[Prelude: DJ Babu and Evidence]

One-two one-two in the place to be, yes indeed

As we proceed to give you what you need

Always smoking that 'dro weed, we have... Dilated... Peoples!

...Set to detonate

[Intro: Evidence and samples]

"There's just one thing... that I, would like to say!" (x4)

Uh-huh, sharp

Ha yes y'all

Watch out

What what, uh

Uh, uh

Yeah, it's going down

[Verse 1: Evidence]

We got tension in suspense, theme in variation

Train robbery panic, description of equation

I'm after the gold, and after that the platinum

You want what you don't have so far neither one's happened

But I was told by my peeps play your cards right

Spit hard, never look back, disregard hype

That goes for bad reviews, good reviews (uh-huh)

Any press, the news, I don't watch the tube, I watch for crews

[Verse 2: Rakaa Iriscience]

"Triple Optic" cockpit views

Bird's eye, catch the rhythm in the words I use

I've learned to burn pain for fuel

Everybody plays the fool sometimes, the other side of the game is cruel

I'm back to school, the master rules

Born in the church where the pastor rules (why?)

I embrace the task that give birth to tools

And keep the pressure on that turns earth to jewels

[Chorus: Rakaa Iriscience and sample]

"How that sound?"

Yeah, Dilated we're correctly holding the crown, it's like this

"How that sound?"

C'mon, yeah

Dilated; we're correctly holding the crown

"How that sound?"

[Verse 3: Evidence]

On tracks, it's like boomerang

Sometimes you gotta let shit go to watch it come back

{*Babu scratch*} Evidence, presumed innocent

Move in silence, tracks covered, no fingerprints

Most are hit or miss, not what this is

Type on tour that might, hit your misses

Pack the bags, load up the pre-vo last year

We hit the road with Rage, Guru and Primo

Cypress, D'Angelo, shit's Jurassic (hey!)

Kweli and all top notch acts, keep it classic

Bill Graham presents, "Live at the Fillmore"

And after the encore, they ask for more

Fuck the IRS, I roll with I-R-I-S

'Science the best, so don't test

Exotic, attack the wack a word of advice

I got it down so cold like ice from Jew Heights

[Chorus: Rakaa Iriscience and sample]

"How that sound?"

Yeah, Dilated we're correctly holding the crown, it's like this

"How that sound?"

C'mon, yeah

Dilated; we're correctly holding the crown

"How that sound?"

[Verse 4: Rakaa Iriscience]

Check your fusebox, my "Cosmic Slop" brings cops

Ghetto hip-hop that your city block rocks

Say what? I bust a "U" and come back (hey!)

Reach under my seat for that heat that blaze tracks

Face facts, you're facin poker faced cats

Dilated made our way through the maze, "so take that!"

For boom bap rap brought some state of the art shit (hey!)

After two L's, I'm "Cool" like James Todd Smith

Made ya burn while the, tables turn

I teach but I'm ready willing able to learn

These cats trying to eat, I'm just trying to breathe

And trying to leave a legacy that you couldn't believe

Live from D&D, peace to NYG'z

Rakaa Cy Young on the M-I-C

Babs is clockwork, you could set your wristwatch

And the real backbone of hip-hop is disc jocks

[Chorus: Rakaa Iriscience and sample]

"How that sound?"

Yeah, Dilated we're correctly holding the crown, it's like this

"How that sound?"

C'mon, yeah

Dilated; we're correctly holding the crown

"How that sound?"

[Outro]

Come down Mr. Selector