unknown

My man.. he said.. could he create a soundbomb?
Say that's a good question

* evidence, i'm bringin it *
* rakka, iri-science, rapid-fire how i transmit *
* we got catash with that west coast rhymin, bombin.. *

Yes i can.. yes i can..

[evidence]
Most want what they don't have, especially in this game
But on the other side of the rainbow -- yo' shit's exactly the same
I aim one eye closed, so now you've been exposed
To my scope, an infrared target at night you glow
Got the chance, took it, hype tape that's what they tellin me
Soundboming in stereophone audio fidelity
Flows get took, a simple plan, best-sellin book
And people in the clutch open they mouth too much
I drop bars so hard, the code explodes
And bells ring like don king fights ain't worth the dough
Sounds from tones, and licks from quincy jones
Backdrop, my microphone so i can chop down clones
I pull, expand, boom bap, no high hats
To hide behind the fact your wack vocal's off track
Droppin verses like this, a pleasure for me to do
Signin off, dilated platform, j-rock and babu

[iriscience]
It's the return of iri-stealth, the intelligence plane
I'm picked up by radar, but too late, here comes the rain
I make you feel wingtip audiomatics
I travel the map to any part of the planet
Now word on the street is y'all suckers want static
Since most kids are spoiled these days, i let em have it
Land on stage, i see the mic and i grab it
Get the crowd movin side to side, like i panned it
Had to multiply my crew (well that's math)
Subtract or divide your crew (well that's wrath)
What i put inside the bleeds (oh that's hash)
Oh you want a new dick to ride? (go ask tash)
For the dj's, i keep a microphone in my palm
And for the people paranoia's a weapon so stay calm
For the toys, i take flight again for soundbombing
One-nine-nine-nine like sadat x and common

[tash]
Ahh, catashtra, the gunner from the crew that drunk the beer up
Keep your distance from my mic, this alki style'll fuck your ear up
But cheer up!! that's the way the bottle spills
Dj's they think i'm shady cause they know i steal the wheels
Cause tash kick the real, kick it with niggaz with no deals
Y'all fools ain't got no skills, y'all need to peep my homey phil
Peep the barbershop, peep defari while you at it
Dj j-rock, babu, and rhettmatic
Cause that's the type of shit catash be pumpin in the volvo
Where homies hittin me up like, "nigga what's up with that solo?"
I tell em that the object of my whole project
Is mic domination, so it takes concentration
Peep what i'm facin, facin r&b the guns
Are you in it with the heart or are you in it for the funds?
Cause tash got the style that's dangerous as mountain climbin
(yo what you doin to em tash?) right now i'm soundbombing

[cuts]

"rakaa iriscience"
"rasheed equals maylay sparks"
"the last emperor"
"and the boulevard connect"
"claimin respect"

"iriscience"

Hey yo live from copenhagen
Suckas should start prayin
Just hopin that i dont get to layin 'em down
Dazzelin' dilated displayin new sound
Rak i crown the thoughts cus every days a new town (?)
Rakaa and rasheed and the last emperor
Internationally leavin casualties of war
Lyrics that injure, hard to endure
Denmark, i rock the ht public transport
Ready for war, typhoons and rainstorms
Gemini, jump on stage and change forms
From the angels of cali to illadels crack bell
Rap sale retail, but i deal with detail
The mind blowin party rockin platform crew
Thats rakaa iriscience, evidence, babu
Context had me askin "yo, where the microphone is?"
I rock it for the fans and the kroners off a bonus

"claimin respect"

"maylay sparks"

The masked avenger, maylay spark up in roskilde
Blast off, jump from the stage on damn fields
Broken leg, run two kegs its the christiania zombie
Choke any pipes to calm me
Im hot-strung, out on the run in copenhagen
With the last emp, dilated peoples and outfit
I spit, lyrics of life and insight
Smoke weed pipes, savagely strike ya stage mics
With jason, name the time, the date, and the place son
I travel from the basement to face 'em
Typhoon backspins, under a fullmoon in norway
Two technics, crossfade the songs play
My short stay, fm dial, hit the flavor out in sweden
Babs do the crowd while im breathin
Trailblaze, hit the ? daze west philly in ya section
Catch me on the boulevard connection

"claimin respect"

"the last emperor"

Dont stop the motion, black magic posion
Take a hit from a spliff, braincell explosion
Engaged in, conversation with the god odin
He said "let these words be preserved as an omen"
I know about your quest for fortune and fame
So i brought you to the land of the norsmen and danes
I made it, a safe trip, now take it as a blessing
With dilated peoples on the boulevard connection
Continue to carry on in the most pure manner
Ten times as heavy as thors warhammer
Strike back and fight back and subdo foes
Who try to throw dirt on the emperors new clothes
He said "last emp, take this sword as a gift"
"i hereby dub you the dark lord of the syth"
For defense or offence, it dont make a diff
But dont forget to call odin when rollin the next spliff

"claimin respect"

feat. tha liks
Y'all didn't bring no ice? (nigga)
Nobody brought no ice? (ahh, ah-hah, aww yeah!)
Yo, yo pass the beer (we drink in heavy rotation)
(yeah that's what i'm talkin bout!) one-two, one-two
(ahh, ahh)

[ev] dilated y'all (toast to this)
[ro] check one - it's tha liks baby (toast to this)
[ro] ain't it drunk?
[ev] and y'all can't come (close to this)

{*scratched: "dilated, heavy rotated" - "with tha liks"*}

[j-ro]
I'm so outlandish, my rhymes the paint, the track's the canvas
Find me puffin tampons on your nearest college campus
Mcen-ro, servin up heat like pete sampras
Drinkin jose cuervo like some spanish bandits
Make women panic when i tell 'em i'ma vanish
Don't take it personal, these are eight-one-eight antics
Hoes break your pockets like car mechanics
Every morning, i bow down and pray like a mantis
Most women can't stand this but i, ain't romantic
So that thought you can banish to the city of atlantis
Me and tash met this tan bitch, made a likwid sandwich
I consume strictly green leaves like pandas
Dig through ice for my brew, like they dig for woolly mammoths
I'm volcanic up in bitches that look like dorothy dandridge
Your style is major damage, it's played out and ripped up
It needs a bandage, how do you manage? i can't stand it

[evidence]
Hops, barley, water, yeast, grain
Distillery - alcohol for the brain
So check it out, smoke fills the area
Drunk as fuck, launch off the aircraft carrier
Your vision (blurred) eyes start to blink
You overdid it homes; you had too much to drink (cut it out)
This bout's set for twelve rounds of pain
Tequila limes and salt, these cats hard to hang
Sixteen bar shark, teeth to fangs
Open off tha liks - duck season, you're in range
Turn the page - here comes the next chapter
Battle ev? you sign with blue cross or aftra
Heavy rotation, dilate expansion
California funk - like flav, we 'cold lampin'
Fuck the format 'til they can't ignore us
But chill swift bout to kill after the chorus

[chorus: repeat 2x]
Dilated y'all (toast to this)
It's tha liks baby (toast to this)
And y'all can't come (close to this)
{*scratched: "dilated, heavy rotated" - "with tha liks"*}

[e-swift]
I cook up beats like dope, they should call me illegal
We control the underground like bugsy siegal
And my crew is like the mob, we whylin off that vino
High-rollin, takin over your local casino
Year after year, my music pleases your ear

That's why my focus is right like outboard gear
Tune in, this is like a family reunion
We like cousins and shit (hey) rockin this bitch
Dilated and the (likwid mc's)
We gradually elevatin to a (higher degree)
We smash through the underground like we (suv's)
And spit game to the hoes and let em know they gettin (nuttin for free)
Aiyyo listen close, toast to west coast
Where bein gangsta ain't a hoax, we kill folks
And c-walkin ain't just a dance or a joke
We stay in heavy rotation, coast to coast

[rakaa iriscience]
Yo, it's hard to pass the bar, ask your lawyer
Likwid, pour it on y'all from california
Programmers, spray this on your play list
If rap was hard liquor i'd be "leaving las vegas"
Live show radio mixtape massacre
It's a party y'all with room for more passengers
I turn mics to pistols and start rappin
And turn pistols back to mics and start blastin 'em
J-ro, e-swift, tash and them
"expansion team", "x.o." chips, cashin 'em
I'm not fashionable but i am international
I called it like i see it on stage like supernatural
Honies keep flirtin like the flows are workin
Don't stop 'til i'm certain then i close the curtains
Animal house shit, coast to coast like tha liks
I don't drink as much, but i'll toast to this

[chorus] - 1/2

[tash]
Aiyyo catash'll slap the track with a open fist backhand
I crack fans with funk then burn rubber like the gap band
Batman can't walk through my hood, it's no love
Tash'll jack him for his cape and sport that shit to the club
Is it love or is it buzz, that got my thinkin patterns
Thinkin yo' bitch is mine that's why you see me winkin at her
She'll be drinkin at a tavern, out of a glass size 8
Likwid crew and dilated make that ass gyrate
While you ask i take, anything that i could lift
Your rapper's rappin like catash y'all dj's rappin like swift
I was born with a gift, you niggaz used to average rappin
Your styles is old as fuck, that's why my clique start cabbage patchin
I do this for the beer, and for the ones that ain't here
Y'all niggaz better make way for x, ras and saafir
I'm like a tattooed tear, tash'll never go away
I'm bout to fill my quota i need x.o. every day

[chorus]

[tash]
The extended family of tha alkaholiks
The extended family of the likwit crew
The extended family of everybody that smoke bud
Dilated peoples in the motherfuckin place y'all

[evidence]
Yo, accept defeat as i drop after the heat
Don't provoke, come fully equipped
Daggered and cloak
So what you wanna do?
I came in bumpin jack of spades
You came in wit two of hearts by stacey q?
Femine is your drumtracks, one hat no rise
My dj's in the shadows, i perform, show my soul side
To the audience, programmed intelligent
Active ingredient, balance, find the medium
It rains, let it hail, don't front my shit is ill
Tomorrow's on your voice mail, digest it like a pill
Lost my jones for cigarettes, my lungs ain't charred
Yo my sentences are full, i average eight words per bar
Babs, forgive em, they know not what they doin
They built for themselves, that's why they places lay in ruins
Yo, isn't it funny how these cats lack the basics?
Like rhymin on time, four four ?the serve's by asics?

*cuts by babu*
"braincells are lit, ideas start to hit
And when my pen hits the paper" [big daddy kane]
"who's the man in the hot seat?" [grand puba]
"braincells are lit, ideas start to hit"
"i'm the authentic poet to get lyrical" [kane]
"ideas start to hit, and when my pen hits the paper"
"who's the man in the hot seat?"
"braincells are lit, ideas start to hit
And when my hit hits the paper"
"who's the man in the hot seat"

[evidence]
Yo this seat's reserved for one
Of course matches my ticket stub
Escorted properly, your game bored/board like monopoly
My satiety limit is twenty minutes
I blow more trees than louie freese, this flow's inifinite
Cadence, pocket, lesson, structure
Been rhymin nine years, my dedication pass peers
Skill level break the beat up, no time for my feet up
No relaxing, i keep it movin like deniro in taxi
Driver, my name's mike, ev when i get hyper
Emergency, man down, who shot the sniper?
Yo i seen you in the crowd, arms crossed,
I know you heard of me (stop frontin)
The show is hot, i get props from the security
Raisin levels of expectancy
Yeah your shit is tight, you think it's abb quality?
I don't think so, aiyyo ben grab the fish net
Take em to the pier and throw em off at sunset
After the heat

"aww shit" [kane] *cut up by babu*

"braincells are lit, ideas start to hit
And when the pen hits the paper"
"who's the man in the hot seat"
"braincells are lit, ideas start to hit"
"i'm the authentic poet to get lyrical"
"ideas start to hit, and when the pen hits the paper"
"who's the man in the hot seat"
"braincells are lit, ideas start to hit
And when the pen hits the paper, aww shit"

(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"

* also featured on sway and king tech's "this or that"

[a.g.]
Check it out now
I work the angles like, off the cushion in the sidepocket
Electrifying like a live socket
Hit em with all flavors, yup
We tryin to be neighbords with pro-ballplayers, i'm talkin papers
Or keep it realer, and see me on a iron caterpillar
On point like a killer, plus ready, to deliver
Type gifted, treat the mic right, or i might rip it
Critics dig my style cause i write different, no hype
I just kick it, low-lifes, they wanna get it
I shine like the ice when i hold mics, everytime
Got every dime, sayin this nigga so nice, you know what?
They so right, you get stuck, i'll go twice
Lit it up when i blow mics

[evidence]
Show mic precise, require sacrifice
That's no hassle, the master got more loops than lassos
Y'all hear me? they all conspiracy theories
Worthless, like testing ev' defeats the purpose
Since the beginning, intrigued by pot and attentive women
Breakbeats and windmills on concrete
Covered by cardboard, seafloor to skyline
Bottom line, in rhyme yo, put in time you shine
That's right sometimes i get so hyped
I feel like diamond d the best producer on the mic
I aced this -- most punchlines are tasteless
Regular, average, mediocre, makeshift
To all my dj's, with skills you got a lotta
This ain't on your mixtape, yo it coulda been hotta
The method in this game they'll have you drained and strangles
Don't go to them, let em come to you, and work the angles

[defari]
Don't sleep on, i leave your knee torn, like sehorn
Liquid mc storm, like children of the corn, a wild freeform
Of energy, mentally fit to last a century
Like centuries, one double-zero translate to victories
You kiddin me me? come wack that's not my history
Kidnap the wack and break his ankles, remember +misery+?
Lyrically you're skatin out of control
Work the angles 'round the globe, from newark to south pole
It's so cold that mc's catch pneumonia
I'm airborne, from l.a. to barcelona
I rock heads from pomona out the bronx
Drop the sure needle contact, now watch me launch
Dj's, you jugglin, that means i'm bubblin
Defari on the remix fix, this shit is thunderin
Picture me fumblin or droppin the ball
That's like picturin guy without that nigga aaron hall

[iriscience]
Well if a brother gets the best of me
Ain't no use in sniveling and blaming the referee
Fuck that, i strip the mic with tenacous d
Kick it up to evidence, yo kick it out to me!
Line up the three, trifecta stroked properly
Rocca, i work the angles triple opticly
The hip-hop multi-beat real monopoly
My g is god, what's your g for, geometry?
This man of war beats cold on the seashore
An deeo enough to take it to the sea floor
Every single beat bangs like a c-4
We drop beats, why you asking what the beat for?
The spitfire fighter dilated entity
I'm learning shockers like shockra building energy
While barbershops sipping henny like the kennedy's
I'm always been independent, that's word to beni b
It's guaranteed

[xzibit]
Make t-shirts and slingshots, i bust khakis out, bounce to the weed spot
Naturally, me and my faculty never play with this
I used to love h.e.r. too, but now i fucking hate the bitch
She's sucking up to all the niggas with the chains and whips
But that's alright, because all she do for me is pay the rent
And keep it moving, got a bad habit of losing my cool
Acting a fool, breaking out tools, and making the whole corwd move
Towards the exit, this be the next shit, we got you dilated
Hotter than satan, the repeated parole violations
Xzibit work the angles, cordless to dirty angels
How the west was won: with microphones and turntables

Evidence:
(punch in)
I punch in this club elaine
Punch out just pissed in hurricane
When this is done things will never be the same
Peace to mega trend setters along i'm never taggin'
Word tameer and ah year of the dragon
In '76 born bomb lyricist
Ever since i stun the mic and drums i keep 'em crisp
>from that events which occur in dense fog
Accumulates clouds monsoons and thick smog
By the way this is protected by the green that i'm smokin'
With the key to unlock your mind i get it open
Ajar mad far i kick you out the drivers listen
Dilated peoples place in po position
While suckers steady fishin'
I got that big catch
Lead you to the trap door switch on the latch
My name is evidence and my mic a strike on any match (in fact)
After this track we'll have 'em stuck like tacks

Hook:
It's the one two three mcs
Now it's our turn to burn and blaze for always (x2)

Defari:
I keeps it rough and rugged rugged and rough
A lot of kids think they hard oh my god i call they bluff
And pull they cards like the king of hearts
A lot of these cats act well enough to play the parts
But i see through that's why i stay true
And keep it real
Rhymes worth more than eighty mil
I blaze records like a circle on magnify
Precise laser beam lyrics (who you?) heru defari
Oh me oh my these botty bwoys gon have ta die
They can run and hide but allah know every sodomite
That's why righteousness prevails through every verse
Me have to ? down babylon and live free of curse
Or free of evil strictly rough rhymes fro the people
Dilated together we bond like seamen
We breathin' with reggie white style defense
Raise you hand if you're tired of the rapper man who don't make sense
Lyrics of gold rhymes are worth more than bill folds
All you wack mcs give back them styles that you stole
You owe
Your dues are questionable
You're a longtime criminal there's a hit out on you

Hook (x4)

Iriscience:
I create to devastate
Deep space blast off
Make you salivate like pets of pavlov
Lines like bar codes but no mark of the beast
Givin' peace to pioneers of the parks in the east
From la at it's finest the name is iriscience
Or mr. iristyle i hold material like linus
David to goliath is me to the mindless
I hope i haven't been chipped so satellites can't find it
Big up to iodine i try to get in touch
Big up to defari for comin' through in the clutch
Lyrically, i pick 'em apart like coleef
Prophecy of garvy manifest salacee
Concoring lion 225th in the line
So i choose to entertain and uplift the mind
Dilated never wack crew
Ready set and tatoo
Understand that rocker don't throw stone i throw statues

Hook

"dilated"
"mind created minds"
"every word is heat" (feel the impact)
"dilated expand" "platform, platform, platform" (the remix)

[evidence]
Yo (it's time to go)
On a plane or don't
Either way, the show must go on, and that i quote
A cat like me, never knew how to backtrack
I open up doors in fact....
I see guys and girls dancin, open up my flows at random
There's no retreat, hold your beats for ransom
No means no and that's my answer, i see in the dark wit my lantern
Triple optic, iriscience, evidence ready to rock it
Of course babu always in pocket *babu cut*
That's right, example of a show that's tight
Showin you corny mothafuckers what hip hop's supposed to sound like

Chorus [iriscience] (evidence)
You wanna front what?
It's for the heads that know
And if you don't, check the platform and catch a live show
You wanna front what?
We pro-game selected
Family is family, world wide connected
You wanna front what?
(on beats from the streets, step up party people, every word is heat)
You wanna front what?
(we hit it right and exact, for my peoples in the middle, in the front, in
The back)

[iriscience]
Aiyyo rakaa's my name, stealth like spy planes
I defy fire armor, hit higher than migraines
Nobody's sorry on what the state of the art be
Clear the runway, i spread wings like paul mccartney
You're now on static, i leave em nervous, in a panic
I'm automatic, every word is cinematic
I turn stages to ?leaders? and turn verses to scenes
See with your ears, i'm turnin speakers into screens
?? babu blast wit scratch tactics
From my block to rap addicts on fanatic
I gotta hand it to the green-eyed bandit
Like bam rock the planet, dilated expand it

Chorus *evidence part first*

[iriscience]
This for the ladies lookin forward to clubs these days
And turntablists, radio, and club dj's
Rocksteady, dilated create to devastate
Nuttin to prove but then i never hesitate
From rob-one, skate, dream and don d
For all my people put to the test like gandhi
The platform, takes respect to perfect the artform
At times a battleground where rappers get their hearts torn

[evidence]
Yo our album is nothin short of incredible
I'm from a place called "you know my name" clearly legible
Too many days gone by when i ain't feelin shit
Not just talkin but doin it, still revealin it
The platform, blow trees like bees swarm
Definitely different from the norm (uh-huh)
You wanna front what?
Our strategy, mix words wit alchemy
Evidence, i won't get caught shot on the balcony

Chorus

"dilated expand" *cut by babu 4x*

(the platform)

"the mind-blowing party-rocking platform crew" (scratched 4x)
"that's rakka-iriscience, evidence, babu"

[iriscience]
It's no retreat, hit the street, get my plane confirmation
To the other side of the world, a daily operation
First stop in vegas, can't keep these lions locked in cages
We rock in places where alcohol's for all ages
On stages, in great heights land in london at night
Lax today, mp tight
A 2000 technique cha, cut and freak
Detonate our drums, heat the plastique

[evidence]
Ayo funky, straight up with the force to keep fighting
Samson, atlas, collossus, titan
In the dark night the torch that enlightens
Our strong cast-iron, harder the lion
A mighty foundation, many mouths to feed
With the energy needed to turn a seed to weed
We're fortified tight, sturdy sound construction
Make rappers "duck down" like i'm boogie down productions

[iriscience]
Yo, stand my ground, dig in with both feet
No surrender, no turning no cheek, no retreat

"to the enemy" "no surrender no retreat" (repeat 2x)

[evidence]
Yo we serve a full spectrum of flavors that's robust
Hustle in the same industry i don't trust
I know california dig it like a gold rush
And worldwide no retreat, we cold crush
Beef up support, insulate your stage or pay
Make way for the prophets of rage
While they engage to let you know we're in a new age
Babu will make a dj turn a new page

[iriscience]
Cause that's a dangerous man that can speak with his hands
Watered-down lyrics on dirty tracks turned to sand
To sink in, better watch the x that you ink in
Or on, disrespect us, step on my lawn
Skip the death threats, mc or graph and test these wrong
Your letters are wack, they get blown like mailbombs
I'm on the next train to your thought that's caught
Where i'm going, no retreat, hit the beat, exit the plot

[evidence]
Yo, stand my ground, dig in with both feet
No surrender, no turning no cheek, no retreat

"to the enemy" "no surrender no retreat" (repeat 2x)

[iriscience]
Uh, no retreat, get right up back out
Cuff the mic that's wack, develop tools to tap out
No doubt, dilated's turning pros to flows
(no retreat) i risk my life on flights for hype shows

[evidence]
And now you rocking with the camp that rocked last at tramps
Worldwide, collecting little passport stamps
From the body to the mind like i'm jesse ventura
This millenium and mark 2000 like futura

[iriscience]
Bet, rest assured vaccines ain't far from cures
Plant some new shit, hit me two weeks into tour
But i'll adapt, guaranteed make it through
Eveidence, iriscience, and my man babu

[evidence]
We freak by the knk crazily
Pro game, expansion team, major league
Rakka-iriscience trained to go the length
I'm an all-terrain think tank at full strength

[iriscience]
Yo, stand my ground, dig in with both feet
No surrender, no turning no cheek, no retreat

"to the enemy" "no surrender no retreat" (repeat 2x)