Akbar - Take It There Lyrics
Take it thereTake em there[ VERSE 1 ]I used to live Uptown, 2-1-9th StreetWhite Plains, everything was concreteOn my block up on the hillBarnes Ave., yo, everything was chillTill night fall, that's when they come out(The freaks y'all) Watch the kid with the gun outNow many people tell me New York City is horrificIt is kinda... scary, but let's be realisticThis is the part that started this musicWhen other people out there in the world couldn't do itParty people had to wait to seeThe DJ's go forth and backWe used to rock off these breakbeatsWay before they called it rapMatter of fact, now that I think backHip-hop was the start of somethin bigThe way we took this art straight from the parksTo where you live[ CHORUS ]Now this story had to be toldAbout how we came in from the coldPlayed my hand and refused to foldWe made somethin new out of what was oldAnd what we make no man can breakSo I took my time cause it was mine to takeNow low and behold, I heard my tape just sold1'000'001, son, now I'm draped in goldI took it there[ VERSE 2 ]Now years ago when I was 9Pops said, "It's time to rise and shine"He said, "New York City ain't the place to stay"We packed the ride and left and headed for L.A.Took us west straight through the countrySee, California is the place to seeSo daddy put us inside his CadillacWe hit the West coast, I thought we'd never come backNow I'm walking green grass, 3 years went pastPalm trees, ocean breeze, where the summers lastYou see ah, that's the life that I leadIt taught me home is just a place where you lay your headNow get
