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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Work The Angles Lyrics
Dilated Peoples
{*dj babu scratchs dilated peoples*}
Chorus: dilated peoples
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
The name is iriscience
[iriscience]
I go through rivers (what? ) so I dont leave a scent
I travel both directions but leave one set of prints
Its 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 and man it to another planet
Under heavy surveillance, many different agents
Some are camouflage, others are very blatant
I study weapon systems and vocal fighting forms
Im many moves ahead, the thouhgts are highly formed
Like time times time times time is time squared
Went there, sayin rakaa you dont rhyme fair
But I never dummy lyrics and they kick it to my people
Its 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 its no longer dim
Time release capsules humble the headstrong
Your thoughts of taking me head on are dead wrong
Chorus
[evidence]
Evidence the master of aikido
I let go, karate confrontations
Evidence scientist in innovation
I locks on when I travels around planets
Smooth but got a rough edge like wulitzer pianists
Display mucho 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
Im somewhere in-between never rushed and in a hurry
And when I swing my bat I dont think Ill miss like baseball
Fury the jurys hung, from verdict 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 thats why they closest
In a crisis situation you negotiate first
Im perfectly focused
Strategic and in a zone
It was radar detected but my speed was unknown
Anonymity, thats my key to survival
Ev is not for evidence its for all the dense on trial
Just remember in this game it take two to tango
Dont go to them let them come to you
And work the angles
Chorus