Artist: Dilated Peoples f/ Vince Staples
Album:  Directors of Photography
Song:   The Dark Room
Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com (w/ help form liner notes)

 "That boy in the box, he plays guitar in Band X
 in the same old formula as everyone else does"
    "Why can't he break out?"
 "Haven't you check out all those rules, you can really start to explore music"

[Evidence]
I felt emotions so deep but my words got blocked
You see I never smoked before so my nerves got shocked
I couldn't talk a word, but I could see the world
(It's the world) I mean everything became so clurr
I didn't slur shit, I just kept quiet and made a note of it
Before the poetry is out the fire and I'm over it
Retire notably and every move's a curtain call
Smooth with the groove, so honey don't take it personal
Tryin to make it out of dodge, don't need to see the rainbow's end
I need a lift before I'm looking at the wall or great decent
I owe rent and love the months that got a 31
I miss Pun and only met him once
This is kettle chips and blunts, The funk I'm on the road still
I'm on a cold bill, she got a Coke body so ill (damn~!)
Pick the code to the lock and all my people free
I found the road to the top behind the, uh...
So let's turn to Chapter One, these are the hood parts
Life is make believe and death is when the book starts
I got good heart and ain't afraid to show you
At 15 I shot a 22, now I'm older (Keep it goin...)
I spill my 16's and dip clean
This body's grown up and clinging to these kids' dreams
I found a new feeling I'ma chase it
A newfound town, a new scribe you can't erase it

[Chorus: Vince Staples]
I done tried, I done tried, I done tried, I done tried
You don't live 'til you die, hell or home you decide
Near the flames of the fire, near the flames of the fire
Near the flames of the fire, near the flames of the fire
I done tried, I done tried, I done tried to survive
You don't live 'til you die, hell or home you decide
Near the flames of the fire, near the flames of the fire
Near the flames of the fire, near the flames of the fire

[Rakaa Iriscience]
I swam in oceans so deep the models seemed like dots
Something brushed up against my feet, my insides dropped
Fought the panic and I swam to the top
The only non-1%er member climbing back on the yacht
It's a strange life, wonderful world, process the pain right
Enact change sipping champagne the same night - blah
Half-disgusted, half-delighted, half-divided on it
I Robin Hood and I smile, mad inside I'm haunted
But party to the break of dawn until the night is gone
In glass mansions, they throw hard words like 'right' and 'wrong'
Intoxicating darkness but my light is on
These battle hymns, ballad of the Freedom Fighter's song
Life chiseled into blocks, on the wall and into skin
Complicated ultimately, only spare the innocent
Festivals we massacre, hit the stage and snipe 'em from it
Killing grimy clubs close and personal like knife to stomach (uh!)
The code is in the DNA of the fam
Talking flashlight rips with DNA in The Dam
Worldwide running live-fire exercises, flamethrowing
Gasoline graffiti bombing, drop the joint, the name's glowing
That's burner redefined, learned to read between the lines
The subtle hints and clues, the symbols and the signs
It's Rakaa Iriscience, recognize the grand design
Making more move than just clock hands and sands of time

[Chorus]

[Outro: DJ Babu cuts and scratches]
"People say, 'Is the camera the important part or is the dark room the important part?'"
"Took time to develop my pictures in darkrooms" <- Rakaa
"What is impossible in the dark room?" "I know the dark room is difficult"
"I'll like to do is show you my opinions on this"
"There's something very special about using the dark room
 and you're going in there and you're making something..."
 "Sound of photography from" - "Dilated"