Linkin Park - Dedicated (demo 1999) Lyrics
I have a dream of a scene between the green hillsClouds pull away and the sunlight's revealedPeople don't talk about keeping it realIt's understood that they actually willAnd intoxicated and stimulated emceesStaring in the trees, paranoid, are gone in the breezeWatch them flee, hip-hop hitsTake a walk with me and what you'll seeIs a land where the sand is made up of crushed up waxAnd the sky beyond you is krylon glueAnd everybody speaks in a dialect of rhymeAnd emcees have left materialism behind themMeanwhile I just grip my micAnd hope me and my team make it through alrightBecause say what you will, and say what you mightBut don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night[CHORUS]Because this is dedicated to the kidsDedicated to wherever music livesDedicated to those tired of the same ol' sameAnd dedicated to the people advancin' the gameWhat's real is the kids who know that something's wrongWhat's real is the kids who think they don't belongWhat's real is the kids who have nowhere to runWho are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sunI've seen a lot of shit, I've talked to a bumOut on sunset strip, he asked me "How would you feelIf everybody acted like you didn't existYou'd lose your grip, probably eventually flip."So let it be known, the only reason that we do thisIs so you can pick it up and just bang your head to itWhile emcees fight to see who can be the commonestBe floatin overhead like a space odyssey monolithOver seeing the game, over being part of the same ol' thingIt's all gonna change in a hurricane of darkness and painAnd acidic rain and promises that you won't do it again
