[ti:I.O.U.] [ar:Mike Shinoda] [al:Post Traumatic (Deluxe Version) (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.31]I.O.U. (Clean) - Mike Shinoda [00:01.43]Lyrics by:Mike Shinoda [00:02.36]Produced by:Mike Shinoda [00:10.51]Yeah levitating off the blacktop [00:13.84]Used to struggle getting started now I can't stop [00:16.47]Used to be the quiet kid in the sandbox [00:18.81]Now it's"Hands up" every time that your man rocks [00:22.57]They ought to stop me coming in again [00:24.69]You mad? [00:25.49]You thought we were synonyms? [00:27.26]Too bad that's the water you're getting in [00:29.72]You're too fat for the sharks that you're swimming in [00:32.77]From where I'm sitting contenders are [00:34.81]Looking like fruit spinning around in a blender [00:37.47]Hardly a snack when I'm here looking for dinner [00:39.98]I eat 'em delete 'em they're barely beginners [00:43.90]Main course is my main sport [00:45.79]Play major but Minor's my main Fort [00:48.46]Put a chain around everything I came for [00:50.78]Look but don't touch sucker [00:52.15]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [00:54.17]Say they want respect now [00:55.51]Thinking they deserve to have it next now [00:57.53]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [00:59.52]Believing what they're making up [01:00.86]Talking loud but never really saying much [01:02.86]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [01:04.80]I been drawing plans out [01:06.18]And they think I'm giving them a handout [01:08.13]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [01:10.15]Thinking they're entitled to a piece no I don't think so [01:13.54]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [01:15.86]Levitating in a blackout [01:17.81]Used to drink at least a 40 'fore we mashed out [01:20.51]Used to think that working 40 was a max-out [01:22.76]Now I'm working even when I'm sleeping do the math now [01:25.95]'Cause even when I'm sleeping eyes keep 'em open [01:28.51]Stripe across 'em both the color of your hemoglobin [01:31.10]A huge act man like I'm known for being Logan [01:33.52]X-23 I'm keen to leave 'em with a femur broken [01:37.18]Taking it too far maybe [01:38.90]Friends like"Mike I don't know who you are lately" [01:41.49]But pride and hate has made naysayers mistake me [01:44.12]For wasting brain space on ratings they gave me [01:47.27]I don't need your respect I got history [01:49.42]I'm '81 Reagan with that nonsense miss me [01:52.15]Father like Francis Anakin or John Misty [01:54.91]Not to be touched sucker [01:56.19]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [01:58.11]Say they want respect now [01:59.48]Thinking they deserve to have it next now [02:01.48]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [02:03.50]Believing what they're making up [02:04.81]Talking loud but never really saying much [02:06.79]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [02:08.81]I been drawing plans out [02:10.16]And they think I'm giving them a handout [02:12.11]Tell 'em take an I.O.U. [02:14.15]Thinking they're entitled to a piece no I don't think so [02:17.50]Tell 'em take an I.O.U.