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   Get your head ringin' from the sting of the snare   Spine tingle elevating every singular hair   All the way from South Philly on a wing and prayer   And still bringin' it yeah      C'mon take it there   C'mon take it there   Let's take it there   C'mon take it there      I'm from the side of town   Where shots get sprayed around   Where the expectancy rate be twenty-eight around   Downtown battleground where cops parade around   Have your whole view of life beyond jaded   How everybody sick of breaking down, tryin' a make it out   Hand over fist the only way to get the paper down   People tired of gettin' pushed around, gettin' gangsta now   Discipline the only way to bring some kinda change around   Chain cirgarette smokin' with bad nerves   And brothas with bad lungs from smokin' mad herb   Whoever in the dark is unseen and heard   Let's submerge, I can feel something close we on the verge   Talkin' bout, to my street sweepers, hotel housekeepers   And my people spillin' this out through jail house speakers   Some people rather use than might than use heaters   Some people rather lose they life than lose freedom   For real      C'mon take it there   C'mon take it there   Let's take it there   C'mon take it there      [poem interlude]   Society's time bomb laying dormant   Our people disenfranchised for the free world   Oil for food but they still hungry   No democracy   They said one vote equals one voice   But he told you if he can't work to make it   He'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 do diddley, it's a do somethin'      Flash light, red light, proceed ahead right   Straight into them headlights, you get your head right   Head right get a third strike, hit the turnpike   Life quicker than spliff that wouldn't burn right   Make you wanna holla 'bout it   It ain't no doubt about it   Every now and then you gotta stand up and shout about it   And I'll be shoutin' it to, as if a shout'll count   Yo they got accountin' to do, reamount the ballot   The shit more puzzlin' than a jigsaw   Raw pitbulls hustlin' through the pitfalls   Some of y'all toys let the laughter rip roar   Heart felt truth in every lyric I spit forth   Raise up time to lift off   Written on a legal pad, poetry that sizzle the clip board   My OG, my homey who taught me deal   Said in prayer that's the only time you should ever kneel   And that's real, I'm a take it there      C'mon take it there   C'mon take it there   Let's take it there   C'mon take it there