Rakim - Up Lift Lyrics
(1st verse)Levantore!Yeah, its just ghetto, kid test the devil to hit the next levelWish they was a rebel with cerebral metalInflex the bezzle with the peddle to the metalIn a thugs paradise where love have a priceSo we love for life like thugs love the nightThey sell drugs for ice for the benz with bug lightsSome hug mics to the world, hung like parasitesThe likes lethal, the mics lead youA sneak preview, watch what we do and what the hood teach youI still see through the eye of a needleSo I can watch people cause slug backwards is evil(2nd verse)Levantore!Yo, whats this? yo bust this. yo its time to up liftThey think all we do is bust clips and puff splifsAnd plush whips and clutch chips and touch chicksFlont rocks like fort knox and hog blocksTaunt cops with more props and we want notPanhandling with your mans and themScrambling, gambling, plans to winWhile the cops clock em, thieves flock emWomen watch em, traders wanna top emAy yo whats the problemBefore the narcs knock em opposite playas plot to rob emThe ghetto got em, my man said its rough at the bottom(3rd verse)Levantore!Ghetto alert, lets do whatever work to get rid of the curseWe went from 1st to americas worstOn this competitive turf, now lets inherit the earthTheres more prize for one another, and call shots12:00 til the next ball dropAll year around plus they shuffle non stopYou think its rough at the bottom, its even rougher on topMy peeps gonna have to reach and turn for meAnd everybodys side of the streetll be cellyAint nothing funny, burn plenty and burn moneyAnd earn money and watch the century turn 20(4th verse)Levantore!We all should, from the woods to the big city and the small hoodEverybody should be welcome to the ball if we all could,But we fall cause we brawl, yo it aint all goodWe need to play right, stay tight with ya air alightKeep your game tight, no need to play trifeGet cheese from the daylight to the late nightAnd its shouldnt take death to appreciate lifeBefore a lot parish, we got to cherish if allah let usLets give prop and merits till the block flourishIn this metropolis, stay on top of thisYou know what the prophet is, be prosperous(5th verse)Levantore!Now we networkingRespect the next person, itll be less hurtingOr left lurkin, while we kept our dreads workingConnect set for certain, total networkingLast chance to advance and stash grandsIf you have plans to have fam and mad landOwn shine, condone crime or hold 9sI know what the problem is, killing our own kindTo my flame throwers, train sober, remain soldiersStay sane so these pretty dames can hold usTerror terrain rollers and range rovers so the train goersClaim your fame, maintain, till your games over(6th verse)Levantore!Ghetto alert, lets do whatever work to get rid of the curseWe went from 1st to americas worstOn this competitive turf, now lets inherit the earthTheres more prize for one another, and call shots12:00 til the next ball dropAll year around plus they shuffle non stopYou think its rough at the bottom, its even rougher on topMy peeps gonna have to reach and turn for meAnd everybodys side of the streetll be cellyAint nothing funny, burn plenty and burn moneyAnd earn money and watch the century turn 20Levantore!
