Legend tells of a kid
Who has the power in his fingertips to win
Name the game, watch yourself lose
Bring your own controller. Bring your whole crew
On day of release he beat Sonic 4
On a broken Game Gear before leaving the store
He beat Ocarina when Link was still ten
Nintendo doesn’t want you to know how that happened
Informer and Prima are currently bidding
On which one of their board rooms he will be sitting
The Government wants him for top secret reasons
Like remote controlled spy planes for communist regions
Hark, you know the myth, you know the man, now know the truth: the Buttonmasher reigns
Late one night, Gameshark in hand, lightning struck. Two became one.
He was transformed from mere mortal to gaming god, the Buttonmasher’s born
Now he plays, now he slays, now the master the Buttonmasher speaks
Bow down before me, freshman
You can’t sling stick like I
Calloused hands my badge of mastery
No D-pad can control the power in hold in these hands
Gods of games and kings of codes
Hear my name and tremble: Buttonmasher
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