Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You

"Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You"
Single by [[Linkin Park & Jay-Z]]
from the album Collision Course
Recorded:	2004
Released:	2004
Format:	Digital
Length:	04:04
Time signature:	4/4
Tempo:	160
Key:	Eb Minor
Live debut:	July 18, 2004
Last performed:	January 17, 2015
Writer:	Linkin Park, Jay-Z, Timothy Mosley
Producer:	Linkin Park, Jay-Z
Label:	Warner Bros.
Linkin Park & Jay-Z single chronology Numb/Encore (2004) Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You (2004) What I've Done (2007)
Collision Course tracklist
Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You Big Pimpin'/Papercut Jigga What/Faint Numb/Encore Izzo/In The End Points Of Authority/99 Problems/One Step Closer

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Background

"Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" is a mash-up between "Lying From You", from Linkin Park's Meteora, and "Dirt Off Your Shoulder", from Jay-Z's The Black Album. This mash-up was, along with "Numb/Encore", one of the first demos Mike Shinoda did after he got a call from Jay-Z's manager asking Linkin Park to perform a live show with Jay-Z for MTV.

The MTV performance spawned the idea to get into the studio with Jay-Z to re-perform the vocals, which, in the end, resulted in the Collision Course EP. Mike's verses from "Lying From You" and Chester's backing vocals were re-recorded.

Tracklist

Digital Single

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1	Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You	Linkin Park, Jay-Z, Timothy Mosley	4:04
2	Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You (Amended Version)	Linkin Park, Jay-Z, Timothy Mosley	4:04

Versions

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

Studio

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You	Collision Course Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You	4:04	2004	November 30, 2004	Mash-up with Jay-Z.
Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You	Collision Course (Clean) Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You	4:04	2004	November 30, 2004	Listed on the digital single as "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You (Amended Version)".

Live

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You	Collision Course		July 18, 2004	November 30, 2004	Censored. DVD only.
Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You	LP Underground 5.0	4:04	July 02, 2005	November 21, 2005	Recorded live at Live 8 in Philadelphia, PA. July 2, 2005.

Live

"Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" debuted at the MTV Ultimate Mash-Ups event in West Hollywood, California, along with the rest of the Collision Course tracks. Linkin Park and Jay-Z had to play each of the album's tracks twice due to lighting messing up. A little less than two weeks later, Jay-Z made a surprise appearance during Linkin Park's set in Holmdel, New Jersey on Projekt Revolution 2004, where he performed the first three songs of Collision Course with the band ("Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" included).

The song was also performed at both 2005 shows, as well. The Music For Relief: Rebuilding South Asia performance featured a short intro pause for Jay-Z to come on stage after "Crawling", while the song was preceded by Jay-Z's "Public Service Announcement" at the Live 8 performance, as Linkin Park and Jay-Z combined their set times for one big performance.

The song did not return into the setlists in any form until 2014 during The Hunting Party tour cycle, though it almost made an appearance at the Milton Keynes, England show in 2008 during the Minutes To Midnight touring cycle. An earlier draft of the setlist showed "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You" as the opener of the encore, but was ultimately dropped from the final setlist; instead, the studio version of "Lying From You" was performed instead with it's extended intro, with an abridged "Numb/Encore" opening the encore instead. An abridged version of the song was performed in Set B on the Carnivores Tour, which featured the first verse of the song transitioning out of Mike's Solo Medley, a chorus that sampled Jay-Z's vocals, the second verse and chorus of "Lying From You", the bridge of "Lying From You" featuring Jay-Z samples, the final chorus of "Lying From You", and the outro of "Dirt Off Your Shoulder/Lying From You". The song was dropped after the cancelled 2015 North American Tour.

Lyrics

Album Version

I ordered a frappuccino.
Where's my fucking frappuccino?

Ha ha ha
Alright, let's do this.

When I pretend everything is what I want it to be,
I look exactly like what you had always wanted to see,
When I pretend, I can't forget about the criminal I am,
Stealin' second after second just 'cause I know I can,
But I can't pretend this is the way it'll stay,
I'm just trying to bend the truth,
I can't pretend I'm who you want me to be,
So I'm lying my way from..

If you feelin' like a pimp nigga, go and brush your shoulders off,
Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off,
Niggas is crazy baby, don't forget that boy told you,
Get, that, dirt off your shoulder.

I probably owe it to y'all, proud to be locked by the force,
Tryin' to hustle some things, that go with the Porsche,
Feelin' no remorse, feelin' like my hand was forced,
Middle finger to the law, nigga, grippin' my balls,
All the ladies they love me, from the bleachers they screamin',
All the ballers is bouncin' they like the way I be leanin',
All the rappers be hatin', off the track that I'm makin',
But all the hustlers they love it just to see one of us make it,
Came from the bottom the bottom, to the top of the pops,
Nigga London, Japan and I'm straight off the block,
Like a running back, get it man, I'm straight off the block,
I can run it back, nigga, cause I'm straight with the Roc.

If you feelin' like a pimp nigga, go and brush your shoulders off,
Ladies is pimps too, go and brush your shoulders off,
Niggas is crazy baby, don't forget that boy told you,
Get, that, dirt off your shoulder

You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder,
You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder,
You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder,
You gotta get, that, dirt off your shoulder.

Your homie Hov' in position, in the kitchen with soda
I just whipped up a watch, tryin' to get me a Rover
Tryin' to stretch out the coca, like a wrestler, yessir,
Keep the Heckler close, you know them smokers'll test ya,
But like, fifty-two cards when I'm, I'm through dealin,
Now, fifty-two bars come out, now you feel ‘em,
Now, fifty-two cars roll out, remove ceiling,
In case fifty-two broads come out, now you chillin',
With a boss bitch of course S.C. on the sleeve,
At the 40/40 club, ESPN on the screen,
I paid a grip for the jeans, plus the slippers is clean,
No chrome on the wheels, I'm a grown-up for real.

Yeah, I remember what they taught to me,
Remember condescending talk of who I outta be,
Remember listenin' to all of that and this again,
So I pretended up a person who was fittin' in,
And now you think this person really is me,
And I'm trying to bend the truth,
But, the more I push, the more I'm pullin' away,
‘Cause I'm lying my way from you.

(No, no turning back now),
I wanna be pushed aside,
So let me go,
(No, no turning back now),
Lemme take back my life,
I'd rather be all alone,
(No turning back now),
Anywhere on my own,
‘Cause I can see,
(No, no turning back now),
The very worst part of you,
The very worst part of you,
Is me.

This isn't what I wanted to be,
I never thought that what I said,
Would have you running from me,
Like this,
This isn't what I wanted to be,
I never thought that what I said,
Would have you runnin' from me,
Like this (like this),
This isn't what I wanted to be,
I never thought that what I said,
Would have you running from me,
Like this (like this),
This isn't what I wanted to be,
I never thought that what I said,
Would have you running from me,
Like this.

You..

(No turning back now),
I wanna be pushed aside,
So let me go,
(No, no turning back now),
Lemme take back my life,
I'd rather be all alone,
(No turning back now),
Anywhere on my own,
‘Cause I can see,
(No, no turning back now),
The very worst part of you,
The very worst part of you,
Is me.

Biatch!