There They Go

Template:Infobox song "There They Go" is the twentieth track on the limited edition of the album The Rising Tied.

Background

In late 2006, Clear Channel Music posted the entire The Rising Tied album complete with commentaries from Mike Shinoda before each song. On "There They Go", he said, "‘There They Go’ was one of those songs, that I just wanted to make something that was aggressive. My friend Sixx John, he’s an artist out of LA, he’s… he’s one of those guys, who just ghostwrites for other people. You probably heard his verses before, but he didn’t rap them – he wrote them for somebody else. And he… I think he offered to ghost write mine, at some point and… like in… you know, he said, like: “No offense, but I really would love to do it, cause It would be fun.” And I had to tell him no, cause I don’t.. I just don’t believe in that for myself. I was gonna write my own stuff. Anyway, that’s neither here, nor there. Sixx, he’s a great lyricist, he’s a lot of fun and uhm, you know, he did his thing on this track."

Remix

"There They Go" was remixed by DJ Green Lantern for inclusion in the We Major mixtape.

Versions

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

Studio

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
There They Go	Believe Me The Rising Tied	3:17	2005	November 15, 2005	Features vocals by Sixx John.
There They Go	Instrumental Album: The Rising Tied	3:17	2005		Official instrumental version.

Remix

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
There They Go (Green Lantern Remix)	DJ Green Lantern Presents Fort Minor: We Major	3:19	2005	October 30, 2005	Remix by DJ Green Lantern. Samples Memphis Bleek's "Is That Yo Bitch?", Jay-Z's "Encore (feat. John Legend, Don Crawley, GLC & Kanye West)", and Three 6 Mafia's "Stay Fly".
There They Go - Dirty - Green Mix	We Major EP	3:22	2005	2005	Lacks the transitions and overdubs.
There They Go - Clean - Green Mix	We Major EP The Rising Tied (Non-PA Version)	3:21	2005	2005	Censored. Lacks the transitions and overdubs.

Live

Title	Album	Length	Recorded	Released	Notes
There They Go (Live)	Sessions@AOL	2:37	November 02, 2005	July 18, 2006

Live

"There They Go" saw its live debut at the same time as Fort Minor did - it was performed at the group's first show, where it debuted near the end of the set at their debut appearance in at Pukklepop 2005. The song was commonly performed near the end of the set, moving into the encore during the U.S. Tour in 2006. It was performed in the encore for all of 2006 (though it's uncertain if the song was performed at Summer Sonic).

Throughout the Minutes To Midnight touring cycle, "There They Go" occasionally made appearances during the extended outro of "Points Of Authority", first appearing during the 2008 North American Tour stop in Montreal, Québec. The song made more appearances as the outro until "Points Of Authority" and its extensions were dropped after 2009.

In April 2015, Mike took part in a jam session with Troy Resq, Austin Carlile, Johnny Christ, Synyster Gates and M. Shadows at Coachella Festival's ResqHouse, during which he rapped verses of "There They Go".

"There They Go" did not return consistently during Fort Minor's 2015 "Welcome" comeback, but it was performed by request at Fort Minor's last show of the 2015 European Tour, in London, England. The intro, part of verse one, and then a reprise of the intro was rapped over the Funk Rebel Break Instrumental Mike had acquired for the "High Voltage" remix. Despite it not appearing on the live poll that Mike had set up for which songs fans wanted to hear at the shows, Mike said at the show that it was highly requested for a place on the setlist. A brief version of "A Place For My Head" was also played over the beat.

Variations

Last Updated: September 14, 2016

Type	Description	First Played	Last Played
Alternative	Mashup w/ Funky Rebel Break Instrumental	September 8, 2015	September 8, 2015
Alternative	Partial (Intro/Partial Verse 1/Intro)	September 8, 2015	September 8, 2015

Lyrics

Ready? Let's go.

Yeah, ladies and gentlemen,
Pleased to meet you,
I go by the name of Sixx John,
Of course you know Mike Shinoda. (Yeah)
Uh-oh,
West coast,
Let's go!

(One time) For my machine shop crew, and then it's,
(Two times) S.O.B and LP too, and then it's,
(Three times) It's Mike and Sixx on the track, and then,
(Four times) When we come in through the back, they're sayin'

Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.
Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.

Armed and dangerous, bitch,
Y'all can't really hang with us in this,
Everybody's so afraid of us...shit,
Makes me wanna hang it up and quit.
Forget about all the things you heard before,
'Bout time that we're kicking down your door,
Everybody's gonna hit the fucking floor,
Like "please Mike, don't hurt me anymore",
I don't gotta have a secret lie or an alibi,
Everybody knows why I'm here,
I'd just as soon crack a bottle,
As crack you over the head with a bottle of beer!
So just listen up there, powderpuff,
Better believe that I'm not playin',
You can love it, you can hate,
But don't mistake it, everybody sayin'

Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.
Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.

What you really wanna do is this,
Just make believe that I don't exist,
But you won't because everytime you go to spit (yo check this ou-),
I talk over you just like this (shit!)
It's annoying, just for you,
You could scream all day til your face is blue.
I'm gettin' in your head and you know it too,
And that's just me, you don't know my crew,
My man Sixx John understand though,
The way that he flows, you can call him Rambo,
Never missed a shot, never run outta ammo,
Comin' with heat like a goddamn commando,
And add in S.O.B,
Ryu, Tak, Vin Scully,
Cheapshot, and now you see,
Fuck with me? Nah.
Sixx?

Oh no, uh-oh,
Whatever you yell when you see that door close,
I'ma bail through the back (fo' sho'),
Straight to the bar so I can act (a fool),
I figured you guys would get a little surprise,
Your eyes wide when it's me and Mike Shinode,
I'm just plain old Sixx John from the Nam-district,
This is not supposed,
I still talk with awkward speech,
I'm like a dog that's off his leash,
Step out with a Fort Minor patch on a black tee,
Niggas gotta walk these streets.
I'm ain't trippin' homie, talk is cheap,
A cappella or we can bark on a beat,
And if that ain't enough action,
I've got 17 pages in this little magazine I keep.

Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.
Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.

We've got this place rockin',
Beat knockin', non stoppin',
If ya'll are with it, lemme hear it now (yeah, yo)

We've got this place rockin',
Beat knockin', non stoppin',
If ya'll are with it, lemme hear it now (yeah, yo)

(One time) For my machine shop crew, and then it's,
(Two times) S.O.B and LP too, and then it's,
(Three times) It's Mike and Sixx on the track, and then,
(Four times) We do it like that, like that, like that, like that.

Clap...clap bitches!

Machine Shop!

Yeah, ladies and gentlemen,
Pleased to meet you,
I go by the name of Sixx John,
Of course you know Mike Shinoda. (Yeah)
Uh-oh,
West coast,
Let's go!

(One time) For my machine shop crew, and then it's,
(Two times) S.O.B and LP too, and then it's,
(Three times) It's Mike and Sixx on the track, and then,
(Four times) When we come in through the back, they're sayin'

Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.
Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.

Armed and dangerous, bitch,
Y'all can't really hang with us in this,
Everybody's so afraid of us...shit,
Armed and dangerous, bitch
Armed and dangerous, bitch,
Y'all can't really hang with us in this,
Everybody's so afraid of us...shit,
Makes me wanna hang it up and quit.
Forget about all the things you heard before,
'Bout time that we're kicking down your door,
Everybody's gonna hit the fucking floor,
Like "please Mike, don't hurt me anymore",
I don't gotta have a secret lie or an alibi,
Everybody knows why I'm here,
I'd just as soon crack a bottle,
As crack you over the head with a bottle of beer!
So just listen up there, powderpuff,
Better believe that I'm not playin',
You can love it, you can hate,
But don't mistake it, everybody sayin'

Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show. (Yeah)
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.
Oh no, close the door, shut the lights, and start the show.
Better let everybody know, get on the mic and there they go.

REMIX!
REMIX!

What you really wanna do is this,
Just make believe that I don't exist,
But you won't because everytime you go to spit (yo check this ou-),
I talk over you just like this (shit!)
It's annoying, just for you,
You could scream all day til your face is blue.
I'm gettin' in your head and you know it too,
And that's just me, you don't know my crew (Machine Shop!)
My man Sixx John understand though,
The way that he flows, you can call him Rambo,
Never missed a shot, never run outta ammo,
Comin' with heat like a goddamn commando,
And add in S.O.B,
Ryu, Tak, Vin Scully,
Cheapshot, and now you see,
Fuck with me? Nah.
Sixx?

Oh no, uh-oh,
Whatever you yell when you see that door close,
I'ma bail through the back (fo' sho'),
Straight to the bar so I can act (a fool),
I figured you guys would get a little surprise,
Your eyes wide when it's me and Mike Shinode,
I'm just plain old Sixx John from the Nam-district,
This is not supposed,
I still talk with awkward speech,
I'm like a dog that's off his leash,
Step out with a Fort Minor patch on a black tee,
Niggas gotta walk these streets.
I'm ain't trippin' homie, talk is cheap,
A cappella or we can bark on a beat,
And if that ain't enough action,
I've got 17 pages in this little magazine I keep.

We've got this place rockin',
Beat knockin', non stoppin',
If ya'll are with it, lemme hear it now (yeah, yo)

We've got this place rockin',
Beat knockin', non stoppin',
If ya'll are with it, lemme hear it now (yeah, yo)

(One time) For my machine shop crew, and then it's,
(Two times) S.O.B and LP too, and then it's,
(Three times) It's Mike and Sixx on the track, and then,
(Four times) We do it like that, like that, like that, like that.

Fort Minor!
Totally ridiculous,
How sick is this?
Shinoda
Totally ridiculous,
How sick is this?
Machine Shop!
Totally ridiculous,
How sick is this?
Green Lantern
Totally ridiculous,
You, you see 'em

In Other Media

• "There They Go" is featured in the 1st episode of Season 3 of the TV series Entourage, titled "Aquamom".
• "There They Go" is featured in the 2006 videogame Marc Eckō's Getting Up: Contents Under Pressure.
• "There They Go" is featured in Joe Hahn's 2008 short film The Seed.

Other Uses

• This song was sampled by Styles Of Beyond in the song "Journey" on the mixtape Razor Tag released in 2007.