The Roots - Take It There lyrics

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

C'mon take it there c'mon take it there
Let's take it there c'mon take it there

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 around
Chain cigarette smokin' 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, to my street sweepers
Hotel housekeepers
And my people spillin' this
Out through jailhouse speakers
Some people rather use they
Mics than use heaters
Some people rather lose they
Life than lose freedom for real

C'mon take it there c'mon take it there
Let's take it there c'mon take it there

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 diddley, it's a do somethin'

Flash light, red light, proceed ahead right
Straight into them headlights
You get your head right
Head right get a third strike
Hit the turnpike
Life quicker than spliff that
Wouldn't burn right
Make you wanna holla 'bout it
It ain't no doubt about it
Every now and then you gotta stand
Up and shout about it
And I'll be shoutin' it too
As 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 pitfalls
Some of y'all toys let the laughter rip roar
Heartfelt truth in every lyric I spit forth
Raise up time to lift off
Written on a legal pad
Poetry that sizzle the clipboard
My og, my homey who taught me to deal
Said in prayer that's the only
Time you should ever kneel
And that's real, I'm a take it there

C'mon take it there c'mon take it there
Let's take it there c'mon take it there