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[12august2003] the takeback, part one

Tim Dowlin a.k.a. teedizzy.

You wanna know how to make it? Well I wouldn't know -- I just take it. if I want it, or I need it if you flaunt it, or I see it.

They claimin' it's a war on drugs, but really they wagin' war on thugs 'cause they been sniffin' coke in the 'burbs longer than I been smokin' the herb. But these cops can't stop patrolin' the curb you workin' on my last nerve I'm about to blast words this system's mad absurd what you got some livin' to kill? Some type of prison to fill? Go ahead and spank me with another bank fee and I thank thee you're dirty and you're filthy you're corporate gangstas.

How dare you come against this? My whole team is relentless You aint' never seen the trenches we can't even sleep on the benches 'cause you put metal bars there now we got mental scars there ya hear me? I'm the artist. Ya fear me, 'cause I'm the hardest thing for you to stop whether I'm eatin' or whether I'm not ya still get ridiculed you're mother-fucking pitiful Yeah, I can spit a full clip it ain't no bullshit up in my cipher we get hyper, rap about baby-mama drama needing loot for the diapers this lyrical bashin' 's 'cause you got no compassion for the little tykers they gonna grow up to be big tigers lions and bears, we dyin' out here we ain't cryin', we don't care basically, you're the bitch 'cause you're rich and you don't share.

Your whole style is based on greed my shit is based on need and how many people we gotta go feed so we can proceed to stimulate the movement always showin' improvement we gots to educate to elevate, up and out of poverty so if you ain't buildin' for the children then please don't bother me.

My point of focal is knowledge from my vocal some like to chase the base, but I'm a rebel to the treble the type of fella that's hella dope a capella but all I really wanna tell ya is I'm a very revolutionary, any means neccessary type a soldier I thought I told ya big chips on each shoulder tryin' to be climbin' over this big boulder with no ropes, young bucks comin' up with no hope we takin' ghetto showers with no soap but we got ghetto powers that's so dope they could never ever cope if we could just harness the energy that's what zener be preachin' 'bout each one teach one, that's the way to reach one if I can see it, I can be it when I believe it is when I achieve it now is the time in my rhyme I'd like to request the nation to just close your eyes and visualize your destination if you can see it visually, then only the best can manifest physically go ahead and put it to test, it ain't wizardry.