Hard Hitters (Edited)-Dilated Peoples/Black Thought

[ti:Hard Hitters] [ar:Dilated Peoples] [al:Expansion Team] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.41]You heard stories 'bout the angels of brotherly love [00:03.46]This is for the sisters and brothers we love [00:06.34]We care enough to give it uncut straight up [00:08.95]With no chaser 'cause time don't wait up [00:11.70]It's that's why we're sending cats back to the lab worldwide [00:14.45] [00:15.33]The microphone's up for grabs [00:17.26]That's why we're sending cats back to the lab Evidence [00:21.01]The microphone's up for grabs [00:22.63]Yo hunters and gatherers Nomads in Attica [00:25.63]Radical terrorists and those who tally up the data [00:28.12]What matters most is they can boast [00:29.87]But scatter when toast is close [00:31.55]Burners pressed to your throat you ghost [00:33.93]Of course you could chose to go against the force [00:36.48]I'll fire straight ahead there'll be no mission abort [00:39.34]We can take it to the streets or take it to court [00:41.58]Supreme sh*t get hit over your fort open the door [00:43.95]We've opened up for different artists on tour [00:46.64]Sixty percent love Forty percent war [00:49.20]Let's settle the score most things are rot at the core [00:51.76]Not what they seem [00:52.75]Watch the two worlds you're stuck in between [00:54.56]Or pay the penalty Zero strikes Zero Felonies [00:58.36]Lay low hakido master redirecting energy [01:01.29]I use words similar but none sound fresher than [01:04.10]Three of us who rap together [01:06.78]You heard stories 'bout the angels of brotherly love [01:09.47]This is for the sisters and brothers we love [01:12.02]We care enough to give it uncut straight up [01:14.90]With no chaser 'cause time don't wait up [01:17.77]That's why we're sending cats back to the lab worldwide [01:21.32]The microphone's up for grabs [01:23.32]That's why we're sending cats back to the lab Iriscience [01:26.31]The microphone's up for grabs [01:27.43]Aiyo you could probably find Rakaa at De Rokerij [01:31.90]Puffin' AK sippin' cafe au lait [01:34.15]In Amsterdam chillin' in the cafe all day [01:36.71]Bang my sh*t between classes in your school hallways [01:39.77]You're f**kin' with expansion all access [01:42.39]Hard journeys make you treat your mic like a cactus [01:45.26]Rap iconoclast that loves to sound flash [01:47.88]And sticky green grass with orange and brown Hash [01:50.75]Take your tape up and take this on [01:53.12]I heard anything that does not kill will make strong [01:56.18]And I build one of the sickest holding this still [01:58.74]You need a dose of eccinacea with a little golden seal [02:01.73]If your boots turn up my two boots [02:04.37]Babu slice and dice your crew and produce hits [02:07.13]Misunderstandings go back to the blues but [02:10.00]There ain't nothing like hip hop music [02:12.69]You heard stories 'bout the angels of brotherly love [02:15.18]This is for the sisters and brothers we love [02:18.05]We care enough to give it uncut straight up [02:20.86]With no chaser 'cause time don't wait up [02:23.60]That's why we're sending cats back to the lab worldwide [02:27.48]The microphone's up for grabs [02:29.28]That's why we're sending cats back to the lab Black Thought [02:32.78]The microphone's up for grabs [02:34.53]Yo live everyday like it's your last [02:35.89]'Cause one day you'd fight my ni**a [02:37.58]F**k around son it might be tonight 'cause figure [02:40.39]The likeliness of you surviving this brawl is slim [02:43.33]It's like scuba diving with no oxygen [02:45.70]Monster when I situate my slang [02:48.14]Leave a ni**a almost brainless once and bang [02:51.08]Had a crowd screamin' how they don't want your thang [02:53.82]Keep it the sharpest one in the game it's no secret [02:56.69]My style is certified Philly-Animal rough [02:59.25]Runnin' things pull more strings than gamble and huff [03:02.06]Cannibal hustlers taught me how to handle myself [03:04.80]Hit man for hire pull a hot pick from shelf and spark [03:07.87]The pioneer to represent Illadelph is thought [03:10.75]I got these weak niggas pullin' they selves apart [03:13.24]Y'all know the tone the one that hold the throne [03:15.86]That radiate your dome like a Motorola phone ni**a [03:19.31] [03:40.37]From the angels of Cali to Illadelph Crack build