I.o.u. Lyrics - Mike Shinoda

Yeah, levitating off the black top 

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 all just saw me coming in again 

You mad, you thought we were synonyms 

Too bad that's the water you're getting in 

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

From where I'm sitting contenders 

Are looking like fruits spinning around in a blender 

Hardly a snack when I'm here looking for dinner 

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

Main course is my main sport 

Play major but minor's my main forte 

Put a chain around everything I came for 

Look but don't touch, suck it 

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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. 

Believe in what they're making up 

Talking loud but never really saying much 

Tell 'em take na I.O.U. 

I've been drawing plans out 

And they think I'm giving 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. 

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Levitating in a blackout 

Used to drink a 40 'fore we mashed out 

Used to think that working 40 was a max-out 

Now I'm working even when I'm sleeping, do the math now 

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

Stripe across them both the color of your hemoglobin 

A Hugh Jackman, like I'm known for being Logan 

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

Taking it too far maybe 

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

But pride and hate has made naysayers mistake me 

For wasted brain space, of 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 and a [?] 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. 

Believe in what they're making up 

Talking loud but never really saying much 

Tell 'em take na I.O.U. 

I've been drawing plans out 

And they think I'm giving 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.