Part one

[Verse 1: MC Chris] The horror, it was Zorro he was wearing a mask I was out with my folks and we was having a laugh We didn't do this too often mingle with the proletariats Folks with old money and too often they were scaredy cats Always going out leaving me with the help Always raising funds and I'm left by myself They saw I was missing out on being a kid Dad said we're going 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 Someone so evil can focus their anger A hero that sent the unjust to their ruin A mask to protect from people pursuin' A cape to conceal a collection of tricks And everything black, on this he insists [Hook} 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 whats 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, "Which goon wanna fight?" [Verse 2: 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 a 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 screaming till she was shot in the head I 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 pale moonlight?" 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 [Hook] [Verse 3: 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 oppressed 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 plains In China learned Tao Japan, learned Jiu Jitsu Don't believe you would bleed Then let me convince you Nerve pinch in a pinch Leopard palm, knuckle strike Used the Quivering Palm In a fight take a life Over a hundred forms Of hand-to-hand anguish Bestowed on my dome Learned every language Studied shadows with ninjas Disguise and escape Learned boxing, detoxing Concealing with capes Went to Cambridge, Sorbonne But never for too long Before the end of the semester I would have to be gone Came home to forgotten Gotham's so rotten and twisted Came home to my mansion It's a vast stash of riches Brooding in the darkness With a bust of my father A bat through the window "A question of honor." [Hook] (Joker's Carnival music plays in background to fade)