Lyrics by MC Lars, YTCracker and int80 Music by Doctor Popular Chorus: The original digital gangsters Rhymes from the future that will take you to the past Breaking up the beats so hard they got a cast Make you say the int, and Lars and YT so cash MC Lars: Remember Hotline? The Red H was incredible Shareware app cracks, my server was indelible Before AOL, eWorld and IRC Prodigy was the first home computing ISP My user handle? SPSN82B 2400 baud on Dad's Mac SE That's when I, upgraded to my Mom's LC To Netscape up on UseNet back in 1993 My BBS was super fresh HyperCard shot callin' A YTCracker mighty hacker, hardly caught ballin' ReBirth was fat, Cubase was poppin' MIDI and MOD synths quantized and rockin' Mp3.com had the Bentframe Comedy The Ghost in the Machine brought the digital harmony The Internet was dangerous, the Internet was fun Before Dual Core dropped still got things done Repeat chorus Int80: It's back to the future from the top of the totem Through these two copper wires // A line and a modem From the days when Usenet used to have a grammar code Before the mirror in your bathroom ever met your camera phone The BBS mothership: sailed for the piracy People on the web were concerned with their privacy Net neutrality is k**ing me (TRUE) What did telecoms do with money from me and you? From the old school (old fool) where we serve and we leech
Give me free as in beer, give us free as in speech Reverse engineering to stabilize the protocol Up on IRC watching stolen cards overdraw We were coders, carders, and gamers Now we're nerdcore bangers, MySpace gangsters Web 2.0 doesn't even stand a chance If you diss P2P just to go hand-to-hand Repeat chorus YTCracker: Old fish in a young pond Still phishing your account with a rolly on my arm Roll you then I'm gone four nineteen chop ya dollar Sit a little taller than my contemporaries I'm a little scary when I'm on the grind Experian and equifax had em on the line Used ‘em all the time when I pulled the info Address and your social all up in my window If I got your ip we can pull your nis ‘Cause we got a bunch of databases think you get the gist Don't get angry, don't get pissed 'cause you see us pulling cris And we make you ball a fist at your puter we dont miss Saw us up at defcon popping bottles getting gone But you don't wanna see us on your screen ‘Cause int80, Lars and YT make a k**er team And you know that were respected in the scene, ya feel me? The original digital gangsters Rhymes from the future that will take you to the past Breaking up the beats so hard they got a cast Make you say that int and lars and yt so cash Repeat chorus