L.A. River Drive-Dilated Peoples/Sick Jacken

[ti:L.A. River Drive] [ar:Dilated Peoples/Sick Jacken] [al:Directors Of Photography] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]L.A. River Drive - Dilated Peoples/Sick Jacken [00:03.31]From the time I ride out until the time I'm home [00:05.90]I pray for a safe travel God while I'm gone [00:08.92]Over standers vs overseers [00:10.73]Overseas or over here [00:12.23]Classic overachiever holding class for non believers [00:15.43]Hold your pass at will call biggest giants will fall [00:18.33]Lightning bolt your ear like LT but this ain't football [00:21.30]Mid city magic it's parades after the rat race [00:24.32]Wreck the grand marshals buffet until they stack plates [00:27.27]Sparking martial arts heavy metal on the podium [00:30.07]Head spinning like Caesar no cardboard or linoleum [00:33.22]Breaking history out the freezer finding future where the seeds are [00:36.33]Roll with Jesus types knowing these lights can cause a seizure [00:39.44]Downtown Skyline 'til the plates shifted [00:42.34]Big brain teaser scriptures moving major motion pictures [00:45.39]Put the night to sleep then I rise and wake the morning up [00:48.28]Study the Queen Calafia California [00:51.07]Sprinkle holy water blessed oil anointed some rap to spit [00:55.07]Some would say a circle is pointless [00:56.70] [00:58.70]Live from LA River Drive [01:00.64]Where some are happy enough to know they're getting by [01:03.47]Where some are at their lowest when they're getting high [01:06.50]Where others try to wake them up and open up their eyes [01:09.05] [01:10.48]Where the cold streets are warming up [01:12.28]Put the night to sleep when I rise wake the morning up [01:15.24]Put the night to sleep when I rise wake the morning up [01:18.12] [01:21.56]From the time I ride out until the time I'm home [01:23.97]I pray for a safe travel God while I'm gone [01:26.66] [01:27.68]They watch our moves every step becomes the cinema [01:30.13]With cameras in the street lights the city life I live it up [01:33.53]Only my notable moments are here for quoting [01:36.22]The rest are over [01:37.26]Gone with the wind it's like the cold is blowing [01:39.63]But f**k it the pen's in motion like my Venice Ocean [01:42.07] [01:42.66]Like my city done switched up but I'm still devoted [01:45.45]I ride the coping out my reputations spoke about [01:48.25]A westsider killing 'til I'm paid in full and bills are folded [01:51.67]Damn it's nothing new like this the cutting room floor [01:54.41]Picking up a scrap or two less and break the rules more [01:57.21]So who's up for being up to something [01:59.14] [01:59.68]Used to being nothing [02:01.02]Used to be confused [02:02.15]But ain't no future in yo' fronting [02:03.36]Times is hard as f**k [02:04.71]Like back then when the carter struck [02:06.34]I'm talking new Jack [02:07.43]And not a new rap or some artist look [02:09.10] [02:09.61]I been different from the coast of the pacific [02:12.19]The sh*t is scripted [02:13.37]Just directors with a vision [02:14.95] [02:16.67]Live from LA River Drive [02:18.61]Where some are happy enough to know they're getting by [02:21.41]Where some are at their lowest when they're getting high [02:24.43]Where others try to wake them up and open up their eyes [02:27.09] [02:28.28]Where the cold streets are warming up [02:30.25]Put the night to sleep when I rise wake the morning up [02:33.26]Put the night to sleep when I rise wake the morning up [02:36.08] [02:39.42]From the time I ride out until the time I'm home [02:41.92]I pray for a safe travel God while I'm gone [02:45.07]Every morning that I get up [02:46.54]Wake up thankful that I wasn't set up [02:48.54]Blessed with another day so I bow my head and shut up [02:51.40] [02:51.98]Cause anything can happen on the streets [02:54.05]It don't mean I'm out of reach cause I'm rapping over beats [02:57.16]Ask B I G ask Pac ask pigs ask blocks [03:00.13]Disrespect a** drop [03:01.55]It don't matter if you have props enemies I have not [03:04.62]So I don't gotta deal with this [03:06.35]Been able to avoid the drama cause I kept it real with it [03:09.36]Disregard the negative cause all that sh*t is relative [03:12.37]Sedative with Dilated [03:13.56]Alchemist is editing [03:15.25]Rep Los evidently it's good to be home [03:18.17]A microphone some moonshine and I'm in the zone it's on [03:21.41]Concrete and palm tree constantly we're off beat [03:24.36]Everything I saw today determines how the song be [03:27.20]All around the world with this so you can say you saw me [03:30.11]And if you didn't know Double S got an army like that [03:33.52] [03:34.69]Live from LA River Drive [03:35.98] [03:36.57]Where some are happy enough to know they're getting by [03:39.04] [03:39.55]Where some are at their lowest when they're getting high [03:42.52]Where others try to wake them up and open up their eyes [03:45.18] [03:46.51]Where the cold streets are warming up [03:48.41]Put the night to sleep when I rise wake the morning up [03:50.94] [03:51.49]Put the night to sleep when I rise wake the morning up