10 Years

10 years ago, two boys ventured into Halo 3 matchmaking
To start their journey
Making charming, yet often cringey music videos
This is a trip down memory lane
For all their "Homie G Shizzle Dawgs"

It's been 10 years and I still can't wrap
My head around the fact that we still make raps
Take it back to '08 with "The Greatest Ever"
This is the same track, we just made it better
Reminiscin' the Machinima golden age
Red vs Blue showed the road we'd take
Started with Halo 3, that led to C.O.D
This is JT Machinima's history
Now looking back on it there's a lotta nostalgia
First vid - Wizard Battle (can we take that one down, bruh?)
White guys can rap - now we're not so proud of
But in '09 - we signed a contract, made our first album
We never had a mission, but the vision was there
Soon as the viewers tuned in, felt like a privilege you cared
About the goofy music vids we made from our own rooms
First time on camera - making bold moves
Acting like we're Halo pros, back in the day
Who remembers the "noob"? That's how I actually played
I'll show you my shaft, while playing Minecraft
Then we had all the mobs rap - besides Ghast
Then came college - and all the student bills
Getting book-smart but still honing our skills
Back in '11 I lost Skull - couldn't find him
I was in Heaven, if Heaven's called Skyrim
We met an Australian, Andrea Storm Kaden
We put her in our raps, how much better she made them
First collab that we had was the Halo 4 rap
Now half our fans would rather that she made her own tracks
Took us 5 years to get 100K subs
Ooo, look a plaque - that's something to hang up
Goodbye old logo, ain't forgetting that
We got a new one, but Patfan got a tat
After FNaF came out, we had Five Long Nights
Now 70 million of you have joined us for a bite
Any new games coming? Scott, do not make 'em
That means more songs - that means I gotta play 'em
Overwatch just got in town
And it sounds like a game we ain't ever putting down
We've made hero raps, and battles with TF2
Plus we rock at the game, not in competitive dude
First time Pat really started to rap
Was Soldier 76 - he was a natural at that
I ordered costumes for us, what a good idea
I didn't wanna wear it, I don't mean to be a D.Va
We tried out Twitch - but that wasn't our game
Thanks to all 10 people who usually came
So we kept grinding out a music video a week
Never thought we'd hit a million, but in 2017
You all helped the dream come true
Platonically speaking, we love you!
Plus every friend we've made in the gaming music community
Inspiring each other to keep growing and improving
Started shooting more live action videos too
Wouldn't happen without having such a kick-ass crew
We met our friend River, he made-a-wish come true
Joined RoosterTeeth - wait, they made Red vs Blue
This channel began so we could keep in touch
It was all just for kicks, never seemed like much
We were just 2 kids with lots of games on our wish-lists
Now we got an office and we run it like a business
This rap may sound like we're bragging about
All the nerdy fun stuff that we do
This next line's cheesy, but we wouldn't be here
If it wasn't for you!

Thanks for lending your ears
For these past 10 years
Here's to another 10
Let's grab some beers!