Dilated Peoples - Expanding Man Lyrics

As I expand you

Ay yo amplify, magnify, broaden my reach
Expand, exercise, ex-get increased
The 'E' and the 'X' are connected like excellence
The 'P' is for peoples that Dilated represents

A-N for all night, PM to AM
And D's for droppin' rhymes with no delayin'
Even numb from Novacaine you feel the slow pain
See flames but fuel the fire like propane

Now hold that
Keep that lock and less beats
War's not the word to play, it's like peace
I'm a cyborg connected with a mic in my hand

As I expand you know I am, am
A triple optometrist mental megalopolis
A student on these L.A. blocks
Raakaa Iriscience rapid fire how I transmit

Ay yo me and Omega, Devious Doze used to pose
Hypothetical flows gettin' thrown with no foes
A decade ago, introduced to Will Cooper
And out the other side of my fear, a field trooper

Son of a preacher, in school a student teacher
But I'd rather read or hit the theater for a double feature
Bored night creature, well, I used to trade books
When science appeared fellow scientists trade looks

A brick by brick builder I learned to mix mortar
Gettin' smarter and smarter from Homocide and Law and Order
Street poet, mild man or reporter
'Til I flip like Kool Kieth drippin' droppin' like water

Raakaa Iriscience create to devastate, why wait
Put your gloves out, expand and dilate
As I expand you know who I am, it's the expanding man
A triple optometrist mental megalopolis
A student on these L.A. blocks
Iriscience, you know who I am, am

Now I haven't forgotten all the drugs that Bush brought in
It's funny how, its maybe his stash your son got in
Man, Uncle Sam facilitated the plan
Got weed dealed in milligrams and grams and kilograms

Yo, word to our lye, they can heal a killa man
They might have a plant they can if they got a pill to can
Body upon young body into camps
But camps turn to pen when boys to turn to men

War bein' used to both profit and cleanse
War spoke, why it camouflage the feds
I'm a freedom fighter
Reader, writer, rapper, and fan

As I expand you know who I am
You know who he is
As I expand you know who I am
The expanding man

As I expand you know who I am, am
As I expand you know who I am
It's the expanding man
As I expand you know who I am