Toronto Mike'd: The Official Toronto Mike Podcast - Toronto Mike'd #500

Episode Date: August 16, 2019

Toronto Mike'd reaches a 500 episode milestone!

Welcome to episode 500 of Toronto Mic'd, a weekly podcast about anything and everything. Proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Propertyinthe6.com, Palma Pasta, StickerU.com, And Cappadia LLP CPAs. I'm Mike from torontomike.com. And my guest this week is Mike from torontomike.com. There was a time when I wanted a big guest for episode 500. I had the audacity to invite Bob McCowan to be my guest for episode 500, something I totally regret now. I then wrote a handwritten letter to Don Cherry's home address,

thanks to my pal Hebsey. And Don was nice enough to call me to thank me personally for the invitation. He also told me he did work on the Fan 590, and he couldn't do other radio. I had a few other tricks up my sleeve, but the weight of 500 became so heavy, I decided to let the chips fall where they may. My recording calendar would determine the guest for 500. Then I blew up that plan and decided I'd be my own special guest for 500. And here we are. My relationship with Humble and Fred goes back to about 2005. It was shortly after Humble Howard Glassman was fired from his gig at Mix 99.9.

So I did what I often did at Torontoontomic.com is I wrote about nostalgia and things happening in the media I wrote about everything I was interested in to be honest and I had listened to Humble and Fred throughout the 90s so that's through high school university

so it was a big deal to me and I did not follow Humble and Fred to Mojo Radio. And I sure did not follow them to Mix 99.9. But I held on to these warm, fuzzy feelings of hearing them, you know, in the morning as you wake up and got ready to go to high school or university or whatever. Humble and friend, we ain't got no college. So when Humble Howard was fired, I wrote about it. And the way that I learned he was fired was interesting in itself. The log file that shows the search terms that people were using to get to my website showed that there was a bunch of searches for Humble Howard Fired. Now, I don't know where these originated from, but possibly from people who worked at Mix 99.9, which I think was standard broadcasting back then.

But it was clearly that there was some people that were looking to see if anybody had written about Humble Howard being fired. So I literally wrote an entry called Humble Howard, are you okay? Which was basically to disclose that I saw a bunch of traffic from people saying Humble Howard fired. And I wondered if he was in fact fired because there was nothing out there at the time. It turned out, yeah, he was fired. And I was the first, because I wrote about it and no one else did, when people then started Googling Humble Howard fired or where is Humble Howard, they ended up on that entry. And one of the people who did that Google search was Humble Howard himself.

The Humble Report. So he reached out. He gave me his phone number, and I remember he called it his BlackBerry number. And we met for lunch. I helped him with some blogging project at HumbleHoward.com. some blogging project at humblehoward.com. I remember I went with him to the Jim Richards show when he promoted a book he wrote called The Slime That Men Do. He took me up in his little Cessna airplane

at Buddenville Airport. I don't know if I'd do that again, but I mean, I'm here to tell the tale. So yeah, we became friends. He introduced me to Fred, and Fred and I hit it off as well. And if we fast forward a little bit to, like, December 2006, maybe,

Humble and Fred were trying to get back in the game. Like, how do they broadcast when they can't get a gig at a terrestrial radio station? And at the time, I was very interested in this developing standard, if you will, this new burgeoning broadcast medium called podcasting. I was listening to a podcast by Ricky Gervais, and I was reverse engineering, like, okay,

I see now there's this XML file, and it gets indexed by iTunes, and edits to the file updates iTunes, and there's an MP3 file that this XML file points to and describes, and I was sort of just breaking down the parts. Okay, here's how the MP3 file becomes a podcast. So I was naturally interested in trying this, and Humble and Fred were interested in broadcasting,

so I suggested that they podcast. I said, if you guys can create the MP3 file, I'll take it from there and make sure all your fans can easily access this file and listen to it. So that's what we did. We all collected at Dan Duran's house. This is the Humble and Friend Radio Network.

In West Toronto. In, like, I want to say December, yeah, 2006. I took a lot of photos. I was there. I think, you know, a lot of old interns were there, like Bob Ouellette, for example. And we recorded, and then Dan Duran handed off to me an MP3 file that was the podcast, and I took it from there.

So fast forward a few years, Humble and Fred are now interested in recording daily and making a living out of this, because at this point, Fred has been fired as program director for the Chorus Cl cluster in Peterborough. And Humble had a stint at Easy Rock, which became Boom. You might remember a show with Colleen Rusholm. And who else was on that show? Rick Hodge was there for a bit.

And Kim Stockwood. So that didn't work out. And then Humble Show with Colleen didn't work out. And then he was out of a gig and Fred was out of a gig and they couldn't get hired. They couldn't get a gig with a terrestrial radio station, Humble and Fred. So they're like, okay, we're going to try to make a go of this. And I designed the back end blueprint, if you will, for how they would be able to, you know, podcast daily. And I created the XML file that was indexed by Google and Google, but Apple and Google and etc. And basically kind of showed them, okay, here's what you do every day. You park your MP3 file here, upload it to your web server here, and then you edit this XML file here,

and then all your subscribers will get the new episode. Just do that every day. And they're still doing it that way every day. They've made a go of it. But after a couple of weeks of watching them do their thing, I felt inspired. So this is now like late 2011. And I'm like, okay, they get some pretty cool people come by. Like who would be a good example? They'd have somebody, I don't know, I'll say somebody like, I don't know,

Ralph Ben-Murray or something will come by. And then Humble and Fred will do their show and talk to Ralph. And the Humble and Fred show, in my opinion, is about Humble and Fred. Like, this is their personalities for their fans. And then they do have guests and talk to the guests, but it's still about Humble and Fred.

And what I was thinking is, okay, still about Humble and Fred. And what I was thinking is, okay, well, Humble and Fred have a brand and a following for decades. Like, I'm just a guy blogging away on the side. Like, what if I did the A to Z? Like, what if I tried to create the content as well as the backend stuff? What if I, a guy who hates his voice,

completely left his comfort zone? I decide I'm going to do this. I'm going to start at podcast. So I come up with a name. Monica, my wife, helps me with a logo. I consult Ill Vibe, who's a local rapper producer and a buddy of my good friend Mike Kick. And the pieces start to come together. I asked my longtime dear friend Rosie, because she was the only friend I had who had like broadcasting experience because Rosie was on the Weather Network. So I'm like, oh, she was on the Weather Network. Like, she can host this show with me. I need a co-host. I thought for sure I needed a co-host.

How could I ever carry a show? So she agreed. She was into it, as they say. We started in the summer of 2012. So I did the first 19 episodes of Toronto Mic'd. I did it at Humble and Fred's studio. Here's a fun little fact about why Lowest of the Low's Rosie and Grey

closes every single episode of Toronto Mic'd. We've been doing that since episode one. Not only is this the song that Lowest of the Low, one of my favorite bands of all time, closes with in concert, not only is it a fantastic song from Shakespeare, My Butt, but the title was Rosie and Gray. And my co-host was Rosie, and I was going gray. Get it? Rosie and Gray. and I was going gray. Get it? Rosie and gray.

And I don't know, after a few episodes, because of some other factors, I realized that if I was going to do this properly and do it long term, I needed to actually be able to do it in my own studio. So I consulted Andrew Stokely, who I met because he was a guest

on episode 11 because rosie was uh worked with him and he was going to come in because he had done some stuff at cfny and he was doing some work for sportsnet on blue jay games so i met stokely through that interaction and then i basically asked stokely, like, what do I need to build my own studio? And won't bore you with the details, but he recommended a certain setup and we made some tweaks and it ended up costing me $1,600 to get started. I still remember talking to my wife about the fact that I was going to spend $1,600 on building my studio. And I did it. Like, I just did it.

And then we had episode 20. And left for dead I have another house Built of living light Where everything evil Disappe disappears and dies Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh When they love you and they will Tell them all that'll love in my shadow And if they try to slow you down

Tell them all to go to hell When they love you and they will Tell them all they'll love in my shadow And if they try to slow you down Tell them all to go to hell The Rebirth The rebirth. Still love that jam. That's how we opened episode 20.

Everything was different after episode 20. I felt more in control of my destiny with regards to the podcast. I had 19 episodes under my belt where I learned so much. I mean, I was horrible at the beginning, as you can imagine. And I started just inviting people on to kind of get my reps in and see how this thing works. And I'm thinking back. I know my buddy Anthony came on. My buddy Elvis came on. Of course, Stokely came on. My buddy Elvis came on.

Of course, Stokely came on. Shortly after this episode 20, the rebirth, as I call it, Ill Vibe came on. And, you know, you start to lean on people you know. I know Fred Patterson from Humble & Fred came on. And you start to lean on people you know. I know Fred Patterson from Humble and Fred came on. That was really a big deal because I got to kind of build the framework

of what my deep dives would look like. Humble Howard came on. But then there was a moment, if you will, where everything started to crystallize. And this is kind of an interesting story. So I wrote about my podcast studio because I write about all the things I'm interested in at torontomic.com.

And I wrote about my podcast studio and I started ranking very highly for search terms like Toronto podcast studio. Well, it seems that, uh, Jonathan Torrance from Jono vision and street sense and trailer park boys, he was in Toronto doing something with the CBC and he was doing that exact search, you know, searching for Toronto Podcast Studios

because he had an idea for a podcast with the former drummer from Our Lady Peace, a guy named Jeremy Taggart. That podcast, of course, which is still being recorded these days, was Taggart and Torrens. And I got an email from Jonathan Torrens asking if he could rent our studio

and record the first episode of Taggart and Torrens. At the time, I let Jonathan know that I didn't actually at the time do that kind of thing, that I did record my own podcast, and I flipped it on him and I said, hey, why don't you come over you're in Toronto I know he's a he's a Nova Scotia guy so I'm like you're in Toronto why don't you come over for an episode I don't know what we're in here like the 60s some episode 60 something anyways he's a nice guy and he said yes and he jumped in a cab from downtown cbc studios came to where i am right

now recording and did an episode with me so this jonathan torrens episode was really key in my like as my psyche tried to crystallize what exactly Toronto Mike was. So I put in reps. I broke a lot of eggs, as they say. And I was now starting to see what the omelet could look like. And Torrens was a big part of that. So he came over. I did my typical, you know, deep dive, if you will.

And I really enjoyed that episode. And then I'm like, yeah, this is what Toronto Mic'd could be. This is what it could be. I could have somebody over and then we could do this. So by episode 70, I know Merrick, Jeff Merrick was 74. By then, I know in my mind what Toronto Mike is. But it really did take that long. So it took a long time for it all to crystallize. Another big milestone was episode 103.

Because episode 103, or as I branded it at the time, 102.1, was George Strombolopoulos. So Strombo came over and we did like two hours and that was, in my opinion, the birth of real talk. He used that term. He basically was so honest about everything and we were having a heart-to-heart. He was talking about losing his friend Martin Streak

and then I was talking about losing my friend Mike Kick. And there was like a real emotional moment that we were capturing on the hard drive here, this audio. And he called it real talk. And then I'm like, if you take the Torrens episode and you mix it with the Strombo episode, you get Toronto Mic'd. One thing people are often, you know,

asking me about Toronto Mic'd is, how do I get these guests? Like, how do I get these people to come over and sit in my basement for, you know, 90 minutes or two hours and answer all of my questions? Like, how do I make that happen? And I often say that my secret is that I ask them. Like, it's really as simple as that. I don't have any connections.

I never worked in the industry. Some guests think I come from radio, connections. I never worked in the industry. Some guests think I come from radio, but I've never worked a day in radio. I'm just a guy who, I don't know, thinks people might come. So he asks them and often they do. So when I look over my list of guests, like I mentioned Strombo, but on the television side, you've got Dan Shulman, Leo Roudens, Gineau ann romer bob mckenzie ron mclean brian williams jess salgaro jay onwright dan o'toole denise donlon jake gold farley flex ralph ben murigy dave hodge ron james kevin frankish j James Duthie, Darren Dreger, Master T, Christine Bentley, Paul Romanuk, Joe Tilly, Stephen LeDrew, Terry Hart, Ken Daniels, Colin DeMello, Dana Levinson, Ziggy Lawrence, Kate Wheeler, Jim Van Horn, Dan Dunleavy, Stephen Caldwell, Stephanie Smythe, Hazel May, Hugh Burrell, Jackie Redmond, Steve Anthony, Ann Roszkowski, Gino Retta, Dwight Drummond, Avery Haynes, I mentioned Jonathan Torrens. Richard Krause, Michael Hainsworth, Ed the Sock, Stu Jeffries, Barry Davis, Michael Grange,

John Gallagher, Christopher Ward, PJ Fresh Phil, Patty Sullivan, Mike Wise, Leanna Kay, Jeff Lumby, Melissa DeMarco, of course, Jeff Merrick, Mark Hebbshire, Alex Pearson, Caleb Marie Williams, Liz West, Damian Cox, Roz Weston, Arash Madani, Sofia Zherstukovic, Carolyn Cameron, Carly Agro, Mike Toth, Faisal Kamisa, Laura Dykin, Adam Stiles, Alexandra Beaton, Adam Groh, Jason Agnew, Bubba O'Neill, Joel Goldberg, Stu Stone, Nina Keough. Like, that's television stars.

And then you got on the radio side, Jerry Howarth, Roger Ashby, John Donabee, Stephen Brunt, Matt Galloway, Aaron Davis, Ted Wallachian, Maureen Holloway, Jill Deacon, Andy Frost, Gord Stelic, Mike Richards, Geetz Romo, Joanne Wilder, Josie Dye, Blake Carter, Jeff Woods, Todd Shapiro, Mike Wilner, Jason Barr, J Mad Dog Michaels, Jamar McNeil, Billie Holiday, Evelyn Macko, JJ and Melanie, Meredith Shaw, Eric Smith, Alan Cross,

Ryan Doyle, Mike Hogan, I mentioned Humble and Melanie, Meredith Shaw, Eric Smith, Alan Cross, Ryan Doyle, Mike Hogan, I mentioned Humble and Fred, Jesse and Gene, Mike Stafford, Rick Hodge, May Potts, Paulie Morris,

Danny Elwell, DJ Ron Nelson, Ingrid Schumacher, Brian Master, Greg Brady, Larry Fedorek, Howard Berger, TJ Connors, Elliot Price, Norm Rumack,

John Scholes, Al Joines, Adam Ricard, Mocha Frapp, KJ, or Chris James as I call him, Sarah Burke, Kid Craig, Kelly Cotrera, Scott Turner, Raina, David Marsden, Andrew Walker, Scott Turner, Raina, David Marsden, Andrew Walker, Barb DiGiulio, Matt Cause, Ashley Docking, Mark Wigmore, Garvia Bailey, Bob Makowitz Jr., Stacey Thompson, Amber Giro, Colleen Rusholm, Matt Gurney, Bill Hayes, Craig Venn, Blind Derek Welsman, Lou Skeezes, Danny Stover, Jim Richards, John Downs, Don Landry, Richard Surrett, Nelson

Millman, Bingo Bob Ouellette, Siobhan Morris, Roger Lajoie, Jeff Samet, Barry Taylor, Kayla Gray, Ivor Hamilton, David Alter, Pete Fowler, Bob Callahan, John Pollock, and Wei Ting, Dart Guy, Jay Brody, Josh Holliday, Rob Johnston, and in print, you got Bob Elliott, Dave Perkins, Steve Simmons, Ben Rayner, James Myrtle, Steve Buffery, Mike Zeisberger, Kevin McGran, James Stevenson, Rachel Brady, Rob Longley, Terry Koschan, Laura Armstrong, Sean Fitzgerald, Ryan Walstadt, Jim Slotek, Marty York, Ed Keenan, David Schultz, Bill Brio, Gregory Strong, Michael Barclay, Christina Rutherford, Matt Elliott, Chris Zeljkovic, Norm Wilner, Chris Johnston, Keegan Matheson, Sarah Boesvelt, Gare Joyce,

Jeff Simmons, Connor McCreary, Musically, Chuck D, Maestro Fresh West, Mishy Me, Tyler Stewart, Chris Murphy, Moe Berg, Danny Graves,

Biff Naked, Gino Vanelli, Colin James, Sammy Cohn, Fred Penner, Tom Wilson, Ron Hawkins, Rusty,

Brad Barker, Lawrence Nichols, Tara Sloan, Ashley Boo Schultz from USS, Andy Mays, Gord Depps, Tom Stephen, Heather Bambrick, Molly Johnson, Marie McLaughlin, James B, Andy Kim, Jeremy Taggart, M. Greiner, Stephen Stanley, Sky Wallace, Splashin' Boots, Acid Test, Bill King, Stephen Fearing, Roddy Colmer, Ill Vibe, Scott Moore came on, Mark Breslin, Sean Cullen, Mark Howard, Tim Langton, Down Goes Brown, Steve Dangle, Gary Cormier, Jackie Perez, Tim Thompson, Aaron Bronstetter, Peter Sherman, Scott MacArthur, Cam Gordon, Bernard Cowan, Christina Walkinshaw, of course, Ed Conroy from Retro Ontario, Kevin Shea, Ramey the Minx, Jonah from Toronto Sports Media, Jody's Jumpsuit, and of course, Mark Weisblot from 1236. Hey, what's up? This is Chuck D.

You are listening to Toronto Mike right here, right now in the place to be. A hearty and sincere thanks to every single person who took time out of their busy schedule to visit my home, risk a concussion by visiting my basement, and sitting down with me for however long I took. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Without these sensational guests, Toronto Mic'd does not exist. I'd also like to thank my buddy Elvis. When Rosie had to leave Toronto Mic'd for another gig,

a gig that actually paid her money, I wasn't sure who to bring in as my co-host, you know, somebody to shoot the breeze with when I didn't have a guest. The vast majority of Toronto Mic'd episodes are me and a guest. But once in a while, I enjoy just kind of a shoot the breeze. See, I'm censoring myself.

Shoot the breeze with a buddy style that I did with Rosie. And filling that void was Elvis. Elvis, he had some broadcasting experience because he was on the radio station in Western when he was going there for university. And of course, he's got that, you know, big personality, that big laugh, and he just loves busting my chops. So I thought that'd be a good mix, and I always enjoy my Elvis episodes. While I'm thanking people, I owe a debt of gratitude to the sponsors. For the first, I don't know, year or so, there was zero monetization of Toronto Mike. I just wanted to focus on creating something compelling and

interesting that people, like-minded people, would want to listen to. And I never even thought about making money on it. It was truly a passion project. The very first sponsor of Toronto Mic'd was Great Lakes Brewery. And I'm sure they're at four years now of partnering with this podcast. And I am so grateful that Great Lakes reached out back in the day. And to think I almost said no because I didn't want to sell out. But it's been tremendous. So thank you Great Lakes Brewery for being the first on board with the real talk. That's tremendous. Since then there have been other sponsors. Some have come and gone.

Fast Time Watch and Jewelry Repair. They came on board. They did nine months with a very limited budget. They had to recently pause, which, as I said to Milan, that's a-okay because I truly think of Milan as a friend now. I think it's tremendous what Fast Time Watch and Jewelry Repair has done with Toronto Mic'd. Early on, there was a pre-packaged meal delivery service

called Chef's Plate. And the CEO was a big fan of podcasts, and this one in particular. And I believe they were second in, or was it Brian? I got to check the tape on this, but Chef's Plate came on board. And they were tremendous for many months. They had some changes on the executive team and changed their focus. But that was most excellent of them. Brian Gerstein at Property in the Six is the second longest running sponsor of Toronto Mic'd.

Brian's voice is heard on every episode. He's been an incredible supporter, and he's a truly great guy, so thank you, Brian. You're exceptional. Palma Pasta. They came on board in November 2018. And I had been a big fan of Palma Pasta

for many, many, many years prior. But the fact that I get to give every guest, like I give every guest a six pack of Great Lakes beer, courtesy of Great Lakes Brewery, fresh craft beer, That's amazing. But I also get to give every guest a large lasagna, meat or veggie. Frozen lasagna, I should point out.

But that's pretty amazing too, like putting the orders in. Like I got five guests. Sometimes, you know, there's three people on the mic. I'm like, I need three lasagnas. My freezer only holds four lasagnas. So part of the chaos is the logistics of how many meat, veggie coming in when,

so that I can actually put it all in the freezer. But Palma Pasta have been amazing partners, and it's been a true pleasure to be working with them. Sticker U came on board, and they've been awesome. Like, working with them. StickerU came on board and they've been awesome. Like working with these folks in their Liberty Village office, they've been so supportive and helpful creating the Toronto Mike stickers, which I'm happy to deliver to anybody who can hear my voice.

And if I can't get you by bike, I will go buy a stamp and throw it all in an envelope. But StickerU have been sensational as well. Capadia learned about Toronto Mike from Fastime. Fastime is a client of Capadia. They are accountants. It's an accountancy firm. And I mean, I met Rupesh once and I realized this is my kind of guy. Rupesh Kapadia just recently renewed for another three months. And that is exceptional support. Couldn't do it without them.

Thank you, Kapadia LLP CPAs. To all the Toronto Mic sponsors past, present, and future. I'm thinking about Camp Tournesol, who came back two years in a row. The French camp people. I'm thinking of Paytm. I think this is the first podcast they ever sponsored. And it was great working with Paytm.

I hope they come back one day. So thank you to all the sponsors, past, present, and future. I couldn't do it without you because this is now such a core part of my livelihood, which I'll get to in a minute. But this is no longer a passion project I do on the side. This is a key part of how I pay my mortgage, my child care costs, how I feed my family. my mortgage, my childcare costs, how I feed my family.

It's really important that brands like Palma Pasta and Great Lakes Brewery and Property in the Six and Sticker U and Capadia step up and help fuel the real talk. So please, if you can hear my voice right now, support those sponsors. Let them know that you appreciate what they do for Toronto Mic'd. And keep giving them a reason to renew. Because I don't have a team of salespeople out there. That is their job. I literally do it all. So when people renew, I generate an invoice. When they don't, now I need to put on my sales hat. So keep the sponsors happy. I really do appreciate them. And I thank them sincerely. Hi, I'm George Bell. You listen to Toronto Mike. You know who else helped fuel the real talk? Patrons like you. I just dropped a Patreon

exclusive episode about the making of the Chuck D episode, and I plan to do many more of those. If you want to hear everything, click the Patreon link at torontomic.com and give what you can. I appreciate

every cent. Many patrons have made it out to a Toronto Mic'd listener experience, or TMLX as I like to call it. We've had three so far, with a fourth coming in September. They've been a blast, and it's been

great meeting so many of you. Great Lakes Brewery have been amazing hosts, the Royal Pains have kicked ass, and Lowest of the Low made TMLX3, a night I'll never forget. Another life-altering change that evolved from Toronto Mic'd is TMDS.

TMDS stands for Toronto Mic Digital Services, and it's a little over a year old now. I've been helping companies and people and brands, like Hebsey with Hebsey on Sports, podcast, as well as providing other digital marketing services. I'd love to add another couple of corporate podcasts to the roster, so reach out and I'll tell you how I can power your podcasting strategy. On that note, Tyler Campbell has been a great help.

Not only has he been maintaining the Kick Out the Jam's Google Sheet, but he's now helping me wrangle and book guests. What a guy. Toronto, stay tuned right here with Toronto Mights, and it goes a little something like this. Hit it! So this is 500. I'm sorry it's not the sports line reunion I tried to orchestrate.

Jim Taddy wasn't down with it. But this did give me a chance to tell the origin story and speak to how this all evolved into what it is today. At its essence, I'm interested in a good conversation. I love unraveling the fabric that unites this city and discovering the many interwoven connections.

I'm a curious cat, and I really feel like I'm just getting started. What's next for Toronto Mic'd? More great combos, but also more fun format busting and guest combinations. Imagine, if you will, Peter Gross and John Gallagher together. Or Dave Hodge and Stephen Brunt talking about music.

The possibilities are endless. The Chuck D episode has opened my eyes to other possibilities, with talent passing through this city daily. Imagine what that future could hold. Thank you for listening. Without your ears, there are no sponsors. You are the real MVP. There are over 700,000 podcasts in the world,

and you've chosen to give Toronto Mic your most precious limited resource, your time. I don't take that responsibility lightly. I'm constantly trying to learn from my mistakes and improve this show. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Here's to another 500. And that brings us to the end of our 500th show. You can follow me on Twitter. I'm at Toronto Mike. Our friends at Great Lakes Brewery are at Great Lakes Beer.

Propertyinthesix.com is at Raptors Devotee. Palma Pasta is at Palma Pasta. Sticker U is at Sticker U. And Capadia LLP is at Capadia LLP. See you all next week. I want to take a streetcar downtown Read Andrew Miller and wander around And drink some Guinness from a tin Cause my UI check has just come in

Ah, where you been? Because everything is kind of rosy and green. Yeah, the wind is cold. She comes running down like water. Splash around with the ones that taught her her She's just like that farmer's daughter Everybody laughs at the joke It would add faith She don't know what it means

She just knows that it's not what it seems Everybody knows that she's going nowhere Everybody always tells her how much they care But all they really care about is growing their hair And getting it cut And we're like this She don't know what it means She just knows that it's not what it seems He's running down much faster than home, dancing around the corner

All she can do is act like her head, and that's all that's in store for her guitar solo We'll see you next time. That's what they say Like a mirror On the ladder She comes running down like water She comes running down I was a fiend Before I became a teen I melted microphones instead of coals or ice cream Music orientated so when hip hop was originated Fitted like pieces of puzzle Complicated cause I grab the mic

And try to say yes y'all they try to take it And say that I'm too small Cool cause i don't get upset i kick a hole in the speaker pull a plug then i jet back to the lab without a mic to grab so then i add all the rhymes i had one after the other one then i make another one to diss the opposite then ask if the brother's done i get a craving like i fiend for nicotine but i don't need a cigarette know what i mean i'm raging creepingotine. But I don't need a cigarette. Know what I mean? I'm raging. Creeping up the stage and don't it sound amazing?

Cause every rhyme is made in thought of. Cause it's sort of an addiction. Magnetized by the mixing. Vocals, vocabulary, and verses just stuck in. The mic is a drain though. Volcanoes erupting. Rhymes overflowing. Gradually growing.

Everything is written in a code so it can coincide My thoughts to God 48 tracks to slide The invincible microphone theme Rock him, spread the word There's some N-E-F-F-E-C-T A smooth operator operating correctly But back to the problem

I got a habit, you can't solve it Silly rabbit. The prescription is a hyper tone. That's thorough and I'm being for a microphone like heroin. Soon as the bass kicks, I need a fix. Give me a stage and a mic and a mix and I'll put you in a mood. Or is it a state of unawareness? Beware, it's the reanimator.

A menace to a microphone, a lethal weapon, a assassinator. If the people ain't steppin' You'll see a part of me That you never seen When I'm fiendin' For a microphone I'm the microphone fiend After twelve

I'm worse than a gremlin Feed me hip-hop And I start tremblin' The thrill of suspense Is intense You're horrified But this ain't the cinemas Or tales from the dark side

By any means necessary This is what has to be done Make way, cause here I come. My DJ cuts material. Grand Imperial. It's a must that I bust, and he might get hand to me.

It's inherited, it runs in the family. I wrote the rhyme that broke the fool's back. If that don't slow him up, I carry a full pack. Now I don't wanna have to let off,

you should've kept off. You didn't keep the stage warm. Step off. Ladies and gentlemen, you're about to see a pastime hobby about to be taken to the maximum. I can't relax. See, I'm hype as a hypochondriac because the rap be one hell of an act. To dope something you can't smoke more than dope. You try to move away, but you can't.

You broke more than cracked up. You should have backed up. For those that act up Need to be more than smacked up Any entertainer I gotta talk to chamber one on one And I'm the remainder So close your eyes and hold your breath

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The microphone. The microphone. The microphone. The microphone. The microphone. The microphone. The microphone. The microphone. The microphone. Thanks for being here, man. I know you came straight from Montreal. Is that right? As the sun goes down on the Arizona plain, the wind whispers by like a runaway train. It's a beautiful thing. It's me and you in a flatbed truck. My heart kicking like a whitetail bucky

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