Years In The Making Lyrics - Dilated Peoples

Aiyyo Ev (Whattup Rak?) 

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 unfamiliar 

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 want to 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, twelve 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! 

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