[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 shit 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, shit'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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Shit, it's overnight right? (Not really) We'll see
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*Babu cutting up sample*
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Years in the Making
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Dilated Peoples |