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Take It There (Explicit)
The Roots
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Yeah, stand up
Stretch for the stars
Get somebody else involved right next to ya
Y'all elected me to keep it so fresh for ya
Just 'cause I make it possible for the rest of ya
To just take it there
Come on and get your head ringin' from the sting of the snare
Spine tingle, elevatin' every singular hair
All the way from South Philly on a wing and a prayer
And still bringin' it, yeah
Come on, take it there
Come on, take it there
Let's take it there
Come on, take it there
I'm from the side of town where shots get sprayed around
So the expectancy rate be 28 around
Downtown battleground where cops parade around
Have your whole view on life beyond jaded, how?
Everybody sick of breakin' down, tryin' to make it out
Hand over fist the only way to get the paper now
People tired of gettin' pushed around, gettin' gangsta now
Discipline the only way to bring some kind of change about
Chain cigarette smoke, kids with bad nerves
And brothers with bad lungs from smokin' mad herb
Whoever in the dark is unseen and heard
Let's emerge, I can feel somethin' close, we on the verge
To my street sweepers, hotel housekeepers
And my people spillin' this out through jailhouse speakers
Some people rather use they might than use heaters
Some people rather lose they life than lose freedom, for real
Come on, take it there
Let's take it there
Come on, take it there
Come on, take it there
Let's take it there
Come on, take it there
I'ma take it there
Come on, take it there
Society's time bomb land mine
A people disenfranchised from the free world
Oil for food but they still hungry
No democracy
They said one vote equals one voice
But who told you if you can't work to make it
You'll rob to take it?
The villains abandoning the planet and the people
Another hot summer, yo, they 'bout to flood the prisons
This ain't no doo-diddle, it's a do somethin'
Flashlight, red light, proceed and head right
Straight into them headlights to get your head right
Hear right, get a third strike, hit the turnpike
Life quicker than a spliff that wouldn't burn right
Make you wanna holler 'bout it, it ain't no doubt about it
Every now and then you got to stand up, shout about it
And I be shoutin' it too, that's if a shot'll count it
Yo, they got accountin' to do, re-amount the balance
The shit more puzzlin' than a jigsaw
Raw pit bulls hustlin' through a pitfall
Some of y'all's toys let the laughter rip raw
Heartfelt truth in every lyric I spit for
Raise up, time for lift off
Written on illegal pads, poetry that sizzle the clipboard
My OG, my homie who told me the deal
Said a prayer, that's the only time you ever should kneel
And that's real
I'ma take it there
Come on, take it there
Let's take it there
Come on, take it there
I'ma take it there
Let's take it there
Come on, take it there
I'ma take it there
Come on, take it there
Let's take it there
Come on, take it there
I'ma take it there
Come on, take it there
Let's take it there
Come on, take it there
I'ma take it there
Come on, take it there
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