[Intro]

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 elevating every singular hair

All the way from South Philly on a wing and prayer

And still bringin' it yeah

[Hook]

C'mon take it there

C'mon take it there

Let's take it there

C'mon take it there

[Verse 1]

I'm from the side of town where shots get sprayed around

So the expectancy rate be twenty-eight around

Downtown battleground where cops parade around

Have your whole view on 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 about

Chain cigarette smoke kids with bad nerves

And brothas with bad lungs from smokin' mad herb

Whoever in the dark is unseen and heard

Let's emerge, I can feel something close, we on the verge

Talkin' bout, street sweepers, hotel housekeepers

And my people spillin' this out through jailhouse speakers

Some people rather use they mic than use heaters

Some people rather lose they life than lose freedom

For real

[Hook]

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 from 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 diddle, it's a do somethin'

[Verse 2: Black Thought]

Flash light, red light, proceed and head right

Straight into them headlights, then get your head right

Yeah right, get a third strike, hit the turnpike

Life quicker than a spliff that wouldn't burn right

Make you wanna holla 'bout it, it ain't no doubt about it

Every now and then you got to stand up, shout about it

And I'll be shoutin' it too, that’s if a shout'll count

Yo they got accountin' to do, reamount the balance

The shit more puzzlin' than a jigsaw

Raw pitbulls hustlin' through the pitfall

Some of y'all toys let the laughter rip roar

Heartfelt truth in every lyric I spit forth

Raise up, time for lift off

Written on illegal pads, poetry that sizzle the clipboard

My OG, my homie who taught me to deal

Said a prayer, that's the only time you ever should kneel

And that's real

[Hook]

Imma take it there

C'mon take it there

Let's take it there

C'mon take it there

Take it there