Artist: mc chris Album: Race Wars Song: Part One Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash [mc chris] The horror, it was Zorro, he was wearin a mask I was out with my folks, and we was havin a laugh We didn't do this too often, mingle with the proletariats Folks were almighty and too often they were scaredy cats Always goin out, leavin me with the help Always raising funds and I'm left with myself They saw that I was missin out on bein a kid Dad said we're goin out and I'm flippin my lid I was lost in the dark like that time in the cave Surrounded by bats, alone and afraid Big Z on my screen meant dueling and danger How someone so evil, can focus their anger A hero that sent the injust to their ruin A mask to protect them from people pursuin A cape to conceal a collection of tricks And eveything black, on this he insists [Chorus] I am the Batman I jump up and then I land You don't know what I got in my hand The shape of a bat you go "SPLAT!" and "KABLAM!" I am the Dark Knight I do what's right, but I do it out of spite Don't look quite right if you turn on the light I'll land with a boom cause a goon wanna fight [mc chris] Dad, had, the limo out back I was sacked out cause I'm a little lad Don't wanna be older, head's on his shoulder I heard a loud sound, and I went on the ground It was sadly in Crime Alley and my father was dead My mother was screamin 'til she was shot in the head See pearls in a puddle that was suddenly red The memory gets muddled except what the man said "Ever dance with the Devil in the pail moon light?" A riddle I'll remember for the rest of my life This killer was a chiller I was froze to the bone Alfred found me, I was howlin like a pup on his own I made a promise to my parents in the circle of light I would vanquish evil in a cape, maybe some tights I didn't know how I would do it or which form I would take I just knew it was a creature only I could create [Chorus] [mc chris] Tompkins and Pennyworth packed plenty of socks Brought a legion of luggage drug it down to the docks But I gave them the slip, stowed away on a freight I was pissed with being rich, life's a bitch so they say Foreign land, with the plan and the knowledge within For soon I'd be a man that would need to begin This quest to be best and defend the opressed Packed in the projects like objects and pests I'd have to return, but for now I would train I learned tracking and hunting on the African plain In China learned Tao, Japan, I learned jiu-jitsu Don't believe you would bleed? Well let me convince you Nerve pinch in a pinch, never callin off the strike Used the Quivering Palm, in a fight take a life Over a hundred forms of hand-to-hand anguish Rosetta Stone in my dome, earned every language Studied shadows with ninjas, disguise and escape Leanred boxing, detoxing, concealing with capes Went to Cambridge, Sorbonne, but never for too long 'Fore the end of the semester I would have to be gone Came home to forgotten Gothem's so rotten and twisted Came home to my mansion and it's vast stash of riches Brooding in the darkness with a bust of my father A bat through the window, a question of honor [Chorus]