The Platform
Album - 20 maggio 2000 - Debaser id 45453

"You've done nothing" 2x
(Uh-huh, yeah, the Platform sound)

"Dilated" "Mind created minds"

(We takin this worldwide) "Every word is heat"

"Dilated expand" "That Platform sound"

[Iriscience]
Aiyyo The Platform, watch the stormtroopers swarm
The Death Star's more than the devilish dawn
It's where Evil and The Force manifest their form
It's no good without bad and no night without morn
It's relativity, balance, stability
It's creativity, talents, ability
Rakka shift the modes of the wizard and the warrior
Hip hop-up and move to strike like a lawyer
Quick to be like "Fuck a rapper after what I'm after"
Friendly how you front, but behind me talkin backwards
Basically I'm down to build but stay ready for battle
Plus most of you ? oh, I mean cattle
The catalyst, never rock the mic in vain
Energy ain't created or destroyed, it's changed
The Dilated Peoples hit you wit the Big Bang
And theories that the Red Shift couldn't explain
Platform

"You wanna front war" "You've done nothing"

[Chorus] 2x
Aiyyo The Platform, takes respect to perfect the artform
At times a battleground where rappers get their hearts torn
"You wanna front war" "You've done nothing"

[Evidence]
Cuz when I step off, then step back on
Son you'll never catch me preach-ing what I'm not practic-ing
Word War II, Platform the illest flows
I know my hunger's real, I still get nauseous at shows
My motto, I didn't write but this I quote:
"It ain't where you put your words, it's where you don't"
End quote, and wit this in mind
Yo I bring flows more rare than black quarterbacks
I never got sacked, or pushed ten yards back
We could go rhyme for rhyme, line for line or track for track
And after that, the crowd'll react
To the future we are the magnetic attract
Two-thousand twenty, confusin no doubt
I catch the story of your life on VH1 Where Are They Now?
And as for mine, I'll be sixty in my prime
Still science and theories, and droppin rhymes on time
Platform

"You wanna front war"

Chorus 2x

[Iriscience]
Aiyyo I seen apathy, met love and know hate
I'm heavy on the mic, can you handle the weight?
Either you learn to adapt or you're sealin your fate
Only brave when you get more dusted than home plate
Rockin D&D wit the Alchemist and Babs
And after the lab, we send Ev to catch the cab
Platform troop, make moves and stay true
Rock Steady-Zulu creates a devastate crew

[Evidence]
Yo I Platform my strategy, mix words wit alchemy
Evidence, I won't get caught shot on the balcony
Between you and I, I'll tell you, here's the diff
Gun to your head, your dead, pointblank, I shapeshift
That's right, study Chemistry like Al
Life, use your potential or Steve Howe
I'm about to call it quits, like too much weight'll break your rack mount
The man'll make you move yo, so make your move a backout

"You wanna front war"

Chorus 2x

"Every word is lethal" "Dilated expand"
"That Platform sound" "You've done nothing"
"That Platform sound"

"Ah HEY, all--"
"Attention, ladies and gentlemen" *cut and scratched*

[Evidence] (Iriscience)
Expand and Dilate, so by the end of the night
When we put down the mic
Thinkin D-Dilated Peoples brings heat
That's guaranteed heat for sure, a pure mix-ture
Some try to do the same but they style ain't pure
(A carbon copy) That's right Rak it comes out so sloppy
(Plus for from crisp) So I leave you wit this

[Evidence]
Yo to me it don't matter how dope you write or look
MC's without a voice should write a book
You heard me properly, claimin that shit you didn't, oh really?
My crew's more dedicated than Rocky training in Philly
Put your gloves on, about to get more than can withstand
The comp they left baffled coffee shops in Amsterdam
I never got redemption from an honorable mention
So my lyrics hug the beat wit the tightest suspension (watch out)
Don't fear on turns, of course floor the corners
Yo, that's my drive, got tracks like beehives
You can't pass my gate, a great mistake, you paid the cost
You bigger than me? You screaming "Shorty No Mas"
Yo, some think I'm clever
Others think I'm the one who makes too many references to weather/whether...
Or not I'm feelin this beyond words explain
Yo you set up a battle outdoors and pray for rain

"Attention ladies and gentlemen" *cut and scratched*

[Evidence] (Iriscience)
Expand and Dilate, so by the end of the night
When we put down the mic
Thinkin D-Dilated Peoples brings heat
That's guaranteed heat for sure, a pure mix-ture
Some try to do the same but they style ain't pure
A carbon copy (That's right Ev, it comes out so sloppy)
Plus far from crisp (So I leave you wit this)

[Iriscience]
Aiyyo you speak like who you hang wit
And piece like who you paint wit
Everything is merging, no matter who you bank wit
Imagery battle hymns, political poetry
Platform show, by now maybe you know
Who don't scheme, but knows more lines than coke fiends
Closing dark plates, it's hot and smoking
Sneaky green slow flow, thought provoking
Leaves mics, turntables and stages broken
Dilated y'all, Irisciece y'all wide awake
Babu revolve while Rakka rocks the break
Revolution is a cycle to turn, vital to learn
Next time other neighborhoods are liable to burn
Toys meet the same fate steppin in range
Ain't your folks hollering at you 'bout playin wit flame?
Can't be contained, front row's insane
Alchemist load the track, Irisci bullet train

"Attention ladies and gentlemen"

[Evidence] (Iriscience)
Expand and Dilate, so at the end of the night
When we put down the mic
Thinkin D-Dilated Peoples brings heat
That's guaranteed heat for sure, a pure mix-ture
Some try to do the same but they style ain't pure
(A carbon copy) That's right Rak it comes out so sloppy
Plus far from crisp (Babs leave em wit this)

*DJ Babu scratching*

"Can we do it again" 2x
"My goodness" "Ladies and gentlemen"
"Babu's on one's and two's"
"HEY"

[Evidence] (Defari)
Uh-hum (Ah yeah)
(Killin niggas, what)
Dilated, we rock, c'mon

"Hurry hurry and step right up" [Erick Sermon]
"Hurry hurry and step right up"
"And I'ma tear shit up" [Rakim]
[Defari] The greatest show on earth...

[Evidence]
You better step up, you lookin kinda lost
Claimin two ghetto streets that don't even cross
If you didn't know, I'm a true arti-st
Who drops gems like on the run from police
Alias Evidence, intensified when live
I understand pace, I understand strive
The only thing worse than lose your title, have it stolen
I treat beats like video games that I'm controllin
My knots get blown at vinyl spots
Wise investment, create tracks that triple my stacks
Most kids got wack songs but hi-tech videos (Fresh!)
They know that ain't right, that's why the screens turn left
Flow goes backward please, Evidence here to seize
All assets, bout to bounce from BMI to ASCAP
And ask them cats if them checks ain't paid
Fuck the rain, Evidence I spray Raid on your parade

[Chorus]
"Hurry hurry and step right up"
"And I'ma tear shit up"
"Hurry hurry and step right up"
The greatest show on earth is Evidence
"Hurry hurry and step right up"
"And I'ma tear shit up"
"Hurry hurry and step right up"
The greatest show on earth is Evidence

[Evidence]
Ev's solution will mold to different forms
I be a double-edged sword, I be thorns
Or I transform to horns on the cattlefield
I'm always open like Norm's, equipped wit battle skills
Two times I mold to the shape of a pentagon
Dilated times five is ill, ring the intercom
Evidence or Iristyle, got your file, run
Global detonation is my shape of drums
Under the sun nothin changes
Dedicated beats and lyric pages
Dilated Peoples, all ages
Suckas dressin flashy, thinkin then can you defeat us
Nah, take em out, wash your Nike wit Adidas
"Hurry hurry and step right up"
We got Defari in the house "No doubt" [KRS-One]
My mind is like an icon, focusin on shows that I've wrecked
My fast shudder speeds will freeze the movin objects

Chorus
*change last line to "Pull up a chair" "Word up"*

[Iriscience]
See I think a wack rapper needs to catch service
I think a wack DJ needs to be nervous

[Iriscience]
Yo my DJ's so nice he don't slice he severs
(Evidence: Bab's, forgive 'em)
{*DJ Babu scratchs "never"*}

[Iriscience]
See I think a wack rapper needs to catch service
I think a wack DJ needs to be nervous

[Iriscience]
Payin good money, the fans don't deserve this
Choppin up your skills, your potential is worthless

[Evidence]
I go to...any extreme for you to hear it
I find my best quotes make bumper stickers with our lyrics
Sell my slogan, boom box and spill my toxic vibrations
And echos...of metro...stations
I've placed in flow enhancements
Tomorrow your big parade, tonight we're rain dancin
My DJ's on the cut, my DJ made a beat
My DJ's name is Babu, don't provoke in self defeat

[Iriscience]
Yo I remember the days, these cats battled for fame
For equipment and paint, for the honor and name
But since me and hip hop is just one and the same
I be huggin the track
(Evidence: But who's conducting the train?)

*BABU*
His style's serrated to rip wax
It's a fact this cat's more felt than slip mats
Swinging the axe, choppin down the best acts
1200 Technics, the sures and best tac's
05 Pro, world wide then live show
Dilated Junkie makes the rookies drive slow
The stage prop DJ has run outa luck
Super Duper Duck Breaks, no fuckit just (duck?)

[Iriscience]
See I think a wack rapper needs to catch service
I think a wack DJ needs to be nervous

[Evidence]
Yo my DJ's so nice he don't slice he severs
(Evidence: Bab's, forgiv 'em)
{*DJ Babu scratchs "never"*}

[Iriscience]
See I think a wack rapper needs to catch service
I think a wack DJ needs to be nervous

Payin good money, the fans don't deserve this
Choppin up your skills, your potential is worthless

{*DJ Babu scratches*}

[Iriscience]
Babu, drop the obelisk on this

{*DJ Babu scratches "checkitout"*}

(Watch your eardrums pop)
(Watch your eardums pop) (pop) (pop)

[ VERSE 1: Evidence ]
I got 61 keys with delays
I'm vocally blown, but never thrown into the maze
With no amp, I found my way out the first time round
Then - never went back without my bloodhound
I vow to hit the beat right
The crowd - light em up, so I don't see night
Mark the spot with the x, people in debt
Make promises with beats on discettes
(Yo, you feelin him yet?)
Then make some noise with your voicebox
One word, four syllables, unorthodox
Describes my style best, I attack, never rest
Cause in my sleep a metronome click beats on my chest
Till I wake, shit - automate my mix
Total control of where my highs and kicks should fit
You don't stop till executed the plot
While Bab' sets up shop to make your (eardrums pop)

(Watch your eardrums pop)

[ VERSE 2: Iriscience ]
The deejays in effect, keep holdin it down
Dilated, we're correctly holdin the crown
Plus we keep a set of keys to that golden sound
It's that shit you bump loud when you roll in the town
It's the art of showdowns, I'm quick to show clowns
I bring it like, "Sucker, where's your threshold now?"
His life under pressure in the eye of the storm
To find the root I take it to the hive of the swarm
I execute like Grandmaster Roc Raida
Congratulations, brother, you swingin a hot fader
From L.A. I spit rocks sedated that leave craters
Some are less than, some equal, but none greater
Duck, you gunplay, I'm lovin the sunrays
Used to party Friday, Saturday, and pray on Sunday
But I figured out in life that there's more than one way
That's why I'm doin things I always knew I'd do one day
I've seen many lands and tasted the best crop
I witnessed many cultures express through hip-hop
I'm buildin with that science that De La dropped
That means it might blow up, but it won't go pop

(Watch your ear)
(Watch your ear)
(Watch your ear)
(Watch your eardrums pop)

"I annihilate your type if you violate" [Malik B] 4x

[Evidence]
The beginning, yeah
You know, it's never too late to start over

[Iriscience]
Yeah yo yo yo I'm the type to sneak into your dorm and get shit warm
I'm the type to spit on microphones and leave em deformed
Babu cuts into Alchemist instrumentals
Gemini, this Twin Peaks like David Lynch do
Or does, bustin off for every place I been though
I'm hard to see through like lodges wit no windows
Sparks the beginning of the end of the dark
See I flood the stage hard, now you swimmin wit sharks
Rappers are cocky, but on the low, I know they watch me
Cuz weapons in my music like I'm El Mariachi
Or Desperado, pushin at full throttle
Rock till I'm horse/hoarse like broncos from Colorado

"I annihilate your type if you violate"
We are the Peoples from the crew they call the Dilated
*Cut and scratched by Babu* "I annihilate your type if you violate"
(Iriscience, World Famous Babu)

[Evidence]
Aiyyo my weed stays fresh in the jar when the lid's tight
Reminiscing on memories from last midnight
Time constraints why I hate music biz
I counterpunch clocks, pay no attention what time it is
Chop shit, bend notes, clear no samples
Drop my thoughts quick on Sony audio handheld
Delve and breaks heat will take it to the streets
Whattup to Rhett and Carlos, all peeps at Fat Beats
Street sweep, strip the lock after we rock
The world is in my hand, but I'm in Pandora's Box
Think the bigger picture is how I write my scripture
(An immediate response) Or maybe later it'll hit ya

"I annihilate your type if you violate"
[Iriscience] I'm Iriscience from the crew they call the Dilated
"I annihilate your type if you violate"
[Evidence] Evidence, I'm from the crew called Dilated
"I annihilate your type if you violate"
[Both] We are Peoples from the crew they call the Dilated
*Cut and scratched* "I annihilate your type if you violate"

[Evidence]
Never test my integrity or doubt I'm learnin lessons
I'm the type of person always be the last to leave the session
It's etched in, stone, I'm Mikes/mics wit headphones
My mind's a mini-clock latchin on to tones
My demeanor can't be shattered, I'm followed by the man
I follow through a fully-executed blueprint plan

[Iriscience]
I grab a crate for my DJ and work wit a can
I rock a break for the people till the girls wanna dance
I don't need jewels to shine, just I bring the flows
Besides, I keep losin all my rings at shows
The way things are lookin, even heaven is crooked
And if your lighter's missing maybe Evidence took it

*Answering machine*
"This is Ev, leave a message....Have a good day" *Beep*
"Have a good day? Yo how many lighters you got in your pocket
right now, man? That shit is wrong, you do this every time"

"I annihilate your type if you violate" *Cut and scratched in background*

[Evidence] (Iriscience)
I annihilate, what if you violate my crew
(Dilated yeah yeah that's us, that's how we doin it)
Iriscience uh, Evidence, DJ Babu, uh Alchemist
(We rockin the old world, the new)
Everywhere on the map, it's lookin smaller and smaller

Put out one of my eyes and I still got two
Put out the second one and I can still see you

I affect your chemistry and macro molecules
Cells, and groups of cells called tissue
Organs, organ systems, organisms
Population, communities, eco-systems
Forks in the road in the valley of decision
Prophets and Charlatans both speak visions
So this descendant of African survivors
So-called Indian tribes and the Korean war child
Birth name rocka peeps named me Iristyle
Or Iriscience possesor of the secret file
A student on these L.A. blocks
Ever since I first saw the train in ???
A tripl optomotrist mental megalolopolis
We never fall tho, turntables might wobble, Babu
Drob the obelisk on this, gauranteed hot shit triple optics

Put out one of my eyes and I still got two
Put out the second one and I can still see you, triple optics (x2)

I say make moves, or watch your paper trail
And right before the...absorb the vapor trail
On my mark engage in sub-conscious
Better than the many successfull club launches
You blast, I blast, and then what?
Ends in automatics if we don't blast fast enough
For use of ferrians tearin up various areas
I rock slow but crack them sound barriers
Its IriStealth, the inteligence played
Invisible to radar, from the clouds I make it rain
Swoop down survey if they Chase like Charlie
Back up, I syncranise three eyes like Bob Marley
And see triple optic, tho you used to mock this
To camouflauge yourself with elements and objects
I rock projects yall the township youth
I make the people listen, boogie down, and move

Put out one of my eyes and I still got two
Put out the second one and I can still see you, triple optics (x2)

Well, I study stock pile, and bill for a while
The colorful borrow creates a devistate style
We redefine the state of the art as we go
And bust ends egos and super egos
I grab you with my talons and fly you to the mountains
Where you can meditate on it a harmony inbalance
In audio, video, spiritual wars
I move like the spook who sat by the door

Put out one of my eyes and I still got two
Put out the second one and I can still see you, triple optics (x2)

"Dilated Peoples"

Hook:
I work the angles sharp and precise
Dilated Peoples so you better build twice
"Act like ya know, not now but right now"
Dilated Peoples

"Skills I possess"

Iriscience:
I go through rivers
So I don't leave a scent
I travel both directions but leave one set of prints
It's just a little trick
Of the indigenous
Developing inner visions of what religion is
I caught the understanding and the underhanded
I plan to build my ship been banded to another planet
Under heavy surveillance
Many different agents
Some are camouflage others are very blatant
I study weapon systems and vocal fighting forms
I maybe lose a head, the thoughts are highly formed
Like time times time times time is time squared
Wipe ya ass sayin' ? you don't rhyme fair
But I never dummy lyrics and they kick it to my people
It's about communication not a rappers ego
Messages I sneak in they seem to seep in
Mixed with alcohol and weed on the weekend
Shared among friends like various sins
One day it clicks it's no longer dim
Time release capsules humble the headstrong
Your thoughts of taking me head on are dead wrong

Hook

Evidence:
Evidence the master of Aketo
I let go, karate confrontations
Evidence scientist in innovation
I locks on when I travels around planets
Smooth but got a ruff edge like Pulitzer pianists
? your attack receive payments for the cadence
A in this, you get fit fowl with flagrance
Free agents on the dotted line more hard to sign
Not easily impressed with gold mines and whole nines
I'm somewhere in-between never rushed and in a hurry
And when I swing my bat I don't think I'll miss like baseball
Fury the jury's hung
Converted and got no chance
Dilated comes first the rest are second like Stu Lance
Oh yes it get better everyday
The A-1, is my mind on vintage display?
Unattended in this case
(The Ace two steps ahead)
Everyday is Mayday and best friends are Feds
But I know this that's why they closest
In a crisis situation you negotiate first
I'm perfectly focused
Strategic and in a zone
It was radar detected but my speed was unknown
Anonymity, that's my key to survival
Ev is not for Evidence it's for all the dense on trial
Just remember in this game it take two to tango
Don't go to them let them come to you
And work the angles

Hook