You have eyes that
Lead me on
And a body that
Shows me death
Your lips look like they were made
For something else but
They just suck my breath
I want your pain
To taste why you're ashamed
And I know you're not just what you say to me
And I'm not the only moment you're made of
You're so sudden and sweet
All legs, knuckle, knees
Head's blown clean off
Your mouth's paid off
Fuck me 'til we know it's unsafe
And we'll paint
Over the evidence
I want you wanting me
I want what I see in your eyes
So give me something to be scared of
Don't give me something to satisfy
You're so sudden and sweet
All legs, knuckle, knees
Head's blown clean off
Your mouth's paid off
Fuck me 'til we know it's unsafe
And we'll paint
Over the evidence
I want your pain
To taste why you're ashamed
And I know you're not just what you say to me
And I'm not the only moment you're made of
You're so sudden and sweet
All legs, knuckle, knees
Head's blown clean off
Your mouth's paid off
Fuck me 'til we know it's unsafe
And we'll paint
I need a dream, I need a bigger dream
Tell me if you know what I mean
I wanna live, I wanna live in your camera
Take a picture of my heart with you
You could have
Evidence to know how I've been bad
Make me sad
Trying to find you in a world that's gone away
I wanna sing, I wanna sing on your radio
So you would know the way I feel
I wanna die, I wanna die on your TV show
And be reborn as something that's real
You could have
Evidence to know how I've been bad
Make me sad
Trying to find you in a world that's gone away
World that's gone away (x4)
Nobody son, I'm on the run under the gun
I'm not having any fun
What have I done, what have I done, what have I done
I don't even know what I've done.
You could have
Evidence to know how I've been bad
Make me sad
Trying to find you in a world that's gone away
I hold my breath and check the time
One minute no collapse
If you only knew what i would do for you
1/3 of grieving left
chorus
were going in, my heart a spin
when i tell you to remember
That no one will find you
a promise from the heart
If we part, my pulse will guide you thru
Be still for a moment everything depends upon you
If you die, I will die too
Once we were heroes but everythings changed since then
Now they recognize you too
2nd verse
I stayed to long, somethings wrong
You walk out of the picture
I hold my breath, and check the time
1 30 i collapse
chorus
repeat 3 or 4 times, cant remember
I am the evidence you passed the test and thats so good for you, hold on, will you read the letters i will send to you
Will i come along, will they let me out to take the test
Follow you around until it's time
Time to leave
Swimming into the idea of your scene
There all the while proving patiently
I earned to lie by you when you fall asleep
Hang up a sheet
Between our things
Won't have to see
Evidence
Evidence
I watched you put on a dress I'd never seen
Something that begged for East Atlantic breeze
There all the while hated quietly
There, just to see a smile... anything
Hang up a sheet
Between our things
Won't have to see
Evidence
You did what you did
The memory lives
Nothing cleans
Evidence
Evidence
[Instrumental break]
Hang up a sheet
Between our things
Won't have to see
Evidence
You did what you did
The memory lives
Nothing cleans
Evidence
This the morning after
The one's the night before
They're calling at your window
They're calling at you door
I wish I could remember what I did last night
If I was a good boy
Or if I started a fight
They're coming down for breakfast
The butcher and his wife
He's looking very angry
She's sitting very still
I hope to get it worked out soon
Of for sure I will
So much, so much for the evidence
So much, so much for the evidence
Well, something's at the the OK Coral
They're hanging Jesse James
The naked lady's vanished
The policemen are on parade
Then along comes Sherlock Holmes
That that lucky seven percent
He's just got back from Angola
Sniffing cocaine in the tent
(4:53)
If you want to open the hole
Just put your head down and go
Step beside the piece of the circumstance
Got to wash away the taste of evidence
Wash it away (evidence)
I didn't feel a thing
It didn't mean a thing
Look in the eye and testify:
I didn't feel a thing
Anything you say, we know you're guilty
Hands above your head, you won't even feel me
You won't feel me (evidence)
Saturday night, the lights are all lit up
There's a bottle of wine beside an overfilled paper cup
And the cigarette she left lit is all burned up
But the heat from where she lay is not
Like smoke from factories, we leave our heat behind
Like wound down batteries, hearts stop sometime
And between these sheets her perfume lingers on
And in a couple of weeks all the evidence will be gone
Like a dust free patch where a magazine lay
A girl leaves a gap when she goes
But someone else fills it up someday
Like smoke from factories, we leave our heat behind
Like wound down batteries, hearts stop sometime
She took away the daydream leaving nothing but daily life
She took away almost everything
But if you look you'll find
Evidence she left behind...
A blue bar of soap left on the sink
And lipstick 'round the last glass she used to drink
And those burnt-up books of matches that she kept
And heat in the mattress where she slept
Like smoke from factories, we leave our heat behind
Like wound down batteries, hearts stop sometime
Like smoke from factories, we leave our heat behind
Like wound down batteries, hearts stop sometime
Here I am again
I've come to see you smile
I know you understand
I have to say again
It's only for a while
And still you're always here
Just waiting for my call
I wish I knew a way
To give more than I do
I want to give it all
Well it doesn't happen every day
But it happened to me once before
Those early years I threw away
Now I only have to hear your voice
To make me feel so sure
That your love is why I want to give it all
Don't the minutes fly
And hours just seem so few
With days apart so long
It's hard to spend my time
When I'm so far from you
And still you're always here
Just waiting for my call
I wish I knew a way
To give more than I do
I want to give it all
Well it doesn't happen every day
But it happened to me once before
Those early years I threw away
Now I only have to hear your voice
To make me feel so sure
That your love is why I want to give it all
A white dress falls miles to the floor/ like a blood
letting
Promises colorblind and pale/ let it seethe against teh
veil
/Between sleep and now
A dog, an exorcist and a bride drunk and trading/ drain
like dream from wine dark eyes
A baby smiles a widow's smile tenderly/ swallowed up the
blame
and shat out the/ bones and fur
aerial photography /evidence wrecks a memory again
a dog an exorcist and a bride drunk and playing hearts/
pace the trap and wait to let/ this long shadow pass
evidence wrecks a memory again
evidence wrecks a memory again
evidence wrecks a memory again
Lipstick impressions on my white collar shirt
Number on a matchbook so I'll get a hold of her
Oh, that's all the proof I need
I can smell her perfume on my passenger seat
A strand of long blonde hair that don't belong to me
Oh, it's not a dream
I can't believe it's really happening
My eyes can see, yeah
It's not an illusion, I didn't imagine this
I've got the evidence, let me tell ya now
My machine is blinkin' from a message she left
Her voice sounds so sweet I can't erase it yet
Oh, I probably never will
I bought a picture for five dollars that she talked me into
I was head over heels, cramped up in the booth
Oh, I've got it on film
Still I can't believe it's really happening
My eyes can see, yeah
It's not an illusion, I didn't imagine this
I've got the evidence, yeah I've got the evidence
I can't believe it's really happening
My eyes can see, yeah
It's not an illusion, I didn't imagine this
I've got the evidence, yeah I've the evidence
I want all the Evidence of everything
That's beautiful in this whole world
Like an old man dancing... out in the yard
To the laughter of a little girl
Why can't we just love life live life
We got a little bit of gratitude
Instead of a whole lot of attitude
This is us In God We Trust and then we lust
All of our neighbors paper the house the gold
I got a fashion statement to make, "Just wear clothes!"
We judge too much hold a grudge too much
I'm like a lot of us
I probably couldn't walk without the crutch I lean on
Ain't gonna lie seen a fiend on the streets
But for the grace of God there go I
The kids need opportunity stop the lunacy
Chop of the excess because greed is evil
We gotta treat people equal people
Life is a blessing without no sequel
I'm talking to the hooker on the street
And the preacher beneath the steeple people
I want all the Evidence of everything
That's beautiful in this whole world
Like an old man dancing... out in the yard
To the laughter of a little girl
On a windy gray October day
A country boy in this city noise
The frowning faces the dreamers schemers
Money chasers the Jags and Beamers
That I don't need deceit surrounds me
Bitter critters give me the jitters
It is amazing these things we take for
Granted the king is the man that make more
Money sunny days go unnoticed
Bloat us divide us I find it's so dis-
Heartening the divine art and things
In nature a world full of beautiful creatures
That over wager and plagiarize
Under paid teachers anger lies
Everybody looking for the way to make another person
Look inside the mind and feel what they feel
We fallen in love with things that ain't real
I want all the Evidence of everything
That's beautiful in this whole world
Like an old man dancing... out the yard
To the laughter of a little girl
On a windy gray October day
Or the simplicity of a smiling face
I wanna be Evidence of everything
That's beautiful in this whole world
Like an old man dancing... out the yard
To the laughter of a little girl
On a windy gray October day
I've always had so much faith in you
Even when you are out all night long
But the clues keep turning up
Every time you come back home
If that ain't evidence
Guilty written all over your face
Oh yes, Tell ya I got evidence
You're meetin some other woman at someone's place
Yes you are
Lipstick on your collar
The smell of perfume that I never use
Hotel matches in your pocket baby
And strange car keys too
If that ain't evidence
Yeah, I got enough clues to put you away
Yes I have
Oh, I got evidence
You're meetin some other woman at someone's place
Yes you are
I've carefully been over the facts
I know you've been cheating and lying
You can't tell me you've been out with the boys
I sure 'nuff got you this time
I got the evidence
The verdict is guilty all the way
Oh yes
Oh I've got the evidence
You're meetin some other woman at someone's place
Yes you are
I've got the evidence right here
Oh yes, I've got the proof right here in my hands
Oh yes I do
Oh, I want you to hear me right now
Look at me baby
I got the clue, I got the proof I need, right here
Oh, I've got the evidence
I've got the evidence
Lord, baby, Lord, I got it right here, right here in my
hands
Oh yes, right here, right here
Evidence, alright
Guilty written all over your face
Oh yeah
Can we hang out for a while
So I can talk your ear off
Just hear me out
This might sound too weird
I think I have the answer
To the questions
That we talked about
Well, we went out on a limb
Laid our cards down on the table
And discovered
That we're able
I am free to believe
What I cannot perceive with my eyes
I can feel with my heart
I don't need to believe with my hands
'Cause faith is so much more than coincidence
It's my evidence
When I close my eyes
I'm taken to the place where
My soul is satisfied
I will look back on the day
That all the fears of living
Up and walked away
Yeah, yeah
Life came out to play
No more second guessing
No more guessing
Evidence of what you cannot see
But what you hope for
The world that holds your fate
Is not visible
Invisible
Are you free to believe?
What you cannot perceive with your eyes
Can you feel with your heart?
Can you feel with your heart?
Can you see with your eyes?
You don't need to believe with your hands
'Cause faith is so much more than coincidence
It's the evidence
This I know - we fear our doubt,
Lock it in or shut it out
Something ugly we "must hide"
But even Jesus wept and cried
Every now and then I fall,
I'm no Mister Know-it-all
Though I walk the narrow way,
I stumble, stop and go astray
I couldn't hear You in the storm,
Now I'm listening to the breeze
I need a solid rock to stand on,
So give me a hint, a sign, give me an evidence - now!
People ask me how I know
More than a feeling, can't let go
Can't believe in destiny
I've got a better theory
Someone is behind it all
And He hears me when I call
Someone she'd his blood for me
the evidence is clear,
a new day approaches.
they're ot there, on the streets.
plying their evil trade.
the money that they're making,
will destroy peoples lives.
for this the day of corruption,
power and lies.
so die if you want to,
but I won't be with you.
it's your decision,
you can take what you want.
but when your in the gutter,
you won't have the strength to utter.
I'm so sorry, I won't do it again.
your mind becomes controlled,
by the torment in your soul.
just one fix is all it takes,
to destroy an innocent life.
from a trip to some speed,
it's all the same to me.
you're as good as dead,
a piece of meat,
With my eyes, I can gaze at all the finger painted skies
With my ears, I can hear the old man laugh, the baby cry
With my mind, I can fly through the buckle of Orion's belt
Your love takes me to a place that I have never felt
How could I not see your face in everything
The stars are your eyes and the wind is your hand
How could I not release all of my unbelief
When your evidence is more than the sand
Take a good look while you're spinning around
Eyes on the surface, you gotta look deeper
Cause sometimes things aren't what they seem
You're bound to hear the talk that comes much cheaper
Looking down Isee a crack in the sidewalk
An old beer can on the side of the road, but
It gets you nothing when you're drawn in white chalk
So heads up, you win, and tails, you know what
Open see the things that are man made
All the fancy things we're scheming today
We gotta wise up, we only have cause God gave
Even made a mind that could dream and create
You say you gotta have some concrete proof
Well, I say you got a fly in your ointment
I guess you thing we all came with a proof
The truth is , we're on divine appointment
How could I not see your face in everything
The stars are Your eyes and the wind is Your hand
How could I not release all of my unbelief
When your evidence is more than the sand
I saw a sould in the night pass from death to life
It seemed to be a love that will never end
But who could think that one day we have to pretend
That we spoke the truth
That we never lied
I remember the day I met this girl
With that attraction
Waiting aroused for a reaction by myself
How will it end?
A photo laid back on my shelf
And I'm still wondering... how'd I resist?
But who could believe my words?
But who...
Who will believe my words in this dishonest world?
It is too late to call her name
But I'm innocent...
It is too late to call her name
Oh, evidence...
One sleepless night alone in my bed
An' I turned back to reality
'Cause now I'm sober
And everything's differently
All is clear
Got no feelings for this girl
She's nothing but a slut in this world
But who could believe?
Who could believe me?
A mass of people that could give you an evidence
A hole of lies, so I started the defense:
"Please believe me my love....it's nothing but a big lie all above..."
It is too late to call her name
But I'm innocent...
It is too late to call her name
Oh, evidence...
Can you hear me?
Do you want to kill me?
I'm still lovin' you...
Why can't you see?
I told the truth
I've never been unfaithful
How could you do this to me?
Don't be so cruel
You can trust me...
Like the way I trust you
See the leaves...
They're falling like my thoughts down to the earth
Am I really the worst mistake you did?
Am I the tears on your lips?
It is too late to call her name
But I'm innocent...
It is too late to call her name
release it
this pressure
bending and breaking me
losing my soul in the glistening sea
you cut me to pieces
but still I'm floating there
makes me remember
the state that I'm in
my silence is my peace
I was born in the cycle of evidence
weaving a blanket of silence round me
the moment that I walk outside
is the moment I have to decide
G. Sutton/J. Herron/B. Pfiefer
Well, our love's on trial
Pretty baby
And the jury's always out
I hear you've been a busybody baby
I got to know beyond a shadow of a doubt
That I'm your one and only
Don't need no testimony
I found too many fingerprints
Put yourself in my shoes
And you'll know what to do if
You want to prove your innocence
Chorus:
I need evidence
I want to feel what I'm up against
101 percent, I'm talkin bout
All your love, all your love
Talk is cheap, the hard facts
Is what I need
If you want to build up
My confidence
I need evidence
You've been running undercover lately
Running with no friend of mine
Your defense is getting pretty shaky
Any judge would say it's a crime
You're a little misdemeanor
Show me I'm a dreamer
Let's throw the whole case out
Maybe I don't understand, but
There's a witness on the stand
And the verdict's still in doubt
Repeat chorus
Prove it to me
You know what to do to me
No swearing up and down
On a stack of bibles now
Touch me one more time
Testify
G. Sutton/J. Herron/B. Pfiefer
Well, our love's on trial
Pretty baby
And the jury's always out
I hear you've been a busybody baby
I got to know beyond a shadow of a doubt
That I'm your one and only
Don't need no testimony
I found too many fingerprints
Put yourself in my shoes
And you'll know what to do if
You want to prove your innocence
Chorus:
I need evidence
I want to feel what I'm up against
101 percent, I'm talkin bout
All your love, all your love
Talk is cheap, the hard facts
Is what I need
If you want to build up
My confidence
I need evidence
You've been running undercover lately
Running with no friend of mine
Your defense is getting pretty shaky
Any judge would say it's a crime
You're a little misdemeanor
Show me I'm a dreamer
Let's throw the whole case out
Maybe I don't understand, but
There's a witness on the stand
And the verdict's still in doubt
Repeat chorus
Prove it to me
You know what to do to me
No swearing up and down
On a stack of bibles now
Touch me one more time
Testify
How come every time I'd ask, it was always the same thing
I assume too much, I should probably stop overthinking everything
Cause you would never lie... what I was seeing was coincidence
I believed you every time, despite all the evidence
How come I had to hear it from someone else?
You really had me believing that I did it to myself
I was alone, overthinking, when my evidence gathered and strengthened
So I made up my mind and called you
And you said, "Ok, you were right... but how could I tell you?"
But you could never lie... the truth came out as you were leaving
This happens every time
Koko ni iru shoumei wo itsumo sagashiteru
Sore wa kigatsukeba migi poketto ni atta
Kyou no sora wa aoku sumiwatteite
Marude sekai oto wo toumei ni shitamitaida
Mitsukaranai monodatte akirameru boku mo
Mitsukaru hazudayotte nagusameru kimi mo
Ikite yuku imi wa
Nani hitotsu kawaranai kara
Koware souna melody, hitotsu dake tashikana omoi
Tsumugi dasetara
Boku ga shinjite kita subete ga uso dato shitemo
Kamawanai kara
Koko ni iru shoumei wo tsukitsukerarete mo
Sore wa kigatsukeba migi poketto ni atta
Kyou no machi wa kuru kuyodomikitteite
Marude sekai wo nuritsubushita mitaida
Gomen ne tte nigedashite kizutsuketa boku mo
Arigatou tte hohoende ukitometa kimi mo
Ikite yuku imi wa
Nani hitotsu kawaranai kara
Koware souna sekai de hitotsu dake tashikana kotae
Mitsukedasetara
Koremade no boku mo egao de yutuseru toki ga Yattekurukara
Kotoba dake ja tsutaekirenai
Bokura ga ima koko ni iru akashi wa
Kuzure kaketa sekai no naka de
Doredake no utagoe todokerareru kana
Koware souna melody, hitotsu dake tashikana omoi
Tsumugi dasetara
Boku ga shinjite kita subete ga uso dato shitemo
If it's one thing I've learned that I've written down on paper
It's never leave some weed on the table with a stranger
Shit, I could barely even trust my friends
Maybe with my lady, not trees of the mends
I mean really why even should I try and test it socially
Catch them in the act and end up having to approach them
Entertain the story while it's testing on my patience
Why the fuck you think I spent this money on some?
While I'm on the other side of earth without assistance
Hitchin' in the night sayin' Evy goes the distance
At home the same shit is goin' on, I don't miss it
It's a nice place to live but I wouldn't wanna visit
Never steppin' out the car or on the stage without a purpose
Ghost-ride the whip like I'm ghost writing verses
Afraid to come and go so I take fame in little doses
Director of these photos so the aim remains focused
Hold still right there, hold still
I ain't holier than though or tryin' to even act superior
Half the shit I rap about I'm speaking from experience
I'm livin' at the beach, about as west as the earth goes
People get deceived, seein' gangsters dressed in surf clothes
From? Where they birthin' those flows to set the world off
On a wet park bench drinkin' OJ and Smirnoff
I seen it through my own three and speak it how I heard it
Never tell it how it wasn't [unverified] that murder
I been tourin' constantly so there's wear and tear value
That merits all the lows to terrace highs and travel
Document this madness 'till the day I come unraveled
And retreat to the Matterhorn, baskin' in the castle
On some Dennis Leary asshole, fuck you pay me shit
I've come too far to get jacked and [unverified]
So right about now I think it's 'bout that time
That I'ma let Rev kill while I chill on the rhyme
What the fuck
I ain't speakin' on my businesses in public when concerning deals
Steppin' on stage like it's light bulbs or turning wheels
In spite a couple nights of a thousand I didn't kill
I still kept it peelin' out and steppin' up for Reverend Real
Messages across the board are still remaining pinned up
The opposite of dilated eyes that I begin with, nothin' is original
Even under cloudy days sun is still shining
Just rerouted and out of phase
Lately when I walk I've been trying to hold my posture straight
Hold my chin up then feel the love from across the way
California love from Diego to across the bay
All across the map to every single solitary state
All across the baggage claim, all across the gate
Some callin' it 'fraid how I'm carrying weight
Some callin' it fate while some others remain torn
[HOOK]
(Evidence)
I show trust it still ends the same
instead of friends
you got friends frontin only out for your fame
they tryna cross the line [x4]
(Slug)
tryna steer through this jungle made of concrete
drew the map on my hand
the ink sweatted off me
they tryna cross the line [x4]
[VERSE 1]
(Evidence)
defense, no charity event
and they say, familiarity breeds content
and i say, this ain't a parody just barely vent
what i feel until it's so clear i'm scared of my sense
new day, built for the distance
never knew which side to choose til they drew the line
of scrimmage
i view different sagas, never doubt my outcome
they seeing double-vision for invested interests (keep
it movin)
win some, you just lost one though
defend what i love, don't give a fuck the drum's slow
i'm an eagle, fuck par for the course
your little birdies seek peace but ain't planned for
war (nope!)
L.A., still workin the angles
Evy ain't a devil just a greazy angel
i got love, got slug, got drugs, some thugs
still keep it moving never threw my anchor (uh!)
same son, friends ain't changed (nah)
it's a cold game still sniffin Ronald Reagan cocaine
don't wait, hand and foot on me
he's a machine, mechanical anti-freeze (hot!)
light up, the mind of a genius
smoke this cush, there'll be no lies between us
every step i take, dangerous
here we go, three seconds, this message 'bout to self-
destruct
[HOOK]
[VERSE 2]
(Slug)
down wind, your new found friend
drew the guilt across the grill just like a clowns
grin, i'm all in
tall and thin, tears down walls when the dolphin gets
caught
in whatever pocket she falls in
shame none, the blame game's done
no more sweatin through the heat wave waiting to make
the rain come
gain some, ingrained from the same tongue
can tell by how i bang some everybody wang chung
free-throw, feeble it seems so
break the egg and let the greed grow, beggin me to re-
load
heave-ho, behold the super freak show
navigate through people with that life fast bleed slow
down play, about face, the clay rotates around whatever
it takes to make you count them praise nowadays
show the ace, with no poker face
on the belly, open legs and hold the aim between his
shoulder blades
square-biz, so terror thick
the air is thick with embarrassment, go share it with
your therapist
there it is, careless to pair with the no-name
tag-wearing, faux-famous derelict
now sit, and wrap yourself around it
when your done wear it like an outfit in front of the
township
sound check, allowed inside of the mix
to show em all why i'm this make the music with your
mouth biz
[HOOK]
[OUTRO]
yeah that's it right there
310, 612
Ev, Slug
putting these little thumbtacks up all over the map
connecting these dots
we watching out for these double-cross cats tryna cross
the line
you know
give and inch they take feet
Oh no!
{A-A-A-Al-Al-Al-Al-Alchemist}
You gotta let this breathe for a minute
Just let it breathe
(Talk to 'em) There's a reason why my friends did cocaine
I sat home at night, tryin to get my biggest pro game
Slow and low, what happened was this
I stayed on my grind, and everything else became last on my list
Let my birds go, go 'head, fly away
The ones that don't come back ain't meant to be caged
It's a brand new day (yes) I'm a brand new me
Change the # on my cell and on the brand new street
I don't wanna keep in touch, I just wanna start fresh
And ain't afraid to die but still got a little left to give
This, Evidence Alchemist hits
Live and direct, no price tag could cover the trip
Shit is the truth, and this is undisputable proof
So understand where we stand in negotiatin loot
Right now you got the two best chefs who got the recipe
This the main course, the weed sold seperately
Aiyyo I'm all about elevatin
I'm on the grind tryin to get mine instead of waitin
So why you hesitatin? (Let yourself go, let yourself go)
(Let yourself go, let yourself go)
If you ain't got a plan, then you are not a man
If you ain't hustlin then we gon' have a problem fam
(Let yourself go, let yourself go)
(Let yourself go, let yourself go)
It's the rhythm jackin, honey slappin, long money bums
I come from Cali cause that's where I'm from
It's the pocket, I'm sittin on top of the snare drum
Full circle, now I'm right back to square one
Some rappers had the game in a smash now they're done
It's crazy how they go just as fast as they come
We were little kids, writin raps, just tryin to have fun
Kickin punchlines and bangin on the table at lunchtime
Now it's the field of rap, they got us all on the frontline
Used to get butterflies in my stomach before showtime
But now I just stand and deliver it
Cause Beni said always make better and bigger shit (ABB)
I'm just perfectin it, I'm not the one who invented it
All this money I'm spendin it, not the person who printed it
The money never motivate, it's just an incent-ti-tive
You tryin to get it like that, your options are limited
Aiyyo I'm all about elevatin
I'm on the grind tryin to get mine instead of waitin
So why you hesitatin? (Let yourself go, let yourself go)
(Let yourself go, let yourself go)
If you ain't got a plan, then you are not a man
It's Evidence, A-L-C, we got a problem fam
(Let yourself go, let yourself go)
(Let yourself go, let yourself go)
Uhh, Phon' Tigga, Evidence and A-L-C
Most definitely, we keep it. we run it.
We do it. we gun it.
My nigga Evidence whattup (whattup)
It's the Weatherman, landin in your area
Who said it doesn't rain in Southern California?
Man they crazy
Times have dried, and the well went first
Starving to death - nah, I think I'm dying of thirst
I get inspired on a momentary basis
A livewire - been flown so many places.
For various faces, like I never knew the mob I was married to the matrix
I'm making placements, but living in my basement
So what's a verse if I ain't really ain't say shit
I paid the mortgage, and the storage and it keep pourin'
Can't afford it so I gotta keep on tourin'
Trying to make a record in between was never foreign
But unfamiliar when there's no way to afford it
No way I was loyal to believing in cream
But when the well runs dry we go beyond our means
And above, most are really just lookin' for love
And shed a tear don't mean you know the sound of a dove
When the well runs dry, and the people go home
And it's the end of the song, and ya...
Tears won't fall, so you just can't cry
When the well runs dry for ya...
Like the car stopped running
And the checks stopped coming
Somebody let the sun in...
When your card's declined give it one more try
‘Till the well runs dry
Mom was old school, and I was just a child
Never knew that when she died it would have me actin' wild
Have me actin' crazy, maybe out of my mind
But never lazy, we actin' on borrowed time
A leader for no reason, used to start up a cause
Just believing in my odds became a part of my laws
Went from dreaming, to receiving these screaming applause
Hear nothing, but believin' for no reason at all
A product of a parent leaving is apparently wrong
Fuck appearances, appear in here then ‘poof' you gone.
I took a look at my life, and my reflection long
And that's the same fear mirrored, when I hear this song
I just wanna go where I belong
I just wanna go to places where I feel strong
(For two seasons without rain)
And I tell them why,
When the fame goes, the same when the well goes dry
Lack of sleep, sometimes I can't dream
Eyes so red, already tried Visine
Stacking cheddar, wasn't checking amounts
Then went from savings right back down to checking accounts (Straight up!)
I smacked the Miss Piggy bank with the hammer out
A real hammer, not the guns that they ramble about
Develop hardship, buying in a sellers market
Almost quit smoking weed, but I better spark it
(Like my target) Then I see no evil,
Then weeks go by, and I see no people
Trapped in a home, broke with bills trying to pay for
Wonder why the album was late - need I say more
I love this rap, but I'm living in life
The kind that keep me up to these sleepless nights
And I don't need love, but I need this mic
To feed the energy that's keepin' me right
Yeah - it's till the wheels fall off
It's ‘till the well runs dry
We gon' get it
Once you've been down
Only way to go is up
It's for my dog right there,
[Chorus: DMX]
I Got Dawgs In L.A
I Got Dawgs In Toykyo
I Got Dawgs In Paris
I Got Dawgs In Moscow
[Verse 1: Drag-On]
I Mix Coke With Smoke Till Ya Choke
Cause Yall Got Nothin Ta Provoke
So When You Die, Rememba Ta Leave A Note
Cause My Dawgz Will Slit Yo Thoart
Drag On Bitch You Hear It Here First
It Aint Nothin To Quence Ya Thirst
You Faggotz And My Bitch Dont Flirt
[DMX:]
You Dont Fuck Wit X Cause Ill Blow You
I Hate Little Jews Like The Fuckin Mew Mews
Im Threw So Never Say P-U
Or Ill Make Ya Rape Young Dru
And Remember This Shit Is New
So Remember To Bring Yo Crew
And Remember I Hate Blue
[Chorus: DMX]
I Got Dawgs In L.A
I Got Dawgs In Toykyo
I Got Dawgs In Paris
I Got Dawgs In Moscow
[Verse 2: Styles]
Im A Fuckin Crack Sniffa Jump In A Rivea
And Slit You Stomach Till Ya Bleed Liva
So You Betta Shiva I Hate The Man
Who Gets Sun Tans
Cause I Shot Him And He Ran
[Evidence:]
Im Fuckin High Off Of Stuff Thats Rye
And You Know Im That Kind Of Guy
Ill Make Ya A Slut Like Mai
Cock My Nine (Clik Clik)So I Can Fine Dine
And Rape Yo Bitches Like Bill Nye
I Eat Bannana Cream Pie
(DMX: Bull Shit!)
And I Always Lie So Fuck Soso Def, Fine!
[Chorus: DMX]
I Got Dawgs In L.A
I Got Dawgs In Toykyo
I Got Dawgs In Paris
I Got Dawgs In Moscow
[Verse 3: Sheek]
Yes I Fucked Her , Till She
Said Burr And Called Me Mista
Her Name Was Crista
So I Will Pick, Your Friend Nick Is A Prick
[Swizz Beatz]
He Shouldent Act Slick
Then I Will Cut His Dick
Till He Says Frick
So Remember Your Click And Dont Lick
One-liner flow, see it in my liner notes
The kind of ideas make it seem like the thoughts took
Three hundred and sixty-five nights, I picture the high life
Pool side, made my own terms from lonely nights
(See 'em with all my dogs out here right now)
Born our own flow, they say old soul with kid's energy
Still draw from my torso for enemies by any means
I seen what it's worth, a curse, snakes and centipedes
Venomous, seems the only safe place is Venice Beach
(Back home, right here)
I try to wrong my rights, I try to right my wrongs
I try to write my songs, shine lights but the night is gone
Daybreak becomes the encore
Can't tell the date or state because I'm on tour
A young kid pumping De La Soul, I spit live, you could say, no go
Sixteen, not a day, no flow, I grew up a nervous skater
Some headed for greatness, others serve as waiters
Some nameless, others was stars
And straps ain't famous, steel that ain't stainless
High haters, peace signs, see you later
Lying for no reason, quit trying, it's breezy
Easy target, walked up in Florida Gators (Step, step)
Origin Lost Angels, support Lakers
Four-finger discounts, this an ounce my fortress
Portraits of my get-down, live from Belgium stages
L.A. made 'em, L.A. grazed 'em, and L.A. saved 'em
It's back to the Beach, bitch, where Miss Taylor raised 'em
My mama opposite of Sarah Palin, with no gat from Russia
Looking back like "Quit playing," Ev' is here staying
I won't change nothing
Lord forgive me for all of my sins
[Intro]
Lets Get It Together, No Matter The Weather
[Ev] [Verse 1]
Its The Joy And, The Pain, Rain And The Sun Naming No Names Came In The Same Never Aim At My Gun, U Get One Shot, Never Wave At My Chance, Maybe Wave At My Chain, My B-Boy Stands Is Althenic, Most Depth, Universal, Magnetic, Fat Beats Off Tha Mind, I Said It,
From The Basement Floor [?] Knocking On Heavens Door, From Across The Room, To When Im Out On Tour, It Reminds Me Of A Time When My Life Was Pure, It Finds Me Off, At! The Oddest Moments, Try To Focus But End Up Zonein (Zonein) I Go Back, But The Captions Closing (Closing) So Cold But The Clock Aint Frozen (Frozen) [3x]
[Chorus]
Lets Get It Together, No Matter The Weather
(Got It) [3x] (Come On) (Its Like) [2x] (Something) [2x] (Like That) [2x] (You Know) [2x] (You Know I Feel That) [2x] (Its The Weather Man) [2x]
[Ev] [Verse 2]
It Was Something, Demember [?] Since Chirstmas Came We Had Our Birthdays, Lumped In Layoway, One Present, Two Holidays, Seen It From A Mile Away, You Cant Lie To Your Kids, I Guess That Makes Up For No [?] Nothing Ever Missing In The Kitchen (Nope) Nothing Ever Really Went Wrong (Wrong), Until The One That Pays Me, Was The One Thats Gone, It's Funny How Strength Comes In Different Forms, Some Embrace They Faith, Others Weather Storm, Others Tell They Self That The Pain Moves On, Saw The Clouds Move In And When It Did They Poured, I Push Away The Pain, Its The Sun And The Rain, Rain Or Shine I Got My UmBrella I Said Theres None Better, Imma See You Again, It Worth To Listen, A Womens, Is Worth Is Everything!
[feat. Raekwon & Ras Kass]
[Verse 1: Evidence]
I set it off in the sunny distance, no days existed
My patience led the way until the greatest love listened to me
I used to play the witness, wait in the trenches
It's like the 6th man, sits on different benches
It's hard squeezing life in a sentence
And if I do, roll carpet with the red tint
My entrance is what's between
When I exit, it's Evidence left on the scene
Alchemist cut the record down to the bone
And with a record like this I take the world by storm
Sky blessed, the land of the brave
Understand where I stand, my hand is made
From BR Double-O KLYN, the planet
Family landed, managed to raise the man that I became
Panic on my first campaign
But when the words fell to place, I was certain to reign
I hit the purple, then step in the circle and start flexin'
Weatherman invented, now storms change directions
Portions of my proceeds is feeding my homies now
I always shared pretty good for an only child
I was the baby boy, I could do no wrong
Now the role's reversed, I'm putting people on
They on welfare, you got healthcare
They used to have their priorities elsewhere
I took rims and tires and traded them
For a ticket to an island, that's where
I wrote this rhyming
Where I first saw my vision
Driven by a better living, a place to raise kids in
So I think like I rule the world
On the brink of something bigger, building schools
For boys and girls
The thought of home gets me out of my bed
I said you got the tools?
Get them shits up out of the shed. C'mon!
[Verse 2: Raekwon]
I'm like the indispit of rhyming
The Jack Dempsey emcee
All my shit customed out
[?] eventually
Money is made, fly blades
A woman with brains, will help a black nigga reign
My lifestyle's a prowler
A rich loaner, owner
Used to pump at coffees shops
Had my bitch who sell with me rolling up
Fly ass and still classy
Asking questions like "Why you wait on that glass?
Why would you splash me? "
Yo, it's only nigga shit
I'm a teach you like how I was taught too
Hold the phone, Ward 2
Seeing all kinds of grey fossils
Colossal juice, pick the house, act fly
I got you. No need to walk backwards
Fuck with the taxes
I speak credibility, the story to masses
Yo, a diplomatic winner, Nik boots
A scully good denim jean on and one rental
[Verse 3: Rass Kass]
They say you only live once, I disagree
You only live twice: your life enable your seed
So I lead on whacks and feed em the deeds
So when I die they got a foundation on my publishing B
Plus the words that I speak, here's my family jewels
It ain't all blood diamonds, but like experienced fools
And I be rhyming cool, but my philosophy's deep
Like a Dear John letter, so read em and weep
And the wolf smells blood: you can feed em to me
But I'm a Lycan underworld, you can meet in the street
Draw heat, but what happened to peace?
He got a Dirty Sanchez, like what happened to Screech
Jesus, diarrhea's - I mean holy shit
Christ on a cracker, that's just how we spit
Communion: had the wine, make the sign of the cross
And I will live in the past, chalk it up as a loss
Went from "please listen to my demo! "
To stretch limo
To the penn in a cell watching Eminem on Jimmy Kimmel
But I can't go out like Timbo slice
Like Geena Korrano, a cyborg determinate
Mano a mano, still Ronald McDonald
Over one billion served
But it's up to me to get what I deserve
So I handle my biz and hustle harder than the norm
[Verse 1:]
Michael Connelly reminded me with Echo Park
Of days of hoppin' on the metro, when they let those spark
Back when I collected retro art
And since then many a dearly departed God bless they heart
God bless they hearts
Harder living in Kane
Where the sun and the rain became one in the same
I took it as a lesson I was still learnin'
I'm still the will of the '84 torch burnin'
I been through heartbreaks to breakups to makeups to broke again
Not back again, my soul on the rope again
Took the jacket off and saw blood on my sleeves
When you wear your heart there, this the puddle it leaves
(I don't need love)
It's the rebuttal of thieves
And chicks with crooks like you, so what'll it be?
She steal your heart, now she runnin' the streets
Don't need the pain, man, troublin' me
[Hook:]
I don't need love
I don't
I don't need love
Need love, need love
I don't need love
I don't need love
I don't need love
Need love
[Verse 2:]
While Kanye was chasing spaceships all over the nation
I was at the grave site, face on the pavement
Left College Dropout, first flight racing
From Scranton, Pennsylvania on a prop plane praying
Heart 'bout to pop out my chest in Pittsburgh
Paranoid in first class, heard a voice, "Whisper" (Real talk)
Just touched back in LAX
And my phone starts buzzin' to 1000 texts
Out the gate and runnin' like I'm motorless
I Still Love You explained if you don't know the rest
I would say that's when love became an issue
Anybody treated me good, that's when I diss you
A certain chick who caught the bad end of the stick
And through thin and thick I still miss you
I've trashed every girl I've had since
Warm heart, cold mind is absent
Imagine
I don't need love anymore
I need pressure
Pain, my veins feelin' so electric
Blue in the skin, choosin' my sin
'Til the same sins doin' me in
I don't need love
[Hook:]
I don't need love
I don't
I don't need love
Need love, need love
I don't need love
I don't need love
I don't need love
They say that when it rains it pours, they're right
Falling from out of the sky
(It's falling down on me)
Praying come down, fall down
Praying come down, fall down
Falling from out of the sky
When I forgot to close the blinds I couldn't sleep
Kept waking up from all the shine, glare in my eyes
I'm off three hours, eat, sleep, repeat grind again
It's what he does that others don't do is what's defining him
I never would've thought the words wrote on a page
Would have me on the other side of Earth on a stage
I never would've thought there was a stage on Earth
That made me feel more at home besides my place of birth
I'm from gun slinging CA where every movie's watched
Then watched back for instant replay
So many days and nights with ink bleeding papers
Fall asleep on flights, call it sleeping with strangers
Now back to the City of Angels where the rain is
Falling from out of the sky
(It's falling down on me)
Praying come down, fall down
Praying come down, fall down
I simplify by design, my words get scribed
To the vinyl when they rhyme, mark it with a scribe
Count lessons, toes, fingers, I'm alive
I've passed so many lows to survive all the highs
I've learned some things and others learned to tolerate (like what?)
You can be a day short but not a dollar late
New day in rain, chain link, put it together
Beat the drum, pray for rain, we ain't the same under the weather
Just me against the world on the verge of relentless
Trying to stay apart like each word of the sentence
King vs. apprentice, champ vs. challenger
The challenger swung, the champ fell, they kicked him out of there
I throw raps to sea in a bottle to float
Like a lost SOS that the novelist wrote
The wind blew and popped the top, they read the letter
To whom it may concern, my sick words under the weather
Falling from out of the sky
(It's falling down on me)
Praying come down, fall down
Praying come down, fall down
So I forgot to change the time showing up early
With my money on my mind trying to keep from crime
One of a kind, I'm defined by my environment
For everything I did from inception to retirement
'Cause I be running on unleaded fumes
Collecting money back for sacks fronted for the rent is due
A daydreamer still running towards the rainbow's ending
Knowing damn well, the gold wasn't meant for spending
You ten cents from a nickel in your pocket
Shit, I'm thirty short of twenty dollars in my wallet, yeah
You might need twelve fingers for the runners
Maybe six on the hand, half a dozen on the other
I bundle up brown gloves for the summer
Shorts in the winter with a slicker and umbrella
A fella chasing cheese like he running a maze
But really I'm just running in place, I need the bread to start
Falling from out of the sky
(It's falling down on me)
Praying come down, fall down
Praying come down, fall down
I'm on the Evidence Project too
We just did a banger, it's gonna be coming through...
[Evidence]Microphone check 1, 2
Who's the one that's been running the race? Me!
Who's the one that's been running in place? You
Who's the one you tried to find, so tough
But the whole time, sitting in front of your face
I'm on another level, I mean another label
Players don't die, we try our luck at other tables
And when I lose, I learn, I'm still winning major
I jump forward then back and through the missin' stages
A perfect day to make a perfect entrance
A perfect sentence? I can't perfect, but
I just keep pushing pencils, no fake trace stencils
Do it all by hand so they have respect
I know the feeling when you're dealing with accomplishments
Wishing they would diss you, instead they give you compliments
What made you who you are? Not what you became
Part of being a star is getting burned in flames
Kind of ill, the mind's a trip
20/20 when we broke, but blind when rich
I just see it as a sign, but kept rhyming instead
And keep lighting up these pads like Simon Says
[Hook]What! Who's the one that's been running the race?
Who's the one that's been running in place?
Who's the one you tried to find, so tough
But the whole time, sitting in front of your face
One's a lonely number, two's the first loser
So how the fuck can you win? Become a drug abuser
Slapping these beats, I'm no snoozer
6 million ways to die: go ahead and choose one
We from the same block, but all we getting is the same guap
I think one of us needs to shine
Only room for one, one of us needs to go
Sink a boat and only one'll survive
Caution at the wheel, Westside when I drive slow
First sign of tidal waves? When you see the tide low
Wanted for murder and theft, they said I'm liable
I shot the sheriff but didn't steal his rifle
I can't define what's real and what's imagination
Since I signed that deal before my graduation
I went from running track and field to tracks with feel
To Grammys with Ye before Late Registration
[Hook]
Fast-forward no fears, one card, no Rollie
One crib, trips to Chile with Kush in the Philly
Every turn starts with one step: that's on me
One foot in front of the other like "come on feet!"
One life, one love, bat a G for one glove
For Mike, rest in peace, shot a bullet from one slug
I keep it pushing as one does, only get one shot
One glance, one chance at one buzz
One never knows hopes and dreams
The farther we fly, the closer it seems
Back to the one squared, all I need in this life is one snare
One mic direct, fly tonight, one Airs
One of a kind, still one to my grind
One time for your motherfuckin mind
When I flow, know that the rain soon comes
In the cool, cool wind,
In the sweet, sweet rain
I thought I heard Your voice,
Heard You call out my name
In the pink light of dawn
In the soft glow of dusk
I see Your tender hand
And I feel Your touch
All around us, everywhere
Is evidence of Your loving care
But when the mind is closed
We can be blind to the purest gold
When the eyes grow dark,
And the feet move so slow
And the hair turns to snow
In growing old
I will talk with You still
I will walk with You still
For Your love all around is somethin
Nothin else can fill
Yes I know (Yes I know)
Yes, yes I know (Yes I know)
That this yearning inside me for You
[Evidence:]
As a kid ma hit me with the truth
Let me know Santa clause was never on my roof
When I lost a tooth, it never went under the pillow
I gave it to my parents' right there, they hit me with dough
Later on I was the all star pitcher
7th grade my girl hit me off, the World's different now
Got to whip a curve ball now
Plus Confidence, that's 3 strikes you're out
Junior high had all the Chicks was on top then
Got to high school shit wasn't poppin
Small fish big pond Kinda got lost in
This new matrix started smoking weed often
I missed the whole 9th grade ditching class, getting no ass
Tryin to get back to the past
The only thing I did do was make this music
Home Friday nights it was confusin
Things changed things I started to notice
The more work I put in, the more people focus
Was like "oh shit, this my ticket"
Enemies before, now tryin to kick it
Pulled out my slump, imagine that
2 years I got my swagger back
In the end the love you take is equal to the love you make
Just a matter of time, that's a fact
On my mom's porch looking at the stars, tellin joey child that's what we are
There we go, my soul, they'll never owe me
My crew rolled, the top, it won't be lonely
[Planet Asia:]
88, Malcolm x books, public enemy
Rockin plain gear, same year lost my virginity
Packin gats we was that active
Middle school 7th grade pill bottles of crack in my jacket
89 got on some? shit
? Full of Truth shit
Hangin with the 8th grade n**** that chew shit
Back then we was still in cars
Give a damn if we knew you
Outside the neighbourhood?
9th grade twisted up high school better looking
Known as an mc
And I'm getting steady pussy
Don't hate the game, hate this player
Since the 6th grade I've been friends with Shake tha Mayor
Met Rasco in 1990 still grimy
Kicked out of school in 10th
But still graduated in 95'n
Remember me the kid who used to ditch school religiously
Who used to break-dance and centipede
12 years later and I'm still the same
This time I'm even more on top of the game
Here we go, my soul, they'll never owe me
My crew rolled, the top, it won't be lonely.
(The time is now, the moment that you waited for)
(It's time to move on I'm going for mine)
[Intro:]
Uh, about to tell you who I are
Came a long way and I still got so far to go
Tee off with this trademark flow
And after tonight
I'm a let the whole world know
My name is Evidence
[Hook:]
You ain't got no
Evidence, evidence, evidence, evidence
[Verse 1:]
If this is crime scene cinema
All the weak shops closed
Is it back to charging motherfuckers 4 for an O?
I don't know
I keep a rotary phone
So I remember all the numbers of my homies who gone
Proof is in the pudding
I'm pressed up and labeled "evidence"
But never chasing fame, dragons, chicks, or dead presidents
Dreams, but never snatch chains of any measurements
Because of my name, for every fuckin' crime they find the relevance
Choices in my life that I want to correct
I got voices in my head that I want to forget
Uh and I don't live with regret
But I've been living with a chick while other chicks try to text
It wasn't me
[Hook:]
You ain't got no
Evidence (There's no proof without the)
Evidence (Who wants truth without the)
Evidence, evidence
[Verse 2:]
Yeah, my first album only had underground appearances
So what's the outcome?
I'm still an underground lyricist
And fame don't even capture what my interest is
I'm halfway to famous, halfway away from infamous
My naked eyes are like my memory chips
Everything digested comes up when I spit
I say so be it
Without a whistle, call it how I see it (Yeah)
Whether in my boundaries or in another region
I'm speeding on the highway with my girl shotty
Keep a plant in my car, like Good Friday
Keep my world Godly
I stay grounded like my lobby
Tag a bucket on the wall but never tatted on my body
My music and my graf are livin' separate lifes
One gets me paid, the other's payin' the price
Either way they'll say I'm spraying at night
But how the fuck, when I'm touring overseas on a flight
It wasn't me
[Hook]
[Verse 3:]
The flow's connected like I knew people
Director of photography, I shoot people
Named by Will.I.Am
Maybe made a milli, maybe I don't give a damn (True)
I thought of evident
I mispronounced it, Evidence
Fast forward, here we are, standing in the present tense
I never thought about fame
I just thought about if KRS would know my name
But since then it's like so much has changed
Body baggin' the shows, they say I'm killing the stage
It wasn't me
[DMX:]
I Was Shot In The Face
What A Disgrace What Used To Be My Chest
Is Now A Mess Under My Vest
Mr.D, Gays Is What You Molest
[Evidence:]
Yo Who The Fuck And What The Fuck Are You Man You Aint No Part Of Da Wu-Tang Clan
You Can Get Shot By Me And My Man Cause Im Gonna Fuck You Up
You Aint Snoop Doggs Pup You Aint Even Like Kurupt
[DMX:]
I Aint Gonna Get Mad At Cha Man
Im Just Glad When I Shot You, You Ran
Cause If It Aint Fo You Evidence Wouldent Be Mad
[Evidence:]
Yo Who The Fuck And What The Fuck Are You Man You Aint No Part Of Da Wu-Tang Clan
You Can Get Shot By Me And My Man Cause Im Gonna Fuck You Up
You Aint Snoop Doggs Pup You Aint Even Like Kurupt
[DMX:]
So Dont Mess With DMX Or My Dawgs
Cause Ruff Ryders Gonna Kill You In The Fog
Im A Stab You Were It Hurts The Most
So Dont Come Close You Have No Folks
We Will Make Ya Rape Egg Yolks
And Youll Swallow Till You Choke
Me And E Were Real G's Your A Fag Mr D
You Aint Mr.T So Pay Fees Until You Flee
I Hate You And You Hate Me , Your A Greek
And You Reak, Cause I Shot You In Da Cheek
Soul Intent Gonna Fuck You Up
[Evidence:]
Yo Who The Fuck And What The Fuck Are You Man You Aint No Part Of Da Wu-Tang Clan
You Can Get Shot By Me And My Man Cause Im Gonna Fuck You Up
You Aint Snoop Doggs Pup You Aint Even Like Kurupt
[Evidence:]
Yo Who The Fuck And What The Fuck Are You Man You Aint No Part Of Da Wu-Tang Clan
You Can Get Shot By Me And My Man Cause Im Gonna Fuck You Up
You Aint Snoop Doggs Pup You Aint Even Like Kurupt
[Evidence:]
Yo Who The Fuck And What The Fuck Are You Man You Aint No Part Of Da Wu-Tang Clan
You Can Get Shot By Me And My Man Cause Im Gonna Fuck You Up
This for you ma
I miss you so much
Just being real with it
I love you ma
We celebrating the life of Jana Taylor
I still love you we together
Ma where ya body is not where ya soul is
I understand this concept 100%
So it's a celebration... yes
Don't visit where you lay its not where you rest
You always told me this bodies a shell
We sons and daughters of god there's no heaven or hell
Its misguided energy
Never born never die
But some get led down the wrong path mentally
Too good for the earth
And when I say I love you now just don't know what it's worth
If you ain't here to hear it
I am I being selfish or being fearful
And some days don't even know what I'm here for
Cause all my goals were based around you
Every dream a son dreams for his mom he wants to do
I keep telling myself you're in such a better place
But I'm having a hard time not seeing face to face
First mother's day without you
Woke up feeling doubtful
A lot of hate and pain has been the outcome
It ain't been a year wounds opened far from healed
Starting to feel scars from scabs pealed
It's the worst hand you can be dealt
And if you make it past that shit you gon be felt
Not a day goes by not an hour doesn't ring
Bells and memories of the qualities you bring
You hear with me, beautiful voice I hear like Whitney
I'm on my grind ma till the angels come get me
I still love you we together
Jana Taylor is forever
"Evidence is everywhere!"
[Ev:] Huh, and that's me
[Chorus:]
"Evidence is everywhere!"
And I'm here, and I'm here, and I'm here
"Evidence is everywhere!"
And I'm there, and I'm there, and I'm there
[Evidence:]
September, October, gone 'til November
Through the winter Ev I make it rain
They tryin to pull me out my lane, but the ink been dry
Ain't no smear campaigns, you too late
Never say goodbye, just so long for now
Wait my time, then tell 'em, I'm "Back Again"
I ain't heard you on the radio my friends say
I'm from Cali - they only play the West on Wednesday
CRAZY~! I been mistreated
Get love from the chef, still can't get seated
They measurin love, I'm ranked top-seeded
They measurin sales, I ain't broke even
I see 'em! Other cats, ain't work like I
And they say those who can't do tend to redo
And I try to keep my head above water and tread
Love the music, don't love this bread
[Chorus x2]
[scratching:]
"Baby this Evidence"
[LL:] "The E, the V, the I, the D, the E, the N, the C, the E"
[Rakim:] "Here go the evidence"
"Evidence" "Evidence!" "Evidence" "Evidence"
"Evidence, I'm bringin it"
"In seventy-six, born bomb lyricist
My name is Evidence" "Evidence" "Evidence"
[No I.D.:] "I'm a eyewitness and I got the evidence"
"Evidence" "Evidence!" "Ev-Evidence" "Yo"
"Comes equipped" "Evidence!" "Evi-dence"
[Jay-Z:] "Evidence", "Evidence" "Evidence!" "Evidence"
[Evidence:] "Evidence - got another soundmission"
"Evidence is on the beat, that's my Dilated Peep"
"Chillin with my nigga Evidence" "Got the evidence"
"Evidence, crank it" "Evidence!"
"Make some noise, for one of the illest cats
[will.i.am - Intro] (Phonte)
Ready or not... (Ready or not...)
Ready or not... (Ready or not...)
Ready or not... (Ready or not...)
Ready or not... (Ready or not...)
Ready or not... - It's time to go
Ready or not... - It's time to go
Ready or not... - It's time to go
Ready or not... - It's time to go
[Phonte - Verse 1ne]
This is my last day, this is my last era
Wifey sittin front row runnin her mascara
And I'm laid out STIFF like my last pair of
starch jeans; it seems that all my past errors
don't even matter 'cause, I ain't even mad at God
I just think the saddest part is I don't wanna go
'Cause who the hell knows for, whom the bell tolls
I was, chillin with muy peoples just, out on Melrose
with Blu and Evidence lampin in our shelltoes
Drainkin brew and tappin bitches on the el-bow
then WHOA! - Another chapter closes well
When they start to toll, it's just yo' time to bail, yeah
[Chorus: will.i.am]
Some people live their life to die
Some people live to try, and fly, and fly sky high
Some people live their life to ride
Ride 'cause they riders, some people talk that jive
Some people live their life to lie
I live my life to open up my eyes real wide, wi-wide
Some people wanna live blind and walk the road
Oh, no - for whom the bell tolls
[Evidence - Verse 2wo]
Uh, bells and whistles, they shootin, could smell the pistols
They never EVER hit or miss - it's the real official
Bullseye target, like New Jack Carter
The harder it gets, the more I find the market off sparkin the Flint {*matches strike*}
Part of me says, "Go back home"
The other half says, "Get that throne" (y'know?)
So I spit words, they read like palms
and turn directions from East to North (oh!)
We can't stop nature takin its course
But I can report, so I stay with my hand on record
Lookin for the next future resort
to reside in a time where bell rings and people are dyin
I'll just try to escape to this place in my mind
[Chorus: will.i.am]
Some people live their life to die
Some people live to try, and fly, and fly sky high
Some people live their life to lie
I live my life to open up my eyes real wide, wi-wide
Some people wanna live blind and walk the road
Oh, no - for whom the bell tolls
[Blu - Verse 3hree]
Aiyyo, ashes to ashes and dust to dust
R.I.P. Jay Dee, DJ Dust - this was us
Ah, back when it was cool to bust, picture us
Eighty plus, surrounded by the crowd wit'out a mic to clutch
Years passed and now and then I light it up
Reflect and get inspired by the fire that's inside of us
Dealin with the yadda-yadda, by-the by-the business
try to ditch ya like economy
(Why?) 'Cause John wasn't about to be politick-in (maaaan)
It's the middle of '08 and I still ain't heard Obama speak
'bout problems that we face, I'ma tryna get this cheese
'Cause you never know, who shall tolls the bell's toll folk
Young folks are old folks, when it's time to go, it's time to go, folks
Stroke, croaks, cloats, and ghost
I hold hope, blow faith in your face then fade home like.
[Chorus: will.i.am]
Some people live their life to die
Some people live to try, and fly, and fly sky high
Some people live their life to ride
Ride 'cause they riders, some people talk that jive
Some people live their life to lie
I live my life to open up my eyes real wide, wi-wide
Some people wanna live blind and walk the road
Oh, no - for whom the bell tolls
[Outro - will.i.am]
Some people wanna live blind and walk the ro-
Some people wanna live blind and walk the ro-
{SOME PEOPLE WANNA LIVE BLIND AND WALK THE ROAD
OH, NO - FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS}
[Evidence]
E-v.Blu
Khyrsis on the beat.
Phonte, uh, for whom the bell tolls.
Uh... Hello, will...
Waddup, will?
Haha... Uh, for whom, the bell tolls.
They say when it's your turn to go, it's your turn to go
So we gon' turn to music up real loud
Think about all of our people... for whom the bell tolls
{Evidence - ohh! Evidence - yeah, yeah yeah...}
"Ladies and gentlemen, without no further adieu
I'd like to introduce to you"
[Evidence:]
The hottest though; lock'n'load
Brand new, Evidence, the people want, here you go
Back again, never left, street hop, no ref
Pack them in, capacity, maximum, no less
Attractin them; old folks askin him
Turn my music down - understand I'm passionate
Up late, no sleep, grind hard, go deep
What's meant to be will be, it's no accident
Years overdue, the solo comin soon
A world premier, face the moment of truth
Crash course, smart enough to understand percentages
Some put in work, never reaped any benefits
Both middle fingers up, pointed at the industry
Not yet, but when the cat's gone you'll be missin me
This my life, I hope you listenin
Windows down, system up, let's go, we makin history
[Chorus: x2]
They say it's not my time but I keep on movin
Cause - I know, I know, I know
Though they don't see my mind it won't stop my movement
Cause - I know, I know, I know
[Evidence:]
Here I go again {EV~!} On my own, same road ever known
Only child, wild pops, didn't cry, born alone
Twelve/ten/seven-six, flow heaven sent
One-nine-nine-oh, call him Evidence
To hear one rhyme and one line's flow
Call it medicine, never been the same ever since
I'm a man, got bills, dead Presidents
Coincidentally what I love pays rent
Coincidentally I'm on top of my game
The more I think, the more ink sinks to my pain
And it's a new day, so I expect the worst
Don't quite need a vest, still watch for strays
What's it come to, what else to say?
Shaq's a cop, and the Lakers ain't runnin L.A.?
Shit is crazy out there, they pullin 180's out there
I guess I'll never change my ways
[Chorus]
[Evidence:]
{EV~!} They'll never understand the flow
I know, I know, I know
And I don't need new friends, I keep the ones I know
(Yeah I know) I know, I know, I know (I know who my friends are)
And I heard around the way I can't make it on my own
(My own?) I know, I know, I know
(Let them talk, I know what they say)
But this is, all I got, all I breathe, all I know
I know, I know, I know (I don't know what else there is)
[DJ Revolution:]
"Go out on my own, somethin that I gotta do"
"I didn't leave my group, it's just time we all expanded"
"Go out on my own, somethin that I gotta do"
"The Weatherman lands, ready to drop shit"
"Go out on my own, somethin that I gotta do"
"I didn't leave my group, it's just time we all expanded"
"Go out on my own, somethin that I gotta do"
"The rain is on the way because the weatherman predict it"
"Go out on my own, somethin that I gotta do"
"I didn't leave my group, it's just time we all expanded"
"Go out on my own, somethin that I gotta do"
{Evidence - ohh! Evidence - yeah} And that's me
"Go out on my own, somethin that I gotta do"
"I didn't leave my group, it's just time we all expanded"
"Go out on my own, somethin that I gotta do"
(I know, I know, I know)
[Evidence:]
Yeah, as we procede
We lettin it all out
It's the Weatherman LP
Let's get into this shit
[sirens]
Yo emergency
"...emergency" "...emergency"
"...emergency" "...emergency"
First up
[Evidence]
Mighty Mi supplied the beat down
These raps are rent paid, four months before I leave town
Cat, we got the hottest shit that ain't been heard yet
To most I'm unknown, but to few; a war vet
I turn checks to cash, but no cash for checks
I never paid for sex, I pay girls to leave after sex
(Get the fuck out.) Play my cassanette then jet
I'm out for blood this year, flows are fangs of death
Specialize in fresh, M.D. veteran vest
There's so much to prove, you lose scoreless
Take Lex, Benz, Beam, convertable 'Vette's
Cribs and credit cards, payment plans in debt (Gimme that)
[Hook]
We present emergency, feel the pressure
No way out, situation gettin closer
Time is tickin, walls are closin
Options narrow now, your the one that's chosen
Yo emergency, emergency, feel the pressure
No way out, situation gettin closer (emergency)
Time is tickin, walls are closin
Options narrow now, your the one that's chosen (emergency)
[Evidence]
Yo dangerous connections, friends are kept seperate
Enemies drive 'em off the road, rev the engine
Levels of suspense, more this year no doubt
The card that you pull, always leave yourself with outs.
Stick to ya guns, stick to ya plans
Stick and hit when ya land, witcha fist and hit a man (boink)
The name of my crew; Dilated Expand
Babu, Iriscience, and myself in Japan
We got international flows
Under the best sign, rockin zodiac clothes
The strong survive in water where sharks are swimmin
Emergency, call the paramedics, lights are dimmin
[Hook]
Yo emergency, emergency, feel the pressure
No way out, situation gettin closer (emergency)
Time is tickin, walls are closin
Options narrow now, your the one that's chosen (emergency)
Emergency, DJ Mighty Mi
Evidence by the mic "emer.emergency"
Watch out! ".mer.mer.emergency.emergency"
"This is an emergency"
[Evidence]
So check it out
The calm before the storm came
After that, 40 nights and 40 days of rain
Your weakest link, it's your crew, it stink
Numb ya brain, unpredictable patterns, and unpredictable pain
Got attack on hard, raise the game
Right now there's Columbian cats that's raisin 'caine
Los Angeles Lakers dynasty, change the game
Say, Defari and Phil y'all, let's clear the land
That's right, shit's outta control
Do rap music you perform to rock-n-roll
Got lyrics cocked back on trigger ready to pull it
I hitchu like the JFK mystery bullet
[Hook]
Yo emergency, emergency, feel the pressure
No way out, situation gettin closer (emergency)
Time is tickin, walls are closin
Options narrow now, your the one that's chosen (emergency)
Yo emergency, emergency, feel the pressure
No way out, situation gettin closer (emergency)
Time is tickin, walls are closin
Options narrow now, your the one that's chosen (emergency)
[Evidence:]
Yeah, you know I'm a highly influenced person right?
(Right) Well I listen to what people be tellin me
Sometimes for the good, sometimes for the bad.
[Chorus: x2]
"Why'd you change the things you do~!"
They keep tellin me, man they keep tellin me
"Why'd you change the things you do~!"
I try somethin new, they keep tellin me
[Evidence:]
They way you stood for yours
Radio don't play, so you set up tours
It's that real shit, how you signed to a label
Vinyl kept independent and made the CD, major
"Why'd you change the things you do~!"
They keep tellin me, man you stay reppin your crew
Played your position, and still got your messages through
Paid your tolls, maybe you'd be callin 'em dues
Paved the road L.A. Dodger blue, c'mon
"Why'd you change the things you do~!"
You a double threat, produce others yet
on stage when you spit's how you bubble best
Don't hear fuck what they tell me
Caught you in Dallas with Fareye and L.B.
"Why'd you change the things you do~!"
How you reached the crowd, how you teach 'em how
Your ten tip shit you did had 'em screamin loud
Then you flipped the script, jumped in the aisle
The greatest show, E-V, no doubt
[Chorus]
[Evidence:]
The way you pushed Babu, to the front of the stage
To the front of your group, but still Dilate, I relate to you
Never started battles, just finished 'em through
As a matter of fact, eternal rest in Proof
Would've loved to seen him 'til we all build in the booth
After I seen you in Tempe on stage was the truth
That night I learned life is short
I never throw away days, Ev's my support, please
"Why'd you change the things you do~!"
Only thing constant's change I tell 'em
Most understand, a few against the grain rebellin
I give 'em all to me, the beats knock like Halloween
Got fans, got fiends, they be yellin
"Why'd you change the things you do~!"
Need more leaders, most don't speak up
But turn up they speakers, pumpin weak shit
More concerned with sneakers and carryin heat
Don't gangbang, I'm still bangin out these heaters
"Why'd you change the things you do~!"
Listen, don't need middlemen to hear your voice
The label don't support, back to Challenge Choice
Back to ABB, back to basic bits
Choppin up loops gritty for the streets
[Chorus]
Hehehe, it's the Weatherman
Take all of that shit with a grain of salt
In one ear and right out the other motherfuckin ear
Unless I agree with you, then I might replay that
[Evidence:]
Step it up...
Hear me, feel the funk, yeah
I can smoke a whole eighth in a spliff
Some call that a problem but I call it a gift
Hit the clutch then I start to shift
Turn it up - light my dutch then start to drift
Lost Angel, Westside rider
The official, four-oh-five Friday, sound provider
Underground hitman, hard to hire
Unsigned death threats written in typewriters
Poetic, I'm that type of writer
Got that "Don't call me, I'll call you" type of fire
Fake it 'til you make it, you're such a good liar
Headliners used to not make the flyer
Four-oh-one K, and I don't mean retire
Chase loops, still war all day, I'm in denial
Peace ain't the word to play - it's violence
I ain't have shit good to say, so here's silence...
[Chorus: cuts by DJ Revolution]
[Jay-Z:] "I slow flows y'all to death"
[Evidence:]
Yeah, don't stress, emotions rest
'Til they wanna see my best, as good as it gets
Don't hold weak cards, don't hold regrets
Players, don't change past the seventh inning stretch
Learned from vets and they ain't pet doctors
They the type they arrest in "Clockers"
We sellin out these operas, and don't mean sing
I mean opera house stage we rockin
C-A, all day
Reppin it, party time, excellent
It's perfection kid, I'm not affectionate
That's what my last girl said, too much estrogen
(I'm in trouble) Yeah, that ain't PC
But sometimes that ain't E-V (what can I do) I just feel that way
Right now I'm on my J-O, issue payroll
Speak in codes, 'til we reach another day
[Chorus]
[Evidence:]
{Ay light another one man~!}
I used to be Ice-T "Reckless" (RECKLESS)
Wild out like I'd never see braekfast
Nightmares, tiein dreamcatchers
Tryin to run breathless, outta control
I don't give orders, I make suggestions
Then walk away! I've learned my lessons (Ev have patience)
It's simple, they neglect it
Win at chess, still lose at checkers
That ain't weakness, it's a death wish
Choke 'em out; another off the checklist
I came too far not to be respected
And drove too far to hear they closed the guestlist
(You gotta be kiddin me) A new rain out the smokin bar
Umbrellas up, these cats are dogs
And just because it barely ever hails in L.A.
They say I can't reign the game and hail from H.A.?
They crazy~!
[Chorus]
[PMD:]
When five-oh roll, they say what's the M.O.
Another rapper was hit, by Mr. Slow Flow
"By Mr. Slow Flow" [scratched]
[Evidence]
Yo the rhyme excursions touch minds like brain surgeons
Feel the lyric teargas - even on clean versions
No profanit goddamnit hard like granite to the utmost
I'm butter on rye - always hired to play the low post
I stretch to go the distance yo my lungs are mad elastic
I'm dope on plastic like Flex I always keep it classic
Expressions in the facial I'm more racial from carribean rhythms
I hit 'em with a battered flow padded with circles added twice
I'm nice on ice the line slice your dome
And separate rhymes from poems
My life....
Ain't tryin to see no grammy or oscar
Best believe these styles will rub off like pastas
On people yo check Dilated Evidence
The influential rock rhymes in sequential format
You'll see the doormat if you acting disaccordingly
Something to the effect of fatboys and disorderlies
[Mad Child]
I'll take you from he man to shira
Battlecat to cringer
Midevil Messenger, westcoast avenger
Take it to the street battle me? That's a fucking sin
Go one round with Mad Child you'll be sucking wind
Snapping handcuffs just for de-concentration
Then I broke out the bus - a mental hospital patient
On a weekend pass but I still come sick
Psychopathic you're dealing with a deranged lunatic
Soon to kick your teeth in, and then go berserk
Even Van Gogh looked at me and said you're one piece of work
So I said lend me an ear, cause I'm the state of the art
First I'll feast on your brain, then rip your body apart
There's a party of heart stuck inbetween my fangs
Wrap a rope 'round your neck, and you still couldn't hang
'Cause you're way off track, you need realignment
Murdering masterpieces in solitary confinement
[Everlast]
I'll keep your backside open like the english channel
I rock the sure shot, I keep it hot like flannel
I'll survey your panel with my foot up in your anal
You think it can't happen? Kid, cause I'm rappin'?
Ain't no gun clappin' cut the jaw jackin'
Let the joints get shot and see where it's not
Then kick off your shoes jump off my jock
And check the new style Whitey Ford's prone to rock
Once upon a time, not long ago
Before Hip Hop was made for the radio
An MC show had to co-rock the masses
Used to wear a kangol with the clear gazelle glasses
So bang bang boogie up jump the party
Someone clapped off and scattered everybody
Drunk off bacardi, high off the trauma
It's death from above the livest dive bomber
In the squadron I break formation
I get New York love like my name's Ken Son
??At tea?? they rock bells till they break the dawn
Steady puffin owl's and fight hell like spawn
My moves are animated my crew's reinstated
While you cats suspension's up in my dimensions
We can ease tensions or we can get rowdy
So I'ma keep it on the love and do my duty/doody like howdy
[Divine Styler]
Direction short term plan regionalize rhyme boards
With the hordes - I'm satan dynasty killer
Refill the chords with the sling on down
Venom spit regurgitate def scripts I sound
Cylinder never python, prevail Mad Child
Physical justic can't rush this for now
Move fake of the game time set backs don't sweat that
God don't test that - too much infinite to get at
Space to fills all the members got the illa drills
And if you with the rhyme skill
Bust the revealings of my feelings of these dealings
Will the represent shall
I build three phases of death
The illusion is to sweat that you reflect
When you feel the veil
Divine Styles circumnavigate nine circles of hell
You keep on you don't stop 'cause a nigga never stay stale
WudaWudaWudaWudaWudaWudaWhat I'm saying is is that...
[Evidence:]
Yeah, it's E-V, a.k. Ev, you know me, ha ha
I got love for my people, they showed me that
Built my, empire, never one struck back
I show, trust for starters, led by example
Who work harder? Ha ha ha, you kiddin right?
Every bing, catchin a flight
Emergency row, coach, sittin up through the night
Can't stand, you carried in; ain't earned, you married in
You ain't a +Hustler+ like Larry Flynt
Some die violent, rest in peace
Instead of brew, we pourin out gasoline
It's a cold world of course, still tryin to breathe
Tryin to stay on course, in no rush to leave
JUST, stickin tongue in cheek; and speakin of
Speak to my peeps in time with the drum
This the taste to say the least, Weatherman LP
It's the shape of things to come
[Chorus: Kobe (Evidence)]
I have seen, so many pe-ople
I wonder if they knew my name (I ask myself)
Af-ter it's all, said and done
I wonder if they knew my name
(In case you didn't know, they call me Evidence)
Af-ter the fame, af-ter the mu-sic fades away
(Ladies and gentlemen, y'all need to turn it up)
I see, so many pe-ople
I wonder if they knew my name
(It's Evidence, let's go)
[Evidence:]
Khalil, you crazy~!
Look - Ev changed his flow, y'all didn't know
The whole time been capable, waitin on a sign to blow
Look, listen, observe, witness
My heart been this since a long time ago
Sleep with my eyes up, hustle never went down
Maybe as a juvenile, that's sealed and dried up
18 turned around, 20/20 focused now
Fans would support, these haters would dickride us
Magic was my idol, Bird my rival
More important than church or bibles when we "Work the Angles"
They start to bounce, so don't hold me liable
C-A, rep Lost Angels
They got it twisted, streets are still danger
People turn quick, friends become strangers
One day, this way, next they change up
Minor leaguers, thinkin they major
[Chorus: + minor ad lib changes]
[Evidence:]
Yeah, more than one hit, on tour at the same time
More than one chick, more than guns clips
More you peep, each line is more than punches
Each rhyme is hungry, didn't pack my lunches
"Marathon" cats are back, that's longevity
I might flip, I'm "Serious" as Steady B
You ain't do it right, we stealin your melody
Or maybe not, cause John Lennon said "Let it Be"
Rappers need radio for self-esteem
I'm on some brand new boombox Radio Raheem
I wonder if my grind has gone in vain
I mean it's my time, but are they on my page
I rap behind the beat but never after the fact
They put they trust in me, never ever sat back
Since that day a loop I'm choppin it
It's make history or sit around watchin it
Life goes by, pick up and drop habits
I duck cops, never caught, "The Eyes Have It"
All said and done I'd do this shit again
I've seen so many people, I wonder if they know my name
[Evidence:]
Let some sunlight in [scratched:] {"It's yours!"}
Yeah, open up the window, get some fresh air
Clean out all this shit right now
Uh-huh, that's what I'm talkin about
That's what I mean right now
Today is different - I didn't go right for the weed
I went to the shower first, then I went to eat
Then I came home, sat down fully clothed
{A-A-A-Al-Al-Al-Al-Alchemist} Found this Alchemist beat
Damn, this shit goes... I must be happy today
I must have chased the dark clouds away
I must have done somethin good that no one else saw
Like helped that lady cross the street (your bag's about to fall)
Yeah, non-selfish acts of love
Not to get anything back, just to do it because (y'know?)
I'm happy today, got no ulterior motives
I scratched my 22's but fuck it I'ma keep rollin (it's nothin)
Can't shit get me down, no sir
The world is mine, but I share (okay it's also yours)
The tour is mine, but I share (okay it's also yours)
The girl is mine, but I share (okay it's also yours)
{"It's yours!"}
[Chorus:]
My life makes me (happy) my music makes me (happy)
I musta chased the dark clouds away
Cause today I feel (happy. happy)
My people make me (happy) my music makes me (happy)
Cause I ain't always (happy)
I musta chased the dark clouds away
[Evidence:]
Yeah, feel this shit right here man
Weatherman {"It's yours!"}
Today is different - I didn't go right for the weed
I woke up, remembered all my dreams
Yeah didn't feel anger, didn't wake up to a stranger
My new girl, my perfect stee'
Yeah, uhh, I stepped out to Venice Beach
From my front door, the shit's about a hundred feet
I seen the sun come down, reflection on the ground
That's my mom shinin down on me (I love you)
L.A. is so crazy if you askin me
But here, they ain't harassin me (they ain't harassin me)
I musta done somethin good back in the day
Maybe Big Block told the hood stay away from Ev
Move on others instead
I'm happy I ain't wound up dead; tell 'em all I'm here
And this ain't a life to play
It's a time to enjoy my day, and I'ma take you there
[Chorus]
[Evidence:]
I don't see none of that today {"It's yours!"}
And it's mine... and I happy-go-lucky
It's just today the world don't feel ugly
And I speak the truth
Everytime I step my feet up inside the booth
Y'know? I woke up today, seen it rainin
I love the sun, but I can't complain (it's Cali)
Don't love my gun, but still I'm aimin
That's the story of a kid and his uzi
[Chorus]
{"It's yours!"}
Hey wait wait a minute Alchemist, stop this shit
[Chorus: Evidence]
I know I'm outta my mind
I've lost my mind
Or just ahead of my time
[Nas:] "My brain is insane"
I know I'm outta my mind
"I might lose control"
Or just ahead of my time
[Black Moon:] "The mind tricks the body, body thinks the mind is crazy"
[Verse 1: Evidence]
Rockin' at first was hell without Rakka
I pop up in spots they scream "Do Clockwork! "
I'm Dilated the fuck off, I ain't doing it
Before Weatherman dropped they thought I might have ruined it
Elusive I just denied rumors
Smile and give punchlines with dry humor
See what the future brings
In '03 I got on MTV
Time is love
That's the message I'm sending them
Sign with Slug and survive beef with Eminem
I mentioned different events in my sentences
It's dangerous to reminisce so remember it
Still it's Evidence, check one two, one two
Less punches and spit what I've been through
I stayed here, got booed but kept rappin'
The same year got sued by Kurt Macman (fuckin' asshole)
[Chorus: Evidence]
I know I'm outta my mind
I've lost my mind
Or just ahead of my time
[Nas:] "My brain is insane"
I know I'm outta my mind
"I might lose control"
Or just ahead of my time
[Black Moon:] "The mind tricks the body, body thinks the mind is crazy"
[Verse 2: Murs]
Look I know where I come from and know who I started with
But trying to split a check eight ways that's the hardest shit
And I ain't starvin' shit
I had to get my own
So I ain't tryin' to hear that bullshit you on
Like you love my brother's my crew more than I do
Anytime I make a change I gotta run it by you
I wish I would give a fuck
I was broke in the hood in the porch in some Chucks
The first one sayin' Mid City on these records
And made the world respect it
Clover Dale, 13 hundred block movin'
Sunshine, bomb bitches, that's how we do it
And what you doin man? You shovelin' snow?
Throwin coke up your nose, you win love with the blow?
Oops
Think I'm dissin' my own crew
But I love the Living Legends I was talkin' 'bout you
[Chorus: Evidence]
I know I'm outta my mind
I've lost my mind
Or just ahead of my time
[Nas:] "My brain is insane"
I know I'm outta my mind
"I might lose control"
Or just ahead of my time
"Ask The Weatherman"
It's the perfect storm, it felt so warm
'Til the rain came, with winds so strong
The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
It's the perfect storm, it felt so warm
'Til the rain came, with winds so strong
The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
Yeah, I toured '20/20' twice, 40 days, 40 nights
2 of each bird of my shit, I save ya life
Paid the price, no dice, I'm the nicest
The odds in my favor, Noah, before there's Christ
I'm the holy resurrection of him
I'm the only one that's left to drop these gems
Clean sweep, cleanliness is Godly
Never been afraid of pain
That's just weakness leavin' the body
War is politics by other means, no more than
And if I can't forgive you, the Lord can
And if I don't deliver, I stand by my messages
Never backed out, day one, same ever since
It never end like it's supposed to be
So I took the whole script and rewrote the scene
The first shall be last and the last is first
So when my cup runneth over, it floods the earth
The boomerang is back, gives the city a crash
Between the water and sky, my reign is trapped
I don't feel shit, no pain, no remorse, I'm numb
When I take off it's like I'm on Air Force One
It's the perfect storm, it felt so warm
'Til the rain came, with winds so strong
The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
Yeah, I rhyme invent free
They're blind and then see the Mind of Mencia
I'm like Chappell, puffin cheeba with my feet up
On the beach in South Africa, not trippin' off the media
You thought vampires only roamed in the evening
But they be in boardrooms and they feed at lunch meetings
So even though I might party, smokin' and drinkin'
I'ma keep at least one eye open when I'm sleepin'
Alarm clock rappin' while they snooze button slappin'
I'm on beats but I know people in the streets clappin'
Modified semis to fullys for revolution
Evolution of the final self defense solution
It is what it is yo, but read between the words too
Rock with Rakia 'til Babylon drops the curfew
I grind like Stevie Williams or Terry on the curb too
I'm fly, movin' dope, sick words, call me bird flu
How the beats rain down and the s pour
Ev the weather man, breaks it down with perfect form
I'm a king with a crown full of perfect thorns
Lookin' at Halle Berry, that's a perfect storm
It's the perfect storm, it felt so warm
'Til the rain came, with winds so strong
The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
'Til things lined up right, and went so wrong
I went from never feelin' better, to feelin' under the weather
To takin' pills just to escape, I got to get it together
'Cause now I know the upside of bein' numb
I hear, all these stupid songs and I try to be as dumb
But there's still somethin' inside of me that try to see the art
So I decide to be a freedom fighter hidin' in the dark
And when you're livin' on the road, it gets cold f'real
Enough to turn a warm pure heart of gold to steel
I'm a iron jawed angel, life is painful
Let it rain on my parade, your whole facade is shameful
Swear to God I'm able, but it's the wrong season
Pick all the wrong topics, for all the right reasons
When your empire's crumblin', that's a humblin' experience
Joke's over man it's time to get serious
I'm brutally alive with a plan, now understand where I'm from
It's past the point of love I do this for my family and blood
Go out proud I got, God on my chest
Just take a picture of my soul 'cause it's too wild to possess
Make today count, that's one thing we got in common
'Cause we have to realize that tomorrow's not promised, yeah
It's the perfect storm, it felt so warm
'Til the rain came, with winds so strong
The weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
Not a worry in the world when I started
Still young and restless
Tell my people nowadays a missed call is just as good as a message
We've come along way from brick phones to flip phones
I remember the day my homie Freck-one had the first chip phone
We was callin long distance runnin up corporations tabs
Like god damn the world gone mad
And little did I know and did he know we was not gonna
See the future together now here no more (rest in peace)
93 was not til infinity
, 93 was more like 20 years of legacy
In Venice Beach, Santa Monica, Freck-One ring bells
Jade-one they know the name well still
Theres 8 million stories in the city
They forgot the 4 million in the country
I'm going where the people want me
Airport hanger 6 hours with a hangover
I bang over the best when I fly we goin ride
Got my peoples on my side
Lets call the whole thing off
Nah I call your bluff
If you callin it luck
I'm up to no good, I'm up to something
my peoples still come first
I never pass the buck
I never asked for nothing I couldn't get back even during set backs
I called everyday your doughs on the way
When it comes I'mma put something on top make sure you get that (with interest)
Dont forget about the rain the suns up now
But when its wet I'm back in my lane
Dont forget about the pain
I ain't been the same since April 04
This shit is insane not a game this a limited run
Dont second guess an operation from an armchair son of a gun
Loudest in the room ain't the smartest in the building
[Verse 1-Evidence]
Have you had a day, where you didn't talk to nobody
Saw no people, heard no evil, probably
Turned your phone off, drove with no destination
No navigation, off-road to outer places
Past the city limits, become an out-of-towner
Not a 9-to-5er, I'm around enough
Born a only child, was never lonely
Straight from the homie, but don't lose touch
There's a place where you'll find alone
I keep ridin' tryin' to find it, but time is low
'Ye told me 'Drive Slow'
I keep my eyes outside, peeled for the next sign to go
There's a time when you'll find your soul
and time to disregard yellow lines on the road
Not sure what's expected, here come the exit
I'll be back, but for now, who knows...
[Chorus-Krondon (Evidence)]
I gotta find my mind, so I roam with nowhere to go
(Yeah, I'm on my own)
Quick before my brain explodes, I'm out
(I'll be back, but for now, who knows...)
Stay low, late night, I don't doze
(A different day comes, another one goes)
I ain't searchin' for help, for a hurt empress
I need me and myself
[Verse 2-Evidence]
I found a place, I found a phrase, a sentence
Instead of exit, waitin' at the entrance
Stay beneath the surface until earth pushes me back
Turf is territory, I'm watchin' the map
Where I go, who I interact with, though
Effects me, and could lead to a trap
My life, my life, my life, my options outweigh them
Can't get a plane, got thoughts about AM
Say to myself "Use caution, it's mayhem"
Alive on arrival, I'm stayin'
It's called survival, and only strong survive
Melle Mel got live and crime never stop payin'
There's a time when you find your lane
and time to disregard what the people are sayin'
A CA state of mind that I'm in
Off on my own shit in Solitary Confinement
[Chorus-Krondon (Evidence)]
I gotta find my mind, so I roam with nowhere to go
(Yeah, I'm on my own)
Quick before my brain explodes, I'm out
(I'll be back, but for now, who knows...)
Stay low, late night, I don't doze
(A different day comes, another one goes)
I ain't searchin' for help, for a hurt empress
I need me and myself
[Outro-Sample from Gang Starr's "The Planet"]
"So fuck the bullshit, I'm audi
Where I'm from they say the sun shine all the time
I keep seeing rain... yeah
Uh, squeezing blood from a rock,
Making something out nothing, that's something I got
That's one thing I had, while the others didn't get it,
They was chasin the world I brought it right to my block
Brought it back to the (uff?)
Stay reppin my coast... poof, I was blowin the spot,
Without knowin or not, not knowing a thing
Trying to prove to most, made it open my lane
I found my slot, they went right, E-V went left
So Common, one day it'll all make sense,
Soundbombin'; no way we'll all make ends,
Survival of the fit, a few win, but most quit,
Or fend for themselves so here's to good health,
Here's to drama, two up and one of ‘em fell,
"Hear, hear", to that, this is for my LA Cats
And Dogs who never left to the world, “We Back” *C'mon
Hook Aloe Black
Sometimes I ask myself, “Why would I need anyone else?”
To make it through this life... when everything's a brand new (vibe?)
I had struggles in every single muscle, always on the hustle and I know... and I know I can't make it, on my own
Had visions of being caked up,
On the island while the weather's freezing,
Whether he's in the French Caribbean,
Swimming with amphibians
Or in Hawaii blowing Maui Wowie, life is good
I dodge bullet grazes,
Slash the nights that coulda ended my existence
For instance, through the persistence, the distance
We formed a number of statistics,
Once a lot smaller looking up to Shot-callers, not ballers
We never grew up just got taller,
Trying to find freedom in a trap,
Hungry for success they eat up,
There's food for thought I feed ‘em in a w“Rap”,
I'm taking trips to France,
Make it rain where the strippers dance, dance
Sip in hand, grippin my money clips in hands,
It was hell, I thought I saw demons hiding in lost souls,
Straight out the evil books inside of my far scrolls,
They say you should toss goals, throw away your dreams,
That nothing go the way it seems, It's done or,
You feelin unsure, but that's what this one's for.[Once]
Push as hard as you want, against the wall bro.
Push the wall, knew they be looking for you like Waldo,
Times was harder than before, when it was fun and games,
When we was just spittin rhymes trying to get a bigger name,
Now car notes involved and bills require grindin',
Who'd ever thought that Aloe Blacc get back to rhymin',
Street philosophers could theorize, “it's all timin'”,
Economist would say, “It's kinda rough to find a diamond”,
And all the simple lining in the clouds couldn't change
The simple fact that it pours when it rains,
All more of the same,
And my score in the game, let it reflect,
That I earn every little bit of respect I get.
Oh, it's time, get up off the wall cross that line,
My momma told me that every flower needs rain shower
Like it need sunshine,
I know I can make it, you know you can make it, We can make it,
If you get on yo Grind...
[Intro]
It's everyone's intrest and the weather, here it is...
THIS IS THE COLD WEATHER
SO GET YOUR CLOAK AND UMBRELLA
[Hook: Evidence]
(THIS IS) The cold weather
Coats and umbrellas
(THIS IS) The cold weather
Cats and dogs, coats and umbrellas
[Verse 1: Evidence]
Umbrellas up to the sky
Cats and dogs, those people who call
I hit back before it's twice
As of late these mics don't reach too far
So I kill each bar like it's flashing lights
Tailor made records, my mind name lives on
Cold weather code letters: TMR
It's hard to be stopped when you got a meaning like this
I got a plot that's meanin' to kids
I'm part of the rest
I watch Rap City get upset
Kick a hole in my flatscreen
Scream and not check
Then back to the scene of the west
They call me Mister
Don't make tunes for strippers
I'm one of the best
[Hook: Evidence]
(THIS IS) The cold weather
Coats and umbrellas
(That's what I mean by now, I'm on my way home)
(THIS IS) The cold weather
Cats and dogs, coats and umbrellas
[DJ Scratching]
Exhale, that was halftime
[Verse 2: Evidence]
(THIS IS) The word worth of thousand pictures
You gotta mock us in tryna get a thousand bitches
That's how we drop it, to feel regret
I try to fill it in baguettes
Stuck on the painting when I picture in the silhouette
I be the best
I be great
I can waste my words or I can say free Tibet
Or maybe not think so global, but more local
Like the Lakers better rip anything what's next
Witty with the words, they never liked it
So beat me down, but couldn't get the best of Michael
From next town I came back a new recital
I shoot slugs from my brain just like a rifle
They show love, but that's a part of tour
I play the part and maybe that's the art of war
Or maybe why I started for, started from
Either one
[Hook: Evidence]
(THIS IS) The cold weather
Coats and umbrellas
(Umbrellas up to the sky)
(THIS IS) The cold weather
Cats and dogs, coats and umbrellas
[DJ Scratching till end]
[Outro]
Hi, I'm like an hour away from like an L.A
[Verse 1:]
Ten commandments, twenty-four hours
The thirteenth floor was missing in the towers
Hm, I thought I shouldn't be here
I stayed an extra day because they said it's Leap Year
Who's the wolf in sheep's clothing?
Fuck it, the rabbit hit the drum and kept going
Each word is the church and minister
Approach, I coerce the listener so listen up
Kicking park bench rhythms up till I visual a flow
I stay at home sick and visit her
Radio, I visit station nights
It's kinda like their fucking visitation rights
This ain't the place for my face in lights
I'm tight driven living in the fucking shadowless life
I dilate like pay attention
Slow flow just to [?]
I didn't die lately, I just slept on bed springs
Can't define people, I just see dead things
It ain't just rap, I body ladies in one line
Talking slick to three chicks on text at one time
My scene shattered words, they left broke in pieces
Lines undone, half uncompleted
To be continued dot dot dot
Cliff hanger, my life is like I'm scaling a rock
And it's on
[Verse 2:]
I spit that oxygen fire, still the illest high
I spit that fly for now and feel it when it's live
Move the crowd, got tools for the reddest eyes
Getting cabbage my man until the letters dry
I'm fully up to the task to pull the wooly over my face
Into a masked location, don't even ask
It's like damn another day in the life
Like keep waking up from the previous night
Vacation, I don't take it often
I see parking lot stages and buses with bunks like coffins
Clear customs with weed in my Levis
The penalty was death but dodged Magnum PI
What up People, happy Fourth of July
On my street every year they fucking light up the sky
I get the beat nothing here, what they want me to write?
[feat. Slug & Aesop Rock]
I dream what these wings won't do
Cause counting sheep is as easy as 1 2
Jumping out the nest to catch some bird food
Clutch so intense that the knuckles turn blue
I been hooped by wise men
Check horizons, read the flight plan
Spread the lifespan
Sky heights are set, it's time to climb these steps
We only try to get free from the spider's web
Gotta murder all the messing around
Carry the burden of work, never setting it down
With a spot like now, my shot, my chance
Put a plot of land in the pockets of my pants
Break loose, raise roof when the kick drops
They flew, straight through, no pit stops
Lift off with your head in the clouds
Or get lost in the rest of the crowd
Been here for too long
Said it's time to ride
Got to push it on
Cause I aim for the sky
Times have come and gone
Yes, it's time to ride
Early in the morn'
[Evidence:]
Here's a quotable [?]
Slash rap notable
Slash mic on the [?] still controlling you
I'm rarely candid, my view panoramic
My eyes wide shut, if not one, I'm holding two
I'm packing double, getting up too early
I'm actually trouble, kind of acting 7: 30
Attracted to this Earth, maybe acting kinda worldly
But running on my work that says "Ev I better hurry"
I'd rather worry death than being pushed in the line
Still a perfect [?], never late when I fly
Epic [?] so this time when I rhyme
Not an ounce of death dying, stay late to the sky
Late for my prime, something that was shaped by design
I been running while the others hurt from racing a line
Making it great coincides with making it mine
Coincides with the hate that I'm making in signs
Let me start from the beginning, I rewind to the top
Pitch my heart in every inning like I did with the [?]
And it don't stop, a body in motion stays in motion
Coasting in between the wings of this flowing
From a chickenwire frame
And a house of wax
To a rocket exploding into a cloud of bats
I been it, doing heat in a '76 Plymouth
Sitting a [?]
Yeah, uh. a-one, two
Uh, had to dim the lights for this shit
Makin beats half of my life
Some I gave away but never at half price
No dice 'til I call it a night, get it right
Sayin might one more time, then (My Name is D-Nice)
("My name-my name is D-Nice") No question, total silence
Better yet, better get a set of pliers
The heavy metal king, Chaka Demus is my idol (yea)
Competitin with my rivals, proof for my title
...So who the fuck don't tour?
No one, music don't sell no more
Watch out now, this shit'll be so embarrassing
Your merch vs. my world - there's no comparison
(Lost...) Yeah yeah, I'm pickin pockets
The bass up, deliberately knockin (boom)
Big picture lens, try to see it all then crop it
(Now...) That all depends how you break it down and chop it
Fuck coppin a big body Benz
When you keep friends who check to check and barely makin profits
(Uh!) Instead of tryin to say E's quite obnoxious
(Well...) You could say E rules my synopsis (Hahahaha)
Uh, it's pourin pots and pans
On the grey lots and spoits barely travelled by man
Only been a couple hours since I landed (true)
And rollin up these trees I got handed
It's hard to take his name in vain, but God-damn it
("When I bring it to ya face" - [Mad Skillz])
("Hit 'em, hit 'em" "Hit 'em, hit 'em"
"Hit 'em with a thousand pounds of pressure" - [Big Pun])
("On the mi-microphone" "On the microphone, I come COR-RECT!" - [King Ad Rock])
("Internationally known and respected" - [LL Cool J])
("But this industry'll play with ya life, man" - [Rakaa Iriscience])
("That's what I consider real!" - [O.C.])
Uh, keep it movin now
Rakaa, Babu, keep it movin [echoes]
In Switzerland today, don't know why I choose to come here
Actually I say it's because I ain't from here
My people told me when we travel we live
And if the carpet might unfold then that moment is his (or hers)
Damn I need this (yea), Skyping to my manager
Calculate pad and pen analog (...shit to do)
Damn, it's wrong to see it first-hand in Panama (I seen it)
U.S. dollars at the airport hand 'em off
Feelin grateful, the feeling might pass me
I thank some now and thank the West for not askin (That's real)
Preemo laced me (true), Alche' did too
Momma raised me right when I date shit in interviews
These are my feelings and they really exist
The gift and the curse, or maybe really
It's the fuckin curse and the gift
Read the same thing from different angles
Eatin from the same meal from different sides of the same table (Yeah!)
And I ain't claim to be the game changer (uh-uh)
I claim the West, Venice Beach, RSE and Dilated (all day)
My grandmama said the day is what you make it (Love you)
Clingin to this patience, my words are overstated
