[ti:stand up]
[ar:lil mama]
[00:01.09]Why  don't  you  come  around,my
[00:02.57]way （way）my  way  my  way （way）my
[00:06.36]way （way）x2]
[00:15.64]Why  don't  you  come  around?
[00:16.70]Uh,Uh,Uh,why  don't  you  come
[00:23.83]around （way,way,way）why  don't
[00:30.70]you  come  around
[00:31.83]Walking  down  Williams  through  Mart
[00:34.44]and  Blays （mart  and  blays）
[00:35.77]Call  it  Big  Steps  where  I  used  to  play （used  to  play）
[00:39.37]The  girls  in  the  park  gotta  lot  to  say （lot  to  say）
[00:43.23]Them  girls  over  here  threw  they  life  away （life  away）
[00:46.98]Cause  they  got  babies  and  they  just
[00:49.54]now  head （just  now  head）
[00:52.05]They  double  numbers  they  mamas  promoting  this  here
[00:54.40]The  boys  on  the  court  playing  basketball （basketball）
[00:58.14]They  baby  fathers  they  rather  be  boys  and  that's  all
[01:01.94]Blays  Rd.Stand  up!（uh）
[01:04.13]Pre  K  Stand  Up!（uh）
[01:05.12]East  Coast  Stand  Up!（uh）You  should
[01:08.55]Come  around  my  way  x2]
[01:17.11]I'm  from  a  place  in  Harlem
[01:18.52]Where  the  streets  they  look  like  Africa
[01:21.05]And  the  trees  are  in  better  condition
[01:22.65]than  the  homes  so  abandoned  P  S 197
[01:25.39]Where  I  study  my  academic  stare  run
[01:28.51]And  the  books  so  worn  and  torn  I  can't  think
[01:31.09]How  they  tried  to  cripple  me
[01:33.79]Understood  the  lost  side  of  me
[01:35.90]Thank  god  I  had  a  good  teacher  on  the  side  of  me
[01:39.10]Showed  me  the  right  thangs  to  do
[01:41.50]Overcame  these  obstacles
[01:42.21]Haters  stand  up  for  the  things
[01:45.52]that  we've  been  through  ooh
[01:47.15]Blays  Rd.Stand  up!（uh）
[01:48.96]Pre  K  Stand  Up!（uh）
[01:50.70]East  Coast  Stand  Up!（uh）You  should
[01:53.74]Come  around  my  way  x2]
[02:02.56]Here  we  got  these  buildings  called  projects
[02:04.78]but  they  ain't  three  stories
[02:06.24]They  fill  about  ten  on  the  block
[02:07.95]april  flow  go  up  by  twenty
[02:09.95]Stories  I  tell  be  true  story  kids
[02:11.57]cut  school  and  watch  Maury
[02:13.01]Like  if  they  ain't  intelect  in
[02:15.29]what's  affecting  my  life  I  can't
[02:16.94]respect  them
[02:17.56]But  that's  just  they  way  of  the  ghetto
[02:19.53]People  who  come  from  where  I'm  from  get  it
[02:21.18]But  we  still  gotta  make  a  difference
[02:22.60]Stand  up  tall  so  the  world  can  get  it
[02:24.83]Teach  kids  pride  insted  of 'Outside'
[02:26.26]Show  another  side  and  they  show  gon'rise
[02:28.65]Stop  letting  responsibilty  fall
[02:30.30]I  can  tell  you  ain't  been  aroung  my  way  at  all
[02:32.53]Why  don't  you  come  around （way）
[02:34.59]So  you  can  see  what  my （way）
[02:36.45]Eyes  been  seeing  why （way）
[02:38.32]Why  don't  you  come  around
[02:40.14]Where  we  need  directions （way）
[02:42.35]Respect  in  every  lesson （way）
[02:44.15]Way,why  don't  you  come  around
[02:48.13]My  way （way）my  way  my  way （way）my  way （way）x2]
[03:02.62]Blays  Rd.Stand  up!（uh）
[03:05.74]Pre  K  Stand  Up!（uh）
[03:06.83]East  Coast  Stand  Up!（uh）x2]
[03:08.30]You  should  come  around  my  way
[03:16.46]You  should  come  around
[03:19.53]Uh,Uh,Uh  Uh,Uh, <-4>Uh