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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
"I annihilate your type if you violate" [Malik B] 4x
[Evidence] The beginning, yeah You know, it's never too late to start over [Iriscience] Yeah yo yo yo I'm the type to sneak into your dorm and get shit warm I'm the type to spit on microphones and leave em deformed Babu cuts into Alchemist instrumentals Gemini, this Twin Peaks like David Lynch do Or does, bustin off for every place I been though I'm hard to see through like lodges wit no windows Sparks the beginning of the end of the dark See I flood the stage hard, now you swimmin wit sharks Rappers are cocky, but on the low, I know they watch me Cuz weapons in my music like I'm El Mariachi Or Desperado, pushin at full throttle Rock till I'm horse/hoarse like broncos from Colorado "I annihilate your type if you violate" We are the Peoples from the crew they call the Dilated *Cut and scratched by Babu* "I annihilate your type if you violate" (Iriscience, World Famous Babu) [Evidence] Aiyyo my weed stays fresh in the jar when the lid's tight Reminiscing on memories from last midnight Time constraints why I hate music biz I counterpunch clocks, pay no attention what time it is Chop shit, bend notes, clear no samples Drop my thoughts quick on Sony audio handheld Delve and breaks heat will take it to the streets Whattup to Rhett and Carlos, all peeps at Fat Beats Street sweep, strip the lock after we rock The world is in my hand, but I'm in Pandora's Box Think the bigger picture is how I write my scripture (An immediate response) Or maybe later it'll hit ya "I annihilate your type if you violate" [Iriscience] I'm Iriscience from the crew they call the Dilated "I annihilate your type if you violate" [Evidence] Evidence, I'm from the crew called Dilated "I annihilate your type if you violate" [Both] We are Peoples from the crew they call the Dilated *Cut and scratched* "I annihilate your type if you violate" [Evidence] Never test my integrity or doubt I'm learnin lessons I'm the type of person always be the last to leave the session It's etched in, stone, I'm Mikes/mics wit headphones My mind's a mini-clock latchin on to tones My demeanor can't be shattered, I'm followed by the man I follow through a fully-executed blueprint plan [Iriscience] I grab a crate for my DJ and work wit a can I rock a break for the people till the girls wanna dance I don't need jewels to shine, just I bring the flows Besides, I keep losin all my rings at shows The way things are lookin, even heaven is crooked And if your lighter's missing maybe Evidence took it *Answering machine* "This is Ev, leave a message....Have a good day" *Beep* "Have a good day? Yo how many lighters you got in your pocket right now, man? That shit is wrong, you do this every time" "I annihilate your type if you violate" *Cut and scratched in background* [Evidence] (Iriscience) I annihilate, what if you violate my crew (Dilated yeah yeah that's us, that's how we doin it) Iriscience uh, Evidence, DJ Babu, uh Alchemist (We rockin the old world, the new) Everywhere on the map, it's lookin smaller and smaller |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
no questions
I pledge resistance to the grass that hides the snakes of America so they watch it, now I walk with caution more careful put more thought to options Is the opposite of progress Congress? From the school to the street we're beyond stress but I fight for peace, that's what the problem is war is big biz, ask an economist speak in volumes callin' anti-war and anti-American synonymous Back in the day I would've gotten black listed just for speakin' up Hoover probably would've screamed Communist! I want black and brown unity but cats get out to bring the jail to the community Fightin's nothin' new to me I even corrected what the public school system tried to do to me Here's a spark encoded in rhyme and love for everyone of the devoted in line: We call it art, some call it a crime it's the rap Michael Moore, like Bowling for Columbine on drums, Fahrenheit, 9-1-1 Al Queda hit the Apple and the world was stunned the villain trained by the hero for the killing now you twist $20 bills to see buildings Under heavy surveillance they might call you a traitor if you want something greater Don't get me wrong, America's a great place to live just listen to the knowledge I give if more than half the budget goes to military spending less than half goes to whatever it's defending One nation, many gods, individuals with liberties and justice for all who are miserable escuscha la verdad en la musica yeah Babu, Dilated Peoples Neighborhood Watch, worldwide Expansion, Iriscience Evidence, Babu |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
Yeah, play for keeps, I've to tell you my name, here we go
Yo, I got twenty-four bars to heal these scars I'm an underground cat but still like money and cars I'll introduce myself, check it out, ladies and gentlemen The one and only Evidence, servin' up your medicine Varsity letterman 'E' on my coat Every time I touch the paper, it's murder he wrote I'm from a real big city called 'Watch where you go' A place you think you know only to find out you don't Born in L.A., it's hard to get star struck Born in L.A., so I always keep my guard up Born in L.A., plus deal where I stay Everyday cats like Julio G pave the way My crews thick, all sharp, take a pick All ready to spit or sit down and write a hit We learn both from the best on both coasts Couldn't stress enough for the times, we kill chose Problem here, problem there, got through 'em Label here, label there, politics and bullshit, we rip The mic's cocked back, a full clip I don't preach, I rap, I'm on stage, this ain't a bull pit This is it, we're up and running, torch is lit Prepare for marathons, we don't sprint I save my crew's name for last, injections lethal It's L.A.'s finest y'all, it's Dilated Peoples And y'all can't sleep now, play for keeps We play for keeps now, y'all can't sleep And y'all can't sleep now, play for keeps We play for keeps now and y'all can't sleep There's people you know, there's people you don't There's people involved that shouldn't be, you gotta keep close There's people you know, there's people you don't There's people involved that shouldn't be, you gotta keep close I got that flow for the street Stay ahead of the time, stay behind the beat It's not what you know, but what you can prove Everyday they keep chasing me down with little clues It's Dilated from Los Angels You didn't know friends make better music than strangers So far, I've been misunderstood Wherever I fall, I make the category look good Twenty-six years young when I wrote this down My whole life ahead of me, I was known in my town Things started to change and started to stretch The farther away I went the closer to home I started to get My actions cause reactions Some love and hate shit, I don't ask, it just happens Either or we came to get it started Before the show find me at the bar drinkin' Bicardi This is it, the cats worked hard to have things Here to keep the party up, I rap caffeine I save my crew's name for last, injections lethal It's L.A.'s finest, it's Dilated Peoples And y'all can't sleep now, play for keeps We play for keeps now, y'all can't sleep And y'all can't sleep now, play for keeps We play for keeps now and y'all can't sleep There's people you know, there's people you don't There's people involved that shouldn't be, you gotta keep close There's people you know, there's people you don't There's people involved that shouldn't be, you gotta keep close There's people you know, there's people you don't There's people involved that shouldn't be, you gotta keep close There's people you know, there's people you don't There's people involved that shouldn't be, you gotta keep close |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
One-two one-two in the place to be, yes indeed
As we proceed to give you what you need Always smokin that 'dro weed, we have.. Dilated.. Peoples! [Ev] Set to detonate {*scratch: 'there's just one thing'*} [Ev] Uh-huh, sharp {*scratch: 'that I, would like to say'*} [Ev] Ha yes y'all {*scratch: 'there's just one thing'*} [Ev] Watch out {*scratch: 'that I, would like to say'*} [Ev] What what uh {*scratch: 'there's just one thing'*} [Ev] Uh, uh {*scratch: 'that I, would like to say'*} [Ev] Yeah, it's goin down {*scratch: 'there's just one thing'*} {*scratch: 'that I, would like to say'*} [Evidence] We got tension in suspense, theme in variation Train robbery panic, description of equation I'm after the gold, and after that the platinum You want what you don't have so far neither one's happened But I was told by my peeps play your cards right Spit hard, never look back, disregard hype That goes for bad reviews, good reviews (uh-huh) Any press, the news, I don't watch the two, I watch for crews [Rakaa Iriscience] 'Triple Optic' cockpit views Bird's eye, catch the rhythm in the words I use I've learned to burn pain for fuel Everybody plays the fool sometimes, the other side of the game is cruel I'm back to school, the master rules Born in the church where the pastor rules (why?) I embrace the task that give birth to tools And keep the pressure on that turns earth to jewels {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Rak] Yeah, Dilated we're correctly holdin the crown, it's like THIS {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Rak] C'mon, yeah [Rak] Dilated we're correctly holdin the crown {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Evidence] On tracks, it's like boomerang Sometimes you gotta let shit go to watch it come back {*Babu scratch*} Evidence, presumed innocent Move in silence, tracks covered, no fingerprints Most are hit or miss, not what this is Type on tour that might, hit your misses Pack the bags, load up the pre-vo last year We hit the road with Rage, Guru and Primo Cypress, D'Angelo, shit's Jurassic (hey!) Kweli and all top notch acts, keep it classic Bill Graham presents, 'Live at the Fillmore' And after the encore, they ask for more Fuck the IRS, I roll with I-R-I-S 'Science the best, so don't test Exotic, attack the wack a word of advice I got it down so cold like ice from Jew Heights {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Rak] Huh huh, yeah, Dilated we're correctly holdin the crown {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Rak] Uhh.. yeah [Rak] It's that shit you pump loud when you roll into town {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Rakaa Iriscience] Check your fusebox, my 'Cosmic Slop' brings cops Ghetto hip-hop that your city block rocks Say WHAT? I bust a U and come back (hey!) Reach under my seat for that heat that blaze tracks Face facts, you're facin poker faced cats Dilated made our way through the maze, 'so take that!' For boom bap rap brought some state of the art shit (hey!) After two L's, I'm +Cool+ like James Todd Smith Made ya burn while the, tables turn I teach but I'm ready willin able to learn These cats tryin to eat, I'm just tryin to breathe And tryin to leave a legacy that you couldn't believe Live from DND, peace to NY G's Rakaa Cy Young on the M-I-C Babs is clockwork, you could set your wristwatch And the real backbone of hip-hop is disc jocks {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Rak] Huh, yeah yeah {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Rak] No doubt Dilated platform, expansion team! {*scratched: 'How that sound?'*} [Rak] Uhh uhh, yo, Dilated, no doubt, worldwide connected Come down Mr. Selector |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
Verse 1 (Skandalous)
Motherfuckers they wanna test me Pull out the blunt nigga I'll wreck your shit I'm out that window with my 44, another fucking hit Don't know who to trust with my shit I'm in this click, you in my hood you better know who you fucking with Who you stepping with, Skandalous fucking dangerous Bitches brains I bust, feel the lust in God we trust Nigga I'm at your door, don't pray to God cause you done lost your grace Been in this game for too long you bout to lose your face I got the mind of a psycho ass ?? As I take another hit on this shit nigga you dead Never ask forgiveness told the Lord to give me grace You talked some shit front your boys and as result you lost your face Blood all over the place I'm counting the fucking bodies dropping I know my destiny cause I can hear the devil knocking I done sent body and soul to my eternal flames you best believe I numb them bodies and play my fucking game I sold my soul at an early age And now my hearts releasing daemons in a rage My eyes in a daze Evertime I close my eyes to go to sleep I see the visions coming Is juices running when ya done in Fear only make me curious, I'll never be afraid But if you slip you pay your life here come the light now nigga they dead Crack scarfs for my fucking glory Talking shit up in my territory Another day another world's sad story Verse 2 (Steph) Smoking blunt, smoke a nigga selling dope on the block Pop pop goes the glock I bring more nightmare than Hitchcock Get ?? when them bodies fall hitting them prisoners hard Its your final call bitch I'll smoke you like menthol Fuck all you bitches I'm putting you in them bodybags Tagging toes, nigga drive slow Creeping up out they indo scheming for they cheese Slanging oz's and quarter keys niggas dressed in army fatigues Freeze your whole coalition Strapped with ammunition Infrareds digging ditches for chicken heads This figure from head to toe Labeled as a Jane Doe, leaving bullets in your Lexus door But fuck it I'm through with the fairytales Cause when some shit jump off, all you murder on tape bitches gone bail Who gone prevail when I exhale on you small scale Lyrical laggers, wanna be chrome packers Spit the facts I'm bout the Lex and the Ac My verbal combat will eliminate your whole habitat You hoes ain't fucking with that Or this, cause I piss on competition And have all you hoes in submission Trying to recondition your stilo Lyrical nino I sling rhymes like kilos >From here to Puerto Rico One other sequel from the infamous unseen Scheming for the green smoking bitches and niggas like nicotine Verse 3 (Mia X) Cause she up to schemes Tired of chasing apple pie dreams Mint greens is all I fien for straight shit is all this bitch know 50's this nine millimeter berreta leaving you wetter than April showers Followe by your second line of flowers I devour competition, causing complete submissions Cooks more dope in my kitchen Tricking ass niggas be my victims when night falls Ya'll wants to floss but get set-up tied down and tossed Boss chick you don't want to see her Your bitch can either run for the heater or meet the dumb hoe beaters Mia's right and left well known with the clout To wire your mouth, knock your grill out That's what this here be bout So you can doubt what I'm saying and run that lip Or get your whole click engulfed in gangsta shit Too much to deal with I'm still a bitch that' be's designer down stay scheming on the man And taking flights, torsoe taped full of contrabands My flow so grand it make the beats say damn Shit jumps back makes you wanna holler But I sees nothing but dollars Feminist power My lyrics knocking like a KL beat It be that she-devil that below sea level bitch you can't see her Niggas and broads be trying to figure at 5'4 How they still need a ladder to face this hoe For sure, cause I be living for the drama The biggest mama flexing shutting down this motherfucking basement sesion Shop closed |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
Soul magnificent, this where I started
When God created light, He made me in the flesh The caramel black man, here to free all the rest Inhale, exhale, nigga open your chest Put it to rest, I'm one of Los Angeles best Rearrange game, not sane rap, push your brain back I never left, so how the fuck could I have came back? The sun burns holes in the souls of fakers I drinks cold ol' gold and I loves them Lakers My mind travels at the speed of concrete streets It's all real, feel different then why must we speak I strive to teach each, outreach over rugged beats in the streets And this just the beginnin' of me The matrix, I'm givin' all you kids the basics Patience, invest time or time's been wasted When Defari rhyme, a breath of fresh air, the mornin' sunshine I had to take back what was rightfully mine And that's a Golden State crown when I gets down The yellow-brown, million dollar voice from L.A. town See, if you look up at the sun, you'll see my face in the reflection The light that shines for all them children protection Wake up for the mornin' blessin's, push-ups by the session Damaged beats, never second guessin' Nightmares and dreams, everythin's not what it seems Dilated, expansion team Revolution |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
(watch your eardrums pop)
(watch your eardums pop) (pop) (pop) [ verse 1: evidence ] I got 61 keys with delays I'm vocally blown, but never thrown into the maze With no amp, I found my way out the first time round Then - never went back without my bloodhound I vow to hit the beat right The crowd - light em up, so I don't see night Mark the spot with the x, people in debt Make promises with beats on discettes (yo, you feelin him yet? ) Then make some noise with your voicebox One word, four syllables, unorthodox Describes my style best, I attack, never rest Cause in my sleep a metronome click beats on my chest Till I wake, shit - automate my mix Total control of where my highs and kicks should fit You don't stop till executed the plot While bab' sets up shop to make your (eardrums pop) (watch your eardrums pop) [ verse 2: iriscience ] The deejays in effect, keep holdin it down Dilated, we're correctly holdin the crown Plus we keep a set of keys to that golden sound It's that shit you bump loud when you roll in the town It's the art of showdowns, I'm quick to show clowns I bring it like, "sucker, where's your threshold now? " His life under pressure in the eye of the storm To find the root I take it to the hive of the swarm I execute like grandmaster roc raida Congratulations, brother, you swingin a hot fader >from l.a. I spit rocks sedated that leave craters Some are less than, some equal, but none greater Duck, you gunplay, I'm lovin the sunrays Used to party friday, saturday, and pray on sunday But I figured out in life that there's more than one way That's why I'm doin things I always knew I'd do one day I've seen many lands and tasted the best crop I witnessed many cultures express through hip-hop I'm buildin with that science that de la dropped That means it might blow up, but it won't go pop (watch your ear) (watch your ear) (watch your ear) (watch your eardrums pop) |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
(Watch your eardrums pop)
(Watch your eardums pop) (pop) (pop) [ VERSE 1: Evidence ] I got 61 keys with delays I'm vocally blown, but never thrown into the maze With no amp, I found my way out the first time round Then - never went back without my bloodhound I vow to hit the beat right The crowd - light em up, so I don't see night Mark the spot with the x, people in debt Make promises with beats on discettes (Yo, you feelin him yet?) Then make some noise with your voicebox One word, four syllables, unorthodox Describes my style best, I attack, never rest Cause in my sleep a metronome click beats on my chest Till I wake, shit - automate my mix Total control of where my highs and kicks should fit You don't stop till executed the plot While Bab' sets up shop to make your (eardrums pop) (Watch your eardrums pop) [ VERSE 2: Iriscience ] The deejays in effect, keep holdin it down Dilated, we're correctly holdin the crown Plus we keep a set of keys to that golden sound It's that shit you bump loud when you roll in the town It's the art of showdowns, I'm quick to show clowns I bring it like, "Sucker, where's your threshold now?" His life under pressure in the eye of the storm To find the root I take it to the hive of the swarm I execute like Grandmaster Roc Raida Congratulations, brother, you swingin a hot fader >From L.A. I spit rocks sedated that leave craters Some are less than, some equal, but none greater Duck, you gunplay, I'm lovin the sunrays Used to party Friday, Saturday, and pray on Sunday But I figured out in life that there's more than one way That's why I'm doin things I always knew I'd do one day I've seen many lands and tasted the best crop I witnessed many cultures express through hip-hop I'm buildin with that science that De La dropped That means it might blow up, but it won't go pop (Watch your ear) (Watch your ear) (Watch your ear) (Watch your eardrums pop) |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
[Babu scratches]
As I expand.... you [Iriscience] Ay yo amplify, magnify, broaden my reach Expand, exercise, ex-get increased The 'e' and the 'x' are connected like excellence The 'p' is for peoples that Dilated represents (Evidence: A-N for all night) PM to AM and D's for droppin rhymes with no delayin' Even numb from Novacane you feel the slow pain See flames but fuel the fire like propane (Evidence: now hold that) keep that lock and less beats War's not the word to play its like peace I'm a cyborg connected with a mic in my hand [Babu scratches] As I expand... you know I am..am.. A... triple optometrist mental megalopolis... A... student on these L.A. blocks... Raakaa Iriscience rapid fire how I transmit [Iriscience] Ay yo me and Omega, Devious Doze used to pose Hypothetical flows gettin' thrown with no foes A decade ago- introduced to Will Copper And out the other side of my fear- a field trooper Son of a preacher- in school a student teacher But I'd rather read or hit the theater for a double feature Bored night creature well I used to trade books When science appeared fellow scientists trade looks (y'all see that?) A brick by brick builder I learned to mix mortar Gettin' smarter and smarter from Homocide and Law and Order Street poet, mild man or reporter Til I flip like Kool Kieth drippin' droppin' like water [Babu scratches Dilated lines] Raakaa Iriscience...create to devastate Why wait... put your gloves out Expand and dilate... As I expand you know who I am...Its the expanding man... A... triple optometrist mental megalopolis... A... student on these L.A. blocks... Iriscience...you know who I am...am [Iriscience] Now I haven't forgotten all the drugs that Bush brought in Its funny how its maybe his stash your son got in Man, Uncle Sam facilitated the plan Got weed dealed in miligrams and grams and kilograms (Evidence: Yo, word to our lye) they can heal a killa man They might have a plant they can if they got a pill to can Body upon young body into camps but camps turn to pen when boys to turn to men War bein' used to both profit and clense War spoke- why it camouflage the feds I'm a freedom fighter, reader, writer, rapper, and fan [Babu scratching] As I expand you know who I am... You know who he is As I expand you know who I am... The expanding man... As I expand you know who I am...am As I expand you know who I am... Its the expanding man |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
(Babu Scratching and Mixing)
'You got light.. don't wait till its dark to as questions' [Hook #1 - Iriscience] You should check the signs, symbols, hits, clues, The writings on the wall but it's up to you Expansion Team Dilated Peoples Crew 'What you wanna do is watch for clues' You should check the signs, symbols, hits, clues, The writings on the wall but it's up to you Expansion Team Dilated Peoples Crew And If you still don't know, this is how we do [Hook #2 - Iriscience and (Evidence)] X2 There ain't nothing as bright (as heavy) as light (as dark) as night (as set to strike) As ready (as right) as loose (as tight) as quick to expand As we on the mike [Verse #1 - Iriscience] If it was a snake it would have bit ya' Slithered up like a boa-consticta and griped ya' Step back and beat the big picture These cats as though in my head I charge the mound just to get the picture Bitch clearest specialist better hit ya' But never miss ya' Y'all need to double check the scripture Deco, Deco, unload, reload Pressin' heights Peco, live like Steve Beko Piss on trees and leave marks to graffiti Even gang graffiti though I'm for the peace treaty Frustrated cats we hussle but still needy And whistle like Twity when we see the LAPD We going four for score for the prize You need to see with more than your eyes It's war in disguise Tanfa callas are vagrants This goes for every agent Some are camouflaged others are very blatant (Babu Scratching and Mixing) [Hook #1 - Iriscience] [Hook #2 - Iriscience and (Evidence)] X2 [Verse #2 - Evidence] Se keep your torch lit, light your flares, have back ups prepared Wait for the enemy, war is declared Expansion Team Theme music anthem Got coloured schemes hot, peak lovers red at random Up close and personal, songs from my journal My lyrics are the ink, my reflection is eternal These words are powerful, so hard to describe Type to raise eye brows and open eyes But what we did, get your hands dirty, fingers dusty I've been around the world, you haven't, you could trust me Line them up, knock them down, Keep them cocked, beats and vocals If you fuck with these locals catch ghost busters logo Channel zero Separate suckers from heroes, recorded digital Bobby Deniro Load your base bags, put on your gloves, lace the shoes Keep your eyes open for signs and ears open for clues (Babu Scratching and Mixing) [Hook #1 - Iriscience] [Hook #2 - Iriscience and (Evidence)] X2 Babu Scratching and Mixing till the end Iriscience |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
Ah HEY, all--
<i>[cut and scratched]</i> "Attention, ladies and gentlemen" <i>[Evidence (Iriscience)]</i> Expand and Dilate, so by the end of the night When we put down the mic Thinkin D-Dilated Peoples brings heat That's guaranteed heat for sure, a pure mix-ture Some try to do the same but they style ain't pure (A carbon copy) That's right Rak it comes out so sloppy (Plus for from crisp) So I leave you wit this <i>[Evidence]</i> Yo to me it don't matter how dope you write or look MC's without a voice should write a book You heard me properly, claimin that shit you didn't, oh really? My crew's more dedicated than Rocky training in Philly Put your gloves on, about to get more than can withstand The comp they left baffled coffee shops in Amsterdam I never got redemption from an honorable mention So my lyrics hug the beat wit the tightest suspension (watch out) Don't fear on turns, of course floor the corners Yo, that's my drive, got tracks like beehives You can't pass my gate, a great mistake, you paid the cost You bigger than me? You screaming "Shorty No Mas" Yo, some think I'm clever Others think I'm the one who makes too many references to weather/whether... Or not I'm feelin this beyond words explain Yo you set up a battle outdoors and pray for rain <i>[cut and scratched]</i> "Attention ladies and gentlemen" <i>[Evidence (Iriscience)]</i> Expand and Dilate, so by the end of the night When we put down the mic Thinkin D-Dilated Peoples brings heat That's guaranteed heat for sure, a pure mix-ture Some try to do the same but they style ain't pure A carbon copy (That's right Ev, it comes out so sloppy) Plus far from crisp (So I leave you wit this) <i>[Iriscience]</i> Aiyyo you speak like who you hang wit And piece like who you paint wit Everything is merging, no matter who you bank wit Imagery battle hymns, political poetry Platform show, by now maybe you know Who don't scheme, but knows more lines than coke fiends Closing dark plates, it's hot and smoking Sneaky green slow flow, thought provoking Leaves mics, turntables and stages broken Dilated y'all, Irisciece y'all wide awake Babu revolve while Rakka rocks the break Revolution is a cycle to turn, vital to learn Next time other neighborhoods are liable to burn Toys meet the same fate steppin in range Ain't your folks hollering at you 'bout playin wit flame? Can't be contained, front row's insane Alchemist load the track, Irisci bullet train "Attention ladies and gentlemen" <i>[Evidence (Iriscience)]</i> Expand and Dilate, so at the end of the night When we put down the mic Thinkin D-Dilated Peoples brings heat That's guaranteed heat for sure, a pure mix-ture Some try to do the same but they style ain't pure (A carbon copy) That's right Rak it comes out so sloppy Plus far from crisp (Babs leave em wit this) <i>[DJ Babu scratching]</i> "Can we do it again" <i>[x2]</i> "My goodness" "Ladies and gentlemen" "Babu's on one's and two's" "HEY" |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
(feat. Talib Kweli)
[Talib Kweli] Brooklyn stand up, L.A. stand up Matter fact, the whole planet rock with us now! [Hook] {*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"*} [All] We all live on stage! {*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"*} [Iris] Check it out y'all! [Evid] Check it out [Iris] You're now rockin' with the world's best {*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"*} [All] We all live on stage! [Iris] And we do it for you [Evid] We do it for you [Talib] We do it for you {*"Live on stage!"*} [Iriscience] Aiyyo, basic mathematics - add shit, subtract shit Multiply, divide, break down shit to fractions Equality - Not greater than or less than Los Angeles, Brooklyn, connect to Manhattan Expansion Team - Movin' through lights, cameras and action Thoughts to ideas, designs to manufacturin' ??? to we blaze and make it happen On stage I quote the bible then blast like Sam Jackson {*"I jump on stage and change forms*} Rock it, don't bug out, kid, my team scores A lot of emcees out there with phony lives They master the studio but never master the ceremon' Check it live [Hook] {*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"*} [All] We all live on stage! {*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"*} [Iris] Check it out y'all! [Evid] Check it out [Iris] You're now rockin' with the world's best {*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"*} [All] We all live on stage! [Iris] And we do it for you [Evid] We do it for you [Talib] We do it for you {*"Live on stage!"*} [Evidence] You know we - break barriers, redefine the coast Classic hits like Ice Cube's "AmeriKKKa's Most" Dilated - extra extra, read the front page Catch us live on stage - like Roxanne Shante Straight out the cage - learn ya lesson Yo, studio sessions are not shows Learn ya lesson - in shows and studios This here breath controls all I got to lose But the architects respect it - live in House of Blues Flow for my peeps - thats true You know we take it live on stage And new levels for you Thirty bucks a ticket? No, that's breads and breaks So I'ma stay sharp and seperate the real from fakes You know.. [Hook] {*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"*} [All] We all live on stage! {*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"*} [Iris] Check it out y'all! [Evid] Check it out [Iris] You're now rockin' with the world's best {*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"*} [All] We all live on stage! [Iris] And we do it for you [Evid] We do it for you [Talib] We do it for you {*"Live on stage!"*} [Babu - scratching] {*"Now through cuts to Alchemist's instrumental*"} {*"Dilated live"} {*"B-believe it when you bleed it*} {*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"*} {*"Li-li-li-live on stage"*} {*"Talib Kweli*"} [Talib Kweli] I got the crowd in the palm of my hands It go like the dominant strands Squeeze as hard as I can Stormin' like that beach in Normandy So just droppin' the sand The way I'm rockin' the fans Like when you take a homeless man and you promise him land Understand I rock for Dilated The longer you wait, longer you get violated If words was notes, I say it the way Miles play it I know my styles hated - you can't get nowhere near it Instead of investin' in hate, you should invest in merit Look at yourself, you monstrosity of hypocrisy Tryin' to be the king of media, you the king of mediocrity Chop your flow, disposable, like heroes of the prophecy I got the evidence that me and Rock know how to flow properly C'mon man! [Hook] {*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"*} [All] We all live on stage! {*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"*} [Iris] Check it out y'all! [Evid] Check it out [Iris] You're now rockin' with the world's best {*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"*} [All] We all live on stage! [Iris] And we do it for you [Evid] We do it for you [Talib] We do it for you {*"Live on stage!"*} [Babu - scratching] {*"D-d-d-da-d-da-daz-dazzlin'"*} {*"D-d-di-di-d-di-dilated displayin' a new sound"*} {*"D-d-da-dazzlin'"*} {*"Di-d-d-di-di-dilated-dilated-dilated-di-displayin' a new sound"*} {*"D-da-dazzlin'"*} {*"D-d-dilated*} {*"D-di-d-dilated"*} |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
[Sample and scratch over Mobb Deep - Give Up The Goods]:
"I got lots of love for my crew that is" x 3 [Evidence] Young buck in the game started off hardheaded stuck in my way but things change, and days turn to nights and the nights are cold if your people ain't right I'll squad it straight, split up the cake in three ways my partners down, I'm feeling the pain and when we up, find us out trying to live "I got lots of love for my crew that is" [Iriscience] Old sold. in the game I grew up stressed out trying to hold in the pain but kept my mind right, sketched the highlights I assure life, but fight for my rights and your right to fight for yours I fight through four toungues of spikes and swords the days of thunder the night of tours its dope to fight the illness that fight the cures [Chorus] If it ain't family, I ain't sure Love is love, war is war they want theirs, they want yours "I got lots of love for my crew that is" Love is love, war is war [Cuts] "I got lots of love for my crew that is" x 3 [Iriscience]' For the love of god for the love of cats scrambling to beat the odds hustling and ducking in between the lots for the love of my family, the streets are ours the Dj's ripping these beats apart we got futher spread love, like Peter Tosh (with magic) classic, we group that shit "I got lots of love for my crew that is" [Evidence] I gotta swallow blood in pride between love and war is a thin line its a dangerous time you better go for yours, cuz I'm going for mine I'm out to chip in, no doubt before I leave the grind till then ?? - how your gonna win and how to turn your buds over to our next king and how your gonna stay focused to read the game and how your gonna see if you try to stop the bang [Chorus and Cuts by DJ Babu] |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
Artist: Dilated Peoples
Album: Neighborhood Watch Song: Marathon Make-Make-Make-em-Make-em clap to this To show our appreciation for your support Make-Make-Make-em-Make-em clap to this Thank you DJs Dilated! Clap your hands! (x6) [Evidence] Yo, first up, I stay updated Stay in the zone, and no question, stay "Dilated" Understand, I exercise patience (right, right) Respect my path, 'cause the road, these cats paved it (set it off) Now that we've got that straight, it's time to move on I don't train for sprints, I train for marathons A long haul, we're built for this It's proven, every year, more people cop our shit The point I'm getting at, we're building an army Couldn't thank 'em enough, for real, I feel strongly Right now, we're parked in a comfortable spot By 2004, we're out to own the whole lot (Out for the top!) To settle for less, the short change So we keep our heads with us, as there's more to gain And with, war is pain, so we roll the dice It's all for the love, but some pay the ultimate price (check it out y'all) Chorus: [Group of singers] Yo, they go off when they go on On and on, on and on (Evidence: Marathon) Pace yourself so you can face yourself Run hard, you really only race yourself Yo, they go off when they go on On and on, on and on (Evidence: Marathon) But we don't run from shit, we run to it Might run over your shit or run through it [Rakaa] I crack my own tooth, man, rap's a tool Just to spit, crowns will leave your head wrapped with jewels Respect that, even if you don't respect that Label politics are just a minor setback As long as we're willing and the heart is still in it In the marathon, the artists will win it Even though they want me to bite my tongue Where I'm comin' from it's like "Fuck that, I'll still win it" The long run separates the weak and strong one Never underestimate how deep the songs run [Rakaa and Group of singers] Pace yourself so you can face yourself Run hard, you really only race yourself, yo [Rakaa] Clap your hands, your hands you clap Expansion Team rap then expand the map With endurance, intellect, cardiovascular Stamina, Rakaa's a party flow master like this! Chorus [Rakaa] I'm like Axel when they kill Mike for the bearer bonds (???) Driven to fight, livin' in the marathon Some can't carry on, they're tired or feel ill But in the end, real soldiers are still will Sometimes, it's just spectators and gladiators Same party, next year, haters congratulate us To Buddy Princess and Jalen, congratulations This year, there's less funerals than graduations [Evidence] Yo, pace myself, 'cause sagas continue Standing ovations, Dilated blows up every venue A new era, placed first, style pursuing The shoe fits? (Wear it), it's based on you and Your off beat DJ Anything he play Sounds like Babu pulled the plug with no delay This homestretch I've saved my last breath (breathing noise) I push full throttle, no rest till nothing's left It's the marathon Chorus Clap your hands (x5) Check it Expansion Team forever and the, Alchemist |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
No questions
I pledge resistance to the grass That hides the snakes of America So they watch it, now I walk with caution More careful put more thought to options Is the opposite of progress Congress From the school to the street we're beyond stress But I fight for peace, that's what the problem is War is big biz, ask an economist Speak in volumes callin' anti-war and anti-American synonymous Back in the day I would've gotten black listed just for speakin' up Hoover probably would've screamed Communist I want black and brown unity But cats get out to bring the jail to the community Fightin's nothin' new to me I even corrected what the public school system tried to do to me Here's a spark encoded in rhyme and love for everyone of the devoted in line We call it art, some call it a crime It's the rap Michael Moore, like Bowling for Columbine On drums, Fahrenheit, 9-1-1 Al Queda hit the Apple and the world was stunned The villain trained by the hero for the killing Now you twist $20 bills to see buildings Under heavy surveillance They might call you a traitor if you want something greater Don't get me wrong, America's a great place to live Just listen to the knowledge I give If more than half the budget goes to military spending Less than half goes to whatever it's defending One nation, many gods, individuals with liberties And justice for all who are miserable Voice in Spanish escuscha la verdad en la musica Yeah Babu, Dilated Peoples Neighborhood Watch, worldwide Expansion, Iriscience Evidence, Babu |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
chorus:
[Evidence] Night life.. Ready to spit Tags what? Evidence Cross the planet Step it up this year weather man The times right, sleep all day to wake up for night life Ready to spit When it drops, gonna hit We step it up, no doubt the times right Sleep all day to wake up for night life Start every verse with something to quote: 'The devil you know, is better than the devil you don't' Last year.. a test, true colors where shown Kings remained in chess on the board and life in thrones Music catch the force of my mic Thats why at night I be out postin' up my own snipes For years I sat back, played the role, what for? This here disc, hear us raw Can't fake it anymore Check it out: You now witness the scenes 2nd release, Expansion Team Shit thumps, shine bright headlights seen on The like laser beams drive fast things and tee green (chorus) You know these nights ain't gettin' any longer Put your best out and bail You never know, you might get stronger I stood back a bit, take punchlines out raps been more legitimate Solidify our place in the game, pleasure with pain Tropical flow: see sun but feel rain Its easy to seclete yourself up in the mix That's why its good to get out at night and holler at chicks I take it back before studio racks, before I understood the concept of seperatin' tracks Before... Around the time my life when I swore That the mic was a device not to be taken light chorus Night life... Graffiti artists get armed Cans get shook, the walls get bombed This is the time when shadow rocks get thrown At your tinted car windows sound off the alarm This is the time you execute your plan While other people sleep, jewels get ran In get away vans exit off ramps Smaller operations are shops bigger one camps Rock knots in pocket pants Got the advance, and back for my back end in hands And things ain't always what they seem from a glance But up close shit'll change your whole prespective Shadows close in, you realize you ain't protected (chorus) |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
"Till the end of...No surrender and no retreat"
"No surrender and no retreat" "No surrender and no retreat" "N-N-No surrender and no retreat" "No surrender and no retreat" "No surrender No No surrender no surrender and no retreat" "Y'all ready?" [Evidence] Yo, aiyo potent Straight up with the force to keep fighting Samson, Atlas, Colossus, Ti-tan In the dark night the torch steady lightens I'm strong, cast iron heart of the lion A mighty foundation to a tower of power With the energy needed to turn the seed into a flower Fortified type, sturdy sound constructions make rappers duck down Like I'm Boogie Down Productions (Boop Boop Boop Boop) I can tell they're weak, delicate It ain't hard to sell when I speak Over rock-hard breaks (breaks!) never riddle little beats See me on rap city B-E-T spit graffiti Present a full section of flavors thats robust Dilated Peoples my brother we gon' crush Leave up support, insulate your stage I got self control but can't hold the rage Many ya products, gimmicks wit' time limits I give you what you want plus put my mind in it Rocka Iriscience trained to go the length Finding all terrain thin tanked in full strength "No surrender and no retreat" Chorus [Evidence] Stand my ground dig in with both feet No surrender no turning no cheat no retreat Stand my ground dig in with both feet No surrender no turning no cheat no retreat Stand my ground dig in with both feet No surrender no turning no cheat no retreat Stand my ground dig in with both feet "No surrender and no retreat" [Evidence] Uh, uh, yo, worldwide From great heights we take perish by night And lay by day from sonic doodalay espy tight Twelve hundad tech me sharp cut and free Detonate the drums heat the plastique thats a dangerous man Who can speak with his hands Watered down lyrics on dirty tracks turned to sand To sink in better watch the the X that you inkin' Or on so disrespect and step on my lawn Pass the gate insulate till sound deton's Twelve ten and debt never met chapter eleven My fam's my strength my pops I got my aim from ????????????????????????? One's for breath, the rest as you feel it Fuck what you've done you've got skills reveal it Team with Iriscience pro's with flows I risk my life on flights for hype shows Rest assure vaccines are far from cures And plant some new shit that hit me two weeks into tour But I'll adapt guaranteed make it through Evidence, Iriscience and my man Babuuuu Worldwide "Dilated" "I told all these corny mothafuckas what a no retreat sound like" Chorus [Evidence] [B-Real] Never givin' up never givin' in never holdin' back never runnin' No cowardly acts dumpin' no retreat Constantly moving ahead ??? Psychological diabolical shrimp filleted it eat ya Now I hate it cuz the flavor is gone cater to those Lyrics are bomb savor the shows wait for the pro's Beats made it with flows hated by foe's Never surrender your soul and rope with the cold Others are makin' but sadly mistakin' the straight broke In the end with no cheddar of bacon thats left poked Pictures afloat over remote notes and potent mic's Break you up put you in the pipe light you up To the night, shadows are runnin' around peepin step out of bounds And watch a nigga get put to sleep But never recover never surrender I know you hate it quit us get eliminated Fuckin' with Dilated "No surrender and no retreat" "No surrender and no retreat" "No surrender and no retreat" "N-N-No surrender and no retreat" "Ha! Hahaha" "Ha Two Thousand" |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
(Evidence)
The difference between a hero and a coward? There is no difference. One time or another everyone's felt fear. It's what one person does that the other person doesn't do that makes him a hero. But I'm about to step the fuck up. (Evidence w/ Iriscience) Yo panic y'all. Back against the wall feel the pressure No way out. Situation getting closer Time is ticking, walls are closin Options narrow now, your the one who's chosen Panic, adrenaline rush. Master mechanic Play your position, blow wigs back with cannons Colors of rythym. No options left to chose from Cooperation can cock thoughts that's grouseme Like, glock for murder with three strikes in Houston Or foreign countries that chop fingers for boosting Main objective-don't become an example Either run or get ran. Stampede or get trampled I spit hard and respect my guard Got vision like x-ray, that's how I read your card Yo we got the upper hand and still play by the book The truth? It's always the last place you look. That's right here (Iriscience) Uh-oh. You feel that? That's the croud staring That's the spotlights that shine that damn near blind Sing a swim-time kid. What's your first line? (Evidence w/ Iriscience) I spit hardcore. Menace to flows Time to panic for crews who don't rehearse for shows 'Cause yo this year it's time to reclaim game Used to sit up in the shadows and rebel against fame Until my peep worded me up. Might have the mightest touch And the only way to find out is to blow the fuck up I listened, put that thought under my wing and in my brainstem Now I think ink can bleed through paint pens Or spray cans. Dodging trains it's the panic zone East L.A to the beach. Welcome to the terror dome When the feelings gone, here comes artillery To penetrate my zone takes a mind of a military Blown off exotic trees from Yosemite California's cannibus chance dodging felonies Melt my trees with heat. Guns the remedy Do what I do? You might panic and call emergency (Evidence) Set your own standards. Not everybody can do what we do We can't do what everybody else does. Alot of people get comfortable playing follow the leader. But if you want to see change you need to be the leader to follow. Let's make it happen (Evidence) Panic. Abondoned ship, iceberg titanic. Time to steal fans from other groups they take for granted The way we came up nothing was handed So when we drop the mic its hot. Pick it up, you might get branded Might not like your plane the way we land it But get the job done and then some. So panic And it ain't the last. Coming from the fast High-tech shit so feel the blast Catch the wordplay, hype sends the survey Instead of stripclub chop meats Monday through Thursday Friday through Sunday. Blown off the runway Ev the Weatherman use words instead of gunplay Perfect caintance, can't catch on radar Speak the truth yo don't run with traitors Equator hot. The artic cold Everything between turns to green and gets sold 'I remember when we used to have four seasons. Now it's just like one. One season all year long man. Let's take care of this place' (DJ Babu Scratching) 'Push the panic button shit it's' 'Evidence' 'I can kill it from the West Coast to the Atlantic.' 'Evidence. Oh. Evidence. Yeah' 'Worldwide respected, so give me mines or meet your deathwish' 'Panic' |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
(Babu mixing)
'Let...let...let...let me tell you somethin' 'I'm 'bout to set it off, society watch me while I do it' (Iriscience) Yo, yo, I buck shots, lick shots, take shots, give shots Headliners know, this year we switch spots Check it, I spit it for the righteous and the wretched First came the live show, next came the records, (next) With wax collectors with rap perfectors With scratch, with dance, with graf protectors Worldwide travelers in your sector DJ Babu, come down selector! I raw here, I explore here You like that, where that comes from there's more there This is warfare and we score fair We don't stop 'til our flag swings in your air I rap to build or I rap to ruin Your whole career, yo, watch what you doin (Chorus-Babu mixing) [Iriscience talking] 'Let...let...let...let me tell you somethin' 'I'm 'bout to set it off, society watch me while I do it' [Pay attention] 'I'm 'bout to...I'm 'bout to....I'm 'bout to... I'm 'bout to set it off, society watch me while I do it' [Watch and observe] 'I'm 'bout to...I'm 'bout... I'm 'bout to set it off, society watch me while I do it' [PAY ATTENTION!] 'Watch me while I do it Watch...watch...watch me while I do it' [Watch and observe] 'Let...let...let...let me tell you somethin' 'I'm 'bout to set it off, society watch me while I do it' (Iriscience) Yo, yo I'm a poet, with the warrior spirit inside Chokin rappers out like Hickson in 'Pride' We all share the same sun givin us light But remember, sink or swim, time winnin's a fight Expansion Team takes rows, takes oceans, takes flight Then takes over the stage 'til the morning breaks night Word of mouth crew, make sure we pay right Then Hendrix takes over my body, I blaze mics Spray 3-d outlines and highlights I know lowlifes that are livin the high life At great heights I exercise my rights So much smoke, when I'm this high, I sky-write Raaka raps to build, or raps to ruin Your whole career, yo, watch what you're doin (Chorus) I rock hills and valleys, rap shows and ralleys Record stores and schools, live shit from Cali Take it to the people, cut out the middle men Like Chuck said, 'I don't rhyme for the sake of riddlin' I rap to build or I rap to ruin Your whole career, yo, watch what you're doin (Chorus) (Iriscience talking) Babu, Iriscience Pay attention, UK y'all, USA y'all, Japan y'all, Japan y'all France y'all, France y'all...... |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
Told y'all... down with Dilated....
Motherfuckers! Phil Da Agony break your crew Any problems? Yeah, yeah, Bones full of agony Skin full of melanin Go ahead, tell a friend We back at it again Randomly I aim to cap A wack rappin head off Decapitate a rappin head off You're better off... Sucked off twice in the same night You know my style right? You know my large appetite Brand new, keep it spank Keep a bag of dank Keep it top rank Keep all my money in the bank Money market Mutual funds Investments for my son Expanding the team and gettin it done World Champions, shit - Los Angeles Lyrics Bitch don't act shocked when you hear it |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
Your like ..
Whats ya name ma Should of run from her The girls poisonous You made a bad move Shes from a bad crew There all poisonous [chorus - x2] She aint the one to trust She'll treat your heart like toys R us She's dangerous to touch Stay away shes poisonous (poisonous) The chick in the club you cant trust Front like they fans only out for you bucks Front like they don't have a man and such You start holdin hands that's when the van pulls up It's tight situations like this You know the risk .. Roll the dice hit a miss She feelin me? Well, she got different motives A candy shell to cover up the poison I don't have to pretend You know the type to fuck around with a mans best friend You know the type out to do you wrong cuz you don't spend Enough time or enough bread (poisonous) Its the Chicks that I let on the bus I took one in the back The other stole my stuff It's the season of the vict That night I got picked Im telling you now there dangerous to touch (poisonous) [chorus - x2] She aint the one to trust She'll treat your heart like toys R us She's dangerous to touch Stay away shes poisonous(poisonous) Shes poison Can Cause serious harm Just one trouch Play with your heart Like she was in toys R us Ignore your trust Shes poisonous You thinkin? its love but that's lust You fein like shes a drug with that touch She breaks hearts cuz her heart got crushed She loves cash but she loves credit cards as much She like the creol, forreal Maybe Puerto Rico No self-esteem But fronts the biggest ego Never knew her father Her mother used to drink tho Her step-father had a peep show threw every keyhole Sweet and holesome He stole her innocence Now hes up in Folesome And shes the vinnomese She hates men.. She dates them to rape them For payback.. To pay bills she breaks them Catch her at the bar Vanilla coke and stoneys Now she throwin bait Realin them in slowly She wants celebrities Cuz she can hustle that A cat from the mav's of the cav's double back They threw a couple back They Had a couple laughs He was in trouble when he offered her a bubble bath He didn't strap up She bout to make him splash Plan B was the get the hat up out the trash And get the turkey baister Shes thinking tall paper She cracked a smile when he told her that he뭗 call her later Shes gonna hit the lotto She wants them all to pay her Especially all them entertainers and ball players [chorus - x2] She aint the one to trust She'll treat your heart like toys R us She's dangerous to touch Stay away shes poisonous (poisonous) |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
[Harry Allen]
We're coming to you live from the Scottish Right Temple Near the intersection of Crenshaw and Wiltshire Where, as you can see in the background Military personnel are mobilized and waiting orders Despite the quiet and the deceptive calm, tension is still thick in the air after last night's concert and rebellion The incident was allegedly sparked by police officers trying to shut down a reportedly peaceful concert by hip hop artists Dilated People's We'll keep you updated with any new developments. For Triclops Media Watch, this is Harry Allen, hip hop activist and media assassin And now, Proper Propaganda.. [Begin Song] Watch it. Yes. [Indistinct shout-outs] [Verse 1] We handle it, these brothers are fabulous Dilated's showin you what rhyme travel is Words spitoon from sunlight to moon Bustin' on stage like gunfights in saloons Click-clack, pull my mic back, you like that? Journalists? We're journalists too, we could strike back Hardcore reporters with orders from headquarters Behind enemy lines, sidestepping the borders Repressed caps, we bring it to you as it happens The streets love my crew from music to rappin Street commander slash beat expander Here to fight the slander with the proper propaganda What's happenin'? You got a question? Then ask it The news is just a TV show, get past it And this, from a quiet wartime journalist Headlines, wake up, refuse and resist Resist, like this, like this Like thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-thi-this, y'all [Chorus] We kick finance action, and scores of sports Politics, new fashion and war reports Entertainment, when we come to perform Watch, the illest weatherman in the biz with the storm watch Triclops Media, record, tape and TV, Net radio, CD or DVD Iriscience (write rhymes on picket signs) This is why Babu is scratching and keeping time [Scratching] [Verse 2] The pen is mightier than the sword Cause the pen gives the word sending swords to war They twisted it when he pulled Mao Tse-Tung And said political power comes from the barrel of a gun The officer meets his fate, .44 by .38 It was a dirty deed, but that don't mean a dirty case Witnesses against the state are shushed Facts overlooked so the judge can throw the book Perhaps for politicians with something to prove In the city where they blew the roof off of M.O.V.E. Yo, questions when answered leads to more questions Why it takes months to deliver a confession? The principles are the same even without the name But I still say M-U-M-I-A I have to fight, it could easily be me But just being the thinker than speakin it freely Although I use my brain before using a fist Don't push it, wake up, refuse and resist [Scratching] [Chorus] |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
Dilated, dilated, dilated..
Yo I kill ciphers That's how I went from good to God I ain't perfect, yet n' still the hood is ours And it's worthy, good people here work good and hard But the news really only shows crooks and stops It hold you for commercials and talk you into buyin shit I was taught to learn from life and learn from my environment Rocka walks the street as the son of a preacher Who's the son of a preacher with people tryin to reach ya I visualize the rise and realize the falling High as time flies I recognize the calling Went from lavish life to savage life back to lavish life But never average, might be caught like Christ for the sacrifice I still roll up my trees For ? I meditate to roll up my sleeves We adjusting readjust I said I touch the world and the world said Reach us Reach us Open up the world people ? You know these days ain't gettin any longer Now, it's do or die Now or never, time to hit the street We on the move Ride out with shit to prove Everywhere we go they like... It's a green light for you Got lyrics about pleasure some about pain From Southern Cali where they say it never rains It's different dames that make me count blessings We burn for our peeps that ain't here as we sing Reach us In God we trust no doubt that's a must A hundred times see us but still catch the rush And when we fly bless the sky Let your mission unfold You in the car we in the bus bless the road How could I reach you if I wasn't real Might have to go before you really studied the flow And understand the deal This year fuck before mad, loud and clear You know that's the truth they can't Reach us Reach us Say this cause I mean it from the heart Reach us Yo What happened to me, nah what happened to you The crew ain't changed the numbers the sames The lack and the fools, the check for Cali dimes down to Georgia peaches At our shows to book us, ? is how you reach us Got ho's girls I see got queens Got friends got enemies and in-betweens Teacher are students, students are teachers Low key or prestigious I reach you, you reach us I see lines around the block in the snow it's cold now I see people gettin hot when the shot is sold out I see dime pieces to the front to rap along To every word, word for word to every song I raise every head and every arm In every jam from every stage we stand on People climbin over barricades and still I tell security chill, they only tryin to Reach us |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
[J-Ro]
Back in the days, my pops said "Right on" (Right on, right on) All the street poets in the house, write on (Write on, write on) Black people, right on, right one (Right on, right on) All my niggas rollin Chevy's on deep-dish chrome, ride on ride on (Ride on, ride on) I still rock the party till the needle starts skippin I'm trippin like Pippen, Spice Rum sippin We're mentally fastest, head of all our classes You couldn't pass us wit a rocket like NASA We all up in the house like cocky-roaches Snatchin MC's out the game like hockey coaches Fuck it, I'll break you down like a bucket I like the bass hittin like a ? Close Encounters of the Likwit Kind I'm sick wit mine, writin rhymes on picket signs It's the J-R-O, you didn't know? Goin off in your face like a dirty pist-ol You in the house of brews, crime scenes wit no clues You walkin home bruised, confused wit no shoes YOU LOSE! Cuz you got the Dilated blues Here's some news, my DJ rock the mic and the one's and two's And I'm out [E-Swift] And I'm in My words are like swords cuttin the paper wit the pen Yo, Dilated could never be Annihilated I waited two albums too long , somebody violated We migrated to global positioning All the DJ's listenin, Babu mixin it *Babu Cut* "E-Swift" Yeah, the man, the myth I pass the mic to Evidence for the assist Then I'm ooouuut [Evidence] And I'm in My Appetite For Destruction will eat you up for dinn Yo only one meal, get sliced to four courses I'd take me serious, collect your man and forces I strictly run off select input Played yourself, don't have to shoot you in the foot Cuz you stepped outta bounds without making your rounds Now you come to my town Ask Rak (Yo you On Deadly Ground) These last four bars, I'ma heal all my scars I'm a underground cat but still like money and cars A Cali classic, that's my word, and my word's my bond Dilated Peoples, Alkaholiks, this joint's Right On [Tash] My homie King T told me "Big Tash, right on" So I'ma (right on, right on) To all my forty-downin homies in the house tonight (Right on, right on) To all the sexy-ass ladies if you feelin alright (Right on, right on) To my Dilated homies that be rippin the mic (Right on, right on) [J-Ro] Whether you writin or ridin, right on Fresh MC's must write on Even if you skateboardin, ride on Some of these freestylers need to write on like my homie Tash [Tash] I got my write on late at night Burst a verse until they flow right My rhymes be action-packed, I wrote these lyrics to a strobe light I'm Tashy, the flashy nigga jumpin out that fast shit Your rhymes won't impress me if you said em doin backflips I crack whips on phones, blow smoke out nose Niggas peepin out the style, hoes peepin the clothes A million flows off the slang, bizz-a-pow, bizz-a-bang Likwit crew is in this bitch, my click be off the chain Rap off the plane while crackin champagne Tash for president, you know my campaign First things first to get ya'll niggas off the street You get twenty-five years if you part wit wack beats You coulda came to Ev, you coulda came to Swift That's why we escalatin while ya'll niggas need a lift So give me two secs while I crack this Beck's And once I drop the mic, my nigga Rak is up next And I'm out [Iriscience] And I'm in I pick it up for everybody in the house that spins My name is Rakaa, innovator of rhyme communication Wit Data like Star Trek: The Next Generation It's Dilation, fan appreciation Connected nationwide, worldwide Likwidation Cali hard-hitters, we bump like car fenders (It's all chips) We only get boo's from bartenders Better be sure, aim high, we top gunnin When we touch down, we hit the ground runnin Feds pull strings and watch me like Truman But I can't front, I Love L.A. like Randy Newman [J-Ro] To all the homies locked up writin home, write on c'mon (Write on, write on) Grafiti artists around the world, write on c'mon (Write on, write on) To niggas rollin on Katanas, quickly ride on c'mon (Ride on, ride on) To all the women out there raisin kids alone Right on (right on) right on (right on) Yeah! "Broadcastin live from Southern California" [E-Swift] Where we at? "Broadcastin live from Southern California" *Cut up by Babs* Dilated Peoples "Represent wit Tha Liks" |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
This is self defense. x2
This ain't no threat man, ??? This is self defense Ain't no tough guy talk, we're just doing what we have to [Verse 1 - Iriscience] I think ya better let it go You need attention? I send medical Basically you're trying to harm me, you're crazy Musically, I'm blazin'. Physically, I'm gracy Triangle choke ya And what the fuck could have provoked ya? We don't know eachother kid, and I did not insult ya Don't make me feed the fish, feed the trees, or feed the vultures I don't know stones, I throw statues and sculptures I block flows with strikes and strikes with blows I slice flows with my mic (get showns)? I counterattack and turn the tables in an instant Move out of range and step into close distance Resistance, relax with less friction Leverage and technique bring jokes and submissions You got heart, you plan to make it happen But none of my family are chumps or never have been Respect mine, protect myself at all times Build twice next time before you cross the line I guess this is what you call a turn of events And the best offense is a good defense [Chorus] Yo, you wanna hit us? We can hit back If you talk that talk, you got's to live that. (This is self defense) Whenever you front out, you gonna get back. (This is self defense) Self Defense, you wish you never did that. (This is self defense) [Chorus] [Verse 2 - Evidence] Yo, stay ready for the worst Paranoid, straight, smart enemies hit ya where you think you're safe. (Self Defense) I cut my fingerprints with razor blades I'm in the cut, the kind you don't recognize with shades Tattoos, learn two tricks only thing between me and the borders and the straight face Answers to questions, four eye contact this confrontation ain't physical, but still combat Leave ya'self left with options to choose The last line of defense of my crew, (dope rules?) Psychic, precise, right and exact for songs Only time we've been wrong is when we thought we were wrong The science are format's own conclusive, but peace first and war, last. These words are crucial Conflict resolved, but to those that want to brawl: Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional Also, dropping the ball ain't reccommended when life or death decisions are made within seconds Of course we make the right ones, strategically through Self defense, but not by myself. Babu [Chorus] (Scratching 'Self defense is a must' by DJ Babu) |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
[Iriscience]
See I think a wack rapper needs to catch service I think a wack DJ needs to be nervous [Iriscience] Yo my DJ's so nice he don't slice he severs (Evidence: Bab's, forgive 'em) {*DJ Babu scratchs "never"*} [Iriscience] See I think a wack rapper needs to catch service I think a wack DJ needs to be nervous [Iriscience] Payin good money, the fans don't deserve this Choppin up your skills, your potential is worthless [Evidence] I go to...any extreme for you to hear it I find my best quotes make bumper stickers with our lyrics Sell my slogan, boom box and spill my toxic vibrations And echos...of metro...stations I've placed in flow enhancements Tomorrow your big parade, tonight we're rain dancin My DJ's on the cut, my DJ made a beat My DJ's name is Babu, don't provoke in self defeat [Iriscience] Yo I remember the days, these cats battled for fame For equipment and paint, for the honor and name But since me and hip hop is just one and the same I be huggin the track (Evidence: But who's conducting the train?) *BABU* His style's serrated to rip wax It's a fact this cat's more felt than slip mats Swinging the axe, choppin down the best acts 1200 Technics, the Shure's and Vestax 05 Pro, world wide then live show Dilated Junkie makes the rookies drive slow The stage prop DJ has run outa luck Super Duper Duck Breaks, no fuckit just (duck?) [Iriscience] See I think a wack rapper needs to catch service I think a wack DJ needs to be nervous [Evidence] Yo my DJ's so nice he don't slice he severs (Evidence: Bab's, forgiv 'em) {*DJ Babu scratchs "never"*} [Iriscience] See I think a wack rapper needs to catch service I think a wack DJ needs to be nervous Payin good money, the fans don't deserve this Choppin up your skills, your potential is worthless {*DJ Babu scratches*} [Iriscience] Babu, drop the obelisk on this {*DJ Babu scratches "checkitout" *} "DJ Babu, Beat Junkies, Dilated Peoples..." (crowd) |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
"The last line of defense"
[Evidence] Feel the pressure... Yo you better plan ahead, gather your thoughts I'm not gonna be the one wit no chair when the music stops The Orange Agent, has just moved to your block And gone headhunting, blame Herbie Hancock Hard to get at, yo vocally serious Never stress myself out, treat songs like interludes Drum patterns are primative Evidence, the derivitive Of what the late '80s and early '90s had to give Dilated Peoples, far from tentative Caress this microphone, stay home and take your sedative Yo I know our Platform is built on strong foundation My Last Line of Defense, I keep a ace in the hole On patrol, so balanced with no topic The Weatherman lands at high noon, ready to drop shit Could freestyle better or maybe rap faster But soundclash wit us (Don't do that) You flirt with disaster "Evidence of the war" [Inspectah Deck] "Don't ever lose sight of this fact" [Defari] The last line of defense "Evidence" "When it comes to blood and rap, it's lyrical combat" [Defari] (Back up in it) The Sagittarius with flows in various Types of pipes, and green to keep me hype At thirty-thousand feet, yo my heart starts poundin So I rarely fly, intentional grounding Make my rounds to towns, kill em in order I'm equipped to blow shows and turn kids out wit corners (With ease) I flow slow like growth on palm trees And set trends more than femmes could split ends I'm makin power moves In fact, as I speak now Do my best to re-enforce the motto "Milk the cow" Make that dough for too many's the main concern I say make the right music, then your money's earned Share the wealth with Babu and Iriscience My death might be a tragedy, my life will be a triumph Go focus on the star, the man who won the Heisman Trophy would be broken, forget it, credit the linesman "Evidence of the war" "Don't ever lose sight of this fact" The last line of defense "When it comes to blood and rap, it's lyrical combat" The last line of defense "Evidence" "Don't ever lose sight of this fact" The last line of defense "When it comes to blood and rap, it's lyrical combat" The last line of defense Yo critique my mic techniques live, I carthage this You didn't think I had what it takes in my esophagus? A cat like you, yo your show sounds hot for real Of course it does, standin still Yo I dig your little pace, you're walkin forth at best At that rate, on tour dates, I hope you never run outta breath I'm Evidence, Mike Peretta, head commander Both of my names like Gary Shandling's Larry Sanders When I say now, this will take out in an instant Wherever I go, my caravan goes/Gogh's like Vincent But Ev at Princeton, they won't follow good So I shock this microphone and split a tree trunk to hollow wood The last line of defense, set your prescedence Set your standard, make it known you own your throne Yo, the last is when you hit em just enough to leave a gash In time, the wound will heal, rest assure they'll make it known Who threw the heat and felt the blast Who gave the answers and what questions are asked Are your favorite artists boring you? That shit don't make sense Call Evidence The Last Line Of Defense "Evidence of the war" "Don't ever lose sight of this fact" The last line of defense "Evidence" "When it comes to blood and rap, it's lyrical combat" The last line of defense "Evidence of the war" "Don't ever lose sight of this fact" The last line of defense "When it comes to blood and rap, it's lyrical combat" The LAST! |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
[Evidence] (Defari)
Uh-hum (Ah yeah) (Killin niggas, what) Dilated, we rock, c'mon "Hurry hurry and step right up" [Erick Sermon] "Hurry hurry and step right up" "And I'ma tear shit up" [Rakim] [Defari] The greatest show on earth... [Evidence] You better step up, you lookin kinda lost Claimin two ghetto streets that don't even cross If you didn't know, I'm a true arti-st Who drops gems like on the run from police Alias Evidence, intensified when live I understand pace, I understand strive The only thing worse than lose your title, have it stolen I treat beats like video games that I'm controllin My knots get blown at vinyl spots Wise investment, create tracks that triple my stacks Most kids got wack songs but hi-tech videos (Fresh!) They know that ain't right, that's why the screens turn left Flow goes backward please, Evidence here to seize All assets, bout to bounce from BMI to ASCAP And ask them cats if them checks ain't paid Fuck the rain, Evidence I spray Raid on your parade [Chorus] "Hurry hurry and step right up" "And I'ma tear shit up" "Hurry hurry and step right up" The greatest show on earth is Evidence "Hurry hurry and step right up" "And I'ma tear shit up" "Hurry hurry and step right up" The greatest show on earth is Evidence [Evidence] Ev's solution will mold to different forms I be a double-edged sword, I be thorns Or I transform to horns on the cattlefield I'm always open like Norm's, equipped wit battle skills Two times I mold to the shape of a pentagon Dilated times five is ill, ring the intercom Evidence or Iristyle, got your file, run Global detonation is my shape of drums Under the sun nothin changes Dedicated beats and lyric pages Dilated Peoples, all ages Suckas dressin flashy, thinkin then can you defeat us Nah, take em out, wash your Nike wit Adidas "Hurry hurry and step right up" We got Defari in the house "No doubt" [KRS-One] My mind is like an icon, focusin on shows that I've wrecked My fast shudder speeds will freeze the movin objects Chorus *change last line to "Pull up a chair" "Word up"* |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
"You've done nothing" 2x
(Uh-huh, yeah, the Platform sound) "Dilated" "Mind created minds" (We takin this worldwide) "Every word is heat" "Dilated expand" "That Platform sound" [Iriscience] Aiyyo The Platform, watch the stormtroopers swarm The Death Star's more than the devilish dawn It's where Evil and The Force manifest their form It's no good without bad and no night without morn It's relativity, balance, stability It's creativity, talents, ability Rakka shift the modes of the wizard and the warrior Hip hop-up and move to strike like a lawyer Quick to be like "Fuck a rapper after what I'm after" Friendly how you front, but behind me talkin backwards Basically I'm down to build but stay ready for battle Plus most of you ? oh, I mean cattle The catalyst, never rock the mic in vain Energy ain't created or destroyed, it's changed The Dilated Peoples hit you wit the Big Bang And theories that the Red Shift couldn't explain Platform "You wanna front war" "You've done nothing" [Chorus] 2x Aiyyo The Platform, takes respect to perfect the artform At times a battleground where rappers get their hearts torn "You wanna front war" "You've done nothing" [Evidence] Cuz when I step off, then step back on Son you'll never catch me preach-ing what I'm not practic-ing Word War II, Platform the illest flows I know my hunger's real, I still get nauseous at shows My motto, I didn't write but this I quote: "It ain't where you put your words, it's where you don't" End quote, and wit this in mind Yo I bring flows more rare than black quarterbacks I never got sacked, or pushed ten yards back We could go rhyme for rhyme, line for line or track for track And after that, the crowd'll react To the future we are the magnetic attract Two-thousand twenty, confusin no doubt I catch the story of your life on VH1 Where Are They Now? And as for mine, I'll be sixty in my prime Still science and theories, and droppin rhymes on time Platform "You wanna front war" Chorus 2x [Iriscience] Aiyyo I seen apathy, met love and know hate I'm heavy on the mic, can you handle the weight? Either you learn to adapt or you're sealin your fate Only brave when you get more dusted than home plate Rockin D&D wit the Alchemist and Babs And after the lab, we send Ev to catch the cab Platform troop, make moves and stay true Rock Steady-Zulu creates a devastate crew [Evidence] Yo I Platform my strategy, mix words wit alchemy Evidence, I won't get caught shot on the balcony Between you and I, I'll tell you, here's the diff Gun to your head, your dead, pointblank, I shapeshift That's right, study Chemistry like Al Life, use your potential or Steve Howe I'm about to call it quits, like too much weight'll break your rack mount The man'll make you move yo, so make your move a backout "You wanna front war" Chorus 2x "Every word is lethal" "Dilated expand" "That Platform sound" "You've done nothing" "That Platform sound" |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
"Ay yes y'all"
[Iriscience] The only thing constant is change with that....its the shape of things to come Yo I'm the open-est emotions I'm a river in straight A crystal clean lake Yo the essence of skin The form of a luminescent bright light flourescent [Aceyalone]You got light? [Iriscience] Don't wait 'till it's dark to ask questions I been sparking in sections And blessing mics with my prescence Since many were pre-pubescent Puberty adolescent Perhaps you need a lesson in Addressing with respect an' Too many feel inadequate without their little weapon [Aceyalone] It's like I got the whole world against me Need to get intensely A head full of headaches And a hand full of sissies Them so flimsy so why there one MC There wasn't one before hasn't one since me A gangster of love I come from up above I give the mic a tug I give the world a hug I give skies a kiss I give suckers a kiss Some people like my old styles better than this but [Iriscience] Yo I'm Spacey like Kevin And some do knowledge of seven Praise Jesus and Jah Buddah Allah or just Heaven [Aceyalone] Yeah and some like it moderate Some like a lot of it Whichevery way I go we got something To get you move up out of it [Iriscience] Some will be statistics Some will be reverends Dimes become pennies like dimes become eleven [Aceyalone] To some we kind of thought of it As teaching the dumb Ace-One and Dilated The shape of things to come [Chorus][Iriscience] I catch rec and Tangle in circles with squares Triangles to test if indeed you're prepared This is the shape of things to come This is the shape of things to come [Chorus][Evidence] [Aceyalone] I wax 'em I tax 'em Here's Iriscience - ask him From Arkansas to Aspen The futuristic jazzmen I'm telepathic Moving through hella traffic I know my demographics See how this was crafted and drafted There's precision in the incision I'm not christian or Catholic or any other religion I'm just man With a steel in his hand I shoot the gift from blessed to spark where it land [Iriscience] And it landed in the sand Where the pyramids blaze And this is how the dictionary defines such a place A polyhedron with a polygonal base Median and common vertex Triangular face Who came in the home and Ripped the cats stole Stripped the limestone To line they fine home I cram to understand Their dirty deeds in song While we bringing you the shape of things to come [Chorus][Aceyalone] [Chorus][Evidence] [Iriscience] Aiyyo I center punch punchlines Shine when it's crunchtime I back to beatbox, rap battles at lunchtime I sketch a piece and fill it in with design Ooh no, Aceyalone Raw bright like sunshine Platform squad standing on the brink Yo I touch the world Got three but two blink Rakaa aka Iriscience lenscrafters And blend with hash the self defense master [Aceyalone] Yeah its too bad we control fire, wind I know that you bad you batted a thousands I remember who's the baddest with the apparatus tell me again Take ahold of your heart without penetrating the skin See I didn't invent it I just perfected it I never intended to really connect with it But once I got in it I redirected it Now I change the world and get respect with it and a check with it It ain't nothin' new under the sun Fool I ain't afraid of the size of your gun The flesh is weak plus they speak foul tongue Take the breath from their lungs as they swung And they hung and they sunk [Chorus][Iriscience, Aceyalone and Evidence] Babu scratches "Ay yes y'all" Y'all ready to bounce for us? It's that shit It's that LA shit |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
(Kanye West) + (Choir)
Now turn it up,(little louder) turn it up (little louder) turn it uuuuup, (little louder)turn it up (little louder) now turn it up (can't live my, I, I can't live my) (I can't live my, I, I can't live) now turn it up, turn it up (Evidence) I, I can't live my, can't live my yeah, yo I can't live my I, I can't live my life this way, continue really get high instead of runnin 'round, lock one bird down it's a new day gotta do it big just to get right show no respect can't live that way you hold my check can't live that way without my chick on deck, can't live that way they say what they like, but I've been that way Our moves calculated through the limbs, almost here success will be the best revenge man, from Clint East' to Kanye West (whut up, whut up!) the sun cant chill but everyday it sets (everyday!) (Chorus - Male Choir) + (Female Choir) this time I made up my mind this time I'm back on my grind I know these days in my life that I'ma let go startin tonight (I can't live my, I, I can't live my) (I can't live my, I, I can't live my) I can't live my, I, I can't live my I can't live my life this way (can't live my, I, I can't live my) this way (I can't live my, I, I can't live my) this way, I can't live my, I, I can't live my I can't live my life this way (Kanye West) yea, yea Kanye to the My favorite girl wanna leave just because I got a girlfriend my freak girl told me "now, she a christian" my white girl wanna move back to Michigan I'm pullin girls off the bench like a "six-man" I'm in the club doin the same ol' two step while omega doin the same ol' Q- step I have my money on my mind I was thinkin green she a pledge A.K.A. "she was pink and green" I wanna a good girl she want a gentleman we sayin' the same thing like a synonym I wasn't really spittin game I was scrimmagein my pimpinship's so hard in this cencorship I'ma Chicagoan till Chicago ends till we blow like Chicago wind I don't know what's better, gettin laid or gettin paid I just know I'ma gettin one, the other's gettin away this way (Chorus) (Rakaa Iriscience) Go 'head, flip a coin so the game don't stop believe I know the drama keep name apart I learnt before the hot flame came the spark it's like 'fore the pop fame came the park but this industry'll play with yo' life man they playin with yo' rent, food, water and lights man (yeah) that's why Rakaa puts a ol' tidy G jam?? the veteran, then I'm off to Amsterdam to rest up for strenght to deal with this weight to deal with these deals to deal with this hate I dedicate this Jam Master Jay Run-DMC showed me how to walk, this way (Chorus) (Kanye West & Rakaa speak in Outro) |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
(Jamaican man talking & Babu mixing)
'Everybody got dreams of makin cash money' (Chorus-Iriscience) Trade money Different color and shape money (money) Money that looks funny but never no fake money Make money, money, but please don't waste money We don't love money but we don't hate money (Evidence) Yo, if you live day to day then you proabably live life More than a cat who got a Benz, bank roll and a wife 'Cause yo, I seen a lot of folks whose so-called success equals depress And look up to broke peeps who hold mics now Play the role, reverse and understand Your friend with no dough might be closer to earth Take the pressure off the weight and see how it equates If you hold yourself back to make papes, get it straight (Iriscience) You can use cash for tools, to get parks and pools Community centers, rec rooms and schools Book money, off the books and food money Rent money, electronic money and crew money First thing, flippin over dollars, searching For the eye in the chief corner stone in thirteen Stay beyond hungry and thirsty, ('dilated') We're damn near starvin and we're dehydrated (Chorus) 2x (Iriscience) No credit, everybody has to pay Dope music, spittin everything from hash to yay Watch the traffic or you're gonna bring crash this way Then have 'em swingin at my door like Cassius Clay (no matter) The game don't exist without roles and rules But comma manifest as the golden rule Rolled on wheels in the eighties, they would jack them fools Flashin trucks and jewels, but not tuckin they truck jewels (Evidence) Yo, since last year I've accumulated more money More big breaks, been dressy a little less bummy But more headaches and more pain in my stomach On top of that I got a lot of people actin funny But dummies get exposed when your weapon's are chose Power to spit out your mouth cold could leave a man fold Yo, been to certain places where the term 'green' don't mean shit 'Cause money's blue and that's what it takes to pay rent (Chorus) 2x (Jamaican man talking & Babu mixing) 'Everybody got dreams of making cash money' 'Everybody got dreams of making cash money' (Evidence) Yo, trained to be patient but still wait eagerly Approach easily, backed by walkin Evil Dee Sell medicine legally with my partners to our clients (Share the wealth with Babu and Iriscience) (Iriscience) Navy B, Henny B, Beat Junkies sound Expansion team, independent dollars, word a mouth There's cats with twenty/twenty that'll never see money To get the cash crop you have to plant seed money Twelve inches spark, now accountants crunch digits The same cat that battled them fools for lunch tickets Everyday the rates change and currency's strange ???, international money exchange (Chorus) 4x Trade money, trade money, trade money Trade money, trade money, trade money Money exchange |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
Put out one of my eyes and I still got two
Put out the second one and I can still see you I affect your chemistry and macro molecules Cells, and groups of cells called tissues Organs, organ systems, organism Population, communities, eco-systems Forks in the road in the valley of decision Prophets and charlatans both speak visions So this descendant of African survivors So-called Indian tribes and the Korean war-child Birth name rocka peeps named me Iristyle Or Iriscience possesor of the secret file A student on these L.A. blocks Ever since I first saw the train and ran from ?? A tripl optomotrist mental megalolopolis We never fall tho, turntables might wobble, Babu Drop the obelisk on this, guaranteed hot shit, triple optics Put out one of my eyes and I still got two Put out the second one and I can still see you, triple optics (x2) I say make moves, or watch your paper trail And right before the...absorb the vapor trail On my mark engage in sub-conscious Better than the many successfull club launches You blast, I blast, and then what? Ends in automatics if we don't blast fast enough For use of ferrians tearin up various areas I rock slow but crack them sound barriers Its IriStealth, the inteligence played Invisible to radar, from the clouds I make it rain Swoop down survey if they Chase like Charlie Back up, I syncranise three eyes like Bob Marley And see triple optic, tho you use therm-optics To camouflauge yourself with elements and objects I rock projects yall the township youth I make the people listen, boogie down, and move Put out one of my eyes and I still got two Put out the second one and I can still see you, triple optics (x2) Well, I study, stock pile, and buil(d) for a while The colorful bomber creates a devastate style We redefine the state of the art as we go And bust ends egos and super egos I grab you with my talons and fly you to the mountains Where you can meditate on it a harmony inbalance In audio, video, spiritual wars I move like the spook who sat by the door Put out one of my eyes and I still got two Put out the second one and I can still see you, triple optics (x2) |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
[Chorus]
Just tryin' to breathe Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe ("I'm just tryin' to breathe") [Iriscience] The summer felt like the winter, and I ain't talkin' bout weather I see a "Cold World" like the GZA It's a blizzard out here - you holdin', twist up But don't sneak tobacco in my rizzla I'm from where they jack cats for their turkish links Swatch watches, Fila and (?) They took Jordan 1 and 2's right off your feet If you fought back and warranted you caught more beef The '80s was so crazy, cats are still afraid Of Daryl Gates, the chokehold, crack and gangs I hustled but I made it through a crack in the game While a lot of homies got trapped back in the day From where ugly polution brings a beautiful haze Sunset rays, orange-lavender fase Tryin' to keep my chips up and protect my plate But the police watch every breath I take [Chorus] Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe ("I'm just tryin' to breathe") [Evidence] Yeah, tryin' to live, tryin' to eat I stay up, sometimes it's hard, try to sleep I'm a livewire in a cold world I'm no liar, just try to bend the truth to girls So far doin' my job, gettin' it done Up before the sun, try to come home before the sun Shit repeats, days turn to weeks The object, try to have doe to show for them beats I was told the world gets colder Colorado air is thin, sold-out in Boulder Much more in control gettin' older And much music love if you cross the border Once the coast is clear we smokefest in here Clouds so thick you can see the glare Peace to reef, we got blessed on the beat West to East, we share the same air, tryin' to breathe [Chorus] Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe ("I'm just tryin' to breathe") [Evidence] Prepare for the worst, expect the best Haven't pulled the heat but still wear the vest Expansion Team's like the firm 'til death They want last laugh, we want last breath We all Stereo, T-H-X On the radio, station gets respect It's love and war, we accomodate those We could both breathe or step up, you're next to go [Iriscience] Some breath control, watch 'em get exposed at shows A lot of cats are born in studios, it shows I inhale and exhale magical flows Jump off stage, hit the booth to capture the globe Accurate, spectacular though I feel like the industry is tryin' to capture my soul I feel like Muhammad goin' at it with Joe For fresh air we bring it to you live on the road [Chorus] Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe It's my world 'til it's time to leave Just tryin' to breathe ("I'm just tryin' to breathe") *DJ Babu scratching* |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
[Iriscience]
War is life and war is death War's a vaccum but war's a breath And war is a war that can never be won But war is the way Johnny got his gun War, it brings students out in a rally War's something that I see too much in Cali War with black, and war with brown And war with everyone as the sound resounds in war, more than you bargained for War is blinding and wars ROAR War is getting picked off storming the shore And war is how the rich conrol the poor War is the boom of impending doom War fills history books and fills tombs War is my lyrics when I duel with drums War is the shape of things to come War is suffering, war is bluffing What is it good for, absolutely nothing! +War+ is one of my favorite groups And war is why they turn y'all kids to troops War, between my zodiac twin One want to do right, one want to sin War is a loop that does not end Cause war is often between kin and friend Everywhere is war and rumors of war I rap battle hymns cause tour is a war Some war with God and some with the beast Some war for war but we war for peace - peace! |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
It's 12 o'clock...
AM What up? Check it, yo! She loves me not, she loves me, loves me not But I don't let it bug me the clubs be hot Hugs at the listed you should become a surgeon It's never too hot just like open up the curtains We toasted the second round coming right up We be VIP we got new ways to light up I don't pay the mack or pay the MAC for access Charge it to the gate save receipts for taxes Evidence, back on the case, i'm hyped up 100,000 watts, my set list typed up Dilated, wherever we go we might just Blow the show and turn the party to a nightclub Ladies, our thirteenth star of the game I rap caffeine, next LP spit cocaine After that we might clear the lane Blackout come back and do this shit again Is it you, or you, or you, or you, or them? Party people what we tryin' to do We see y'all, what you tryin' to do? Who's who, what you tryin' to do? Platform dropped in May 2G (2001) Next year came Expansion Team (2 and 3) we toured and we hit the scene It's '04 we're back to drink for free Cheers! My team got the bombest green Smell-proof bag so we don't cause a scene Readin' TV, magazines and diplo schemes Big smoke out the sunroof of limousines See 'em come see 'em go it's our turn next to blow We see it all turn to burn think fast talk slow She got ass I might speak my flow Stay on top of our game and I'm here to squash the pros The whole place is packed of course the bar's flooded Rappers and actors and money, the star-studded Beat junkies mixin' and rip it apart cousin Shorty's doing hard on the floor, they all love it Is it you, or you, or you, or you, or them? Party people what we tryin' to do Dilated what you tryin' to do? Who's who, what you tryin' to do? Oh oh oh yeah! Keep it movin' Zulu gestopo metropolitan tropical International local the family's unstoppable Y'all ready to move? Rock's ready too? B-boys an b-girls, this is rock steady crew Cool earth lit breaks out the crates You took it from the top rockin' out the real estate It's the LA breakers and i have to stay Peace out to Grand Wizard Petey and DJ Jazzy Jay Once again we hit the nail on the head Dedicated to the ladies and my so-called friends Smile in my face and behind me for a trash Mad is what, tryin' to get where i'm at Stay active, batting it, target practice Blast off and kill, we trap tapped the matress Who's who? That's your friends? That's my crew We all dilated he's back and he's Babu You, or you or them? Party people what we tryin' to do Dilated what you tryin' to do? Who's who, what you tryin' to do? |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
{*DJ Revolution scratches "Dilated Peoples"*}
[Chorus: Dilated Peoples] I work the angles sharp and precise Dilated Peoples so you better build twice {*"Act like ya know, not now but right now"*} {*"Dilated Peoples.."*} "The name is Iriscience" [Iriscience] I go through rivers (what?) so I don't leave a scent I travel both directions but leave one set of prints It's just a little trick, of the indigenous Developing inner visions of what religion is I caught the understanding and the underhanded I plan to build my ship and man it to another planet Under heavy surveillance, many different agents Some are camouflage, others are very blatant I study weapon systems and vocal fighting forms I'm many moves ahead, the thouhgts are highly formed Like time times time times time is time squared Went there, sayin "Rakaa you don't rhyme fair" But I never dummy lyrics and they kick it to my people It's about communication not a rappers ego Messages I sneak in they seem to seep in Mixed with alcohol and weed on the weekend Shared among friends like various sins One day it clicks it's no longer dim Time release capsules humble the headstrong Your thoughts of takin me head on are dead wrong [Chorus] [Evidence] {*"Evidence"*} It's the master of Aikido I let go, karate confrontations Evidence scientist in innovation I locks on when I travels around planets Smooth but got a rough edge like Wulitzer pianists Display mucho attack, receive payments for the cadence A in this, you get fit fowl with flagrance Free agents on the dotted line more hard to sign Not easily impressed with gold mines and whole nines I'm somewhere in-between never rushed and in a hurry And when I swing my bat I don't think I'll miss like baseball Fury the jury's hung, from verdict and got no chance Dilated comes first the rest are second like Stu Lance Oh yes it get better everyday The A-1, is my mind on vintage display? Unattended in this case (The Ace two steps ahead) Everyday is Mayday and best friends are Feds But I know this that's why they closest In a crisis situation you negotiate first I'm perfectly focused Strategic and in a zone It was radar detected but my speed was unknown Anonymity, that's my key to survival Ev is not for Evidence it's for all the dense on trial Just remember in this game it take two to tango Don't go to them let them come to you And work the angles [Chorus] |
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from Dilated Peoples - Neighborhood Watch (2004)
<i>[Verse 1]</i>
Yo I grew up in Mid-City near World on Wheels After Reaganomics crack came and more blood spill I gotta tell shorties now I don't pop pills The only ecstacy I fuck with rolls with Jalil No grip, straight line rhymes Like the grand concourse on 149 In LA the riders ridge was Fairfax and Olympic ?? On the block the Ethiopians kick it (salaam) You'll learn Angel City'll test you I move through giving respect where respect's due Ducking these cops who say they serve to protect you And handlin my biz so I ain't tryin to impress you It's mind over matter, crew over money I do strategy, I don't act sporadically I contemplate, cat I move mathematically It's Alchemist with Dilated, that's family <i>[Chorus]</i> Still a couple lessons I can teach How the real fiends cop two each The game is keeping dope in the streets So look the world on wheels Still a couple lessons I can teach How the real heads rock real beats Bangin out the illest rides on the streets Look at the world on wheels <i>[Verse 2]</i> Peace King, peace haki, peace queen I only leave em in pieces if they step in the ring They're fumbling and wondering what weapon to bring I'm like Ice-T, I know my lethal weapon'll swing Stop the presses, block the doors Cops oppress us, watch the wolves But all the friendly fire is worse than oppression Pressure more stressin is poured in dead presidents (Rakaa) Fights for your rights is my pleasure But suckers swing rulers like swords that try to measure While Slick Rick the ruler's at war with INS yo I hope the young fly their best yo Hip-hop desert again, it's like Busy Bee's buzzin again My patience is thin though I ventilate em like I cracked the window and air it out like a Hail Mary to the end zone <i>[Chorus]</i> When I'm all out, I cause panic (peace summits) When I move stealth (it's mysteries and who-done-its) I made mental notes of who's fam and who frontin Mental notes of who ran shit and who runnin It's mind over matter, crew over money I do strategy, I don't act sporadically I contemplate, cat I move mathematically Create to devastate crew, that's family <i>[Chorus]</i> |
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from Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001)
(Babu mixing)
'Worst come to worst my peoples come first' 'Worst...come.....to worst' 'Worst come to worst my peoples come first' 'Worst come...to...worst' 'Worst come to worst my peoples come first' (Evidence talking) Yeah It's goin down y'all That's Babu Yo, some people got good friends, at night I live my life right Intense, on the edge On the wild, I'm from the group where friction leads to fire Stack your bricks, the time is take your pick Do or don't, the track - Alchemist My life is good, I got my peeps in the mix, so... 'Worst come to worst my people come first' (Iriscience) I got worldwide family all over the earth And I worry 'bout 'em all for whatever it's worth From the birth to the hearse, the streets, the guns burst Words I disperse are here to free minds And if mine are needy I need to feed mine 'When worst come to worst...' (Evidence) Set up shop and write a verse Actually (what?), that's best come to best My lyrics take care of me, they therapy Get shit off my chest Extra stress, three-four over the score Different patterns of rhymin prepare me for war So next time you see us we'll be deadly on tour (Babu mixing) 'Oh, when you need me' 'Worst come to worst my peoples come first' (Guru talking) Word up, if worst comes to worst, I make whole crews disperse You know it's family first Gifted Unlimited with Dilated Peoples Babu, Evidence, Iriscience And a shout out to my man Alchemist on the trizzack 'Oh, when you need me' 'Worst come to worst my peoples come first' (Iriscience) I'm a glutton for the truth, even though truth hurts I've studied with my peoples on streets and in church We make it hard when we go on first Long road, honor of the samurai code These California streets ain't paved with gold Worst comes to worst 'Worst come to worst my people come first' (Evidence) Uh, I got them back, at the end of the day We could go our seperate ways but the songs remains, it won't change Got my target locked at range I might switch gears but first I switch lanes Without my people I got nothin to gain That's why... 'Worst come to worst my people come first' (Iriscience) Special victims unit, catalyst for movement Creates to devastate, since '84 show improvement Definitely Dilated Peoples comes first Cross-trainin spar, we raise the bar And we put it in your ear no matter who you are (Babu mixing) 'Oh, when you need me' 'Worst come to worst my peoples come first' 'Worst....come...worst my peoples come first' 'Worst...worst....worst....come to worst my peoples come first' '...my..my...my peoples come first 'Oh, when you need me' |
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from Dilated Peoples - The Platform (2000)
Aiyyo Ev, whattup Rak?
There's a lot of cats didn't see this one comin' Lotta cats not gon' understand Never saw the path that we walked You run that joint you did on the radio that night Let people know, do this one for the interviews Do it for the people, years in the making Yo, my first verse, from '90 to '94 Mostly peepin' cats' styles out and hittin' the floor A little bit, in '91 that's when we got down Different sides of town, on the bus I made rounds I was involved in graffiti heavily My people were Self, Tau and Freck RIP At night I heard beats next door by QD III Inspiration, destiny, Ev producer MC Now at this point, my face wasn't known and unfamiliar And when you look how I do, most cats won't say they feel ya So I was mostly, humbled by rejection But in my heart, I knew my shit would always pass inspection Correction, travel east and hit the inner section Hip hop shop to rock, blow the spot wit Hex and Pen One Also Iristyle, a cat who worked there I said, "I wanna bust first" he said "It's all fair" I went, he went, you can't beat 'em, join 'em I said, "As a team in the game, we'll leave 'em maimed" He agreed, so we did till '94 Till we had to change our name from the one we had before Now at this point, we were five years in the making Previously vain, graffiti oriented, breakin' From cops to shop owners, rack and paint, stealin' sketch books Mad vinyl, designs in corridors Then it was mics, mixers, tracks, and greenbacks Kingston, 12 gear and equipment on racks Imagery battle hymns, whattup to Kendall, Swift, and Redman Everyone who helped bounce checks, but not my plan Business and friends, this was my first introduction How foul it is when it comes to this biz Of music, 1995 was mad confusin' '6 it cleared up, independent geared up Peace to Ben, 'Fari, and Alchemist Third Degree type heat, brought on Babu to complete the list Dis the doors, more red but on tours The territories come, blunts burn our damn floors Since '98, shit's been lookin' more bright Work The Angles round the globe from main events at night '99 approach millennium, The Platform will drop Evidence, Iriscience, Babu, the world gets shocked! Haha! Yeah! We sendin' this out to every obstacle that made us stronger That's right uh-huh Sendin' this out to the poison that made the antidote Dilated Wild Style, Evidence, that's all you need to know Years in the making, What's goin' on, ten years in the making Years in the making, how many? Ten Almost, ten years in the making Shit, it's overnight right? Not really, we'll see With your permission of course We can keep this thing moving alright |
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