Yeah The biggest deception is that people do not care Be aware we are here The despair that you fear We’re prepared to prepare you We’re here just to share with you The traps that are ensnaring you The unknowns that’s scaring you Our purpose is not surface It is deep and it is urgent We can see that you are hurting Try to cut through like a surgeon But our scalpel is not sharp enough Our lasso is not far enough We wrestle with DEVILS the ones out and the ones inside of us Scarring us Each gun shot that rings out is jarring us We still remember the days White People Feathered and tarring us Days when EVEN THE LAWS said it’s just THEM and not an US Since then we’ve been on the backs of buses when there’s not a bus Frustrations will even make a Christian man learn how to cuss Poverty in our spirits so like squirrels we just gotta nut Men become like wedgies Steady going in and out of butts Women become possessed with all the demons cumming from out of us And it’s real The battles never been more realer We’ve been partying and dancing so long But the wars still going on The wars still going on Wars still going on (uh huh) Pick up your sword now Frederick Douglass Said it Its easier to build strong children Than it is to repair broken men The mountains so high we wonder where to begin? The White man’s happiness cannot be won By the Black man’s misery cuz all us are ONE I thought we done learned this from past things that’s done African is where every race comes from There’s a race to be run! Africa’s my origin but that home Ive never known Only what I’ve read myself only what I’m told and shown I guess that’s why my mind roam lately I’ve been so sedated guess that’s how I cope with my history being annihilated this is what I bring to the team passion, purp and leadership every 48 hours we snitch when we should plead the fifth see that white girl take a sniff see that white horse, need a lift cocaine never been my thang but that Mary Jane, we can burn a spliff when I see the law I turn and dip this ish is like A habit now I’m mashin out We don’t need no racist cop to pat us down No Crip or blood just camouflage my daddy was in Vietnam some were taught to kill themselves I was trained for my Race To Run. Frederick Douglass Said it Its easier to build strong children Than it is to repair broken men The mountains so high we wonder where to begin? The White man’s happiness cannot be won By the Black man’s misery cuz all us are ONE I thought we done learned this from past things that’s done African is where every race comes from There’s a race to be run!

You’re here to enjoy the De La Soul show are you? Indeed. Its one of my favorite groups ever! So I’m right up in here baby! Loving it! Saskatoon wassup y’all How y’all doing? So yo I wanna truly first of all thank y’all For having De LA Soul here & Arrested Development! Thanks for having us here! And all I want everybody to do right now is um… Those people back there Get up out your seats Please please get up out your seats! Please Can you pease get up out your seats? I don’t see why you come to a show to sit down Everybody please get up And throw your hands in the air For twenty years of De La Soul! Let’s say twenty three years of De la Soul! Now you old man Put your hands in the air For real For real hip hop music Put it up!

Put it up Hey Put it up For real Put it up For real Ha ha ha Lets go I started with shell toes, the Adidas sneakers my group A-Tack we would pack clubs in Milwaukee inspired by the group called the Schemers we were young dreamers hip-hop evangelism to the non-believers Planet Patrol Afrika Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force of course the course of hip-hop would force the worlds jaws to drop and its not a coincidence I’ve been here ever since and since Prince was singing bout when Doves Cry I was on the front lines making sure Hip-Hop would never die now I sorta wish it did cuz it is a monstrosity that’s filled with so much animosity and hypocrisy since we dropped Tennessee I’ve been amazed at where I’ve been and what I’ve seen I lived my childhood dreams of being seen on MTV and having an impact on H.I.P H. O. P. OMG look at me It’s a thin line between inspired and jaded both of them at times I’ve dated Its so dysfunctional cuz both are related so if you ask me now I’m inspired and proud if you ask me tomorrow I’m retiring I’m out I hate this and I love this it takes patience to get above this life I chose this I supposed so it’s sposed to go this slow so it’s bliss blissful as it gets (hey) without total submission to ignorance yes bits of dirty ish and glitz they got 5 star fans loving 2 star hits rich enough to get jealous fits wishing you got the slots the other dudes get so I can pout my mouth or I can go out there and live I chose to dream rhyme with AD sing some melodies that mean something to me regardless of the acceptance of the rap community cuz y’all was with me in the 90’s I was with me since birth still trying to find me for what it’s worth I’m proud of myself I’m still filled with good thirst It’s a thin line between inspired and jaded both of them at times I’ve dated Its so dysfunctional cuz both are related so if you ask me now I’m inspired and proud if you ask me tomorrow I’m retiring I’m out I hate this (hey) and I love this (hey) it takes patience (hey) to get above this life Hip Hop Yep I wanna than everybody for tuning into the new album thanks y’all thanks y’all thanks y’all Thine eyes have seen the glory I’ve been in 5 star hotels with hard wood flooring like I’m royalty made millions off of royalties I’ve seen scenes in my life so incredible they deserve scoring castles in the hills of Ireland constant touring 5 out of 7 continents I’m gaining confidence, it’s reassuring and that was this year I’m not recollecting the golden days yet we can’t get a record deal they tell us to go away Uh Theres a thin line between inspired and jaded both of them at times I’ve dated Its so dysfunctional cuz both are related so if you ask me now I’m inspired and proud if you ask me tomorrow I’m retiring I’m out I hate this (hey) and I love this (hey) it takes patience (hey) to get above this life

This is about us (yeah) Huh Yeah Huh yeah Yo Some of y’all got passion but no patience (yep yep) Always had an irrational anxiousness (yep yep) When things got hairy between you and me I brushed it off like a pet groomer Why would you let the Grammys that we got get to ya? Why? The kings and queens of a outdoor festival Like lollapalooza (Thats us) But We Can't pack a club and that’s how they do’s us. Like Flo Rida The way you say things change's everything We spoke things that was ever green But the industry said Stop So hip hop lets not fight anymore more We ain't got All the time in the world People Dropping like flies Can’t we realize In the pop music scene man All these G’s are calling me And I’m looking at em like a Spam risk And I don’t trust these big wigs So I’m flaking on them like dandruff 4xs we platinum but they treating us like aluminum cuz we couldn't keep the heat on our hits Except for only a few of em Hey hey hey Lost my first brother at 22 (hey) Lost my grandma the same week (hey) Last time I saw em was in Tennessee (hey) And that’s way more than a song to me (hey) I keep ducking from the shots you're firing I don't think that's what they meant by having my ducks in a row What are yo desires? We went on before you it was packed for us but not packed for y'all mental therapy is a thing but this is a different approach to unpacking it all We see you dropping like flies Can’t we realize that we need to stop! lets not fight anymore more We ain't got All the time in the world no more People Dropping like flies Can’t we realize that we need to stop! Stop. Yeah, We would communicate a lot Yeah I was so fixated on the top Yeah You infatuated with a thot, Yeah We were Skip and Shannon from the start but you gave a Thot your heart, now we’re drifting apart Yeah I was away and shh You wasn’t ok with it I wasn’t paying shh You wasn’t saying shh. Stop. Stop STOP We going out on tours I thought you’d be happy for us but I bet.. But I bet If we talk about awards and the tours you’ll get upset You been hating way beyond 0 one in Gwinnett When we reppin’ where we from you start feeling disrespect If I’m sharing what we done, you get feelings of neglect If I mention having fun, you start lunging for my neck.. I deflect (whew) We got a couple Grammys So promoters got their panties in bunches… In bunches. Cause we’re screaming be United So we never get invited to the brunches Now I’m feeling slighted cause I really got the munchies You were unexcited when you heard what we accomplished It would be a fight if we decided to confront this…Punches. You don’t really want this. Stop Like MF Doom back in his KMD days Kausing much damage We stay true Motherland roots giving you the home advantage We put it on like a sweater on Mr Rogers They took our sense and gave us dollars That's how far societies got us from things that are actual and factual and rational yo Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh I’m charged up like a Tesla Some playing pretend like a wrestler (hey) I'm just trying to bring out the best in us And they may divest - we invest in us Anything that's not about excellence we need to stop Let's not hurt each other no more We ain't got All the time in the world no mo people Dropping like flies Shouldn’t we realize that We need to…

You can do it (hey) You can do it baby! Don't you let this world drive you Crazy (no) You will not drown (no) Although there’s ups and downs (yup) Our friendships everything Its the same same right now In your hardest of times (you know) I won't let you down I'm staring in the Mirror Man, This life’s bout Endurance And I'm thinking bout my Children I want them to have Insurance Demons making an Appearance I keep Running Interference As I'm praying I delay em When I spray em With these bullets Health problems being Bullish But I'm repping to the Fullest Either way yeah everyday still gotta make it to that Goodness Cuz I shouldn't be discouraged to the point being malnourished There must a door that's open I just have to keep on poking Every single door handle Ignore the score of scandals Fighting from the sky is Terrence Be more and more for my parents My sins are so apparent My short comings are Glaring The blue print is Tearing Arrrgh I am in listening mode I am insisting on flow I am resisting the no's I am consulting with pros I am enlisting my bros I have been fishing for growth I'm been singing loads of freedom But Missing some notes You can do it (hey) You can do it baby! Don't you let this world drive you Crazy (no) You will not drown (no) Although there’s ups and downs (yup) Our friendships everything Its the same same right now In your hardest of times (you know) I won't let you down People need a father figure Someone who's purpose is bigger Someone wholeads with intention A person that’s holding the fence in It can't just all be dissension Life is so many Dimensions Mother and father, daughter & brother And family extensions I'm speaking humans and science Interconnected reliance Some call my thinking jurrasic I call it Walking with Giants Ancient with wisdom and Mayans Spiritual stance & Defiance African systems commandments They just see jungles and lions! I'm seeing griots & movements Elders that's teaching the students We need some sounds that are Soothing Arrrgh Failing to win for the Losing Flailing from winds of deception Choosing from meaningless choices Searching for surface perfection Music in upper vibrations Djembes and bongos Shekere’s coming from Lagos Unity out to the Congo Dakar to Dubai I’m inspired to fly High Indigenous infinite cultural lives gotta thrive You can do it (hey) You can do it baby! Don't you let this world drive you Crazy (no) You will not drown (no) Although there’s ups and downs (yup) Our friendships everything Its the same same right now In your hardest of times (you know) I won't let you down I won't let you down I won't let you down I won't let you I won't let I won't let I won't let you down

Oww wee Yeah It’s that AD coalition Hey, ain’t no competition Itchin’ to give these rappers a whipping with my composition Yo.. want you take a listen Hey, I can’t tell the difference all of them sound the same Very lame and full of fiction We the blame for repetition I can see the game switching Brothers lie bout slanging cane Just to get their name mentioned Never cooked pies in the kitchen Young..Full of ambition dumb, full of cum dem the main ones that start Snitchin Haters and politicians I got plenty of ammunition brothers put in the work others get the recognition disrespecting my position, you’ll get drug into submission Down 85 in an Expedition somebody call a physician Man, I’m a Gemini half Musician, other half Electrician cause I’m shocking opposition Brain of a Mathematician hands of a Technician I spit it how I live, no lunch breaks or Intermissions (I got hits back now - I got this) I dont know why you been doubting me but its not wise People that bet against me I pity they life (I got hits back now - I got this) So surprise surprise Here I am again Here I am again Here I am again yeah You will never win like a duck in the water I'm calm collected - in order But my feet - underneath - be peddling at fast speeds Remember that - when cats trying to catch Speech I'm shorter than 5'5 so why am I - hard to reach? Lemme see! Number one... my philosophy is I teach! Without a ruler or a chalk board or a teachers lounge We started a sound where knowledge & Truth seekers abound Where are we now? Milking teats from a cash cow Thru NFT's & packed crowds Courtesy to clubs overseas And Many royalties From back from 93 Golly G will occurs I'm a kill this verse People talking multi verse and I'm talking meta verse Parallel dimensions within megahertz Speech is always number one when it comes to the mega verse clutch your pearls pultdown your purses homie I lead with purpose and thus (I got hits back now - I got this) I dont know why you been doubting me but its not wise People that bet against me I pity they life (I got hits back now - I got this) So surprise surprise Here I am again Here I am again Here I am again yeah You will never win You will never win I’m reminded once again That I am a loser and abuser of women I pretend to be great but I’m not I got hateful on the top An ungrateful little snot And my head made of Pot I was snapping, Trappin, Rappin’ Radical kid.. I was hot Now there’s timid writers block fearing that life‘s about to flop And there’s neurogenic shock fearing that life‘s about to stop Graduated from the Block To doing shows in Osak’ but now my confidence is shot so I’m watching movies by the Rock I forgot…hold your breath, for good health like my Pop Be content in what you got or somebody else gon take your spot They say..Love thank he hard, cause he only rhyme with Todd and they traveling abroad I said…Haters thanks a lot Stack your wealth, I forgot to Love Myself So I dropped, to the bottom of the bott, where the ancient slaves were left to rot… For seven days, Then..I was saved by Nicolas Cage and Megan Fox. (I got hits back now - I got this) I don’t know why you been doubting me but its not wise People that bet against me I pity they life (I got hits back now - I got this) So surprise surprise Here I am again Here I am again Here I am again yeah You will never win

I believe in love (yeah uh) Though my hearts been broken before and oh (Yeah you believe in love) Want to believe in love so I'll give you a chance (Yeah that’s right) I believe in love (I believe in love) Though my hearts been broken before and oh Want to believe in love so I'll give you a chance to win my heart Baby I find you so so attractive And you one of them types that everybody’s after ya Its my weakness I be finding for that passion And love is a drug I be finding just to have it Sometimes I have some problems admitting wrongs But it dont mean they aint there And other times I blame the world for my strife No one said this life is fair So what I’m gonna do what I’m gonna do We all build a wall when we’ve been blind sided And in that way we all are same minded We stop believing in love I believe in love Though my hearts been broken before and oh Want to believe ya love so I'll give you a chance Da da da da da da Yo Here’s my energy Is there synergy? Look in my eyes and feel my Humanity Don’t be scared now Lets just pair down Use our hearts and we fight this insanity I don’t wanna shoot you wanna kill me All of these agendas and we losing reality All of these amendments to our basic morality Simple disagreements going straight to fatalities Woah Some people don't admit they wrongs but it don't mean they ain't there Others like to blame the world for they strife No one said that life is fair So what we gonna do What we gonna do? We’re all in this Earth together at the same time We’re all of one body and the same mind If you believe in love I believe in love Though my hearts been broken before and oh Want to believe ya love so I'll give you a chance Da da da da da da Girl you are so beautiful inside and out / can't fight the feeling just let it out / never been in love well this ones about / hold on to ur heart / and just give it out / on and on and on and on / she said the feeling way to strong / thats why we talk / from dusk to dawn / she said the feeling way to strong. O I I believe in love Though my hearts been broken before and oh Want to believe ya love so I'll give you a chance Da da da da da da Guess I’ll give you a chance Cuz my heart Yeah Yeah

Hip Hop had come full circle It started with the gangs in New York and ended in the gangs of L.A. But just at that moment along came a new force in Hip Hop From where you’d least expect it Arrested Development lead by Speech Emerged from the cloud of dirt On a Georgia dust track With some southern fried hip hop And the funk of redemption And the grammy goes to Go head bruh Tennessee Arrested Development They said our songs was more singing and less hip hoping Now days I say its more corporate run than Disk jocking Oriville Reddinbacher the more corn the more popping While I was busy chart topping The only toppins you was doing was for pizza shopping So many people have never tried anything but they still knock it Industry closing doors on me But I’m Still knocking Finicky posers supposedly got me with nil options But I see different optics Palm trees deep in the Tropics Wifey bikini clad & super bad Dark chocolate skin its decadent to even look at that Much less taste it, angel food cake hips Worshipping her beautiful backside like its Sacred We do this husband wife thing like its Ape *ish We share traits with apes bout 98 percent She said I do, I said I cherish you Cuz you’re my everything 98 degrees HOTNESS - feel the heat Going hard in the paint No more messing around man naw I ain't (messing around) Going hard in the paint No more messing around man no Messing around messing around no I ain't I'm in your town In your town Hard in the paint Messing around messing around no I ain't Taking you down Taking you down They said our songs was more singing and less hip hoping Lets call it singing we still harder than you - you off topic Stop it I embrace melody but not WAP hits So now keep telling me who is more compellingly in line with what Hip hop is? Three decades long strong songs not pop hits Blasting off on the powers that be just like a rocket Yeah we rock it fans they cop it With ancient wisdoms like Egyptians The christian coptics Money and nonsense i n every way a profit When you hop in the bandwagon and talk about us - Like a hot potato drop it The pain facts is you act like you in the cock pit But you cant be cuz its only me I look to try left and my right I see clouds in my horizon Future is bright ready to fight like Mike Tyson I’m Luther with the Jheri curl Single minded like an unmarried girl For real Going hard in the paint No more messing around man naw I ain't (messing around) Going hard in the paint No more messing around man no Going hard in the paint No more messing around man naw I ain't (messing around) Going hard in the paint No more messing around man no Messing around messing around no I ain't I'm in your town In your town Hard in the paint Messing around messing around no I ain't Taking you down Taking you down Hard in the paint like Shaq Hard in the paint like Penny We go harder than Jack We go harder than Kenny Hard in the paint like Pat Hard in the paint like Remy Ain’t got no purple pack just some Runtz and some Henny only blunts and a semi A couple stunts in a Hemi I just want to be trendy so I listen intently Man these fakers ain’t friendly All this smiling offend me cause their only pretending while I’m strongly ascending Hard in the paint like crack look how it left my city Broken, grimy and gritty times as hard as Rum Nitty somewhere shiny and spiffy Gucci, Prada and Fendi In the drive thru at Wendy’s In a burgundy Bentley Years if writing, plus twenty Thinking they would commend me Man, these verses are curses my own families against me Before I’m riding in hearses, their researching my history Trying to find all the answers, to reasons why they resent me It’s s my effortless flow… that’s the source of their envy Its AD 1Love They study us plenty Going hard in the paint No more messing around man naw I ain't (messing around) Going hard in the paint No more messing around man no Going hard in the paint No more messing around man naw I ain't (messing around) Going hard in the paint No more messing around man no No more messing around no ‘we hard here in the paint No more messing around no ‘we hard here in the paint Hard in the paint

Yeah Let it ride She used to be the Apple of my eye now just a crab apple we got outta sync & it turned out to be Such a Debacle Words were said & feelings had that we cannot grab back even with a Lasso Neither of us were Wackos just couldn't get out of our own ways Only Looking back could We see that though We should a slowed down calmed down not such a Fast flow Pride got in the way of our vibe It’s natural We needed to divide the feelings from the factual I think most relationships would work If from the jump we understood that it's work Cuz something makes us think that it's all in the flirts, romantic dinners and nice desserts All of the perks of being in love with none of the hurt Nah. Two people coming together It's Such a unicorn Two people coming together It's Such a unicorn Two people lasting forever. I am hoping we can try again I can see things that I didn’t see before now You know that we put a lot in And who has the heart to start from the ground floor again? Not me I wish you and I could start again I have a feeling that we could do better (We could do better) I am hoping we can try again (hey hey hey hey) I can see things that I didn’t see before now You know that we put a lot in And who has the heart to start from the ground floor again? Not me I wish you and I could start again I have a feeling (I have a feeling) that we could do better (We could do better) So Old beginnings tell me how to bring it back What are we bringing to the table? Stop Appreciate the conversation Slow it down I know we can get lifted in the air Tell me how we keep it there Elevate our minds and share Unity is a unicorn Two in love lets bring it back some more It is magical To watch us mend the broken pieces Hold the door We’re back and forth like changing seasons But like the tides we’re back to shore again How do we keep it here? All the time and pain put in Do we do it all again? Our unity’s a unicorn Two in love lets bring it back some more I think most relationships would work If from the jump we understood that it's work Cuz something makes us think that it's all in the flirts, romantic dinners and nice desserts All the perks of being in love with none of the hurt Nah. Two people coming together Is Such a unicorn Two people coming together Is Such a unicorn Two people lasting forever. Ba da ba ba ba I am hoping we can try again I can see things that I didn’t see before now You know that we put a lot in And who has the heart to start from the ground floor again? Yo Not me I wish you and I could start again I have a feeling (I have a feeling) that we could do better (We could do better) I am hoping we can try again (hey hey hey hey) I can see things that I didn’t see before now You know that we put a lot in And who has the heart to start from the ground floor again? Not me I wish you and I could start again I have a feeling (I have a feeling) that we could do better (We could do better) Two people coming together is such a unicorn Two people coming together is such a unicorn Two people coming together is such a unicorn Two people coming together is such a unicorn Two people coming together is such a unicorn Two people coming together is such a unicorn Two people coming together is such a unicorn Two people coming together is such a unicorn I am hoping we can try again (I can see things that I didn’t see before now) You know that we put a lot in And who has the heart to start from the ground floor again? Not me I wish that you and I could start again I have a feeling (I have a feeling) that we could do better better Two people coming together is such a unicorn Da da da da da da da da da da Two people coming together is such a unicorn Da da da da da da da da da da Two people coming together is such a unicorn Da da da da da da da da da da

Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Atlanta Lately I been living on limited Loss ooo ooo hey ooo ooo hey Airport people they know we rocking the clubs downtown they know that we grooving it all feels right if the people are moving Living bilingual conscious and jive talk now who can stay as grounded yet walking amongst the stars & grace covering up my faults do it like no one else can brother Speech up in this joint brother speech up in this jam the whole place about to slam like theres poets up in here and just cypher back and forth celebrating the struggles that fought celebrating the slaves that was not caught and ran up to the North and started they whole life over i’m a descendant of that there thought like actors we playing our part we’ve been resisting the system with our art been doing to from the start because its so much a part of our heart been climbing up the charts then yo-yoing up and down again we gonna sound it off and stay grounded round it off and make it loud again this is arrested development we relevant we the element y’all been missing we’re missing you too find us on milk cartons man set in our ways with this excellence were coaxing for folks cuz we know that you believe that we are one of the best best best in this! Lately I been living on limited Loss ooo ooo hey ooo ooo hey Atlanta Atlanta Airport people they know we rocking the clubs downtown they know that we grooving it all feels right if the people are moving Yo we driving inside of the Jeep Wrangler top down 5 deep downtown bound Atlanta ain’t got no beach so we out to get something to eat & beat the heat drink some tea its very likely you will see us chillin in Atlanta streets we live with limited loss work hard now we boss and our crew remains a force to be reckoned with but of course we wrecking it in every tour not decadent not even at all yet a party is not a party till AD come through that door! Lately I been living on limited Loss ooo ooo hey ooo ooo hey