[00:00.00]Perfect Storm - Evidence/Rakaa Iriscience/Madchild
[00:01.49]Ask the weatherman
[00:04.27]Ask the weatherman
[00:06.22]Ask the weatherman
[00:10.91]Ask the weatherman
[00:11.83]It's the perfect storm it felt so warm
[00:15.20]'Til the rain came with winds so strong
[00:18.37]The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
[00:21.19]'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
[00:24.08]It's the perfect storm it felt so warm
[00:27.41]'Til the rain came with winds so strong
[00:30.24]The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
[00:33.35]'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
[00:35.74]Yeah I toured"20/20" twice 40 days 40 nights
[00:39.63]2 of each bird of my sh*t I save ya life
[00:42.99]Paid the price no dice I'm the nicest
[00:45.53]The odds in my favor; Noah before there's Christ
[00:48.83]I'm the holy resurrection of him
[00:51.08]I'm the only one that's left to drop these gems
[00:54.37]Clean sweep cleanliness is Godly
[00:56.51]Never been afraid of pain
[00:58.07]That's just weakness leavin the body
[01:00.39]War is politics by other means no more than
[01:03.38]And if I can't forgive you the Lord can
[01:06.39]And if I don't deliver I stand by my messages
[01:09.74]Never backed out day one same ever since
[01:12.99]It never end like it's supposed to be
[01:15.22]So I took the whole script and rewrote the scene
[01:18.43]The first shall be last and the last is first
[01:21.45]So when my cup runneth over it floods the Earth
[01:24.32]The boomerang is back gives the city a crash
[01:27.44]Between the water and sky my reign is trapped
[01:30.41]I don't feel sh*t no pain no remorse I'm numb
[01:33.57]When I take off it's like I'm on Air Force One
[01:36.57]It's the perfect storm it felt so warm
[01:39.80]'Til the rain came with winds so strong
[01:42.87]The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
[01:45.91]'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
[01:48.87]It's the perfect storm it felt so warm
[01:51.94]'Til the rain came with winds so strong
[01:55.04]The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
[01:58.03]'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
[02:01.50]Yeah I rhyme invent free
[02:03.91]They're blind and then see the Mind of Mencia
[02:06.89]I'm like Chappelle puffin cheeba with my feet up
[02:09.62]On the beach in South Africa not trippin off the media
[02:13.05]You thought vampires only roamed in the evening
[02:15.87]But they be in boardrooms
[02:17.43]And they feed at lunch meetings
[02:19.09]So even though I might party smokin and drinkin
[02:22.22]I'ma keep at least one eye open when I'm sleepin
[02:25.38]Alarm clock rappin while they snooze button slappin
[02:28.18]I'm on beats but I know people in the streets clappin
[02:31.30]Modified semis to fullys for revolution
[02:34.19]Evolution of the final self-defense solution
[02:37.26]It is what it is yo but read between the words too
[02:40.69]Rock with Rakaa 'til Babylon drops the curfew
[02:43.38]I grind like Stevie Williams or Terry on the curb too
[02:46.54]I'm fly movin d**e sick words call me bird flu
[02:49.89]How the beats rain down and the verses pour
[02:52.96]Ev the weather man breaks it down perfect form
[02:55.73]I'm a king with a crown full of perfect thorns
[02:59.01]Lookin at Halle Berry that's a perfect storm
[03:01.42]It's the perfect storm it felt so warm
[03:04.66]'Til the rain came with winds so strong
[03:07.50]The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
[03:10.64]'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
[03:13.69]It's the perfect storm it felt so warm
[03:16.74]'Til the rain came with winds so strong
[03:19.66]The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
[03:22.71]'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
[03:25.29]I went from never feelin better
[03:27.42]To feelin under the weather
[03:29.34]To takin pills just to escape I got to get it together
[03:32.32]Cause now I know the upside of bein numb
[03:34.22]I hear all these stupid songs and I try to be as dumb
[03:37.77]But there's still somethin inside
[03:39.04]Of me that try to see the art
[03:40.62]So I decide to be a freedom fighter hidin in the dark
[03:43.65]And when you're livin on the road it gets cold f'real
[03:46.61]Enough to turn a warm pure heart of gold to steel
[03:49.77]I'm a iron jawed angel life is painful
[03:52.92]Let it rain on my parade
[03:54.34]Your whole facade is shameful
[03:55.63]Swear to God I'm able but it's the wrong season
[03:58.91]Pick all the wrong topics for all the right reasons
[04:01.93]When your empire's crumblin
[04:03.84]That's a humblin experience
[04:05.66]Joke's over man it's time to get serious
[04:08.18]I'm brutally alive with a plan
[04:10.01]Now understand where I'm from
[04:11.56]It's past the point of love
[04:12.94]I do this for my family and blood
[04:14.78]Go out proud I got God on my chest
[04:16.94]Just take a picture of my soul
[04:18.53]Cause it's too wild to posess
[04:19.89]Make today count that's one thing
[04:22.22]We got in common
[04:23.21]Cause we have to realize
[04:24.49]That tomorrow's not promised yeah
[04:25.90]It's the perfect storm it felt so warm
[04:29.35]'Til the rain came with winds so strong
[04:32.43]The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
[04:35.43]'Til things lined up right and went so wrong
[04:38.51]It's the perfect storm it felt so warm
[04:41.48]'Til the rain came with winds so strong
[04:44.41]The Weatherman warned 'em but it felt so calm
[04:47.48]'Til things lined up right and went so wrong