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The Whole Universe is Ours

by Lower Life Forms

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unknown321 its got a good sound and style within the album. Favorite track: Conflicts Within.
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The whole universe is ours We built this shit and we’ll destroy it if we have to The whole universe is ours Geographical hurdles never impede me from dissing the ones you sweat, who disguise lack of quality with intimidating threats, Mere specks within a universe infinitely expanding your perspective’s limited, to five feet from where you’re standing Now the Lower Life Forms explore, as founding fathers of this ecosystem with generations of wisdom, The intrusive extrovert deteriorates souls like sin, begin inspection, and talk to god through my reflection Twenty thousand steps per day is my average walk A & Rs telling that they dig it but at contract talks They’re perplexed for a marketing strategy and are mad at me like I did something wrong not thinking ‘bout that when I wrote the song So they sign one-timers that sound redundant artistic assimilators, with IQs under a hundred These things they won’t suffice being placed on ice, Demolition rises again becoming hip hop’s Christ Big wigs play dice with artists’ careers as the price They live life large believing that they’re in charge But truth and honesty ultimately will rise to power For this very reason the whole universe is ours The whole universe is ours We built this shit and we’ll destroy it if we have to The whole universe is ours (“there’s no better feeling, walking around knowing that you can wipe out your whole neighborhood’) The whole universe is ours We built this shit and we’ll destroy it if we have to The whole universe is ours (“there’s no better feeling, walking around knowing that you can wipe out your whole neighborhood’) I still conceive countless children with my muse and I used to endure a number of my babies born premature But after developing a process of incubation each birth expands on the realms of human creation Some are born with super speed and some with X-ray vision Some will fill your dreamscape with nocturnal emissions Demolition is the fam, I told you before I’d have descendants like Shem now you can bear witness to them We travel the galaxies exposing fallacies Beyond your own reality, painting pictures with analogies Possession of artistic power gives me control over universal properties to alter it as a whole We all have access through the spiritual through free will Either use it righteously or use it to commit evil, We will wield our own on ASR and microphone Dialtone on Tech twelves, necks swell from constant motion Life is like the ocean, so earthlings gas my head or try to counteract the talent instead with repetitive sedatives that attempt to be stimulants the masses might dig these invalids but they ain’t see what I’ve seen While their heroes roam their zone smoking green, They’re being ripped apart by sharks and being wowed by limousines Walking into boardrooms needing designated drivers intoxicated, too faded to see snakes stripping them naked but not I ‘cause they only get high to get over a mere attempt to meet the level that i’m at when I’m sober See these devils want my senses dulled to take my power but never they will, ‘cause the whole universe is ours these devils want my senses dulled to take my power but never they will, ‘cause the whole universe is ours The whole universe is ours We built this shit and we’ll destroy it if we have to The whole universe is ours (“there’s no better feeling, walking around knowing that you can wipe out your whole neighborhood’) The whole universe is ours We built this shit and we’ll destroy it if we have to The whole universe is ours (“there’s no better feeling, walking around knowing that you can wipe out your whole neighborhood’)
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The Killer 04:04
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My crew and I consider ourselves friendly until faced with inevitable arrogance and envy of rivals They come in all shapes and sizes Liable to ask who Dialtone and Zechariah Wise is Their behavior pattern’s relatively the same beginning by questioning ancestry that we claim Skepticism prompts them to triple dog dare with evil stares But first fill out this questionnaire Name three old school DJs who spun in the Bronx Name New York night spots where hip hop once rocked Name and year of the first rap album you ever purchased and the year you started rhyming (ay yo sun they’re getting nervous) I recall Virginia days of old when I was ridiculed for love, hugs and hip hop soul Only a handful of neighborhood kids could dig the mission together we formed the circle Demolition But now out from the woodwork comes teams of wishful thinkers like they’re different Practicing an art in which they’re culturally ignorant No knowledge of history or proper protocol their motor stalls at the starting line from curvatures in their spine But Lower Life Forms spent years kicking a hole in the wall Not so you rookies could desecrate it all So bring it on then and happened before and will again you can use my mic baby the invitation’s open (we didn’t get in here so you can get in with us, at first you didn’t know us, but now it’s like yo put me down, we didn’t get in here so you can get in with us…) You can use my mic baby the invitation’s open Invitations have been extended to wanna be emcees so let’s see how many of them RSVP to join their brothers in the land of hip hop banishment now occupying entry level positions in waste management But still these children try to catch me off guard I look out my studio and see them in the backyard So invite each of them in for their own painful lesson Until they’re leaving awestruck trying to book themselves a session My impression was we ridded VA of these artistic hoes ’til the flunkies started ending up at our shows One tried to battle me on stage and finished so embarrassed He threw a mic at Dialtone so we threw him off the terrace I guess defeat can cause psychological torment case an point this one cat must have been glutton for punishment After his serving he approached with something to prove as the only one in the building who thought he didn’t lose Come on baby you must be kidding or you don’t know the half I watch the tape of your performance when I need a good laugh Yet still he insisted that he himself was the victor so we crushed him again and left him sobbing in his liquor We spent years chipping a hole in the wall Not so you rookies could ride our backs and desecrate it all So bring it on then and happened before and will again you can use my mic baby the invitation’s open (we didn’t get in here so you can get in with us, at first you didn’t know us, but now it’s like yo put me down, we didn’t get in here so you can get in with us…) You can use my mic baby the invitation’s open Special wake up call to all them sucker, so -called emcees in Northern VA and all the kindergartners trying to get their masters degree… Lower Life Forms… Burke Center representers.
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Zechariah Wise and DJ Dialtone formed the Lower Life Forms in 1992 in Burke Center, Virginia along with a crew of artists, producers and DJs known as Team Demolition. After recording several demos and procuring management, the duo was courted by two major label subsidiaries and in 1995, began recording their debut album, "The Whole Universe is Ours." When issues between their would be label and distributor left the duo unsigned, Wise formed the Depth Charge Recordings label and later released the 12-inch single, "Open Invitation/ Independence Day." The album was scheduled for a full release in late 1997, but was pushed back to allow for the release of a debut 12 inch by Team Demolition. That single, "Dirty Gusto," was an underground hit in the DMV and Wise and Dialtone decided to focus on their collaborative exploits with the crew leaving "The Whole Universe is Ours," unreleased. With the exception of a sparsely issued promotional cassette, the album did not make it to outside ears until 2004, when a short run of 250 cds was produced. This re-mastered edition features the nine original tracks in sequence along with a never before released bonus track.

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released August 14, 1997

All lyrics by Zechariah Wise unless otherwise noted.
All scratches by DJ Dialtone

Recorded, mixed and re-mastered by Zechariah Wise (Mister Wise) at Depth Charge Studios

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