Cover And Duck

"Cover And Duck"
Song by Fort Minor
from the album We Major
Working title:	Cover + Duck
Recorded:	2005
Released:	October 30, 2005
Length:	4:54
Writer:	Mike Shinoda, Ryan Maginn, Takbir Bashir
Producer:	Mike Shinoda
Label:	Machine Shop Recordings
We Major tracklist
Green Lantern Intro 100 Degrees Dolla Bloc Party S.C.O.M. Remember The Name (Funkadelic Remix) Bleach (Jimi Remix) Spraypaint & Inkpens Petrified (Doors Remix) Get It Be Somebody Respect 4 Grandma There They Go (Green Lantern Remix) All Night Nobody's Listening (Green Lantern Remix) Cover And Duck Remember The Name (Album Version) Petrified (Album Version) Outro

"Cover And Duck" is the sixteenth track on Fort Minor's We Major mixtape.

Background

"Cover And Duck" features Mike Shinoda, Styles of Beyond, and Celph Titled.

While working on The Rising Tied, Mike Shinoda wrote over 50 tracks in order to come up with the 14 songs that composed the album. "Cover And Duck" was one of the songs considered for the final tracklist of the album, as seen on The Making Of The Rising Tied documentary, but didn't make it, being released on the We Major mixtape instead. At 4:34, the track is longer than anything found on The Rising Tied due to it having full verses by Tak, Ryu, Mike, and Celph Titled. Celph Titled was not credited on the song on We Major for an unknown reason.

Unlike almost every other song on We Major, "Cover And Duck" samples no other music, is not a remix, and is not a song by another artist.

The version of the song on We Major features a rewind edit of the first verse by DJ Green Lantern, who hosted the mixtape.

An alternate version of the song was released on Celph Titled's four disc compilation The Gatalog: A Collection Of Chaos in 2006. The intro of the song where Mike says "gentlemen and ladies, please put down your expensive champagne" on the We Major version is actually a different take on the version found on The Gatalog. This version also features different guitar.

Versions

Note: Only the date of the very first release of each version is listed.

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Cover And Duck	We Major	4:54	2005	October 30, 2005	Features vocals by Celph Titled (uncredited) and Styles Of Beyond.
Cover & Duck (feat. Styles Of Beyond & Mike Shinoda)	The Gatalog: A Collection Of Chaos	4:33	2005	October 24, 2006	Lacks the transitions and overdubs.
Cover & Duck (Instrumental)	The Gatalog (Instrumentals)	4:32	2005	October 24, 2006	Different mix. Different guitars. Official instrumental version.

Lyrics

We Major Version

Gentlemen and ladies,
Please put down your expensive champange,
It's about to get ugly in here!
(Yeah, set it on the motherfuckers!)
Let's go!
My name is Mike Shinoda,
And with some help from my man Celph Titled (you're goddamned right!),
I would like to introduce to you from Styles of Beyond: Tak-bir!

Yo, I'm here, put a sock in your mouth, you now rockin' with Styles,
That's how we knockin 'em down (tak-bir),
Yo, I'm here, put a sock in your mouth, you now rockin' with Styles,
That's how we knockin 'em down, no other option around,
Cause I'm just cockin' and *blaow*, me and my popular pals,
Don't make me hop in the crowd, stop jocking about.
We takin' over and stompin' all of your porch spiders,
Cover and duckin', and we're shootin straight out of Fort Minor,
Roll with a pack of fifty so when they get that shifty,
I put a stamp on it and slap 'em with a flask of whiskey.
You got your hopes they're blazin', buzzin' with no sedation,
I got a *gun cocks* and a party cap for both occasions.
With something terrible seeping into your stadium,
Never perform solo, I'm freakin' sick in the cranium.
Packin' a man, yeah, the hooligan's back,
Quick to crackin' ya shins with aluminum bats,
Got the place going bananas and they pumpin they fists,
I tellin' my brim in Los Angeles to jump in the pit.

What the fuck are you doing, man? You spilled my Cristal all over me!

So buff, so rugged, so rough,
Like a runaway train we're tearing the track up,
We're at it again, we're ready to act up,
So cover and duck, show us you're rocking with us,
Let's see a fist if you're rocking with this,
Let me see your fist if you're rocking with this,
(Yeah, yo)
From the start 'til the end, night until the dawn,
It's that fight music cause right when it comes on,
You just lose control of your elbows and fists,
Fuckin' utter disregard
From the start 'til the end
From the start 'til the end, night until the dawn,
It's that fight music cause right when it comes on,
You just lose control of your elbows and fists,
Fuckin' utter disregard for your body in the pit.
People are swinging limbs, swinging bottles and chairs,
Throwin' linebacker motherfuckers up in the air,
So back up, we got you wearing that Fight Club glare,
Steady, tearing down the club cause you just don't care.
It's the realest way to feel it when the speakers pop poppin',
You with it if you get it when that beat starts knockin',
And we kill it when get up on that mic, start rockin',
And you feel it when you hear it cause we're on nonstoppin'.
So, ask a buddy or a friend if they know (know),
We do it daily, never maybe, every show (show).
Ya'll want to get down? I'm ready to roll,
Right now, y'all ready? Let's get it, let's go!

So buff, so rugged, so rough
Like a runaway train we're tearing the track up
We're at it again, we're ready to act up
So cover and duck, show us you're rocking with us
Let's see a fist if you're rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you're rocking with this
Yo, let's see a fist if you're rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you're rocking with this
Ryu!

Yo, so now they notice me rockin' over Shinoda beats,
Makin' it crack like the extract in cocoa leaves,
Hopefully labels love it, if not then fuck 'em,
I'm cutting to break cables, ain't stoppin' at nothing,
My hype is coming, murder for the price of a muffin,
You'd think twice with a steak knife stuck in your stomach,
I'm like "Who ever wanted whistle? I'll let you bring a pistol",
I'll put a verse on both wings like a stinger missile,
Provoking people to bring it, I keep the weapons stable,
I'll blow a fucking hole through 'em like a western bagel,
Yeah, I talk tough and I rap ignorant too,
Sick of me kickin' knowledge, getting crap on my shoes (eww!),
I'm off my rocker, a psycho stalker,
The girl called me David Beckem, she thought I was going to 'sock her',
Nah, I'm the one to get it crackin', the plan works,
Before I rock a show you gotta fax in the fans first...

Ready? Let's go!

So buff, so rugged, so rough
Like a runaway train we're tearing the track up
We're at it again, we're ready to act up
So cover and duck, show us you're rocking with us
Let's see a fist if you're rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you're rocking with this
Yo, let's see a fist if you're rocking with this
Let me see your fist if you're rocking with this
Come on, Celph Titled!

If it ain't raw, it ain't right, so get it right,
We at it again, now to act up and start a fight,
So cover and duck cause we runnin' a muck,
No, cover and duck cause we about to erupt,
Throw your motherfuckin' hands to the sky (sky),
And make a fist if you want to get live (live),
Throw your motherfuckin' hands to the sky (sky),
And make a fist if you want to get live (live).

Come on y'all! Yeah!
You like that shit?
We had to get real Godzilla on 'em this time!
Tak 'n' Ryu, S.O.B, Celph Titled!
M. Shinoda the Cobra Holder, Demigodz!
That's how my crew do,
Shut the fuck up when old folks is talkin'!

The Gatalog Version

Gallery

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  The Gatalog: A Collection Of Chaos

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  The Gatalog (Instrumentals)

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  Mike's list of songs from "The Rising Tied" documentary with "Cover + Duck"