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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
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