Laura Canales [보컬]

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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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)