Uplift （高）-Rakim Written by ：William Griffin /Victor Padilla /Ron Lawrence Levantore Yeah it's just ghetto Kid test the devil to hit the next level Wish they was a rebel with cerebral metal 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 bug lights Some hug mics to the world hung like parasites The likes lethal the mics lead 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 'Cause slug backwards is evil Levantore Yo what's this Yo bust this Yo it's time to up lift They think all we do is bust clips and puff splifs And plush whips and clutch chips and touch chicks Flont rocks like Fort Knox and hog blocks Taunt cops with more props and we want not Panhandling with your mans and them Scrambling gambling plans to win While the cops clock 'em thieves flock 'em Women watch 'em traders wanna top 'em Ay yo what's the problem Before the narcs knock 'em Opposite playas plot to rob 'em The ghetto got 'em My man said it's rough at the bottom Levantore 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'til the next ball drop All year around plus they shuffle non stop 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 celly Ain't nothing funny Burn plenty and burn money And earn money and watch the century turn 20 Levantore 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 parish We got to cherish if Allah let us Let's give prop and merits till the block flourish In this metropolis stay on top of this You know what the prophet is be prosperous Levantore Now we networking Respect the next person It'll be less hurting Or left lurking 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 Levantore 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'til the next ball drop All year around plus they shuffle non stop 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 celly Ain't nothing funny burn plenty and burn money And earn money and watch the century turn 20 Levantore
[00:00.00]Uplift （高）-Rakim [00:01.580]Written by ：William Griffin /Victor Padilla /Ron Lawrence [00:03.167]Levantore [00:03.908]Yeah it's just ghetto [00:05.433]Kid test the devil to hit the next level [00:08.09]Wish they was a rebel with cerebral metal [00:10.603]Inflex the bezzle with the peddle to the metal [00:13.106]In a thug's paradise where love have a price [00:15.731]So we love for life like thugs love the night [00:18.218]They sell drugs for ice for the Benz with bug lights [00:20.656]Some hug mics to the world hung like parasites [00:23.442]The likes lethal the mics lead you [00:25.423]A sneak preview watch what we do [00:27.322]And what the hood teach you [00:28.557]I still see through the eye of a needle [00:30.545]So I can watch people [00:31.845]'Cause slug backwards is evil [00:33.948]Levantore [00:35.373]Yo what's this [00:36.348]Yo bust this [00:37.309]Yo it's time to up lift [00:38.772]They think all we do is bust clips and puff splifs [00:41.284]And plush whips and clutch chips and touch chicks [00:43.946]Flont rocks like Fort Knox and hog blocks [00:46.422]Taunt cops with more props and we want not [00:49.08]Panhandling with your mans and them [00:51.642]Scrambling gambling plans to win [00:54.24]While the cops clock 'em thieves flock 'em [00:56.230]Women watch 'em traders wanna top 'em [00:57.996]Ay yo what's the problem [00:59.313]Before the narcs knock 'em [01:00.378]Opposite playas plot to rob 'em [01:01.868]The ghetto got 'em [01:02.764]My man said it's rough at the bottom [01:04.563]Levantore [01:06.93]Ghetto alert let's do [01:07.422]Whatever work to get rid of the curse [01:09.550]We went from 1st to America's worst [01:11.961]On this competitive turf [01:13.178]Now let's inherit the earth [01:14.761]There's more prize for one another [01:16.267]And call shots [01:17.351]12:00'til the next ball drop [01:19.901]All year around plus they shuffle non stop [01:22.345]You think it's rough at the bottom [01:23.656]It's even rougher on top [01:24.920]My peeps gonna have to reach and turn for me [01:27.499]And everybody's side of the street'll be celly [01:30.69]Ain't nothing funny [01:31.61]Burn plenty and burn money [01:32.598]And earn money and watch the century turn 20 [01:35.385]Levantore [01:36.733]We all should from the woods [01:38.445]To the big city and the small hood [01:40.319]Everybody should be welcome [01:41.691]To the ball if we all could [01:43.24]But we fall 'cause we brawl [01:44.274]Yo it ain't all good [01:45.290]We need to play right [01:46.274]Stay tight with ya air alight [01:47.890]Keep your game tight [01:49.112]No need to play trife [01:50.600]Get cheese from the daylight to the late night [01:53.29]And it's shouldn't take death to appreciate life [01:55.209]Before a lot parish [01:56.363]We got to cherish if Allah let us [01:58.439]Let's give prop and merits till the block flourish [02:00.633]In this metropolis stay on top of this [02:03.133]You know what the prophet is be prosperous [02:05.988]Levantore [02:07.420]Now we networking [02:08.504]Respect the next person [02:09.715]It'll be less hurting [02:10.976]Or left lurking while we kept our dreads working [02:13.589]Connect set for certain total networking [02:16.279]Last chance to advance and stash grands [02:18.793]If you have plans to have fam and mad land [02:21.449]Own shine condone crime or hold 9s [02:23.650]I know what the problem is killing our own kind [02:26.429]To my flame throwers train sober remain soldiers [02:29.354]Stay sane so these pretty dames can hold us [02:31.586]Terror terrain rollers [02:32.511]And range rovers so the train goers [02:34.286]Claim your fame maintain till your game's over [02:36.816]Levantore [02:38.357]Ghetto alert let's do [02:39.798]Whatever work to get rid of the curse [02:41.950]We went from 1st to America's worst [02:44.214]On this competitive turf [02:45.359]Now let's inherit the earth [02:46.808]There's more prize for one another [02:48.601]And call shots [02:49.557]12:00'til the next ball drop [02:52.28]All year around plus they shuffle non stop [02:54.525]You think it's rough at the bottom [02:55.902]It's even rougher on top [02:57.212]My peeps gonna have to reach and turn for me [02:59.788]And everybody's side of the street'll be celly [03:02.371]Ain't nothing funny burn plenty and burn money [03:04.843]And earn money and watch the century turn 20 [03:07.577]Levantore
