Live On Stage Lyrics - Dilated Peoples

Talib Kweli] 

Brooklyn stand up, L.A. stand up 

Matter fact, the whole planet rock with us now! 

[Hook] 

{*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

[All] We all live on stage! 

{*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"* 

[Iris] Check it out y'all! [Evid] Check it out 

[Iris] You're now rockin' with the world's best 

{*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

[All] We all live on stage! 

[Iris] And we do it for you 

[Evid] We do it for you 

[Talib] We do it for you 

{*"Live on stage!"* 

[Iriscience] 

Aiyyo, basic mathematics - add shit, subtract shit 

Multiply, divide, break down shit to fractions 

Equality - Not greater than or less than 

Los Angeles, Brooklyn, connect to Manhattan 

Expansion Team - Movin' through lights, cameras and action 

Thoughts to ideas, designs to manufacturin' 

??? to we blaze and make it happen 

On stage I quote the bible then blast like Sam Jackson 

{*"I jump on stage and change forms* 

Rock it, don't bug out, kid, my team scores 

A lot of emcees out there with phony lives 

They master the studio but never master the ceremon' 

Check it live 

[Hook] 

{*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

[All] We all live on stage! 

{*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"* 

[Iris] Check it out y'all! [Evid] Check it out 

[Iris] You're now rockin' with the world's best 

{*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

[All] We all live on stage! 

[Iris] And we do it for you 

[Evid] We do it for you 

[Talib] We do it for you 

{*"Live on stage!"* 

[Evidence] 

You know we - break barriers, redefine the coast 

Classic hits like Ice Cube's "AmeriKKKa's Most" 

Dilated - extra extra, read the front page 

Catch us live on stage - like Roxanne Shante 

Straight out the cage - learn ya lesson 

Yo, studio sessions are not shows 

Learn ya lesson - in shows and studios 

This here breath controls all I got to lose 

But the architects respect it - live in House of Blues 

Flow for my peeps - that's true 

You know we take it live on stage 

And new levels for you 

Thirty bucks a ticket? 

No, that's breads and breaks 

So I'ma stay sharp and separate the real from fakes 

You know.. 

[Hook] 

{*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

[All] We all live on stage! 

{*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"* 

[Iris] Check it out y'all! [Evid] Check it out 

[Iris] You're now rockin' with the world's best 

{*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

[All] We all live on stage! 

[Iris] And we do it for you 

[Evid] We do it for you 

[Talib] We do it for you 

{*"Live on stage!"* 

[Babu - scratching] 

{*"Now through cuts to Alchemist's instrumental*" 

{*"Dilated live" {*"be -believe it when you bleed it* 

{*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"* 

{*"Li-li-li-live on stage"* {*"Talib Kweli*" 

[Talib Kweli] 

I got the crowd in the palm of my hands 

It go like the dominant strands 

Squeeze as hard as I can 

Stormin' like that beach in Normandy 

So just droppin' the sand 

The way I'm rockin' the fans 

Like when you take a homeless man and you promise him land 

Understand I rock for Dilated 

The longer you wait, longer you get violated 

If words was notes, I say it the way Miles play it 

I know my styles hated - you can't get nowhere near it 

Instead of investin' in hate, you should invest in merit 

Look at yourself, you monstrosity of hypocrisy 

Tryin' to be the king of media, you the king of mediocrity 

Chop your flow, disposable, like heroes of the prophecy 

I got the evidence that me and Rock know how to flow properly 

C'mon man! 

[Hook] 

{*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

[All] We all live on stage! 

{*"Run up in your venue like what what what!"* 

[Iris] Check it out y'all! [Evid] Check it out 

[Iris] You're now rockin' with the world's best 

{*"Dazzlin - Dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

[All] We all live on stage! 

[Iris] And we do it for you 

[Evid] We do it for you 

[Talib] We do it for you 

{*"Live on stage!"* 

[Babu - scratching] 

{*"D-d-d-da-d-da-daz-dazzlin'"* 

{*"D-d-di-di-d-di-dilated displayin' a new sound"* 

{*"D-d-da-dazzlin'"* 

{*"Di-d-d-di-di-dilated-dilated-dilated-di-displayin' a new sound"* 

{*"D-da-dazzlin'"* {*"D-d-dilated* {*"D-di-d-dilated"*