Three Times Dope - Increase the Peace/What's Going On lyrics

(The substance of the dream is expressed in these profound words) -] Martin Luther King Yo what up It seems to me a lotta people are goin out the wrong way It's like we're working backwards It's sort of a regression instead of a progression, know what I mean? Any time little kids is gettin hurt up caught in the crossfire of a drug war Something got to happen, something got to be changed So what I want you to do is listen to the music, enjoy the flavor Word I'm 'bout to say a little something (The substance of the dream is expressed in these profound words) [ VERSE 1: EST ] In these day and times two things come to mind How you're gonna get fly and how you're gonna get by For romance you need cash, that's the latest thing Along with funky gold, amazon earrings My poor mama don't understand Why he's out there sellin caine out of soda cans But yo, the way we're livin now is deep And you ain't the shot unless you drive a jeep Or some other fresh automobile Fat gold dinky strapped with blue steel And if you ain't then you're considered a nut Without the slightest idea which way is up Check it out, I'm just glad to be doin this The call me ES, the incredible dope stylist And I'ma do do it like mountain dew Givin you my personal point of view This whole world needs to grow some And try to understand the plight of a common man Check yourself before you wreck yourself Let the madness cease And like increase the peace (Wanted to talk frank, down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand) (We all agree our people have a very serious problem) -] Malcolm X (The substance of the dream is expressed in these profound words) [ VERSE 2: EST ] It's pleasure beyond measure that be puttin kids dee with crime Chill their will and cold mangle your mind Now you know they ain't want freedom to ring on the real Rolled on us with prejudice and cold got ill But still we burned and yearned to learn the lesson Stopped all the fessin and bumrushed oppression Strong on the song cause the beat ain't weak The man flexed my brother for the courage to speak Son k**ed by the father and daughter by the mother Taken under by the same cat you swore was your brother Now I'm askin you, where you gonna run to? Do you even know where you're goin to? Or are you more concerned with just goin for self? To hell with everyone else But that's just what we're tryin to fight Don't break out, unite and try to make things right Unity throughout community is what I be tryin to see Leavin us free to be you and me Dope or wack, we must react Or negative'll take us hostage and dilute the message And just as I'm here like rockin the mic You know that two wrongs never makin a right So I'ma release inside the music beast Let the hate decrease and like increase the peace [ VERSE 3: EST ] I see I have to be a little more relevant Come clearer, but things are present We take life as one big social event But it's not, especially since we're in tryin times Fightin to preserve the teenage mind Now I don't wanna dwell on this, but be an activist Rock some English for the musical expressionists Malcolm and Martin got stopped but kept startin Physically they were dimmed, the words kept sparkin Now I get destroyed for weeks and weeks Let the madness cease and yo (increase the peace) On the extra-strength Tha's all you gotta do If you clockin more than somebody else, it don't mean nothin - I mean everybody got to learn to be cool Money gon' come to you What you want, you gon' get as long as you go about it the right way k**in and illin ain't right, you got to be chillin So on behalf of 3-D and everybody that's down with this message Aslaam alaikum