The Eyes Have It - Dilated Peoples

The eyes have it, once again it’s your people

Yeah — life is goin by fast, I try to grab it

Can I get an eye?

(EYE!) The eyes have it

The eyes have it, once again it’s your people

I heard the meek shall inherit the earth

I heard those that don’t speak up inherit the worst

I heard the rich get the treasures and the right to write history

I heard the poor get buried in dirt

I tell people play to win so they’re scared of my verse

People scared of their power, people scared of their worth

People scared of success, people barely alert

People scared to get hurt, or embarassed to work

I been a… security guard at Guitar Center

A food service worker and a telemarketer

Dreamin 'bout goin to Otis-Parsons or

Maybe CalArts or even the Arts Center

But music was my passion, part of my callin to

Hustle year 'round, spring summer fall winter

Will stop for nothin, you shouldn’t start with us

For the people, by the Dilated Peoples, hard hitters

Life is goin by fast, I try to grab it

Can I get an eye?

(The eyes have it!)

There are exceptions, people use their ties

Without the eyes, only way to win is lies

And some keep you under false pretense

And any half-truths fall under this roof

You gotta watch for these types (watch) they be plottin

Subliminally waitin for you to get gotten

From Lost Angels to the rotten Apple (L.A.)

Some get lost or caught by the shrapnel (N.Y.)

Shoot your mouth off, cause richochets, watch for that

You never ready when the city fired back

Never ready for a hard day’s night

And at home life ain’t right so they dreamin 'bout a flight

A getaway to divert the day’s traffic

But life is right here goin fast you better grab it

The eyes have it, once again it’s your people

Y’all know my get down, my day to day

You can’t spell Dilate without L.A. (all day)

Majority rules, some are outnumbered

It’s a jungle out there, sometimes it makes me wonder

Why there’s so many rats chasin the cheese

Cats facin disease, cats facin police

People bendin the rules, just playin to eat

Kinda like connect the dots every day on the street