
Date of issue: 31.12.2010
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
Years In The Making |
There’s a lot of cats didn’t see this one comin |
Lotta cats not gon’understand |
Never saw the path that we walked |
You run that joint you did on the radio that night |
(Oh) Let people know, do this one for the interviews |
Do it for the people, Years In The Making |
Yo, my first verse, from '90 to '94 |
Mostly peepin cats’styles out and hittin the floor |
A little bit, in '91 that’s when we got down |
Different sides of town, on the bus I made rounds |
I was involved in graffiti heavily |
My people were Self, Tau and Freck RIP |
At night I heard beats next door by QD III |
Inspiration, destiny, Ev producer/MC |
Now at this point, my face wasn’t known and unfamilar |
And when you look how I do, most cats won’t say they feel ya So I was mostly, humbled by rejection |
But in my heart, I knew my shit would always pass inspection |
Correction, travel east and hit the inner section |
Hip hop shop to rock, blow the spot wit Hex and Pen One |
Also Iristyle, a cat who worked there |
I said I wanna bust first he said It’s all fair |
I went, he went, you can’t beat em, join em I said As a team in the game, we’ll leave em maimed |
He agreed, so we did till '94 |
Till we had to change our name from the one we had before |
Now at this point, we were five years in the making |
Previously vain, graffiti oriented, breakin |
From cops to shop owners, rack and paint, stealin sketch books |
Mad vinyl, designs in corridors |
Then it was mics, mixers, tracks, and greenbacks |
Kingston, 12 gear and equipment on racks |
Imagery Battlehymns |
Whattup to Kendall, Swift, and Redman |
Everyone who helped bounce checks, but not my plan (Sorry) |
Business and friends, this was my first introduction |
How foul it is when it comes to this biz |
Of music, 1995 was mad confusin |
'6 it cleared up, independent geared up Peace to Ben, 'Fari, and Alchemist |
Third Degree type heat, brought on Babu to complete the list |
Dis the doors, more red but on tours |
The territories come, blunts burn our damn floors |
Since '98, shit’s been lookin more bright |
Work The Angles round the globe from Main Events at night |
'99 approach millennium, The Platform will drop |
Evidence, Iriscience, Babu, the world gets shocked! |
(Evidence) |
Haha! |
Yeah! |
We sendin this out to every obstacle that made us stronger |
(That's right) Uh-huh |
Sendin this out to the poison that made the antidote |
Dilated Wild Style |
Evidence, that’s all you need to know |
Years in the making, |
(What's goin on, ten years in the making) |
Years in the making, how many? |
(Ten) |
(Almost) Ten years in the making |
Shit, it’s overnight right? |
(Not really) We’ll see |
Name | Year |
---|---|
Who's Who | 2003 |
Worst Comes To Worst | 2000 |
You Can't Hide, You Can't Run | 2005 |
This Way (Feat. Kanye West) ft. Kanye West | 2003 |
Kindness For Weakness ft. Talib Kweli | 2005 |
Back Again | 2005 |
The Platform | 2010 |
Love And War | 2003 |
Reach Us | 2003 |
This Way | 2003 |
Live On Stage | 2000 |
World On Wheels | 2003 |
Show Me The Way ft. Aloe Blacc | 2014 |
Hallelujah ft. Vinnie Paz, Action Bronson, Fashawn | 2014 |
Clockwork | 2000 |
Long Awaited ft. Dilated Peoples | 1999 |
Work The Angles | 2010 |
The Kingdom That Worshipped the Dead ft. Dilated Peoples | 2015 |
No Retreat ft. B-Real | 2010 |
Heavy Rotation ft. Tha Liks | 2000 |