Rakim - Uplift lyrics

"Levantaré"

Yeah, it's just ghetto
Kid test the devil to hit the next level
Wish they was a rebel with cerebral mettle
Inflex the bezzle with the
Peddle to the metal
In a thug's paradise where love have a price
So we love for life like thugs love the night
They sell drugs for ice for the
Benz with the bug lights
Some hug mics to the world
Hung like parasites
But life's lethal, and might mislead you
A sneak preview
Watch what we do and what the hood teach you
I still see through the eye of a needle
So I can watch people
Because love backwards is evil

"Levantaré"

Yo, what's this? Yo bust this
Yo it's time to uplift
They think all we do is
Bust clips and puff splifs
And plush whips and clutch
Chips and touch chicks
Flaunt rocks like Fort Knox and hawk blocks
Taunt cops with more props we want not
Panhandling with your mans and them
Scrambling, gambling, plans to win
While the cops clock 'em, fiends flock 'em
Women watch 'em, traders wanna top 'em
Ay yo what's the problem
Before the narcs knock em obviously
Playas plot to rob em the ghetto got 'em
My man said it's rough at the bottom

"Levantaré"

Ghetto alert, let's do whatever work to get
Rid of the curse
We went from 1st to America's worst
On this competitive turf
Now let's inherit the earth
Let's form plots with one another
And call shots
From 12: 00 o'clock 'til the next ball drop
All year around cause we suffer nonstop
You think it's rough at the bottom
It's even rougher on top
My peeps gonna have to reach and turn for me
And everybody's side of the
Street'll be sunny ain't nothing funny
Burn plenty of firm honeys
And earn money and watch the century turn 20

"Levantaré"

We all should, from the woods to the big
City and the small hood
Everybody should be welcome to the
Ball if we all could
But we fall cause we brawl
Yo it ain't all good we need to play right
Stay tight with ya air alight
Keep your game tight, no need to play trife
Get cheese from the daylight
To the late night
And it's shouldn't take death
To appreciate life before a lot perish
We got to cherish if Allah let us
Get proper nourish 'til the block flourish
In this metropolis, stay on top of this
You know what the prophet is, be prosperous

"Levantaré"

Now we networking respect the next person
It'll be less hurting or left lurkin
While we kept our dreads working
Connect set for certain, total networking
Last chance to advance and stash grands
If you have plans to have fam and mad land
Own shine, condone crime or hold 9s
I know what the problem is
Killing our own kind
To my flame throwers, train sober
Remain soldiers
Stay sane so these pretty dames can hold us
Terror terrain rollers and Range Rovers
So the train goers
Claim your fame, maintain
Till your game's over

"Levantaré"

Ghetto alert, let's do whatever work to get
Rid of the curse
We went from 1st to America's worst
On this competitive turf
Now let's inherit the earth
There's more prize for one another
And call shots
12: 00 o'clock 'til the next ball drop
All year around plus they shuffle nonstop
You think it's rough at the bottom
It's even rougher on top
My peeps gonna have to reach and turn for me
And everybody's side of the
Street'll be sunny ain't nothing funny
Burn plenty and burn money
And earn money and watch the century turn 20

"Levantaré"