Indier Than Thou

"I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people...

Stand by thyself, come not near to me; for I am holier than thou."

I'm so indie that my shirt don't fit.

You wonder out loud "Frontalot, yo why you come so ill-equipped?"

B-B-B-B-Because being all prepared to get on the mic is sellin' out

and I'm not even about to relinquish indie clout.

I look confused, like I just got out of bed.

The rhyme style reflects this

use my overdeveloped sense of irony to deflect dis-

missiles, exploding all around me

unpromoted, don't know how you found me

soundly situated in obscurityland

famous in inverse proportion to how cool I am

and should I ever garner triple-digit fans

you can tell me then there's someone I ain't indier than.

(He's so indie.) Indie I be,

ain't an obscurer rapper out there who be indier than me.

(He's so indie.) Indie, and how!

Come not near to me; for I be indier than thou.

(He's so indie.) Indie indeed,

if I were on an indie label you could call me mainstream.

(He's so indie.) Indie I am.

Yo all the better for the Frontalot to leverage his brand.

"I am sought of them that asked not for me;

I am found of them that sought me not...

These are a smoke in my nose."

Delving deep into my letterbox when I discovered

fanmail for MC FRONT. It kind o' hovered

before my vision. I made a decision to open it up.

It said "Yo Frontalot, you suck!"

Oh whew, I was worried for a second that I'd started to earn love

seeing all my indie points burned up.

Next you know I'm meeting pop stars in stretched cars

doing the soundtrack to the Wendy's tie-in with Jar Jar

payin' rent, ownin' things,

suing KaZaA with my best friend Sting.

It's like a nightmare (yep) 'cause that ain't nerdcore (nope)

and yes I'm indier than thou within my nerdcore flow.

If you're slow on the uptake, I'll lay it out:

hipsterism is a religion to which you gotta be devout.

You must be seen as in between unpopular and hated,

or else get excommunicated.

(He's so indie.) Indie I be,

ain't an obscurer rapper out there who be indier than me.

(He's so indie.) Indie, and how!

Come not near to me; for I be indier than thou.

(He's so indie.) Indie indeed,

if I were on an indie label you could call me mainstream.

(He's so indie.) Indie I am.

Yo all the better for the Frontalot to leverage his brand.

(He's so indie.) He's so indie...

(He's so indie.) So indie... so indie... so indie...

(He's so indie.) He's so indie... so indie...

(He's so indie.)