Workin’ in the studio scratchin’ a beat
when a voice from the back started calling for me
I turned around fast to see who it was
My big blue machine, I knew it because
The lights were lit, the power was true
Who else could it be but my Emulator II?
Searching my disk, but not just one
This machine has two drives to run
To run the sounds that are in my mind
and on the floppy disks that go inside
Running two drives at the same time
to make the instrumental to back this rhyme
EMU factory disks are great
and so are the ones that you create
A drum, a string, a horn, a bass
512 kilobytes of memory space
So if you wanna know who made this tune
it’s cut from yours truly and my Emulator II

Emulate

Some of you might think I’m goin’ too far
and that I should be singin’ about a guitar
But need I remind you of what we are?
The Emulator II teamed with Adrian Star
1984 & 85, these are the years that brought alive
EMU II in the first, then the II+ to quench your thirst
For synthesizer greatness that you crave
not just for the sound but the sampling rate
You’d be best served if you just let it create
You can even sample sounds from the Jupiter 8

Emulate

No single synth has had more hits
than the Emulator II, I can guarantee this
Where would I be without my partner in crime?
Using soft synths like a poser in decline
So before you assume I hooked her up to a Mac
And programmed the parts to record the playback
I didn’t do that, my integrity stands
I still play the keys in real time with my hands
Never before has a cut been made
about the Emulator II and what it can say
No presets built on this thing
Use a floppy disk to make it sing
If you can’t handle what it brings
just fake everything like it was 2016

Now… though my second album might be causing a fuss
My third and next album will be called the II+
Now everyone knows and they won’t soon forget
But you haven’t heard anything yet

Emulate