Iame: A long time comin' turned a strong mind numb I burn something for the pain Sip something swerving lanes This my everyday remedy for what ails ya Throw a couple back and hit the track so hard that it derails ya We West coast carpenters Carving our own market and niche You part-timing and never starve for this shit This a partnership of artists with the same vision We do the damn thing vicious Shining in a way your platinum chain isn't
Gold: Splashing, gold fangs ripping Through the heart of the gang's bigmen We brought change and handle business They want action so I'ma give it, aiming for your heart And both veins I enslave rhythms With art that makes a difference We keep on digging, we made sand out of free dirt And hopped in feet first And I lifted research And you'll be first to notice the explosion ignite We bleedin' through your speakers Breaking every stereotype
Chorus (Illmaculate): This life we learn, we grow, We gonna etch our name in stone We're trapped in the box But we're reaching for the ceiling Tearing down the walls, Looking for the reason that we're building (let's build!) 'Cause it's the only way Sandpeeps steamroll the road we pave We're trapped in the box But we're reaching for the ceiling Tearing down the walls, Looking for the reason that we're building (let's build!)
The Grouch: First: excavation, next lay the foundation Down from the town I come around breaking ground This land is vacant I'm patient with the sound West coast renovating quaking Let's let it be the story y'all can all unfold What started in the dirt turned to cities of gold For some city slums still, still build that escape Heart, mind, body what it takes I'm a hero and a legend Not a zero and a peasant Don't place on a pedestal 'cause I had a tool shaped What they measure cool, better face fate You can't erect a palace on a So I edit, mix, effect and fix Defects, spit 'em out like feces and piss And at least these blueprints do fit me Sandpeople, I got a feeling you too can see that
Al-One: I don't [...], I'm just a person who can get things Flip things I found so I can switch things around And if you're listening, you on that best thing in town So what of your wrist bling, we got that hot, blistering style [...] spitting some shit, ripping across Throw up your fist and get loud 'cause we gon turn this bitch out You know the verdict, act assertive 'cause we serving you clowns The underground circus surface, ain't no circus around The general contract, to build songs that long-lasting On some classic head nodding Hip-hop we've all had it up to here With that Top 40 pop shit It's clear, what we drop in your is just the opposite Let's start a mosh pit in here-here-here's to the new year
Mental elevation, pick my pen up Release some pent-up frustration