Take it there



Take em there



[ VERSE 1 ]

I used to live Uptown, 2-1-9th Street

White Plains, everything was concrete

On my block up on the hill

Barnes Ave., yo, everything was chill

Till night fall, that's when they come out

(The freaks y'all) Watch the kid with the gun out

Now many people tell me New York City is horrific

It is kinda... scary, but let's be realistic

This is the part that started this music

When other people out there in the world couldn't do it

Party people had to wait to see

The DJ's go forth and back

We used to rock off these breakbeats

Way before they called it rap

Matter of fact, now that I think back

Hip-hop was the start of somethin big

The way we took this art straight from the parks

To where you live



[ CHORUS ]

Now this story had to be told

About how we came in from the cold

Played my hand and refused to fold

We made somethin new out of what was old

And what we make no man can break

So I took my time cause it was mine to take

Now low and behold, I heard my tape just sold

1'000'001, son, now I'm draped in gold

I took it there



[ VERSE 2 ]

Now years ago when I was 9

Pops 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 country

See, California is the place to see

So daddy put us inside his Cadillac

We hit the West coast, I thought we'd never come back

Now I'm walking green grass, 3 years went past

Palm trees, ocean breeze, where the summers last

You see ah, that's the life that I lead

It taught me home is just a place where you lay your head

Now get