Dilated Peoples [Rap]

Wake up, Dilated, Dilated
Y'all know what time it is, check the clock
'Cause this here's alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze

Ring the alarm, shoot the flare, I'm here
Lay right there, you catch the Dana Dane "Nightmares"
They know it's caffeine, they try but can't sleep
They're hatin' but they rockin' to it while they count sheep

'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze
But their never been a man born with time to lose

So many freestyles I did when I was tourin'
But since I wrote 'em down, they view 'em as important
I do what I want, the way I see fit
And they think I'm from the Bay the way the flow B-Legit

Evidence got another sound mission
Listen, biz and pleasure, what's the difference
As long as the shit's hittin', and weed's gettin' lit
Dilated we play some Pole Position

'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it
'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it

The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze

Yeah, 16 out of 16 bars, I spit are thrillers
8 out of 16 bars, you spit are fillers
And I got these beats game tight
Keep talkin' shit, just spell my name right

Evidence, make music, focus on the listener
I know I'm ghetto, use speakers as air conditioners
Feel the air blast
It's a hot day in L.A., right off Fairfax

Rakaa, Arabic name, not a nickname
That in the frame makes it hard to get planes
I stay fly through the clouds of slipped brain
Thinkin' how I loved hip-hop, but shit changed

Some say we're too serious and conscious
Some say we're all battle raps and ganja
I say in your bad dreams we're monsters
Ratpackin' stages like Frank Sinatra

'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it
'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it

The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze

Yeah, right now we in the zone we belong
I let you know, right now you get warned
Right now before I sound the alarm
Let you know right now is the calm before the storm

The world changed, lands got conquered
Continents wandered, the planet got smaller
New York at 8 o'clock then head to Cali by flight
We got two shows, one on each coast the same night

Yeah, the same fight for crumbs is not new to me
The hood sick even with free shots immunity
We need black and brown unity
So we need to keep that jail shit out of the community

Plus George got a few more years
That's a couple wars there and a couple wars here
Tricknowledgy propaganda and fear
Make it hard to believe your own eyes and ears

'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it
'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it

The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze

The alarm clock music

(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

It's heavy lighting

[Iriscience]
To all you non carpoolin' fuel burners in my town
We're not headed for a ice age, we're headed for a meltdown
I double checked it, the message is authentic
It's the flash of heavy lighting that makes us photogenic
(Check it out) I get hype on Stetsasonic
Before rockin a show or droppin shit to plastic
Iriscience, yo you shine so bright
Tonight the only thing lit is our crew and off white

[Evidence]
Well you's a shaky gun faker, like Enzo the Baker
I strip studio rappers lo-tech Amish Quaker
Trip and fall and haul yourself b-boy breaker
And all you never sprayed and you're whack on the fader
I make you shake a double take, step in motion sensors
Hit the stage spotlights on the towers and the fences
Now you see how close the audience is
Heavy lighting wreaking havoc on your senses

Heavy Lighting
We are the lighting, We are the path, Keep shining
Heavy Lighting
We are the lighting, We are the path, Keep shining

[Evidence]
We making money like tat make money like cash
Grandmaster D to Grandmaster Flash
As astrotheologists ponder my past
Oh please give me one more hit or mega-blast
Beggars ask, but still opt to be choosy
You see I, U. Z. I. like an uzi
And do see what's going on from the Towers of Babble
To the heart of Babylon and on

[Iriscience]
Yo, I've learned many tactics that I practice til decrepit
We Are... You know the record
I'm that gunner in the forefront, you charge, I punt
Off my ammunition, they'll be back for now
Expect ambivalence, since
I never retreat like Joey rockin them beats
I'm hard to be seen like green on green
Yo my voice strikes the mic, there's no time to be wastin
My rhymes are snapshots from Brian Cross and Daniel Hastings

[Hook] (2X)

Yo I been around, I found a lot of the greats
Physically are heavy, but mentally lightweights
Brain percentage ain't used to full potential
You're gone next week, only identified by dental

[Iriscience]
Dental records I checked and pressed for selectors
And worldwide hotspots to weapons inspector
Producer, director, or information expert
Unidentified objects light up the desert

[Evidence]
Sometimes it's funny when you don't look how you rhyme
Like one kid stepped to me with one of my own lines
He didn't realize he was facing 'Ev in person
Until I replied, turn his big moment to curtains

[Iriscience]
Well Rakka's insight in light and dim light
I spit venom but I never had to bite
As life works in cycles, the circles are closing
Greenhouse effect or maybe you'll be frozen

[Hook] (2X)

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(Babu mixing)
"Target practice" (target practice)

"Bull's eye, direct hit, don't miss"

(Evidence)
"Target practice" two words, fourteen letters
Best described with exclamation points instead of
A period, the wheel turns when you're steerin it
Slow down on the road, we hit a deer in it
That wasn't practice, more like an accident
Things become targets without askin for it
Some people think the word "practice" is a drill
Somethin not for real, 'til you become the target
Hard to hit, something can't be seen
Dodgin infared beams with my camoflauge green
Don't shoot at a mirage and not the real thing
Most hit the innocent, young kids and teens
Jungle gyms and swings, sing hyms and take queens
Overthrow your whole element with relevant themes
Raaka-Raaka Iriscience and Babu at my highest
I throw trees at the crowd like "catch this"
Target practice

(Chorus-Babu mixing)
"Bull's eye, direct hit, don't miss"
"Touch the mic and see how close you might get"
"Target practice"
"Bull's eye, direct hit, don't miss"

(Iriscience)
Yo, men want the targets, pull, blast, blast
In a flash clay pigeons are shattered and fall fast
Sport shooter, slash last resort shooter
Put mine and yours in rhyme wars, a sharp shooter
You bring the rocks I'll bring the slingshots
And I snap in all directions 'til everything drops
I used to hit pop bottles with bb's
Now I spit at pop models and their little CDs
Duck down like I go at BDP with no retreat
My scope is like the predators when runners compete
My sight is beyond LED and 3-d
My third got you in crosshairs like P-E
Raaka's a marksman, start of the art shit
To hit the bull's optics, that's my main target
I focus on the center until the path narrows
Let go and split your arrow in my arrow
Archery, plus throw darts, heavy artilary
Heavy delivery, pushin every ability
Spectacular, miraculous
I blast 'til I can't miss, target practice

(Chorus)

Target practice, target practice, target practice, target practice
It's like this
Target practice, target practice
Target practice
Bull's eye, direct hit, don't miss, uh

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[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!

20/20
20/20
20/20
20/20

It's goin' down
Not now but right now
By now you know the sound
It's dilation, cats with 20/20

I tell nickel and dimers try not to be dealers
If they deal at least help, try not to be villains
And if they caught dealin', try not to be squealers
If they do try not to be shocked to see killers

Yeah, I'm crazy eyes killer, triple optic
Cold man go Guerrilla, pure with no filler
Rakaa's that real-I, bend steal at will
Eyes open, wide awake, y'all keep your eyes peeled

I never ratted, just rat-a-tat-tatted
Fully automatic, you're whole aura shattered
I got beats and rhymes, either or it never mattered
Flow fast or slow like I did on, "Eyes Have It"

I don't waste days away glued to John Madden
So when the sun sets West, I ain't mad at it
I gravitate towards those cats who ain't dramatic
And seein' 20/20 money stacks is a habit

Yeah, hindsight is 20/20, let's toast to the past
But here's to the future time to split this money money
Hindsight is 20/20, a toast to the past
But here's to the future, 20/20

Last couple years shit been off the wall
Many tears lost my mom I'm stayin' strong
Regroup myself, dust my shoulder off
We back once again then poof we gone

I seen shit go down like Alc' almost die
Now I see why they say it's safer to fly
In the same breath, breathe life accept death
Until then 20/20, one of the best yet

I've had experiences that were out of body
Cops still probably clocked me comin' out of parties
I've seen scandalous verdicts make Los Angeles uprise
Black Tail bottoms and Cannabis Cup highs

Create to Devestate taught me how to bomb
From Radiotron, to the German autobahn
Trade money still different color and shade bills
20/20 wide awake y'all keep your eyes peeled

It's goin' down
Not now but right now
By now you know the sound
It's dilation, cats with 20/20

Yeah, hindsight is 20/20, let's toast to the past
But here's to the future time to split this money money
Hindsight is 20/20, a toast to the past
But here's to the future, 20/20

Three eyes wide, I can still see Ali
Say I float like a butterfly, sting like a bee
Now I float like a brother's high, swing like a beast
I'm from Mid-City, when the bell rings I'm released

Hustlin', fightin' and eatin' still bringin' relief
To my people, if they're in your reach, each one teach
Runnin' through so much grass my shoes need cleats
Got that "Vente Vente" pumpin' through these streets

Last LP was odd, the score's even at last
Now we got enough trees to make you take 4 and pass
Now we got enough in fact don't even pass that back
It's free weed on me, you can hold me to that

When you see me in the streets, it be for that 20/20
Better than diesel, better than kush, it ain't funny
But trust me this Cali, my block's best product
We so quick to cop, Dilated Peoples got 'em

Yeah, hindsight is 20/20, let's toast to the past
But here's to the future time to split this money money
Hindsight is 20/20, a toast to the past
But here's to the future, 20/20

This cats with 20/20
This cats with 20/20
This cats with 20/20
...

Wake up, Dilated, Dilated
Y'all know what time it is, check the clock
'Cause this here's alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze

Ring the alarm, shoot the flare, I'm here
Lay right there, you catch the Dana Dane "Nightmares"
They know it's caffeine, they try but can't sleep
They're hatin' but they rockin' to it while they count sheep

'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze
But their never been a man born with time to lose

So many freestyles I did when I was tourin'
But since I wrote 'em down, they view 'em as important
I do what I want, the way I see fit
And they think I'm from the Bay the way the flow B-Legit

Evidence got another sound mission
Listen, biz and pleasure, what's the difference
As long as the shit's hittin', and weed's gettin' lit
Dilated we play some Pole Position

'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it
'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it

The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze

Yeah, 16 out of 16 bars, I spit are thrillers
8 out of 16 bars, you spit are fillers
And I got these beats game tight
Keep talkin' shit, just spell my name right

Evidence, make music, focus on the listener
I know I'm ghetto, use speakers as air conditioners
Feel the air blast
It's a hot day in L.A., right off Fairfax

Rakaa, Arabic name, not a nickname
That in the frame makes it hard to get planes
I stay fly through the clouds of slipped brain
Thinkin' how I loved hip-hop, but shit changed

Some say we're too serious and conscious
Some say we're all battle raps and ganja
I say in your bad dreams we're monsters
Ratpackin' stages like Frank Sinatra

'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it
'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it

The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze

Yeah, right now we in the zone we belong
I let you know, right now you get warned
Right now before I sound the alarm
Let you know right now is the calm before the storm

The world changed, lands got conquered
Continents wandered, the planet got smaller
New York at 8 o'clock then head to Cali by flight
We got two shows, one on each coast the same night

Yeah, the same fight for crumbs is not new to me
The hood sick even with free shots immunity
We need black and brown unity
So we need to keep that jail shit out of the community

Plus George got a few more years
That's a couple wars there and a couple wars here
Tricknowledgy propaganda and fear
Make it hard to believe your own eyes and ears

'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it
'Cause this here's alarm clock music
Bang along beats like a bomb dropped to it

The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
The alarm clock music
Pressin' the button, they tryin' to snooze

The alarm clock music

Yo, yo, Joey, I bet you
Woe, like I get this shit in one take, yeah

When you rhyme all you do is add rock to the block
When I rhyme, I shine like Ad Rock when it drop
You go to the store and cop
'Cause it's time man, you ain't heard shit else this hot
I came prepared, not scared, can't a damn thing stop me

Next best thing in Philly since Rocky
L.A.'s first and Cali, they know where I be papi
Some cop's tryin' to flavor flav clock me
I got this, lock this in the pocket
Stick to the script, that's no main topic

Stay on the flip, creatin' my profit
And Capitol's money is capital, I'm rich off it
N.Y. diesel steam the room 'til we roll out
In D.C., 9:30 late show sold out
All said and done it's been more joy than pain

And all said and done I'd do this shit again
It's a new day of course, I can handle the fact
But still can't believe they droppin' sirens on that
So instead of talk shit, do nothin' and still listen
I'ma bang out myself, another sound mission

Evidence, got another sound mission

Yeah, started off caffeine, now it's cocaine
Speed, meth, amphetamine flow all day
The door's blocked, set up shop, closed session begins
Don't drop 'til the rhyme's locked in, here we go
Got Babu and Rakaa in my team approves

You know, ain't no stoppin' him
We like '88 Rakim, rockin them
We like 8.8, then after shockin' them
Steal the show, without a single stolen flow
I'm O.G. like Ice-T, man slow your roll

Got so many various pros
Different ones from different area codes
Right about now, I'm focused on my 3-1-oh's
And addin' three more oh's to any bill I hold
And any deal I close like just finished escrow

So now they quick to flock, 'cause they heard I got a home
But I ain't on star maps, 'cause the cat ain't really blown
But I'm, next to bat, so get ready for the storm
Can't beat 'em, join 'em that's a form of submission
So when I'm spittin', listen up, it's a sound mission

Make some noise, for one of the illest cats
On the microphone and the production boards, Evidence
Evidence, got another sound mission
World Famous Beat Junkies sound
Evidence, got another sound mission
Evidence, got another sound mission

Dilated Peoples (yeah yeah!)

{*Al-Al-Al-Al-Al, Al, Al, Alchemist*}

It's a new day (A-L-C, Expansion Team business)

Ohhhhh! Ohhhhh! (Let's do it)



[Chorus]

"Back again!" (Who is it?)

{*scratches: "Dilated" - "People make some noise!"*}

"In in the house again!"

[Ev] Set to pack 'em in

[Ev] Ladies and gentlemen front, left, right, and back again

"Back again!" (Uh-huh, who is it?) {*B-Real: "Dilated!"*}

{*scratches: "Dilated.. Dilated Peoples!"*}

"In the house again!"

[Ev] It's the People the People the People

[Ev] People the People the People



[Evidence]

Yeah, back again! For the very fourth time

Don't worry if I write checks, I write rhymes



{*DJ Babu turntable backspin*}

(Yeah yeah! Bring that back to the top man!)

Yeah you like that right? I need to hear that from the top

Yo Babs... bring that back!

{*scratched: "Rewind, I spit 'em again"*}



[Evidence]

Yeah, back again! For the very fourth time

Don't worry if I write checks, I write rhymes

It's a new year, okay, got shit to confess

Like I ain't smoke weed no more (what?) but ain't smokin no less (ha!)

"Back again," yeah, reversin any curses

Back to jumpin in crowds, spillin drinks on chicks purses

"In the house again," it's Dilated Peoples

Back again-back again-back, back again-back again-back



[Rakaa Iriscience]

"Back again," the crew never left, but came back

(Amazing!) Like tomorrow on these yesterday cats

"In the house again," learned to stay vested and strapped

Stay awake and out of the federal state traps

(Yo we back again!) Kinda like Bush and Blair

Some were scared, some would just wish they cared

(Uh-ohh!) "In the house again," never too late to prepare

Cause many things you fear have been in place for years



[Chorus]



[Rakaa Iriscience]

"Back again," with more titles, rings and plaques

Belts trophies and banners, and things like that

LIKE THAT!



{*DJ Babu turntable backspin*}

(Like that! Ohh, definitely like that!)

(A-L-C, Dilated Peoples)

(Aiyyo Rak' I don't think they understand man)

(Yo bring that back!) {*scratch: "Rewind, I spit 'em again"*}



[Rakaa Iriscience]

"Back again," with more titles, rings and plaques

Belts trophies and banners, and things like that (like that)

For the passion and stacks of this cash

We play through pain, mostly come home to switch bags

"Back again," to get my squad back on track

Staples Center parades, I'm talkin back to back

"In the house again," it's Dilated

And we're back again-back again-back, back again-back again-back



[Evidence]

"Back again," yeah they stuck cause shit's different

And rain was on the way because the weatherman predict it

"In the house again," I ain't gettin wet

Kick a hole in the speaker pull the plug; still my People showin love

Think different, outside the box

Don't want a lot of a little, we want a little of a lot

In this world, Evidence, all I got's my word

Spin at thirty-three and a third, to make the DJ spin it



(Expansion Team, Dilated Peoples)

(Y'all know how it's goin down!)

(Worldwide, original flavor) {*scratch: "Rewind, I spit 'em again"*}



[Chorus]



[ad libs and fadeout]

<i>[Capleton]</i>
King Shango and Rakaa getting hotta/
Getting in tacka/ Now the whole place locka/

Fya man seh bun dem, bun dem/ Mek wi bun dem,
un dem/ Killing out di daughters and di son dem,
dun dem/ Blaze up di fya mek it bun dem/ Bun out dem
bombs and dem bullets and dem gun dem <i>[Repeat]</i>

<i>[Rakaa]</i>
The fire starts with a spark/ Then a shift up in
the mind/ People scared to be themselves/ Seem happy
to live a lie/ Give thanks for collie weed/ Never ever
sniff a line/ Conquering Lion/ 225th in line/ If we say
we're "Pro-War"/ Only in the fight for peace/ Man, that
means no war/ Think the price of life is cheap?/ But
we're saying "No More" / Righteous recognize the beast/
Fireman'll baptize/ Burn 'em the light and heat/ Forward
to the power in a phrase like/ "Acts Of God"/ Prophet
said he saw the flood waters rise/ And the flow was hard/
I was really shocked to see/ The truth was exposed as hard/
While the media was focused/ On the words by Kanye/ What
was it I just heard the President's Mom say?/ People here
are frustrated/ Still got a long way/ Fed up but remember/
Self Destruction is the wrong way

<i>[Rakaa & Capleton]</i>
Too much ratat.../ Keep it pon lock if you're gonna use one/
(Remember that)/ Ratat.../ Strictly self defense or for
revolution/ (Remember that)

<i>[Chorus (Capleton)]</i>
They think I'm crazy/ But di tables have to turn/ They
think I'm crazy/ But di fya have to burn/ They think
I'm crazy/ But di children have to learn/ They think
I'm crazy/ Wow, wow, oh

<i>[Capleton]</i>
Rakaa tell dem seh fi bun dem, bun dem, bun dem, bun dem,
bun dem, bun dem/ If dem kill di daughters and di son dem,
bun dem/ Bun dem out dem bullet and and dem bomb and dem
gun dem/ Wah mi seh fi bun dem, bun dem, bun dem, bun dem,
bun dem, bun dem/ Serious mi serious ain't makin no fun
then/ Weh mi seh fi bun dem, bun dem, bun dem, bun dem,
bun dem, bun dem/ Listen to di words weh a come off a mi
tongue/ Rakaa tell mi seh

<i>[Rakaa]</i>
It's Dilated with the Prophet/ Capleton the Fireman/
Visions of the future's clear/ Reign Of Fire in his hand/
Crown Prince Rakaa/ Preacher's son with a higher plan/
Coconut and carrot chalice/ Looking for the kaya man/
Babylon is vexed with us/ They should read Exodus/ Moses
and the burning bush/ Incense in Leviticus/ Lamb's Bread
sacrament/ Check out 1st Corinthians/ Shipped of to
America/ All through the Caribbean/ No it's not an
accident/ Gangbangin and the dope/ Guns and crack are
lynching youth/ Swinging from a hangman's rope/ Addicts
wanna shoot up/ Pop pills/ Wanna drink and toke/
Automatics spit hot/ You can still se the smoke

<i>[Rakaa & Capleton]</i>
Too much ratat.../ Keep it pon lock if you're gonna use one/
(Remember that)/ Ratat.../ Strictly self defense or for
revolution/ (Remember that)

<i>[Capleton]</i>
Well bingyman wi haffi mek a decision/ Caan mek dem
distract wi from Jah Jah mission/ Dem a worry bout mi sight
and ask bout mi vision/ Dem want to know weh certain things
it derive from/ From di injustice and di manipultation/
Death without dignity and exploitation/ So mi go, go ask di
wicked man/ Weh dem dem pan/ Why dem haffi build so much
evilous weapon/ So mi go, go ask di wicked man/ Why dem
haffi build so much evilous weapon

<i>[Chorus]</i>

<i>[Outro]</i>

[Intro/Chorus]
"Don't you take, my kindness for weakness" {*repeat 2X*}
"Don't you take.."

Dilated, yo, yo

[Rakaa Iriscience]
I might flip, but usually a calm individual
Armed with accountants, my lawyers and other criminals
Network with armies, street wars are critical
and revolutionaries so streets are more liveable
(C'mon) Fuck what your ego say
Don't take shit for granted homey we don't play
All's fair in love and war, piece of cake
But beef is rare like a bloody piece of steak
"Don't you take" your eyes off the quiet ones, the silent ones
With the assassin smile, the most violent
Train until their bleeding, crying, perspiring
And gun rings firing
"Don't you take" the wrong side, that's the wrong idea
Untangle it, we could get it on right here
Never back to broke, you get tapped or choked
I might smile, but I ain't no joke

[Chorus]

(Oh, yo look out, look out Rak')

[Evidence]
Love or fear, the fear last longer
But love is stronger, so I stay loyal to love with honor
You got those who wanna take that for weak
Be prepared, they'll test you in front of your peeps
Some easy advice, buy your way out my life
It's the principle, the pockets fat not flat
Some borrow dough and relax on payin that back?
C'mon cat
"Don't you take" me for weak, give an inch they take feet
Give 'em feet, they take the street
My city's called Everybody Eats
The operations don't skip a beat
"Don't you take" my squad as chumps, punks or fakes
Quick to dump, pop trunks on snakes
That's of course, push came to shove
Otherwise love is love so

"Don't you take, my kindness for weakness" {*repeat 4X*}
"Don't you take.."

[Interlude]
Ladies and gentlemen
We have a special guest tonight in the house
Talib Kweli

[Talib Kweli]
You'll never fit up in my shoes so don't try 'em on
I always tear it up, I'm 'bout as calm as a quiet storm
Legendary lyricist, nice guy persona
My songs celebrate life and you can play 'em for your momma
But don't make the mistake of tryin to play me
Unless you a DJ, don't get it twisted I'm still from B.K.
Wanna front? Better keep it in your mouth like Flavor Flav
Where I'm from even a chick spit razor blades
"Don't you take" me for a sucker or I'll take you back to school
Fool can't play the wise but the wise can act a fool
I stay cool and mild mannered and just put in my work
Don't push you don't know what's up, under my shirt
"Don't you take" me for soft, I got a heart that pump
like a twelve gauge shotty when it start to dump
Youse a mystery, cause you don't know who you runnin towards
And got history, that shit is told by those who won the war

[Outro]
"Don't you take, my kindness for weakness" {*repeat 4X*}
"Don't you take.."

{*"Don't you take" scratched to fade over ad libs*}

Yeah

I'm a L.A. brawler, Gracie Academy hallway loiterer
More shows get my pre-orders up
Six deep, packed in a Ford Explorer
I toured the whole world but never been to Florida

They holdin' my shit, all winter
By the time the shit drop, I done already been there
The game's fucked, a thousand soundalikes, it's sad
Hard to tell the difference like they fake Louis bags

I don't fuck with that industry flow
What I do fuck with is that industry dough
BMI, EMI, gimme all that
A side deal with who? Why not, where I sign at?

I used to do unto others, this the difference
This year fuck with things in my best interest
This ain't the new, it's the old from way back
Click it or Ticket, man they forcin' us to stay strapped

Act like you know, right now if not ASAP
This way was different shit, I ain't afraid to face that
This time, made up my mind, on my grind
On some James Brown, it's the Big Payback

Four by four, eight by eight
Twenty by twenty bars, I demonstrate
Four by four, eight by eight
Twenty by twenty bars, I demonstrate

Still blastin' away
Spit and put the cash away, passion to play
Mashin' my way through this Babylon
Out the gate I get up, I'm the one to gamble on

Luxury lyrics, I give free of charge
Yeah, right, my daughters don't starve
Holdin' me down, pride and truth
The immaculate Dilated Peoples crew

Four by four, eight by eight
Twenty by twenty bars, I demonstrate
Beat this down the block and you'll be like G's
Movin' on up like George and Louise

On the low, in the cut, all about my cheese
My folks, came up, in these L.A. streets
I knock and I bump, like 8:15's
They lock, brothers up, for eight fifteens

Defari is a method of truth
If you wanna know proper etiquette in the booth
Hey 'Ru is divine
Pure like sunshine, just one rhyme

Four by four, eight by eight
Twenty by twenty bars, I demonstrate
Four by four, eight by eight
Twenty by twenty bars, I demonstrate

I'm on that Richard Pryor, Bruce Lee, Muhammad Ali
Bob Marley, Jimi Hendrix, Salvador Dali
Now we rap Langston Hughes and Maya Angelou
Out the disco Xanadu, hip-hop for the streets

Now the beat swing numchuk style
I'm like Jim Kelly tellin' sucker MC's duck down
Heavy artillery with the heavenly spittery
And third strike energy, rockin' cleverly pitchin' heat

Fernando Valenzuela, original slangster
Lost Angels, Atzlan to beautiful danger
Call my travel agent, have her arrange
South America, South Africa and Southeast Asia

Then back to Mid-City we stack and get busy
In fact, Drev's barbecue and Hustle got 'gnac
The way I manhandle bully muscle the track
Thank God, I never focused on hustlin' crack

It's Rakaa with that educated animal rap
I still fight back and question when they handin' me scraps
In the fresh Denim jacket with the sheepskin black
With the "Rest in Peace, Rob One" piece on the back, yeah

Four by four, eight by eight
Twenty by twenty bars, I demonstrate
Four by four, eight by eight
Twenty by twenty bars, I demonstrate

Ladies and gentlemen
Dilated Peoples and all that

Everywhere we go now
Pack your bags, we goin' on a long trip man, guess what? We all
We all, all around the world
Worldwide, Dilated Peoples, Strong Arm Steady, let's go

All the people know now
Krondon, Phil the Agony, everybody around the world
International, domestic, Chicago, Ohio, Seattle
(Move through the city like rapid transit)

Everywhere we go now, I'm dead serious
You fuckin' with "The Best Damn Rap Show" period
Go strong 'til I'm delirious on the international stage
Like people here it is

Right here
From the LAX, worldwide direct, all the flights connect
Got the right to vote and we'll elect
And these labels can't stand us but give us these checks, yeah

Everywhere we go now
Move through the city, got a crew and tools to use with me
Cats got weak shit, come at me with a better line
I don't respect rappers, I respect Kevin Federline

Karma's good, judge slams the hammer
Got 16 on deck like Joe Montana
Blue states, red states, welcome us back
Every city got a coat rack to hang my hat

Evidence one person hold the weight that many bring
And I stand for somethin', so I don't fall for anythin'
(F'real dawg)
It's in the air tonight, don't ask who planned it
It's Dilated, move through the city like rapid transit

It's Babu, rapid transit, rapid transit, rapid transit

Everywhere we go now
We the rough, tough and dangerous
The hardest working artist can't hang with us

All around the world
In 80 days from LA
Tell them have nots to have it your way, get it

All the people know now
From NY to PA
ATL, DC to VA, c'mon

Everywhere we go
Competition can't spit
So Dilated run through 'em like rapid transit

Everywhere we go now
Hit the marathon runnin?
Got a hundred done, another hundred's comin?

(More bars)
I got shit to show for it
Wear my heart on my sleeve, just got my jacket over it

Plus I spit that hot shit
A hundred ten percent, less is not an option
I work the angles, no handouts or freebies
So when we in your town, get tickets to see me

This is Nissan truck hop
I bombed the RTD driver's side then hit the bus stop
Create to devastate, scene from New York
Hit the Hollywood sign in LA

And it feels like yesterday that shit amazed me
Cheech Wizard kickin' the lizard, that shit was crazy
In the grass grazin', now it's kush y'all
Packin' more bowls than college football

But still lively
Poker face, playin? my cards like Phil Ivey
Rock the Dilated, rapid fire how I transmit
Babu!

Move through the city like rapid transit
Move through the city like rapid transit

Everywhere we go now
We the rough, tough and dangerous
The hardest workin' artist can't hang with us

All around the world
In 80 days from LA
Tell them have nots to have it your way, get it

All the people know now
Amsterdam to Iran
Italy, Germany and Japan, c'mon

Everywhere we go
Competition can't spit
So Dilated run through 'em like rapid transit

Everywhere we go now
We the rough, tough and dangerous
The hardest workin' artist can't hang with us

All around the world
In 80 days from LA
Tell them have nots to have it your way, get it

All the people know now
MIA to the Bay, the T Dot, ST and UK , c'mon
Competition can't spit
So Dilated run through 'em like rapid transit

Everywhere we go now
That's right, everywhere we go it's all love, Dilated People
Whenever we in Detroit, Hawaii, Texas
Las Vegas or Phoenix, Minnesota

You know what I'm sayin'? Connecticut, KC
Definitely St. Louis, Rhode Island
Philly, New England, Canada
You know all my Boston cats

Especially overseas when we go to New Zealand
Or Switzerland or someth'
Croatia, rollin' up a backwood
Out in Sweden and Norway, Jamaica, Africa

Ay, what happened to all my Spanish cats?
You know what I'm sayin', Puerto Rico, Mexico
Phil the Agony, be back man
Dilated People

I'm transmittin' live
I'm transmittin' live
I'm transmittin' live
Do not attempt to adjust your dial
Satellite radio

Fuck the minors, this here's the major leagues
Where more chicks call you "Papi" than Dave Ortiz
Stand in the booth, barely at ease
Right shoulder 'gainst the wall 'til my rhymes release

Sharpest beats, broadcast from Jupiter
Got boots on, now we know Bush is Lucifer
First thing you learn is the hardest to forget
First thing you learn, you just a artist in debt

Unheard of in rap, I arrived on time again
Call me Ev but don't call me after 9 P.M.
Wordplay sharp like clippers line my bangs
Wordplay sharp like Lil Jon's fangs

Wherever we go, remain on point
And I master rap music, every day like Tom Coin
2 4 7 flow sick like cancer sticks
All I want from rap is one of the fancy chicks

Bank accounts, couple cribs, couple whips
The funniest shit, this money's legit
You bet I bounce, couple kids, couple dips, couple ounce
American supersized in large amounts

Don't look down, Evidence I rap at you
Paint visuals that's spittacular
Catch my frequencies, suckers never play me though
Bendin' C.A., I'm satellite radio

Satellite radio
Satellite radio
Satellite radio
Do not attempt to adjust your dial
I'm transmittin' live

We lost Shaq to the Heat like we put a match to it
Debatin' if Kobe's righteous or if the cat's Judas
And Rakaa's about action, you can react to it
Droppin' science like a bad student, like a grad student

Media reigns like a meteor shower
Claimin' the love of God and put your feet on the flowers
Off to Hollywood, makin' sure the streets have the power
On the roof of the Avalon with the bead on the tower

And they never heard the click-clack, alibi
I was back in Tokyo snackin' on banana Kit-Kats
Or Amsterdam in Damkrane tryin' to twist back
Rap vigilante revenge over these thick tracks

Heavenly glow with the heavyweight flow
Like Atlas with the globe, trial of strength with the globe
Addin' pages to passports, we stay on the go
Rollin' with cats that really run L.A. on the low

Where models are like winter kids playin' with snow
Where poor pray to get rich and rich prey on the po'
Transmittin', suckers never playin' me though
Hit city, L.A., C.A., satellite radio

Satellite radio
Satellite radio
Satellite radio
Do not attempt to adjust your dial
I'm transmittin' live

I'm transmittin' live
I'm transmittin' live
I'm transmittin' live
Do not attempt to adjust your dial
Satellite radio

I'm transmittin' live
I'm transmittin' live
I'm transmittin' live
Do not attempt to adjust your dial
Satellite radio

Life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? Aye, the eyes have it
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

Yeah, life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? Aye, the eyes have it
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

I heard the meek shall inherit the earth
I heard those that don't speak up inherit the worst
I heard the rich get the treasures and the right to write history
I heard the poor get buried in dirt

I tell people play to win so they're scared of my verse
People scared of their power, people scared of their worth
People scared of success, people barely alert
People scared to get hurt or embarrassed to work

I been a security guard at Guitar Center
A food service worker and a telemarketer
Dreamin' 'bout goin' to <i>[?]</i>
Maybe CalArts or even the Arts Center

But music was my passion, part of my callin' to
Hustle year 'round, spring, summer, fall, winter
Will stop for nothin', you shouldn't start with us
For the people, by the Dilated Peoples, hard hitters

Life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? Aye, the eyes have it
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

Yeah, life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? Aye, the eyes have it
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

Once again life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? The eyes have it
There are exceptions, people use their ties
Without the eyes, only way to win is lies

And some keep you under false pretense
And any half-truths fall under this roof
You gotta watch for these types, they be plottin'
Subliminally waitin' for you to get gotten

From Lost Angels to the rockin' Apple
Some get lost or caught by the shrapnel
Shoot your mouth off 'cause ricochets, watch for that
You never ready when the city fired back

Never ready for a hard day's night
And at home life ain't right so they dreamin' 'bout a flight
A getaway to divert the day's traffic
But life is right here goin' fast, you better grab it

Life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? Aye, the eyes have it
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

Yeah, life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? Aye, the eyes have it
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

For the people, by the peoples
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

Y'all know my get down, my day to day
You can't spell Dilate without L.A.
Majority rules, some are outnumbered
It's a jungle out there, sometimes it makes me wonder

Why there's so many rats chasin' the cheese?
Cats facin' disease, cats facin' police
People bendin' the rules, just playin' to eat
It's like connect the dots every day on the street

Life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? Aye, the eyes have it
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

Yeah, life is goin' by fast, I try to grab it
Can I get a aye? Aye, the eyes have it
For the people, by the peoples
The eyes have it, once again it's your people

You can't hide, you can't run
Remember to always be true, no matter what you do
I want it, I never front it, I got my whole crew life on it
Think sharp, man, listen, you can't hide, you can't run

Remember to always be true, no matter what you do
I want it, I never front it, I got my whole crew life on it
Livin' thus in peace, indeed

Any day your last day might come so
You can't hide, you can't run
Late night in the shadows
When the daylight comes, remember
You can't hide, you can't run

Man, listen any day your last day might come so
You can't hide, you can't run from the truth
We know each and every day fights come
Remember, you can't hide, you can't run

It's like this final destination, you tryin' your best to make it
They say be patient but you know you're cheatin', death is chasin'
Heart beatin', pulse racin' but I keep the pace
And trained to be the best and beat the best by the gracie
(Livin' thus in peace, indeed)

Grappler spectacular rapper sport of altercation
In self defense we hem 'em up, a tailored alteration
We're firestarters leavin' stages up in flames
Then again we're firefighters, sprayin' at whatever's blazin'

Crazy ways to express and pass information
Daily makin' the best of bad situations
We fight to win in whatever type of test we're facin'
Hip-Hop came while they were underestimatin'

Amazin' grace how sweet the sound, that's what I was raised in
But then the crack and gangs flourished under Ronald Reagan
(You can't hide, you can't run)
Life insurance for kids, undertakers waitin'
Earth is purgatory, here between the Pearly Gates and Satan

Any day your last day might come so
You can't hide, you can't run
Late night in the shadows
When the daylight comes, remember
You can't hide, you can't run

Man, listen any day your last day might come so
You can't hide, you can't run from the truth
We know each and every day fights come
Remember, you can't hide, you can't run

Yeah man, listen I stay relevant
Only person I stand in the shadow of is Evidence
Last page, I left off a good look
This ain't the next chapter, it's a whole new book

About to steal the game, I'm a whole new crook
Bakin' up that fire, I'm a whole new cook
Get your whole shit took, Cali's back under the sun
So you can't hide and you can't run from the truth
(You can't hide, you can't run)

Some ain't convinced so they decide to try me
Like I give a fuck, we live from India Arie
They got spies in cameras and trailers
We see 'em settin' up, though we on counter surveillance
(Livin' thus in peace, indeed)

On to me, I'm on to you, it's no mystery
Better think fast though, the future's just your history
It's where the plot thickens, regardless of wealth
'Cause the worst person to run from' yourself
(Livin' thus in peace, indeed)

Any day your last day might come so
You can't hide, you can't run
Late night in the shadows
When the daylight comes, remember
You can't hide, you can't run

Man, listen, any day your last day might come so
You can't hide, you can't run from the truth
We know each and every day fights come
Remember, you can't hide, you can't run

Remember to always be true, no matter what you do
I want it, I never front it, I got my whole crew life on it
Think sharp, man, listen, you can't hide, you can't run

Remember to always be true, no matter what you do
I want it, I never front it, I got my whole crew life on it
Livin' thus in peace

Man, listen, you can't hide, you can't run
Remember to always be true, no matter what you do
Think sharp, man, listen
Livin' thus in peace, indeed

Is that music speaking for it's self?
You can't hide, you can't run
Now you can't run
Now we're Dialated, Dialated
Livin' thus in peace

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

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

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

[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]

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

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

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 he&#47959; 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)

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

(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)

[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*

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?

<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>

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 he&#47959; 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)

(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)

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

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

(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

(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"*}

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)

(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'

(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......

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

[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]

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)

(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

[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!

(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'

(feat. Defari and Dilated Peoples)

Don't front
So many claim the fame, but never see the day
When lyrically they could even run, in the Triple-A's
This here's the major leagues, where big hits are guaranteed
The Ken Griffey turbo 850 professional MC
One more time that cat Defari
With a sting operation so blatant we call it franchise
Man sign, independent on some enterprise
It's time to shoot straight, innovate, and make the world realize
That mics get ripped, and spots get blown
I strive to be a Golden State all-time great, like J-Ro
I gets burned when the Technics turn on mix shows and mix tapes
That you hear when a car turns left on the street
You know that shit that make you bounce
'Nuf respect to Rasco and Evidence
Yo hold it down on the mound
I'm not like Hideo, don't got it Nomo
I'm more like Randy Johnson, guaranteed heat for sure

Yo this that where the big hits are guaranteed
This ain't no minor league affair this here the major leagues
You in the batter's box ready for combat (what?)
But when you step up to the plate better bring it fat

I throw spitballs and sliders, and hit batters with attitude
The signal's in, and my catcher's 'Fari Herut
I got to risin on the mound, talkin at pen-point
Retire the side, put on a jacket, ice my joints
And body parts, world-wide, Evidence is known
Have you fallin out the batter's box when curves are thrown
Precise angles, I disect the strategy, no cost
And just 'cause I choose to wander don't mean I'm lost
I got the button-up jersrey, Dilated written in cursive
I spill my heart to wax and put the in the open
Three men against nine players, yo, that shit's unheard of
Plus my eyes are open in takin' folks
One cat got on base but he didn't learn his lesson
I faked to first and picked him off at second
Patience is a virtue, yo he couldn't understand
That cat's out, time waits for no man
Bust it

Don't front
This where the big hits are guaranteed
This ain't no minor league affair this here the major leagues
You in the batter's box ready for combat (what?)
But when you step up to the plate

It be the large caliber rhyme
Ask yourself why try
Microphone slash Rasco Defari
Evidence, rhymes that set the precedence
Straight out the box, MCs to bobby sox
Major league, set to intrigue you small fee
Nothin' to the game, we doused them small flames
Take names
Head for the fence, we track prints
Track down the scent, then fold your whole tent
Stay bent
The illest on rhymes at all times
Call your bullpen, Rasco just pulled into the lot
Be strikin em out with one shot
While your pitch be hittin the plate at one spot
Down the pipe
The major lieutenant that earn stripes
Bet strap in, cadet to captain
Stand up, better yet, put them hands up
And watch the triple threat come fuck them plans up
Smack niggas, with lyrical gems that sayin hymns
Niggas still rappin 'bout clothes and car rims
Man debted
But dishin that corn, you get spreaded
We runnin on supreme, you runnin on unleaded
Couldn't match, you out the line-up, you been scratched
Sittin on the bench, not feelin you one pinch, in the trench
We loadin the guns to stack funds
Went from stackin ones to stackin them one-huns
Scored runs
The hotter the bat, the more fat
It's Dilated, Ras, 'Fari, we bust back
Like that, like that, like that, like that
Like that y'all, like that, check it

Yo this that where the big hits are guaranteed
This ain't no minor league affair this here the major leagues
You in the batter's box ready for combat (what?)
But when you step up to the plate better bring it fat
Don't front

&quot;I annihilate your type if you violate&quot; [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

&quot;I annihilate your type if you violate&quot;
We are the Peoples from the crew they call the Dilated
*Cut and scratched by Babu* &quot;I annihilate your type if you violate&quot;
(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

&quot;I annihilate your type if you violate&quot;
[Iriscience] I'm Iriscience from the crew they call the Dilated
&quot;I annihilate your type if you violate&quot;
[Evidence] Evidence, I'm from the crew called Dilated
&quot;I annihilate your type if you violate&quot;
[Both] We are Peoples from the crew they call the Dilated
*Cut and scratched* &quot;I annihilate your type if you violate&quot;

[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*
&quot;This is Ev, leave a message....Have a good day&quot; *Beep*
&quot;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&quot;

&quot;I annihilate your type if you violate&quot; *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

(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)

(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)

[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

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"

&quot;Till the end of...No surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;No surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;No surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;N-N-No surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;No surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;No surrender No No surrender no surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;Y'all ready?&quot;

[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

&quot;No surrender and no retreat&quot;

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
&quot;No surrender and no retreat&quot;

[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

&quot;Dilated&quot;
&quot;I told all these corny mothafuckas what a no retreat sound like&quot;

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

&quot;No surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;No surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;No surrender and no retreat&quot;
&quot;N-N-No surrender and no retreat&quot;

&quot;Ha! Hahaha&quot;
&quot;Ha Two Thousand&quot;