Dilated Peoples - The Platform - Years In The Making - Lyrics, Music, Songs

Artist: Dilated Peoples

Album: The Platform

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

Neighborhood Watch (2004)

1. Marathon
2. Reach Us
3. Big Business
4. Love And War
5. This Way

Expansion Team

1. Clockwork
2. Defari Interlude
3. Expansion Team Theme
4. Night Life
5. Panic
6. Pay Attention
7. Phil Da Agony Interlude
8. Proper Propaganda
9. Self Defense
10. Trade Money
11. War
12. Worst Comes To Worst

The Platform

1. Annihilation
2. Ear Drums
3. Ear Drums Pop(Remix)
4. Expanding Man
5. Guaranteed
6. No Retreat
7. Right On
8. Service
9. The Last Line Of Defense
10. The Main Event
11. The Platform
12. The Shape Of Things To Come
13. Triple Optics
14. Work The Angles
15. Years In The Making

Miscellaneous Tracks

1. Ear Drums Pop
2. End Of The Time
3. Global Dynamics
4. Heavy Rotation
5. No Retreat (Kutmaster Kurt Remix)
6. Rework The Angles
7. Rework The Angles (feat. A.G., Defari & Xzibit)
8. Right And Exact
9. Ruggedness
10. Search 4 Bobby Fisher
11. Target Practice
12. The Platofrm
13. Things To Come (feat. Aceyalone)
14. Third Degree
15. Thrid Degree (feat. Defari)
16. Weed Vs. Beer (You Make The Choice)
17. Worst Comes To Worst (Remix) (feat. Guru & Havoc)