Dilated Peoples - Expansion Team (2001) by Dilated Peoples (보컬) on maniadb.com

(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"*}

(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'

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

(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

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)

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]

(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......

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)

[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!

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