The Dialogue Lyrics - Ill Bill

One night, backstage at Irving Plaza at a Madball show 

Hey yo, Ill Bill, will you sign this for me? 

I found it at Amoeba, its the Green CD 

No doubt kid, whats your name? Its MC Lars 

Word, Howie Abrams is a mutual friend of ours 

He played me your joint, whatd you think of it? 

I think its bugged out, its hot 

Thanks, I like your last record a lot 

Your lyrics are graphic, much like your brother Necro, is he psycho? 

I dont know, it really depends though 

Hes Psychological, half psycho, half logical 

Half businessman, half put-them-in-the-hospital 

Business and art, theres a very fine line 

Theres the person that you are and the person when you rhyme 

But the best MCs bring both intertwined 

I agree, thats when the best of both worlds collide 

When the realness pops off one time for your mind 

And your words cause the people in the crowd to riot 

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met 

As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect 

As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won 

As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun 

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met 

As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect 

As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won 

As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun 

I grew up on heavy metal and hip-hop 

The energy was the same to me, it was insane to me 

It made me want to rage against the machine 

Pick up a guitar and scream into the mic like Run-DMC 

Nine Inch Nails, Primus, 'Weird Al' and King Missile 

Influenced me like a postmodern epistle 

Geeked out on my Performa looping digital drums 

Playing rock guitar in punk bands just for fun 

Whos your favorite rapper? Rakim, G Rap and Kane 

KRS, EPMD, NWA, Public Enemy, Shante and LL Cool J 

I could keep naming MCs all day 

What type of metal stuff you listen to? 

Old school Slayer CDs 

Biohazard and Bile were the bands for me 

The first time that I ever heard Chuck D 

Was the Anthrax CD, 'Attack of the Killer Bs', chorus 

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met 

As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect 

As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won 

As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun 

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met 

As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect 

As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won 

As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun 

So Bill, whats your take on censorship? 

Politicians on a church, state fusion tip? 

I speaks my mind while kids I went to high school with 

Bleed on the sands of Kabul hit, its bullshit 

Lars what you think of it? 

Out in Iraq, a lack of dialogue between the people is whack 

In fact I speak militant like Black Panthers 

These gas prices got my people with seeds having to gank pampers 

The answer is not plutocracy 

The answer is not hypocrisy 

The answer is true democracy 

The answer is the dialogue constantly 

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met 

As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect 

As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won 

As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun 

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met 

As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect 

As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won 

As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun 

Hey yo Bill, we should do a track together 

Word, word, lets do that 

Wait, we just did