I got something I want y'all to do
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Take a look around
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Take a look around, take a look around and ask yourself: Why?
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See all those people on the other side of town, livin large and postin high?
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Take a look around, see that bumrush to this liquor store?
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He sold out of Thunderbird, but I got to say more
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Take a look around as the wealthy and rich
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Go to plush parties and do-si-do together, ain't that a bitch?
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Cause they're movin on while most of us sit back complainin
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Bout, "Ain't nuff opportunities for our people", like it's always rainin
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But take a look around, cause I see plenty of sunshine in the sky
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Maybe next time, instead of complainin, you go out and get a piece of the pie
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Take a look around
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Take a look around
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Take a look around as more young people take their eyes off the prize
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See my man Simon talkin bout he's gonna put a kit
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And a rag-top on that 560 S-E-C he buys?
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Take a look around at the music man on the corner playin his sax
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Fillin the air with jazz
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He's a one-man symphony, see that 2 dollars in change in his hat?
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Yo, that's all that brother has
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This is just a little letter about the situations we live in
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Take a look around and realize: to succeed we just can't give in
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Now take a look around
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Hey brother, take a look around
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Hey sister, take a look around
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Now money made is not necesserally money earned
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But those who earn money seem to have a lot less
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And not very often are those tables ever turned
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But then again, money's not a measure of success
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The power of 3, you see, is ever present
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Slide and ride this groove, to get the meanin
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Only a true king can call someone a peasant
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You hold a microphone, but for a throne I find you fiendin
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Pursuit of happiness and money are not the same
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There is some overlap, but they're still separate goals
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Because it's possible to have one without the other, a shame
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Some don't realize it, so they sell away their souls
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Take a look around
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Take a look around
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As I walk through Grand Central I see so very many
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Brothers and sisters that are down on their luck
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Is there really pie, and they just aren't gettin any?
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Or is it cause they're lazy and they just don't give a fuck?
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Walkin through the park I see Bam-Bam playin celo
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4-5-6, Bam just lost 3 g's and a kilo
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Who says they only play for kicks?
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Take a look around
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Take a look around
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I remember Jackie, when Jackie was a hottie
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Jeans used to fit her like the skin upon a grape
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Me and every other brother fiened for her body
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But she's smokin, so now look at her shape
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Now Mrs Green goes to church like every single Sunday
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And she had three sons, Ron, Mike and Dale
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Maybe if she'd done a little bit more than just pray
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Ron wouldn't be dead, and the other two, they wouldn't be in jail
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I remember Mr. Tee, he used to walk with a limp
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He had a wooden leg, y'know, cause he lost it in the war
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Maybe if this country had made some attempt
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To take care of their veterans, Mr. Tee, he wouldn'ta have to die poor
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Take a look around
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Hey - brothers, sisters
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Take a look around
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Take a Look Around
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| Master Ace |
