Since I was 3 I had ADHD,
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got in trouble constantly, said, "Just gotta be me!"
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Nineteen years later I've got this piece of paper
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It says "congrats, you're broke English major"
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I still live with mom and dad and it's kind of sad
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when this Stanford grad brings ladies to his pad,
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"What up girl?"
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"Aren't you that rapper with that song about Hot Topic?"
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Maybe Bukowski was right about women? "ha ha, stop it!"
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This is an old-school jam, I'm dropping knowledge like Plato
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while most rappers track it backwards and stay flat like Play Dough
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but I'm a Minor Threat, I flip scripts so they know
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You can't taze me bro ("Don't taze me bro!")
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Not to conceal, keep it surreal,
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piss off the British press when I'm like, "Who's John Peel?"
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The NME says, "Lars is well rubbish,
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his single is bollocks," but I know that they love this!
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[chorus]
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I'm MC Lars (true player for real!)
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TPFR (true player for real)
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It's my self-referential introduction song
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TPFR (true player for real)
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I'm MC Lars (true player for real!)
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TPFR (true player for real!)
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The name's MC Lars now you know the deal
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(true player for real)
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Once upon a time Grandmaster Flash
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inspired these nerds with a culture clash
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Once Run-DMC mixed rock guitars
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with the kick, snare, kick, kick, snare
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Public Enemy took a political stand,
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now we pirate these records like damn the man
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NWA got attacked by the media,
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now we check the facts up on Wikipedia
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Can't get on the stage at the Jay-Z show
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so we boot up ProTools and bust a funky flow
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Online for free we don't make dough,
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okay just thought I'd let you know
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And I can give you 27 reasons why
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Nerdcore rhymes are just as fly
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As anything born from mainstream rap,
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Till my laptop dies... and I'll take that back
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[chorus]
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I'm MC Lars (true player for real!)
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TPFR (true player for real)
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Still my self-referential introduction song
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TPFR (true player for real)
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I'm MC Lars (true player for real!)
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TPFR (true player for real!)
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The name's MC Lars now you know the deal
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(true player for real)
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Like Ralph Waldo Emerson, I stay "Self Reliant"
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Genre-defiant, all ages shows with Kobe Bryant
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I just checked billboard, my album's in the charts
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I think therefore I soundscan, right Descartes?
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But am I a culture thief making hip-hop sound white?
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Haven't got the right like Lancelot the knight?
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No, Camelot's a myth, and Guinevere's a slut
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So I'll jump into this mosh pit, pants sagging like "What!"... key change
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[chorus]
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I'm MC Lars (true player for real!)
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TPFR (true player for real)
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Still my self-referential introduction song
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TPFR (true player for real)
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I'm MC Lars (true player for real!)
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TPFR (true player for real!)
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The name's MC Lars now you know the deal
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(true player for real)
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[Outro:]
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I kill it on stage, with two DI's, why?
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Post-punk laptop rap is the new DIY
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(true player for real!)
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TPFR (true player for real)
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I kill it on stage, with two DI's, why?
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Post-punk laptop rap is the new DIY
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TPFR (true player for real)
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TPFR (true player for real)
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True player.... true player
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True Player For Real
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MC Lars Horris |