I.O.U. (Official Video) - Mike Shinoda

Shot, Directed & Edited by Chady Awad

Special Thanks to:
MTelus (Montreal)
The Rooftop at Pier 17 (NYC)
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I.O.U. | Lyrics

Levitating 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
They ought to stop 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 fruit 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 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’re making up / talking loud but never really saying much
Tell ‘em take an I.O.U.
I 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.

Levitating in a blackout
Used to drink at least 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 ‘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
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 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’re making up / talking loud but never really saying much
Tell ‘em take an I.O.U.
I 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.