Tuning: E A D G B E

[Intro]

^N.C.Yo... [Verse 1] ^G#mWatch as the room rocks, mentally moonwalk

Mixed Media slang banging in your boom box

^EVerbal violence, lyrical stylist In a time when rock hip-hop rhymes are childish

^G#mYou can't tempt me with rhymes that are empty Rapping to a beat doesn't make you an MC ^EWith your lack of skill and facility, you're killing me

And a DJ in the group just for credibility

^G#mI heard that some of you are getting help with your rhymes You're not an MC if someone else writes your lines ^ERapping over rock doesn't make you a pioneer

âCause rock and hip-hop have collaborated for years

^G#mBut now they're getting randomly mixed and matched up All after a fast buck, and all the tracks suck ^ESo how does it stack up? None of it's real

You want to be an MC, you've got to study the skill [Chorus]

^G#mWho can rock a rhyme ^E5lik^D#5e this? ^C#mBring it to you every^F#m time like this? ^G#mWho can rock a rhyme ^E5lik^D#5e this? ^A5Step, step up! Step,^B step up!

[Verse]

^G#mSo, you pick up a pen and write yourself a new identity But mentally, you don't have the hip hop energy ^EWith a tendency to make up stories (Bullshit)

Sounding like the only hip hop you've heard is top 40

^G#mAnd your record company is completely missing it All the kids are dissing it for not being legitimate ^ESo in a battle, you can't hack it, react with whack shit

And get smacked with verbal back flips

^G#mGet your ass kicked by fabulous battle catalysts It's taken decades for MC's to establish this ^EYou're new to hip-hop, and welcome if your serious

But not on the mic, leave that to the experienced

^G#mUsing the waves of sound ^A5The true master par^Baly^Azes his opponen^G#mts Le^F#maving h^G#mim vulnerable to^B attack

[Chorus]

^G#mWho can rock a rhyme ^E5lik^D#5e this? ^C#mBring it to you every^F#m time like this? ^G#mWho can rock a rhyme ^E5lik^D#5e this? ^A5Step, step up! Step,^B step up!

[Bridge]

^G#mAfter years of pain-staking research by ^Athe world's leading sound scientists ^G#mWe here at the sound institute have inve^Anted a reliable audio weapons system ^G#mActual movement of musical sound in spac^Ae used to carefully attack and ^G#m n^Aeutralize the cellular structure of the human body And the question must be askedâ¦

[Chorus]

^G#mWho can rock a rhyme ^E5lik^D#5e this? ^C#mBring it to you every^F#m time like this? ^G#mWho can rock a rhyme ^E5lik^D#5e this? ^A5Step, step up! Step,^B step up!

[Outro]

^N.C.Mix Media ^N.C.Step Up the microphone ^N.C.And you do it like this ^N.C.And you do it like ^N.C.Step Up the microphone ^N.C.Mix Media ^N.CAnd you do it like this ^N.C.Mix Media ^N.C.Step Up the microphone A^N.C.nd you do it like this M^N.C.ix Media St^N.C.ep Up the microphone A^N.C.nd you do it like this

Linkin Park - Step up