Take a Look Around (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid & Bilal)-Kindred The Family Soul

[ti:Take a Look Around (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid & Bilal)] [ar:Kindred The Family Soul] [al:Love Has No Recession] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Take a Look Around (feat. BJ the Chicago Kid & Bilal) - Kindred The Family Soul [00:07.24]See the world done changed in so many ways [00:12.08] [00:22.81]Times is hard on the boulevard [00:25.01] [00:25.60]Folks is bruised battered and they scarred [00:28.19]Cause them bills piling sky high [00:30.37]And there ain't no answers to the question why [00:33.56]Welfare don't fare well in my hood as if you can't tell [00:38.32] [00:38.87]Oh what a shame that man can't make bail [00:40.85]So he sit and rot inside the jail cell [00:43.68] [00:44.25]Baby mama got you stressed working twice [00:47.02]As hard just to make less [00:48.54] [00:49.18]It's a dangerous cycle but we still blessed [00:51.62]And I'm still determined to do my very best [00:54.22] [00:54.88]They trying to blame Mr President [00:56.60] [00:57.11]But it ain't the fault of the government [00:59.84]When times was good how we overspent [01:02.55]And it came back to bite us in the ass [01:05.43]But don't be fooled by the facade [01:07.49] [01:08.50]Cause it's all a mere mirage [01:10.20] [01:11.03]But like Charles the brothers in charge brothers in charge [01:14.30] [01:15.86]Take a look around [01:17.49] [01:19.20]Said the world get done changed in so many ways [01:22.52] [01:24.52]From Philly to LA and even chi-town [01:28.46] [01:29.93]But the gangsters hustlers fathers [01:31.73]Brothers holding it down we gone work it somehow [01:36.80] [01:38.77]The world is a ghetto [01:40.55]Children walking the streets alone [01:42.50]Cause they got nobody home to raise em [01:45.48] [01:49.26]And your moving out cause the cost of living is sky [01:53.13] [01:53.75]High and you know we working on it [01:55.28]But it's no word from USA to Africa [01:59.19]The whole world want change and them looking to the government [02:03.16]To blame cause when you look into your pocket [02:05.54]There's a shame and you're looking up [02:09.03] [02:10.60]There's a god up there somewhere that sees [02:13.63]What's happening here he sits high and looks low [02:17.79] [02:18.34]And this gives me hope but we got nowhere to go [02:22.82] [02:23.73]It feels like nobody knows how hard it is but take a look around [02:30.72] [02:33.94]Said the world get done changed in so many ways [02:37.18] [02:39.20]From Philly to LA and even chi-town [02:43.14] [02:44.46]But the gangsters hustlers fathers [02:46.37]Brothers holding it down we gone work it somehow [02:51.14] [02:52.08]This goes out to the brothers on the corner thinking [02:54.95]They can do what they wanna yeah [02:59.14]You know the world ain't what it seems just [03:01.31]Because you got a gun in the back of your jeans [03:03.82]Every-time you get locked up penitentiary stocks go up [03:08.22] [03:09.10]While your family sitting tore up you up state [03:11.73]But them baby's getting older but the crazy part [03:15.70]About it all somebody getting paid every-time [03:20.32]The bars hit the wall I pray that one day [03:24.39]We wake up before our times is up [03:28.57] [03:29.73]Because it would really be lost cause if we lose everything at all [03:34.66] [03:35.74]Black suit European cut white shirt [03:38.50]With the black skinny tie dressing like Malcolm [03:41.08]And martin you can't be fly with an empty mind [03:45.19]Take a look around [03:46.36] [03:48.56]Said the world get done changed in so many ways [03:51.86] [03:53.91]From Philly to LA and even chi-town [03:57.65] [03:59.25]But the gangsters hustlers fathers [04:01.19]Brothers holding it down we gone work it somehow [04:06.29]Somehow