Take A Look Around-Masta Ace

[ti:Take A Look Around] [ar:Masta Ace] [al:Take A Look Around] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Take A Look Around - Masta Ace [00:00.72]I got something I want y'all to do [00:04.34]Take a look around [00:06.02] [00:08.08]Take a look around take a look around and ask yourself: why [00:14.65]See all those people on the other side of town livin large and postin high [00:19.30] [00:20.18]Take a look around see that bumrush to this liquor store [00:22.69] [00:24.26]He sold out of thunderbird but I got to say more [00:29.21]Take a look around as the wealthy and rich [00:32.52]Go to plush parties and do-si-do together ain't that a b**ch [00:37.78]Cause they're movin on while most of us sit back complainin [00:42.07]Bout ain't nuff opportunities for our people like it's always rainin [00:47.20]But take a look around cause I see plenty of sunshine in the sky [00:52.65]Maybe next time instead of complainin you go out and get a piece of the pie [00:58.49]Take a look around [00:59.55] [01:00.83]Take a look around [01:04.26]Take a look around as more young people take their eyes off the prize [01:07.32] [01:08.36]See my man simon talkin bout he's gonna put a kit [01:11.35]And a rag-top on that 560 s-e-c he buys [01:13.60] [01:15.27]Take a look around at the music man on the corner playin his sax [01:19.13]Fillin the air with jazz [01:21.56]He's a one-man symphony see that 2 dollars in change in his hat [01:25.61]Yo that's all that brother has [01:29.48]This is just a little letter about the situations we live in [01:33.37] [01:35.10]Take a look around and realize: to succeed we just can't give in [01:40.77] [01:41.78]Now take a look around [01:43.09] [01:44.56]Hey brother take a look around [01:47.30]Hey sister take a look around [01:52.04]Now money made is not necesserally money earned [01:55.72]But those who earn money seem to have a lot less [01:59.52]And not very often are those tables ever turned [02:01.53] [02:02.70]But then again money's not a measure of success [02:07.00]The power of 3 you see is ever present [02:10.59]Slide and ride this groove to get the meanin [02:13.27] [02:14.45]Only a true king can call someone a peasant [02:17.73]You hold a microphone but for a throne I find you fiendin [02:20.97] [02:22.88]Pursuit of happiness and money are not the same [02:26.65]There is some overlap but they're still separate goals [02:29.01] [02:30.13]Because it's possible to have one without the other a shame [02:33.00] [02:33.65]Some don't realize it so they sell away their souls [02:38.33]Take a look around [02:41.01]Take a look around [02:43.95]As I walk through grand central I see so very many [02:46.57] [02:47.28]Brothers and sisters that are down on their luck [02:50.60]Is there really pie and they just aren't gettin any [02:53.34] [02:54.28]Or is it cause they're lazy and they just don't give a f**k [02:58.61]Walkin through the park I see bam-bam playin celo [03:00.85] [03:03.90]4-5-6 bam just lost 3 g's and a kilo [03:10.98]Who says they only play for kicks [03:12.73] [03:15.54]Take a look around [03:18.29]Take a look around [03:21.55]I remember jackie when jackie was a hottie [03:25.91]Jeans used to fit her like the skin upon a grape [03:29.85]Me and every other brother fiened for her body [03:33.96]But she's smokin so now look at her shape [03:38.05]Now mrs green goes to church like every single sunday [03:43.47]And she had three sons ron mike and dale [03:47.97]Maybe if she'd done a little bit more than just pray [03:51.84]Ron wouldn't be dead and the other two they wouldn't be in jail [03:56.90] [03:58.51]I remember mr tee he used to walk with a limp [04:03.67]He had a wooden leg y'know cause he lost it in the war [04:09.01]Maybe if this country had made some attempt [04:11.35]To take care of their veterans mr tee he wouldn'ta have to die poor [04:18.92]Take a look around [04:21.41]Hey - brothers sisters [04:25.39]Take a look around