Dilated Peoples - CaffeineLyrics

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