Indier Than Thou - MC Frontalot

«I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people…

Stand by thyself, come not near to me;

for I am holier than thou.»

I’m so indie that my shirt don’t fit

You wonder out loud, «Frontalot yo why you come so ill-equipped?»

Because being all prepared to get on the mic is selling out

And I ain’t even about to relinquish indie clout

I look confused, like I just got out of bed

My rhyme style reflects this

Use my overdeveloped sense of irony to deflect dis-

Missiles, exploding all around me

Unpromoted, don’t know how you found me

Soundly situated in obscurityland

Famous in inverse proportion to how cool I am

And should I ever garner triple-digit fans

You can tell me then there’s someone I ain’t indier than

(He's so indie) Indie I be

Ain’t an obscurer rapper out there who be indier than me

(He's so indie) Indie, and how!

Come not near to me, for I be indier than thou

(He's so indie) Indie indeed;

If I were on an indie label, you could call me mainstream

(He's so indie) Indie I am

All the better for the Frontalot to leverage his brand

«I am sought of them that asked not for me;

I am found of them that sought me not…

These are a smoke in my nose.»

Delving deep into my letterbox when I discovered

Fan mail for MC Front.

It kind of hovered

Before my vision.

I made a decision to open it up

It said, «Yo, Frontalot, you suck!»

Whew!

I was worried for a second that I’d started to earn love

Seeing all my indie points burned up

Next you know, I’m meeting pop stars in stretched cars

Doing the soundtrack for the Wendy’s tie-in with Jar Jar

Paying rent on time, owning things

Suing Napster with my best friend Sting

It’s like a nightmare (yep), ‘cause that ain’t nerdcore (nope)

Yes, I’m indier than thou within my nerdcore flow

And if you’re slow on the uptake, I’ll lay it out:

Hipsterism is a religion to which you got to be devout

Must be seen as in between unpopular and hated

Or else get excommunicated

He’s so indie

So indie so indie so indie

He’s so indie so indie