| August 3, 2002 | |||||||
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| Performance by Mike Shinoda | |||||||
| Country: | United States  | ||||||
| City: | San Francisco, CA | ||||||
| Event: | The Wake Up Show | ||||||
| Venue: | KMEL 106.1 Radio | ||||||
| Venue Type: | Studio | ||||||
| Other bands: | Rakaa (from Dilated Peoples) | ||||||
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Setlist
|Song01=Dedicated |Note 1=Verses 1 and 2; Mashup w/ DJ Instrumental |Song02=Unknown verse |Note 2=Mashup w/ DJ Instrumental
Debuts:
- This is the first time that Mike rapped any form of Dedicated "live". The first time he did it at a Linkin Park show did not come until August 2009 in Taipei, Taiwan.
Other Notes:
- Mike and Rakaa from the Dilated Peoples went on The Wake Up Show to give interviews and rap. The DJ asked Mike to do a battle with Rakaa and Mike rapped verses 1 and 2 of Dedicated and part of an unreleased song. On the Fort Minor forums in 2005, Mike said it was from a verse he had written "years ago", which might refer to even pre-Xero. He also posted the lyrics:
- Me and Rakka haven't begun to hit you yet
- when i get you open / your insides will make you wet
- you bet / hostile when i'm rapping to you
- got you asking God how he let this happen to you
- bringing on the fat lady / and the fat man too
- and shoot em both out of a cannon over Kathmandu
- if ya sleepin / i'm knocking out the sandman too
- i'll beat the yellow out of you until you're black and blue
- laugh at you / and any MC who wants to scuffle
- turn a Challenger emcee into Challenger space shuttle
- got Emcees so mixed-up, their bones are pulling muscles
- And their bladders are leaking out and down their leg into a puddle
- what's that / laying you flat survival tatic-ly
- you wanna battle me you better start thinkin practicly
- line after line casually rapping this rapidly
- and ending this / you never get a chance to bust back at me