• You ready?! Let's go!
    Yeah, for those of you that want to know what we're all about
    It's like this y'all (c'mon!)

    [Chorus:]
    This is ten percent luck, twenty percent skill
    Fifteen percent concentrated power of will
    Five percent pleasure, fifty percent pain
    And a hundred percent reason to remember the name!

    Mike! - He doesn't need his name up in lights
    He just wants to be heard whether it's the beat or the mic
    He feels so unlike everybody else, alone
    In spite of the fact that some people still think that they know him
    But ******** em, he knows the code
    It's not about the salary
    It's all about reality and making some noise
    Making the story - making sure his clique stays up
    That means when he puts it down Tak's picking it up! Let's go!

    Who the hell is he anyway?
    He never really talks much
    Never concerned with status but still leaving them star struck
    Humbled through opportunities given despite the fact
    That many misjudge him because he makes a living from writing raps
    Put it together himself, now the picture connects
    Never asking for someone's help, or to get some respect
    He's only focused on what he wrote, his will is beyond reach
    And now it all unfolds, the skill of an artist

    This is twenty percent skill
    Eighty percent fear
    Be a hundred percent clear cause Ryu is ill
    Who would've thought that he'd be the one to set the west in flames
    And I heard him wreck it with The Crystal Method, "Name Of The Game"
    Came back dropped Megadef, took em to church
    I like bleach man, why you had the stupidest verse?
    This dude is the truth, now everybody's giving him guest spots
    His stock's through the roof I heard he's ********' with S. Dot!

    [Chorus]

    They call him Ryu, he's sick
    And he's spitting fire
    And mike got him out the dryer he's hot
    Found him in Fort Minor with Tak
    What a ********' nihilist porcupine
    He's a p***k, he's a c**k
    The type woman want to be with, and rappers hope he get shot
    Eight years in the making, patiently waiting to blow
    Now the record with Shinoda's taking over the globe
    He's got a partner in crime, his s**t is equally dope
    You wont believe the kind of s**t that comes out of this kid's throat

    Tak! - He's not your everyday on the block
    He knows how to work with what he's got
    Making his way to the top
    He often gets a comment on his name
    People keep asking him was it given at birth
    Or does it stand for an acronym?
    No he's living proof, got him rocking the booth
    He'll get you buzzing quicker than a shot of vodka with juice
    Him and his crew are known around as one of the best
    Dedicated to what they do and give a hundred percent

    Forget Mike - Nobody really knows how or why he works so hard
    It seems like he's never got time
    Because he writes every note and he writes every line
    And I've seen him at work when that light goes on in his mind
    It's like a design is written in his head every time
    Before he even touches a key or speaks in a rhyme
    And those ******** he runs with,
    The kids that he signed?
    Ridiculous, without even trying,
    How do they do it?!

    [Chorus - repeat 2x]

    [Outro - Mike Shinoda:]
    Yeah! Fort Minor
    M. Shinoda - Styles of Beyond
    Ryu! Takbir! Machine Shop!