The Dialogue

One night, backstage at Irving Plaza at a Madball show

Hey yo, Ill Bill, will you sign this for me?
I found it at Amoeba, its the Green CD
No doubt kid, whats your name? Its MC Lars
Word, Howie Abrams is a mutual friend of ours

He played me your joint, whatd you think of it?
I think its bugged out, its hot
Thanks, I like your last record a lot
Your lyrics are graphic, much like your brother Necro, is he psycho?
I dont know, it really depends though

Hes Psychological, half psycho, half logical
Half businessman, half put-them-in-the-hospital
Business and art, theres a very fine line
Theres the person that you are and the person when you rhyme

But the best MCs bring both intertwined
I agree, thats when the best of both worlds collide
When the realness pops off one time for your mind
And your words cause the people in the crowd to riot

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met
As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect
As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won
As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met
As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect
As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won
As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun

I grew up on heavy metal and hip-hop
The energy was the same to me, it was insane to me
It made me want to rage against the machine
Pick up a guitar and scream into the mic like Run-DMC

Nine Inch Nails, Primus, 'Weird Al' and King Missile
Influenced me like a postmodern epistle
Geeked out on my Performa looping digital drums
Playing rock guitar in punk bands just for fun

Whos your favorite rapper? Rakim, G Rap and Kane
KRS, EPMD, NWA, Public Enemy, Shante and LL Cool J
I could keep naming MCs all day
What type of metal stuff you listen to?

Old school Slayer CDs
Biohazard and Bile were the bands for me
The first time that I ever heard Chuck D
Was the Anthrax CD, 'Attack of the Killer Bs', chorus

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met
As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect
As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won
As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met
As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect
As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won
As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun

So Bill, whats your take on censorship?
Politicians on a church, state fusion tip?
I speaks my mind while kids I went to high school with
Bleed on the sands of Kabul hit, its bullshit

Lars what you think of it?
Out in Iraq, a lack of dialogue between the people is whack
In fact I speak militant like Black Panthers
These gas prices got my people with seeds having to gank pampers

The answer is not plutocracy
The answer is not hypocrisy
The answer is true democracy
The answer is the dialogue constantly

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met
As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect
As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won
As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun

As many places Ive been, as many people Ive met
As many haters Ive dissed, theres people that I respect
As many times as Ive failed, as many times as Ive won
As many lives as I touch, the dialogue has begun

Hey yo Bill, we should do a track together
Word, word, lets do that
Wait, we just did