Take It From Me - Intellectual

[Chorus: Illy]

(Take it from me)

Take it from me, take it from me

We gonna get there, baby (some day)

Shit, even if it drives me crazy (some day)

We take it straight to the top of the globe

And bring it back down under, yeah, right back home now

Take it from me

And they can hate if they think that it's worth it

But I ain't got the time to return it

This is how it go down my side of the town

Yo you get respect when you deserve it

[Verse 1: Illy]

Now there's a lot to be said for persistence

'Cos shit only seemed distant in the distance. If I could

Rewind the hands of time, wouldn't have picked that

I had so many things ticked off my wish list

And it never occurred till I stopped, looked back

And for better or worse, preserved my thirst

Ain't always been in it, let alone finished first

But I've give every goddamn particle I'm worth

To the cause just to get through the door, you in it

For the strong game, you won't hit the porch and everywhere

They pulled me in, Phaze gave support, Phizzle laced me more

Than any debut dropper came before

Now Pegz trust me to carry the torch

Who'da thought? But a long story short, each coin you carry has a flip

Had my share of hard times and my hospital trips

But it is what it is, now I don't wanna brag

But other than the fuck-shit that happened with my back

If I had another chance, wouldn't change a fucking fact

[Chorus: Illy]

(Take it from me)

Take it from me, take it from me

We gonna get there, baby (some day)

Shit, even if it drives me crazy (some day)

We take it straight to the top of the globe

And bring it back down under, yeah, right back home now

Take it from me, yep

'Cos all the struggles and dark nights

Make it that much sweeter in sunlight

It's only when you give up that your chances are cut

I mean, what's the speed profit of life?

[Verse 2: Illy]

Some don't understand

But it's hard to get them to relate

They're heading into work, but I'm heading interstate

And no complaints made about the money that I make

I can take the debt; fresh lines on the face

[?] love by the day, fall in love by the evening

And the sun don't rise in the morning, I'm leaving (huh)

And leave them behind, my rhymes and achievements

To impress on the next crop, no shame in dreaming

Can't be sure when the last bus leaving, but

Sure as my heart's beating

Only way forward's believe in yourself

Been told I couldn't a few times as well

Look how much mind I paid to that

If I gave a fuck, I'd probably get change back, wack shit

I'm running late with that. Go ahead, hold breath

And suffocate waiting and call me impatient

But fuck fate, what's yours for the making

Take it from me

[Chorus: Illy]

(Take it from me)

Take it from me, take it from me

We gonna get there, baby (some day)

Shit, even if it drives me crazy (some day)

We take it straight to the top of the globe

And bring it back down under, yeah, right back home now

Take it from me

And this world doesn't know you at all, man

What you make for yourself is in your hands

For every in the globe there's a high, every day there's a night

It's who you are, not who you are more than

[Bridge: M-Phazes]

It took a lot for me to get here

You couldn't stop it if you wanted

You gotta get up, get out, and get something

It took a lot for me to get here

You couldn't stop it if you wanted

You gotta get up, get out, and get something

[Verse 3: Illy]

You gotta

Persist with your vision, push it to the limit

'Cos a life without risk ain't worth living

Roll the dice, any chance I'm given

Head in the cloud, feet on the ground, ain't missing a goddamn

Thing and ain't wishing for a goddamn

Thing, exactly how my old man thinks

I respectfully decline, the trajectory expected to

Apply, I don't accept it, I deny, wave goodbye

They could jet through the sky, but I shoot for the stars

If it goes pear-shaped, I can say by and large, "fuck it"

I did it my way; every cheque carved by following my heart

And what they say, I can't, couldn't? Open wide, say, "ah", put your foot in

No guessing, no regrets. If it don't make

Dollars, it don't make sense. Nah, mate

I'm about the time spent I won't get again

Take it from me

[Outro]

(Take it from me)

(Some day)

(Take it from me)

(Some day)