Dedicated (Demo 1999)

Song Dedicated (Demo 1999)
Artist Linkin Park
Album Songs from the Underground (EP)

Lyrics

[00:00.56] I have a dream of a scene between the green hills
[00:03.00] Clouds pull away and the sunlight's revealed
[00:04.77] People don't talk about keeping it real
[00:07.38] It's understood that they actually will
[00:09.31] And intoxicated and stimulated emcees
[00:11.75] Staring in the trees, paranoid, or caught in the breeze
[00:14.62] Watch them flee, hip-hop hits
[00:16.79] Take a walk with me and what you'll see
[00:19.09] Is a land where the sand is made up of crushed up wax
[00:21.57] And the sky beyond you is krylon blue
[00:23.40] And everybody speaks in a dialect of rhyme
[00:26.00] And emcees have left materialism behind them
[00:28.31] Meanwhile I just grip my mic
[00:30.58] And hope me and my team make it through alright
[00:32.96] Because say what you will, and say what you might
[00:35.39] But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
[00:37.51] Because this is dedicated to the kids
[00:39.63] Dedicated to where the music lives
[00:41.35] Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
[00:44.49] And dedicated to the people advanced in the game
[00:46.94] What's real is the kids who know that something's wrong
[00:49.21] What's real is the kids who think they don't belong
[00:51.68] What's real is the kids who have nowhere to run
[00:53.88] Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
[00:56.31] I've seen a lot of shit, I've talked to a bum
[00:58.67] Out on sunset strip, he asked me How would you feel
[01:01.11] If everybody acted like you didn't exist
[01:02.92] You'd lose your grip, probably eventually flip.
[01:05.42] So let it be known, the only reason that we do this
[01:07.83] So that you can pick it up and just bang your head to it
[01:10.77] While emcees fight to see who can be the commonist
[01:12.94] Be floatin overhead like a space odyssey monolith
[01:15.25] Over seeing the game, over being part of the same old thing
[01:18.12] It's all gonna change in a hurricane of darkness and pain
[01:21.52] And acidic rain and promises that you won't do it again
[01:24.39] Meanwhile I just grip my mic
[01:26.59] And hope me and my team make it through alright
[01:28.60] Because say what you will, and say what you might
[01:31.13] But don't ignore who it's for at the end of the night
[01:33.54] Because this is dedicated to the kids
[01:35.57] Dedicated to where the music lives
[01:37.31] Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
[01:40.06] And dedicated to the people advanced in the game
[01:42.50] What's real is the kids who know that something's wrong
[01:44.97] What's real is the kids who think they don't belong
[01:47.32] What's real is the kids who have nowhere to run
[01:49.64] Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
[01:52.00] Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
[01:59.54] This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
[02:04.25] Pulling me close, the shadow is warm inside
[02:08.65] This is where I feel at home, this is my place to hide
[02:11.24] Because this is dedicated to the kids
[02:13.01] Dedicated to where the music lives
[02:15.31] Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
[02:17.76] And dedicated to the people advanced in the game
[02:20.20] What's real is the kids who know that something's wrong
[02:22.38] What's real is the kids who think they don't belong
[02:24.79] What's real is the kids who have nowhere to run
[02:27.20] Who are hiding in the shadows waiting for the sun
[02:29.81] This is dedicated to the kids
[02:31.58] Dedicated to where the music lives
[02:33.29] Dedicated to those tired of the same old same
[02:36.40] And dedicated to the people advanced in the game
[02:38.46] What's real, everybody who doesn't feel safe
[02:40.94] What's real, everybody who knows they're out of place
[02:43.49] What's real, anybody with nowhere to run
[02:45.51] Will hide in the shadows waiting for the sun