[Intro/Chorus]
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Life is goin by fast, I try to grab it
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Can I get an eye? (EYE!) The eyes have it
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{*scratched: "For the people, by the people"*}
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The eyes have it, once again it's your people
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Yeah - life is goin by fast, I try to grab it
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Can I get an eye? (EYE!) The eyes have it
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{*scratched: "For the people, by the people"*}
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The eyes have it, once again it's your people
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[Rakaa Iriscience]
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I heard the meek shall inherit the earth
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I heard those that don't speak up inherit the worst
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I heard the rich get the treasures and the right to write history
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I heard the poor get buried in dirt
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I tell people play to win so they're scared of my verse
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People scared of their power, people scared of their worth
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People scared of success, people barely alert
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People scared to get hurt, or embarassed to work
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I been a... security guard at Guitar Center
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A food service worker and a telemarketer
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Dreamin 'bout goin to {?}
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Maybe CalArts or even the Arts Center
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But music was my passion, part of my callin to
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Hustle year 'round, spring summer fall winter
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Will stop for nothin, you shouldn't start with us
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For the people, by the Dilated Peoples, hard hitters
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[Evidence]
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Life is goin by fast, I try to grab it
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Can I get an eye? (The eyes have it!)
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There are exceptions, people use their ties
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Without the eyes, only way to win is lies
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And some keep you under false pretense
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And any half-truths fall under this roof
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You gotta watch for these types (watch) they be plottin
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Subliminally waitin for you to get gotten
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From Lost Angels to the rockin Apple (L.A.)
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Some get lost or caught by the shrapnel (N.Y.)
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Shoot your mouth off, cause richochets, watch for that
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You never ready when the city fired back
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Never ready for a hard day's night
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And at home life ain't right so they dreamin 'bout a flight
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A getaway to divert the day's traffic
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But life is right here goin fast you better grab it
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[Chorus]
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{*scratched: "For the people, by the people"*}
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The eyes have it, once again it's your people
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[Evidence]
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Y'all know my get down, my day to day
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You can't spell Dilate without L.A. (all day)
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Majority rules, some are outnumbered
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It's a jungle out there, sometimes it makes me wonder
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[Rakaa Iriscience]
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Why there's so many rats chasin the cheese
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Cats facin disease, cats facin police
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People bendin the rules, just playin to eat
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Kinda like connect the dots every day on the street
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[Chorus]
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The Eyes Have It
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Dilated Peoples |