyness of course 'cause they're all my favorite rappers
Sending tweets through my phone on a tapped line
It's half time, prefix all these people with an at sign
[Schaffer the Darklord]
At int eighty, what up, are you updating
You making a song, writing it on Twitter, that's crazy
[Beefy]
I'm outside the combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell
They got my order wrong again so all those kids can go to hell
[Mega Ran]
At int eighty, sorry for interrupting
But it's public so I figured it was up for discussion
I love you like a brother so we'll be forever fam
But how you do a Twitter jam without Mega Ran?
[int eighty, (Beefy)]
It's a simple plan, (he didn't forget you man)
Hey Mega Ran, remember when we hung out back at Scribble Jam?
[Mega Ran]
I remember having Cincinnati chili
But really you gotta come out to Philly to get busy
[Beefy]
Just saw this really sweet chick, killer body stay fit
Body 10, the face 6, so check her out on tweetpic
[Schaffer the Darklord]
All you rappers tapping touching hunching over your screen
I'm on an N train rocking through Astoria, Queens
[int eighty]
When we saw the Dark Knight back in July
I took the very same line, I remember that ride
[Schaffer the Darklord]
And I remember meeting in Orlando earlier that month
Let's see it you and me and Chozo- wait, where the hell is Front
[MC Frontalot]
Tardy as per usual, not to be rude you all deserve
Better than the seven-score character curve
Upon your output, MC Frontalot wants more
If you deign to hit me back do not neglect the underscore
[Chorus: int eighty, Beefy, Schaffer the Darklord]
Hey I've got a thought, we should microblog a song
It's a tweetstyle, we'll just make it up and go along
Defying the convention how you people write a verse
A crazy idea so we're hoping that it works
Gotta keep posting to the song is complete
But think about it first, there's no edits or deletes
Even be online and connected overseas
But one too many tweets could bring the web to its knees
[MC Lars]
Verse two, it's true, I'm hollaring at you
YTCracker how's the forum, dawg? My street team's feeling blue
[ytcracker]
At MC Lars just got home, Grandma's in from Hawaii
Been AFK all day now I'm settled time to rhyme
[MC Lars]
LOL palm trees, waves, and coconuts
They filmed Lost by Waikiki, Pacific random knowledge what
[Schaffer the Darklord]
At YTC O FYI this DC CD's DIY
In NYC we LOL ASAP OK THX BYE
[Beefy]
Working on the next album, working on the next cut
The track about X-Men cartoons with MC Lars is like what
[MC Lars]
That cut is bumping, slumping; the flavor's strong and ample
But Beefy what did it cost to clear the theme song sample?
[Beefy]
Lars you know my style they wanna sue me they gotta find me
I run with ytcracker so the DG's right beside
[MC Frontalot]
I'm right behind three three and a third on the mic
If I could spin it up to int eighty, he got the word of the night
[int eighty]
I'm just crafting code to attack my hacking foes
And if I get to pick, then the word is apropos
[ytcracker]
I coded a dialer and I screwed a girl
Tonight was awesome bin bashed a pearl
[Schaffer the Darklord]
I'm writing up a set-list, gotta get it tight
Calling all of my dealers, I got a gig tonight
[MC Frontalot]
Dig. I'm about to attend. Y'all are distant? Be jealous
Check the feed for updates on STD swilling Stellas
[Beefy]
XBox Live is calling me, message on the cell
Come get a beating on Street Fighter 4 -- Love, Shael
[int eighty]
Beefy knows the moves and he plays it pretty smart
That reminds me, I need to tag in and PRESS START
[ytcracker]
At int eighty I am partial to SELECT
At random sorry haven't sent those other files yet
While I'm here, I guess I should update my status
Now I've tweeted what I needed so I #ninjavanish
[Chorus: int eighty, Beefy, Schaffer the Darklord]
Hey I've got a thought, we should microblog a song
It's a tweetstyle, we'll just make it up and go along
Defying the convention how you people write a verse
A crazy idea so we're hoping that it works
Gotta keep posting to the song is complete
But think about it first, there's no edits or deletes
Even be online and connected overseas
But one too many tweets could bring the web to its knees
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8. |
Forever
05:08
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A story unheard so I'll tell it again
Clear my throat and begin at the voyage's end
My vessel was decked out with new elite mods
Life support cut, been ejected from my pod
Brain's in a panic, emotions are frantic
Just crash landed on this alien planet
Pulled away screaming, now empty-handed
No going back, it appears that I'm stranded
Doctors examine with a paramount timing
Drops in my eyelids, fearing that I'm blinded
Memory's fresh, every day I'm reminded
Searching for my home world hoping that I find it
Mission to study what it is that you do
And move to include where there's room to improve
Evident truths that you prove through and through
Learning things about you that you probably never knew
Assimilate, learn to behave in a civil way
Integrate, a wide range of trade coming into play
One of you more and more day to day
A whole generation before paved the way
Ever so fragile, this life on a string
For a finite affair such a short term fling
Some say become what environment brings
But one day I'll put away these childish things
This is a story, beginning and end
Alive transcribed with a pad and a pen
One for the ages, more than a trend
Believe it, receive it, repeat it again
Check this story, beginning and end
Alive transcribed with a pad and a pen
One for the ages, more than a trend
Believe it, receive it, repeat it again
A species unique, it's amazing how diff'rent
They seem to encounter a variety of limits
Damage to the carapace causes it to swell up
Plus spoken language only recently developed
A quantity matrix they're placing with a trend
With numbers so primitive they count in base 10
For learning they cluster in rooms where they huddle
Easy as it seems, yet they all seem to struggle
Request simple tasks, and they call it exercise
Present simple facts and they all fail to memorize
Undergo procedures and look different after
At a higher intake some metabolize faster
Or not as their bodies do exhibit extra mass
Their top land speed would just have them finish last
Isolated, feeling all alone since my birth
The only of my kind that is here on this earth
This is a story, beginning and end
Alive transcribed with a pad and a pen
One for the ages, more than a trend
Believe it, receive it, repeat it again
Check this story, beginning and end
Alive transcribed with a pad and a pen
One for the ages, more than a trend
Believe it, receive it, repeat it again
One note, whether planned or by chance
It appears they progress as their age does advance
Watching them focus on their minuscule problems
Each one oblivious the same microcosm
But my mind's out there in the ether
Still separated from the rest of these creatures
Beaconed with a signal and intercepted talkback
Unreal, I believe that I have contact
Black hair, brown eyes, body type slender
Articulate, intelligent, of female gender
In the past there had been a few sightings
But each one's a hoax, really nothing that exciting
Notes that we make share the same observations
Expressing identical explained frustrations
That said, our plan is reproduce
Populate with nerds have them overrunning you
This is a story, beginning and end
Alive transcribed with a pad and a pen
One for the ages, more than a trend
Believe it, receive it, repeat it again
Check this story, beginning and end
Alive transcribed with a pad and a pen
One for the ages, more than a trend
Believe it, receive it, repeat it again
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9. |
Life's Work
04:44
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It's hard to grasp sometimes
That someone can tell you your life is about to be altered, and then everything changes
It's crazy, right
This one goes out to everyone who's taken something unexpected, and turned it around
Life's work
The greatest minds of our time, begin a new flight
Consider them as geniuses in their own right, that's right
Intelligent, innovative, running up the score
The best co-workers that anyone could ask for
Walking with escorts, leaving the office
Arms holding cardboard, lives in those boxes
Rewind a few hours they were pushing code to test
A few minutes back they were cleaning out their desks
Tony was furious, and ripping out the fixtures
They pushed him out the door didn't let him get his pictures
Nick was in shock, the news just hit him
Eyes in a daze as he turned off his system
Justin was calm 'cause he knew they'd find work
And this was the bottom so it wouldn't get worse
Lets out a sigh, thoughts on his mind
As he logged himself out for the very last time
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down, never know what you'll get
Be prepared when you're put to the test
Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down, never know what you'll get
Never know what you'll get
Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest
Fast forward three months, life's no joy
Both Tony and Justin are still unemployed
Craigslist, LinkedIn, nothing there to offer
Tired of the same old postings on Monster
They'd had a few interviews, nothing that would fly
Employers see their resumes and say they're overqualified
Nick's got a job, but he's way underpaid
As a help desk tech for a help desk wage
At home every day, Tony's writing code
Cause exploits pay, but their debt still grows
Check this post, a high price quote
With a backdoor wanted for an app that they wrote
Justin's unsure, Nick moves ahead
Cause his boss just wrote him up for browsing the web
Surprised to connect to the CVS box
It had been three months and they hadn't been blocked
Still had to login, which ended up a task
Trying all the usernames and passwords they had
Maybe they forgot to go and change one or something
All accounts locked out, except one of Justin's
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down, never know what you'll get
Be prepared when you're put to the test
Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down, never know what you'll get
Never know what you'll get
Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest
Justin came around, he knew they could hack it
Fired up a sniffer and they're capturing the packets
Man in the middle, watching conversations
Came across the CEO's banking information
Cron job set for the end of next week
That would send all the money to a bank overseas
The funds would be secure in an account offshore
And there's no extradition laws out of Singapore
Turning it around they were going there to stay
With their severance pay bought tickets one way
Packed their whole lives into one bag each
Cause if you go to jail that's all that you need
The whole flight dragged as they all felt nauseous
Nervous, fatigued, can't sleep but exhausted
Barely cleared customs, they all said thanks
Hopped on the train went straight to the bank
Just as expected they had the right amount
Balances withdrawn as they closed the account
Tried playing hardball my friends played tougher
I'm flying out to see them for a visit this summer
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down, never know what you'll get
Be prepared when you're put to the test
Gotta step up, you can stand above the rest
Here we go, no telling what's next
Life's up and down, never know what you'll get
Never know what you'll get
Gotta step up, then you stand above the rest
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10. |
Letter to c64
04:30
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Hey Chris, I'm writing with a lot on my mind
Thinking back on our past so I'm gonna rewind
From the very first track, I've always been impressed
So I knew all along we would be a success
It was kinda funny getting ready for the ride
And knowing that this genre was in for a surprise
Recalling all the Zero One beats you'd produced
Taking breaks from my code writing lyrics in my cube
Before we had an album or enough for a playlist
I was confident we would always end up being famous
Big fish small pond, that's how I phrased it
Telling anyone that'd listen you're the best around face it
Hey Chris, I'm still recording in my basement
Nerdcore is ours, I told you we would take it
Four albums later, we're building quite a legacy
No it wasn't painlessly, so thanks for having faith in me
Hey Chris, I'm writing with a lot on my mind
Thinking back on our past so I've gotta rewind
I still browse back into Penny Arcade
Remembering the day Gabe mentioned our names
It was such kickstart like putting in your quarters
Surprised when my inbox flooded with those orders
Then you came to visit so I took you down to Tobe
And played him a couple of your beats you had shown me
Thought you might leave me and head to the East coast
To sell your beats for more than you'll probably see me gross
Of course you're collected so you didn't get cocky
And I still haven't forgotten your beat Black Coffee
Possibly your best work remember how it's sounding
One day we'll make the song and put it on an album
Until then, see me still writing and recording
Giving interviews and rocking crowds while performing
Hey Chris, I'm writing with a lot on my mind
Thinking fast on this track so no need to rewind
On a ten-hour drive and my back's still sore
Next week another show, going back for more
Wish you could be here to hear all the compliments
People love the albums, the feedback is positive
Shaking hands, hanging out with who's who
You'll just have to watch the video on youtube
I'm just giving credit where that credit is due
Everything we've done, I'm giving credit to you
Hungry for it, even though there's nothing to prove
Running forward, believing that there's nothing to lose
Try to match your efforts with these words in my verse
Cause what I lack in talent I can make it up in work
Going strong every time I'm playing songs
Show the rest of the world what kind of level you're on
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11. |
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[Intro]
Welcome to next level tech support
Please press 01 to be connected to our help desk
[Verse 1: Remington Forbes]
All these end users calling
Filling up the queues with issues and problems
This user says his computer is crawlin'
The internets slow and he can't do his bloggin'
Another one says their password's forgotten
Account locked out and now they can't log-in
[Verse 2: int eighty]
Did i say blogging? I meant head-shottin'
Every single server I try keeps droppin'
Cannot win with my ping so bad
Other players pointing fingers blaming me for lag (It was you)
So slow, it's a next-gen drag
Messing up my stats every map i'm getting fragged
[Verse 3: Remington Forbes]
If you will, what's your name bill? (no, it's Dave)
Can you type your password in the username field? (what for?)
I just need to know that somewhere on your laptop
That you didn't inadvertently press caps lock (this is stupid)
Sir no need to disrespect me
I wanna make sure you're typing it correctly
[Verse 4: int eighty]
Oh my gosh, can we move along quickly
Reports need finished or my boss is gonna hit me
Clearly the problem isn't with me
I can troubleshoot the breeze, solving problems with ease
Trust me, I only use my shift key
Oh- that was it... that fixed me (Oh man, this guy is an idiot)
What? (Nothing sir)
[Hook]
Man, I got help desk woes (woes, woes, woes, woes)
From HR to C-E-Os (Os, Os, Os, Os)
Sometimes I think this job blows (blows, blows, blows, blows)
Come on now, you know how it goes (goes, goes, goes, goes)
Now back to the show
[Verse 5: Remington Forbes]
Finally, now I can check emails
There's a guy claiming that he can't SEND emails?
Says that he needs help and he's feeling helpless
He can't send... how did he email the help desk?
[Verse 6: int eighty]
Here's what happened, my spam filter died
I'm replying to these mails where it says unsubscribe
But it must be a lie, or so i get the feelin'
Windows popping up and i can't seem to kill 'em
It's not that the client won't send or receive it
But the interface is covered and i just can't see it
[Verse 7: Remington Forbes]
Sir try this, sounds like a virus
Disconnect your box from the network appliance
Boot up your computer hit F8 so
Windows can then start to boot up in safe mode
Then run AV scan cause apparently
This rogue code has infected your registry
I hope this can fix it, seems like bad luck
I hope this guy has been running daily backups
[Verse 8: int eighty]
Daily back what? are my files recovered?
Is that some kind of program? I've never heard of it
If you don't get my files back now then there's trouble
Do i need to spell it out cause i'm not being subtle
Oh, no worries, hang on the line
Let me run this antivirus 2009
(FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUU-)
[Hook]
Man, I got help desk woes (woes, woes, woes, woes)
From HR to C-E-Os (Os, Os, Os, Os)
Sometimes I think this job blows (blows, blows, blows, blows)
Come on now, you know how it goes (goes, goes, goes, goes)
Now back to the show
[Verse 9: Remington Forbes]
I was helping out the mother of a friend of a friend
Of my ex-roomma- forget it, let me begin
She was in need of help and that much was clear, see
And this so-called friend of mine volunteered me
So I called her on the phone
She didn't seem to understand
One single thing I was talking about
I said, "Close all your windows"
She came back and said
"Ok, I closed all the windows in the house."
No ma'am, not those windows...
No, your computers aren't gonna get cold...
No, that's not how you get viruses...
Ma'am, I don't think I can help you
[Hook]
Man, I got help desk woes (woes, woes, woes, woes)
From HR to C-E-Os (Os, Os, Os, Os)
Sometimes I think this job blows (blows, blows, blows, blows)
Come on now, you know how it goes (goes, goes, goes, goes)
Now back to the show
[Outro: Remington Forbes, (int eighty)]
Ok, sir, now I want you to press any key to continue
(Which one is the "any key"?)
Ok, did you find it?
(Aha)
Now click your right mouse button
(I only have one mouse)
Ok, sir, is your computer plugged in?
(I don't know)
What do you mean you don't know
(I can't tell)
You can't tell?
(I mean, It's dark. The power is out.)
Your power is out?
(Yeah)
Ah man
(Am I online now?)
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12. |
Painting Pictures
04:32
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I gotta share this story 'cause it brightened my world
Our main character is an amazing little girl
Wide-eyed, observant, and taking in everything
Plus the biggest smile that anyone had ever seen
Happy as could be, it didn't make sense
'Cause this little girl was surrounded by silence
All through, audio masked, like a costume
No sound either way, ergo, no volume
Never said a word, never made a noise
In fact, she'd never even heard her parents voice
But they loved her exactly the same, nothing fancy
Can't overestimate the value of a family
Taught her how to sign, write the alphabet, and read
And showed me that special needs make a special breed
Hands down, agreed, best money they ever spent
Was getting a computer and connection to the internet
In new technology, I'm placing all my trust
'Cause this is the science I've grown to know and love
Discoveries and research with time as the offset
Moving so fast just imagining the progress
Endless possibilities, the future isn't clear
Can't wait to see where we're gonna go from here
With meaning, ambition, drive, and a purpose
Just you wait, we're only scratching the surface
Technology's impact can be so profound
Having conversations without the need for sound
Engaging was easy as now she had a choice
'Cause online the internet gave her a voice
Plus she discovered that she's very artistic
Designs illustrations showing how she's gifted
Scrolls and uploads to community posts
And gets all the downloads and popular votes
And still loves reading, research, and learning
Her fire for knowledge, it never stops burning
She comes across an article about an advance
The cochlear implant would give her a chance
Reverse and unearth a whole world she's never heard
Connect a couple wires and activate the nerves
This gift that we're given, for her, would be priceless
Explore the other side of this curtain made of silence
In new technology, I'm placing all my trust
'Cause this is the science I've grown to know and love
Discoveries and research with time as the offset
Moving so fast just imagining the progress
Endless possibilities, the future isn't clear
Can't wait to see where we're gonna go from here
With meaning, ambition, drive, and a purpose
Just you wait, we're only scratching the surface
She met with the doctors and planned all of it out
Insurance came through and they paid the whole amount
Now I believe in miracles, I'll honestly confess
Impressed, the surgery had ended in success
Confused by the very first sounds that she hears
In therapy for years while adjusting to her ears
Hit a couple barriers, she's overcoming all of it
Dedicated, working every day with audiologists
Plus she's an optimist, still got that smile
It's even bigger now, grin is wider than a mile
Talking to her parents, such a great influence
Speaking with her friends even getting into music
Grooving to some nerdcore and hearing all the fun
She's a dual core fan, favorite album's zero one
But that might change with the song that you're witnessing
I mean this sincerely: thank you for listening
In new technology, I'm placing all my trust
'Cause this is the science I've grown to know and love
Discoveries and research with time as the offset
Moving so fast just imagining the progress
Endless possibilities, the future isn't clear
Can't wait to see where we're gonna go from here
With meaning, ambition, drive, and a purpose
Just you wait, we're only scratching the surface
In new technology, I'm placing all my trust
'Cause this is the science I've grown to know and love
Discoveries and research with time as the offset
Moving so fast just imagining the progress
Endless possibilities, the future isn't clear
Can't wait to see where we're gonna go from here
With meaning, ambition, drive, and a purpose
Just you wait, we're only scratching the surface
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13. |
Alright
08:49
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(what's up everyone?)
(it's great to be here this evening)
(i hope you're all having a good time, i certainly am)
(so i like hacking, but i also like rapping)
My real name's david
My interests are scifi, internet, and gaming
Grabbin hold of mics and running up on stages
And spit a hard drive full of rhymes rocking faces
Face it, this is what i do
And i do this for my people, namely you, you, and you
TRUE! a rapper in the zone
That could write his own code, hack the os on your phone?
Then go home, put himself to the test?
Then go to work and sit for hours at a desk?
While still spitting hot enough to cook an atom?
Well let me share a secret... you're looking at him!
Believe me, six four is trying to defeat me
My beat need's a regular expression, being greedy
Appease me, feed me, about to lose my mind
He's got jvm tracks, they compile just in time
Got him overclocked and he's maxing out the load
My guitar hero flow always eating up the notes
Breaking the controls so i take them to my shows
The drum's ZeaLouS1 bout to make my head explode
Boom! a headshot everytime i go
Start a round, hunt em down so that everybody knows
Listenin, the beat turns the heat up to blisterin
Can't touch the key that the feed was encrypted in
WIN!
Dual core on the mic and we're keeping it tight
Everybody said al-right (alright)
Just have a good time til the end of the night
Everybody said al-right (alright)
Top of the game and that's just how it goes
The best act around or in town that you know
Get prepared for return of the snares
Rock the flow for the rest of the show, so
NOW
Ready to run, second to none, better be steady for ev-e-ry one
Revving the tongue, weapon of fun, melting the SUN
Download and click run
Hear me coming to get some, exhibiting all of the symptoms
ONE more time for my people in the front row
I'm loving all of you folks, giving me energy ripping the show
Wanting to get back, call me part of the riff raff
Cause i'm tearing down the mics, ev-e-ry night, coming to spit facts
Never been known to skip that
Calling a semaphore, stylin, and rising out of the impasse
Cause you never know, trojaned all of my /bin/bash
At home with my cell phone, always rockin a tin hat
Set connect, sending the packets with a syn ack
Always working it hard, once in a while been known to kick back
Get that?
Dual core on the mic and we're keeping it tight
Everybody said al-right (alright)
Just have a good time til the end of the night
Everybody said al-right (alright)
Top of the game and that's just how it goes
The best act around or in town that you know
Get prepared for return of the snares
Rock the flow for the rest of the show, so
Now i stand with the best keep you planted in check
My delivery moves like the planet express
"good news everyone" is what i expect
Vocal tones mold a flow and we add the finesse
Seismographs crash while they're measurin' my temperament
And if i'm playing vegas going all in then you better bet
Evident, i'm not some heaven sent precedent
I'm the same as all of you, just trying hard to represent
Saint's row too, so it's time to collect
And dual core's the name that you've gotta respect
Respect
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Dual Core
International hip hop duo. Rapper int eighty and producer c64.
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