[00:00.18]I got something i want y'all to do
[00:03.54]Take a look around
[00:07.41]Take a look around, take a look around and ask yourself：why?
[00:14.10]See all those people on the other side of town, livin large and postin high?
[00:19.68]Take a look around, see that bumrush to this liquor store?
[00:23.67]He sold out of thunderbird, but i got to say more
[00:28.68]Take a look around as the wealthy and rich
[00:31.95]Go to plush parties and do-si-do together, ain't that a *****?
[00:35.61]Cause they're movin on while most of us sit back complainin
[00:41.70]Bout, "ain't nuff opportunities for our people", like it's always rainin
[00:47.01]But take a look around, cause i see plenty of sun*****ne in the sky
[00:52.11]Maybe next time, instead of complainin, you go out and get a piece of the pie
[00:57.81]Take a look around
[01:00.27]Take a look around
[01:03.66]Take a look around as more young people take their eyes off the prize
[01:07.92]See my man simon talkin bout he's gonna put a kit
[01:10.32]And a rag-top on that 560 s-e-c he buys?
[01:14.76]Take a look around at the music man on the corner playin his sax
[01:18.63]Fillin the air with jazz
[01:21.00]He's a one-man symphony, see that 2 dollars in change in his hat?
[01:25.41]Yo, that's all that brother has
[01:28.89]This is just a little letter about the situations we live in
[01:34.62]Take a look around and realize: to succeed we just can't give in
[01:39.66]Now take a look around
[01:44.13]Hey brother, take a look around
[01:46.86]Hey sister, take a look around
[01:51.48]Now money made is not necesserally money earned
[01:55.14]But those who earn money seem to have a lot less
[01:59.07]And not very often are those tables ever turned
[02:02.19]But then again, money's not a measure of success
[02:06.48]The power of 3, you see, is ever present
[02:10.20]Slide and ride this groove, to get the meanin
[02:12.84]Only a true king can call someone a peasant
[02:17.16]You hold a microphone, but for a throne i find you fiendin
[02:22.44]Pursuit of happiness and money are not the same
[02:26.04]There is some overlap, but they're still separate goals
[02:29.61]Because it's possible to have one without the other, a shame
[02:33.15]Some don't realize it, so they sell away their souls
[02:37.89]Take a look around
[02:40.50]Take a look around
[02:43.53]As i walk through grand central i see so very many
[02:46.68]Brothers and sisters that are down on their luck
[02:50.07]Is there really pie, and they just aren't gettin any?
[02:53.85]Or is it cause they're lazy and they just don't give a ****?
[02:55.80]Walkin through the park i see bam-bam playin celo
[03:01.38]4-5-6, bam just lost 3 g's and a kilo
[03:10.44]Who says they only play for kicks?
[03:14.97]Take a look around
[03:17.73]Take a look around
[03:21.12]I remember jackie, when jackie was a hottie
[03:24.30]Jeans used to fit her like the skin upon a grape
[03:28.08]Me and every other brother fiened for her body
[03:33.39]But she's smokin, so now look at her shape
[03:37.62]Now mrs green goes to church like every single sunday
[03:42.84]And she had three sons, ron, mike and dale
[03:47.43]Maybe if she'd done a little bit more than just pray
[03:51.42]Ron wouldn't be dead, and the other two, they wouldn't be in jail
[03:58.02]I remember mr. tee, he used to walk with a limp
[04:03.15]He had a wooden leg, y'know, cause he lost it in the war
[04:08.43]Maybe if this country had made some attempt
[04:10.80]To take care of their veterans, mr. tee, he wouldn'ta have to die poor
[04:18.48]Take a look around
[04:20.91]Hey - brothers, sisters
[04:24.84]Take a look around