I.O.U. - Mike Shinoda

Yeah, levitatin' off the blacktop

Used to struggle getting started now I can't stop

Used to be the quiet kid in the sandbox

Now it's “Hands up” every time that your man rocks

You oughta stop me coming in again

You mad?

You thought we were synonyms?

Too bad, that's the water you're gettin' in

You're too fat for the sharks that you're swimming in

From where I'm sitting contenders, lookin' like fruits spinnin' around in a blender

Hardly a snack when I'm here lookin' for dinner

I eat 'em, delete 'em, they're barely beginners

Main course is my main sport

Play major, but Minor's my main Fort

Put a chain around everything I came for

Look but don't touch, sucker

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

Say they want respect now, thinking they deserve to have it next now

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

Believing what they makin' up, talking loud but never really sayin' much

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

I been drawin' plans out and they think I'm givin' them a handout

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

Thinking they're entitled to a piece, no, I don't think so

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

Levitatin' in the blackout

Used to drink at least a forty, 'fore we mashed out

Used to think that workin' forty was a max-out

Now I'm workin' even when I'm sleepin', do the math now

'Cause even when I'm sleepin', eyes keep 'em open

Stripe across 'em both the color of your hemoglobin

A huge act man like I'm known for being Logan

X-23 I’m keen to leave 'em with a femur broken

Takin' it too far, maybe

Friends like “Mike I don't know who you are lately”

But pride and hate has made nay-sayers mistake me

For wasting brain space on ratings they gave me

I don't need your respect, I got history

I'm ‘81 Reagan with that nonsense, miss me

Father like Francis, Anakin or John Misty

Not to be touched, sucker

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

Say they want respect now, thinking they deserve to have it next now

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

Believing what they makin' up, talking loud but never really sayin' much

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

I been drawin' plans out and they think I'm givin' them a handout

Tell 'em take an I.O.U

Thinking they're entitled to a piece, no, I don't think so

Tell 'em take an I.O.U