Standing in the Middle

[00:00.03]LINKIN PARK - Standing in the Middle
[00:05.29]I'm standing in the middle of it
[00:06.38]Middle of it middle of it
[00:09.44]Yall better wake up you think we don't see yall drifting
[00:12.29]Sleeping on the job and forgetting your position
[00:14.71]Position
[00:15.00]Sit straight and listen what you are missing
[00:17.07]I cook up a batch hot straight out the kitchen
[00:19.65]No indecision i spit right
[00:21.44]Heavy as a fist fight
[00:22.90]No gloves and no masks
[00:24.11]No pain and no slack
[00:25.27]No way to look back
[00:26.57]Nobody to say i can't make my own path
[00:28.78]'Cause the way that yall act i wanna break something
[00:31.43]Comin at me like the pain i feel means nothing
[00:33.99]Comin from a place where you can't relate
[00:36.10]Where every word from your face comes across as fake
[00:38.41]And i can hardly take the way that yall treat us
[00:41.17]Sending this out to anyone who won't believe us
[00:43.64]Spelling it out so yall know the deal
[00:45.60]And if you can't feel it maybe you can't feel
[00:48.31]I'm standing in the middle of it
[00:49.66]Middle of it middle of it
[00:50.68]Man who are you
[00:52.91]I'm standing in the middle of it
[00:54.32]Middle of it middle of it
[00:55.80]What are you saying
[00:57.77]I'm standing in the middle of it
[00:59.15]Middle of it middle of it
[01:00.39]What are you writing
[01:02.60]I'm standing in the middle of it
[01:03.97]Middle of it middle of it
[01:05.36]Man who are you
[01:07.22]Tell em motion eat your words
[01:08.84]Say what you used to say and act how you used to act
[01:11.43]Every time you heard my occupation was a rap attack
[01:13.51]Rap attack
[01:14.03]My conversations stacked i switch my defense on you
[01:16.04]Every time you want to get deep you'll see my knuckle package
[01:18.65]Born to die ferocious emcee make you go back and write your rhymes
[01:22.18]My style chokes up like a little league baseball player
[01:24.76]It moves i'm strangling as i'm swinging as main mangler
[01:27.07]I wanna dee-four poach you as your seafood is cee-four
[01:30.06]I'm gonna rap and you still knee-high
[01:31.84]Yall wanna train with me guy man it's destructive
[01:34.62]Man it's like jabs from boxing champ lennox
[01:36.77]Perfect for your head i'll fit it like new era hats
[01:39.16]That top off suits b-boy etiquette
[01:41.54]Express myself with my hang-side
[01:43.00]Then i extend one finger the middle f**king
[01:46.00]I'm standing in the middle of it
[01:47.18]Middle of it middle of it
[01:48.58]Man who are you
[01:50.81]I'm standing in the middle of it
[01:52.02]Middle of it middle of it
[01:53.46]What are you sayin
[01:55.55]I'm standing in the middle of it
[01:56.87]Middle of it middle of it
[01:58.04]What are you writin
[02:00.44]I'm standing in the middle of it
[02:01.72]Middle of it middle of it
[02:03.03]Man who are you
[02:05.08]Yo motion
[02:05.97]Yeah
[02:06.33]Sometimes i feel it's like nothing that i ever do is ever good enough
[02:09.75]For real
[02:10.27]Like i should stop and go back to la
[02:12.39]Back away where i know i won't be seen
[02:14.43]And nobodys gonna critique the music that i make
[02:17.09]And mistake me for some f**king kid with a backpack
[02:19.78]Rapping on a track just to make a buck
[02:21.97]For a mix-tape that sucks
[02:23.22]And dee-jays that don't get it
[02:24.77]But i been down that road and i know
[02:27.15]People don't wanna go where i might go
[02:29.57]Don't wanna know what it's like
[02:30.96]To step outside your zone with a mike
[02:32.81]Just controlling the hype
[02:34.27]And if we need to take shots from them
[02:36.20]And be stopped by them just to make these ends
[02:38.49]Then so be it i will not hold my breath
[02:40.83]I'm gonna spit til i got none left
[02:42.70]Motion where you at
[02:43.79]I'm standing in the middle of it
[02:44.97]Middle of it middle of it
[02:46.13]Man who are you
[02:48.44]I'm standing in the middle of it
[02:49.75]Middle of it middle of it
[02:50.95]What are you sayin
[02:53.27]I'm standing in the middle of it
[02:54.51]Middle of it middle of it
[02:55.75]What are you writin
[02:57.92]I'm standing in the middle of it
[02:59.24]Middle of it middle of it
[03:00.56]Man who are you
[03:02.87]I'm standing in the middle of it
[03:04.31]Middle of it middle of it
[03:05.37]Middle of it middle of it
LINKIN PARK - Standing in the Middle
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
Yall better wake up you think we don't see yall drifting
Sleeping on the job and forgetting your position
Position
Sit straight and listen what you are missing
I cook up a batch hot straight out the kitchen
No indecision i spit right
Heavy as a fist fight
No gloves and no masks
No pain and no slack
No way to look back
Nobody to say i can't make my own path
'Cause the way that yall act i wanna break something
Comin at me like the pain i feel means nothing
Comin from a place where you can't relate
Where every word from your face comes across as fake
And i can hardly take the way that yall treat us
Sending this out to anyone who won't believe us
Spelling it out so yall know the deal
And if you can't feel it maybe you can't feel
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
Man who are you
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
What are you saying
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
What are you writing
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
Man who are you
Tell em motion eat your words
Say what you used to say and act how you used to act
Every time you heard my occupation was a rap attack
Rap attack
My conversations stacked i switch my defense on you
Every time you want to get deep you'll see my knuckle package
Born to die ferocious emcee make you go back and write your rhymes
My style chokes up like a little league baseball player
It moves i'm strangling as i'm swinging as main mangler
I wanna dee-four poach you as your seafood is cee-four
I'm gonna rap and you still knee-high
Yall wanna train with me guy man it's destructive
Man it's like jabs from boxing champ lennox
Perfect for your head i'll fit it like new era hats
That top off suits b-boy etiquette
Express myself with my hang-side
Then i extend one finger the middle f**king
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
Man who are you
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
What are you sayin
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
What are you writin
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
Man who are you
Yo motion
Yeah
Sometimes i feel it's like nothing that i ever do is ever good enough
For real
Like i should stop and go back to la
Back away where i know i won't be seen
And nobodys gonna critique the music that i make
And mistake me for some f**king kid with a backpack
Rapping on a track just to make a buck
For a mix-tape that sucks
And dee-jays that don't get it
But i been down that road and i know
People don't wanna go where i might go
Don't wanna know what it's like
To step outside your zone with a mike
Just controlling the hype
And if we need to take shots from them
And be stopped by them just to make these ends
Then so be it i will not hold my breath
I'm gonna spit til i got none left
Motion where you at
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
Man who are you
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
What are you sayin
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
What are you writin
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
Man who are you
I'm standing in the middle of it
Middle of it middle of it
Middle of it middle of it