D'Evils (Collab: Truth Iscariot / cla919)

The Evils
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mnyBp4FzzI

The Setting

(TI)
Living in this place is like eating toxic waste
And somehow hoping you’ll see another day
Pusher’s add to the decay, gangsta’s ready to melee
On these mean streets they display true power – 9’s and AK’s
And whose gonna challenge that? No one caught in the trap
They know the consequence can be close friends clapped
Or your own wig pushed back, sanctuary attacked
Had many a friend caught up in this struggle – tryin’ to hustle
Their way out from the gutter steady acquiring rep and muscle
Keeping the streets cluttered with those addicted to the hardships
The new age Wild West’s plagued varmints who crave garments
Of silk and rope chains made of gold the story unfolds
The same way it’s always been told the meek are prey for the bold
This beast cannot be controlled because to OGs it never gets old
This game we play is life to them, a life which has swallowed them whole

(C99)
See my pain come from the other side,
The one you say have no rights to ride
Fuck a ni99a and the bitch that love em,
How about the ones that bust back for em
But you wouldn’t understand standing firm like a shield,
Or the pain that this shit can yield
Why do you think I’d take that 5 year hit?
What do you think I do it cause my life ain’t shit?
You think I wasn’t bagging up dimes at 15 cause my Dad left me too,
I forgave as maybe should you too?
Forgive but don’t forget, otherwise you let
That hate consume you.
What bro? You think Joni didn’t find a 22?
You think I didn’t spend my whole youth runnin
I’m ignorant, and for your lifestyle I’m stuttin?

(TI)
Long ago my family fell victim to the life like dominoes
I couldn’t worry about power rangers or honor rolls
Had to worry more about the powder on moms nose
The flowers which never grow, the insurmountable pedestal
This place is the shrine of pestilence,
I see the peace one known has been all but wrecked again
To block out harsh images I close my eyes and step within
That stopped working so I learned to pick up pad and pen
Lyrically scribe the shit, viciously cry to it, misty eyed from the sins
I had to write and flip….out like I was on my Bones and Thugz shit
Flip out like I was on my big Cuz the notorious blood shit
Flip Out like I’m rampaging in the club, shit homie don’t get your ugly mug hit
This realities got me buggin’ and the family names got me thuggin’
Shits changed since the days I longed to watch cartoons and the rising moons
The hood took me under, I’m consumed by the jaws of doom
And The Evils

http://rapbattles.com/forum/showthre...l-me-how-I-did
http://rapbattles.com/forum/showthre...Give-Me-a-Shot

For you DoughP (love you nigga, lighten up)

I love that you both used your styles instead of blending each others cl had the deep poetic style while truth wnet in with a street style the complimented everything as a whole now on a down fal that's strength made it seam choppy when you switched back and forth but it was a text not song so who gives a shit? this was beat mode from 2 of favorites here so far

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Had many a friend caught up in this struggle – tryin’ to hustle
Their way out from the gutter steady acquiring rep and muscle
Keeping the streets cluttered with those addicted to the hardships
The new age Wild West’s plagued varmints who crave garments

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aight not a bad flow right chere...

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But you wouldn’t understand standing firm like a shield,
Or the pain that this shit can yield

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grimey on em...

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Had to worry more about the powder on moms nose
The flowers which never grow, the insurmountable pedestal
This place is the shrine of pestilence,
I see the peace one known has been all but wrecked again
To block out harsh images I close my eyes and step within

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vicious spits on some real life ish...



OVERALL:
dont feel yall did this classic joint justice. coulda definitely dove in more on the evils but i doubt yall lived any part of that life so you wouldnt be able to draw from that experience. TI had the better bars with some good flow and deep emotional feel. Cla verse was just too basic. that one part i quoted was felt but the rest was ehhh. gotta liven it up more next time around. I'd like to see a part two tho.

Word just something we slapped together, next one will be more iller haha

I got part two... sending to you tonight.... LoL @Truth Iscariot

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Originally Posted by CLA919

I got part two... sending to you tonight.... LoL @Truth Iscariot

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sounds good to me

I sent... please let me know if you have any suggestions before you post though - @KnowP is right - this song deserves it way hotter then what I came with - I think the new piece will suffice though.... @Truth Iscariot