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[Iriscience] |
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Aiyyo Ev (Whattup Rak?) |
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There's a lot of cats didn't see this one comin |
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Lotta cats not gon' understand |
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Never saw the path that we walked |
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You run that joint you did on the radio that night |
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(Oh) Let people know, do this one for the interviews |
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Do it for the people, Years In The Making |
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[Evidence] |
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Yo, my first verse, from '90 to '94 |
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Mostly peepin cats' styles out and hittin the floor |
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A little bit, in '91 that's when we got down |
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Different sides of town, on the bus I made rounds |
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I was involved in graffiti heavily |
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My people were Self, Tau and Freck RIP |
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At night I heard beats next door by QD III |
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Inspiration, destiny, Ev producer/MC |
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Now at this point, my face wasn't known and unfamilar |
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And when you look how I do, most cats won't say they feel ya |
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So I was mostly, humbled by rejection |
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But in my heart, I knew my sh*t would always pass inspection |
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Correction, travel east and hit the inner section |
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Hip hop shop to rock, blow the spot wit Hex and Pen One |
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Also Iristyle, a cat who worked there |
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I said "I wanna bust first" he said "It's all fair" |
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I went, he went, you can't beat em, join em |
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I said "As a team in the game, we'll leave em maimed" |
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He agreed, so we did till '94 |
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Till we had to change our name from the one we had before |
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Now at this point, we were five years in the making |
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Previously vain, graffiti oriented, breakin |
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From cops to shop owners, rack and paint, stealin sketch books |
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Mad vinyl, designs in corridors |
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Then it was mics, mixers, tracks, and greenbacks |
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Kingston, 12 gear and equipment on racks |
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Imagery Battlehymns |
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Whattup to Kendall, Swift, and Redman |
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Everyone who helped bounce checks, but not my plan (Sorry) |
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Business and friends, this was my first introduction |
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How foul it is when it comes to this biz |
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Of music, 1995 was mad confusin |
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'6 it cleared up, independent geared up |
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Peace to Ben, 'Fari, and Alchemist |
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Third Degree type heat, brought on Babu to complete the list |
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Dis the doors, more red but on tours |
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The territories come, blunts burn our damn floors |
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Since '98, sh*t's been lookin more bright |
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Work The Angles round the globe from Main Events at night |
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'99 approach millennium, The Platform will drop |
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Evidence, Iriscience, Babu, the world gets shocked! |
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[Iriscience] (Evidence) |
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Haha! Yeah! |
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We sendin this out to every obstacle that made us stronger |
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(That's right) Uh-huh |
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Sendin this out to the poison that made the antidote |
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Dilated Wild Style |
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Evidence, that's all you need to know |
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Years in the making, |
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(What's goin on, ten years in the making) |
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Years in the making, how many? (Ten) |
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(Almost) Ten years in the making |
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Sh*t, it's overnight right? (Not really) We'll see |
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*Babu cutting up sample* |
