Right On

[Chorus 1: J-Ro] Back in the days, my pops said "Right on" (Right on, right on) All the street poets in the house, write on (Write on, write on) Black people, right on, right one (Right on, right on) All my niggas rollin Chevy's on deep-dish chrome, ride on ride on (Ride on, ride on) [Verse 1: J-Ro] I still rock the party till the needle starts skippin I'm trippin like Pippen, Spice Rum sippin We're mentally fastest, head of all our classes You couldn't pass us wit a rocket like NASA We all up in the house like cocky-roaches Snatchin MC's out the game like hockey coaches Fuck it, I'll break you down like a bucket I like the bass hittin like a ? Close Encounters of the Likwit Kind I'm sick wit mine, writin rhymes on picket signs It's the J-R-O, you didn't know? Goin off in your face like a dirty pist-ol You in the house of brews, crime scenes wit no clues You walkin home bruised, confused wit no shoes YOU LOSE! Cuz you got the Dilated blues Here's some news, my DJ rock the mic and the ones and twos And I'm out [Verse 2: E-Swift] And I'm in My words are like swords cuttin the paper wit the pen Yo, Dilated could never be Annihilated I waited two albums too long, somebody violated We migrated to global positioning All the DJs listenin, Babu mix it in *Babu Cut* "E-Swift" Yeah, the man, the myth I pass the mic to Evidence for the assist Then I'm ooouuut [Verse 3: Evidence] And I'm in My Appetite For Destruction will eat you up for dinn Yo only one meal, get sliced to four courses I'd take me serious, collect your man and forces I strictly run off select input Played yourself, don't have to shoot you in the foot Cuz you stepped outta bounds without making your rounds Now you come to my town, ask Rak (Yo you On Deadly Ground) These last four bars, I'mma heal all my scars I'm a underground cat but still like money and cars A Cali classic, that's my word, and my word's my bond Dilated Peoples, Alkaholiks, this joint's Right On [Chorus 2: Tash] My homie King T told me "Big Tash, right on" So I'mma (right on, right on) To all my forty-downin homies in the house tonight (Right on, right on) To all the sexy-ass ladies if you feelin alright (Right on, right on) To my Dilated homies that be rippin the mic (Right on, right on) [Interlude: J-Ro] Whether you writin or ridin, right on Fresh MC's must write on Even if you skateboardin, ride on Some of these freestylers need to write on like my homie Tash [Verse 3: Tash] I got my write on late at night Burst a verse until they flow right My rhymes be action-packed, I wrote these lyrics to a strobe light I'm Tashy, the flashy nigga jumpin out that fast shit Your rhymes won't impress me if you said 'em doin' backflips I crack whips on phones, blow smoke out nose Niggas peepin out the style, hoes peepin' the clothes A million flows off the slang, bizz-a-pow, bizz-a-bang Likwit crew is in this bitch, my clique be off the chain Rap off the brain while crackin' champagne Tash for president, you know my campaign First things first to get ya'll niggas off the street You get twenty-five years if you caught wit wack beats You coulda came to Ev, you coulda came to Swift That's why we Escaladin while ya'll niggas need a lift So give me two secs while I crack this Beck's And once I drop the mic, my nigga Rak is up next And I'm out [Iriscience] And I'm in I pick it up for everybody in the house that spins My name is Rakaa, innovator of rhyme communication Wit Data like Star Trek: The Next Generation It's Dilation, fan appreciation Connected nationwide, worldwide Likwidation Cali hard-hitters, we bump like car fenders (It's all cheers) We only get boos from bartenders Better be sure, aim high, we top gunnin' When we touch down, we hit the ground runnin' Feds pull strings and watch me like Truman But I can't front, I Love L.A. like Randy Newman [Chorus 3: J-Ro] To all the homies locked up writin home, write on c'mon (Write on, write on) Grafiti artists around the world, write on c'mon (Write on, write on) To niggas rollin on Katanas, quickly ride on c'mon (Ride on, ride on) To all the women out there raisin kids alone Right on (right on) right on (right on) Yeah! [Outro] "Broadcastin live from Southern California" [E-Swift] Where we at? "Broadcastin live from Southern California" *Cut up by Babs* Dilated Peoples "Represent wit Tha Liks"