Caffeine Lyrics - Neighborhood Watch - Dilated Peoples

Play for keeps 

Yo, I got twenty-four bars to heal these scars 

I'm an underground cat but still like money and cars 

I'll introduce myself, check it out, ladies and gentlemen 

The one and only Evidence, servin' up your medicine 

Varsity letterman, 'E' on my coat 

Every time I touch the paper, it's murder he wrote 

I'm from a real big city called "watch where you go" 

A place you think you know only to find out you don't 

Born in LA, it's hard to get star struck 

Born in LA, so I always keep my guard up 

Born in LA, plus deal where I stay 

Everyday cats like Julio G pave the way 

My crews thick, all sharp, take a pick 

All ready to spit or sit down and write a hit 

We learn both from the best on both coasts 

Couldn't stress enough for the times, we kill chose 

Problem here, problem there, got through 'em 

Label here, label there, politics and bullshit, we rip 

The mic's cocked back, a full clip 

I don't preach, I rap, I'm on stage this ain't a bull pit 

This is it, we're up and running, torch is lit 

Prepare for marathons, we don't sprint 

I save my crew's name for last, injections lethal 

It's LA's finest y'all, it's Dilated Peoples 

And y'all can't sleep now 

Play for keeps 

We play for keeps now 

y'all can't sleep 

And y'all can't sleep now 

Play for keeps 

We play for keeps now 

y'all can't sleep 

There's people you know 

There's people you don't 

There's people involved that shouldn't be 

You gotta keep close 

There's people you know 

There's people you don't 

There's people involved that shouldn't be 

You gotta keep close 

I got that flow for the street 

Stay ahead of the time, stay behind the beat 

It's not what you know, but what you can prove 

Everyday they keep chasing me down with little clues 

It's Dilated from Los Angels 

You didn't know friends make better music than strangers 

So far, I've been misunderstood 

Wherever I fall, I make the category look good 

Twenty-six years young when I wrote this down 

My whole life ahead of me, I was 'lone in my town 

Things started to change and started to stretch 

The farther away I went the closer to home I started to get 

My actions cause reactions 

Some love and hate shit, I don't ask, it just happens 

Either or, we came to get it started 

Before the show find me at the bar drinkin' Bicardi 

This is it, the cats worked hard to have things 

Here to keep the party up, I rap caffeine 

I save my crew's name for last, injections lethal 

It's LA's finest, it's Dilated Peoples 

And y'all can't sleep now 

Play for keeps 

We play for keeps now 

y'all can't sleep 

And y'all can't sleep now 

Play for keeps 

We play for keeps now 

y'all can't sleep 

There's people you know 

There's people you don't 

There's people involved that shouldn't be 

You gotta keep close 

There's people you know 

There's people you don't 

There's people involved that shouldn't be 

You gotta keep close 

There's people you know 

There's people you don't 

There's people involved that shouldn't be 

You gotta keep close 

There's people you know 

There's people you don't 

There's people involved that shouldn't be 

You gotta keep close