Dilated Peoples are a hip hop group who have achieved great fame in the underground hip hop community, although their only real mainstream success was the song This Way, a 2004 collaboration with Kanye West. DJ Babu (from the DJ crew Beat Junkies), Evidence, and Rakaa joined together in 1992 and released Third Degree and Work the Angles, which were quickly established as favorites in the underground scene and among rap critics. They eventually signed to Capitol Records and in 2000 released The Platform, to more critical acclaim. Their sophomore set Expansion Team was released in 2001, led by the Alchemist-produced single Worst Comes To Worst, which sampled from Mobb Deep's Survival Of The Fittest. Their third album, Neighborhood Watch, was released in 2004 and debuted at #55 on USA's Billboard 200 Albums Chart.
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Defari Interlude Lyrics
Dilated Peoples
Feat. defari
(defari talking-babu mixing)
Soul magnificent
This where I start
De-fa-ri
(defari)
When God created light he made me in the flesh
The caramel black man, here to free all the rest
Inhale, exhale, nigga open your chest
Put it to rest, Im one of los angeles best
Rearrange game, not sane rap, push your brain back
I never left so how the fuck could I have came back?
The sun burns holes in the souls of fakers
I drinks cold ol gold and I loves them lakers
My mind travels at the speed of concrete streets
Its all real, feel different then why must we speak
I strive to teach each, outreach over rugged beats in the streets
And this just the beginnin of me
The matrix, Im givin all you kids the basics
Patience, invest time or times been wasted
When defari rhyme, a breath of fresh air, the mornin sunshine
I had to take back what was rightfully mine
In thats a golden state crown when I gets down
The yellow-brown million dollar voice from l.a. town
See, if you look up at the sun youll see my face in the reflection
The light that shines for all them children protection
Wake up for the mornin blessings, push-ups by the session
Damaged beats never second guessing
Nightmares and dreams, everythings not what it seems
Dilated, expansion team
(babu mixing)
Revolution