Youve Got to Look Up

<br>(performed by derek b)<br><br><br><br>To the people in the front<br><br>And all the people in the back row<br><br>Nice to see yall jammin left to<br><br>Right toe to toe<br><br><br><br>No more introductions you know<br><br>Who I am<br><br>If you dont I couldnt really<br><br>Give a damm!<br><br>So just slide to the glide of the<br><br>Rhyme in motion<br><br>Or rock to the rhythm of this magic potion<br><br><br><br>To have an opinion, not to follow a crowd,<br><br>Brothers and sisters say it loud<br><br>Not here to depress, only to stress<br><br>Yes, we can all get out of this mess<br><br>My license revoked, people think I choked,<br><br>Try to hange me with the rope, but nope,<br><br>See Im too dope.<br><br><br><br>Chorus<br><br>Everybody<br><br>Youve gotta look up<br><br>Youve gotta<br><br>Everybody<br><br>Dont ever look down<br><br>Dont let them put you down<br><br><br><br>With a bang the bass kicks once again,<br><br>Ill repeat myself try to tell you again<br><br>No, not a politician or an<br><br>Obstitrician<br><br>Just a down young man who watches and<br><br>Listens<br><br><br><br>Weary of the system tryin to rip us off<br><br>So they let you use drugs so your mind goes soft<br><br>Confused, amused at what the papers say<br><br>Never get their facts straight anyway<br><br>cos Ive lived through the night of a 1000 knives<br><br>Watched journalistic murder with<br><br>My damn eyes<br><br>Seen em make, take, break many peoples lives<br><br>Fillin up the public with nothing but lies<br><br>Livin in a class segregated nation<br><br>Gutter press, comicbooks, mind information<br><br>Try to keep me quiet just sittin in the corner<br><br>But my name is derek b<br><br>Not little jack horner.<br><br><br><br>Chorus x 2<br><br><br><br>The plot thickens as the rhyme goes on<br><br>Can you hear &quot;woo yea&quot; anywhere<br><br>In this song<br><br>Let me take a breath, let me get some space<br><br>Hold tight lets kick in the bass,<br><br>Out of fourth gear rhyme in to cruise,<br><br>Lyrical language, bring you more news<br><br><br><br>If you have no ambition, no heart, or gold<br><br>No ambition no heart no soul<br><br>Gotta play to win no second place<br><br>Why do you think they call this the human race<br><br><br><br>Dont wanna be classified or be trendy<br><br>Dont like junkfood especially wendys<br><br>No ad in no mag tells me what to wear<br><br>Or for that matter what to do with my hair<br><br>Not a hip house or hip hop just my kinda song<br><br>Delivered by the young black capricorn.<br><br><br><br>Chorus<br><br><br><br>Life is much bigger than colour and greed<br><br>So slow down and ont feed your greed<br><br>Everyman for himself thats not the way to go<br><br>Stick together then well all go<br><br>One world one colour one people as we dance<br><br>Get on the dancefloor<br><br>Now is your chance to express yourself by the way you move<br><br>The rhyme.... ambassador heres my groove<br><br><br><br>Chorus x 2<br><br><br><br>Written by d. boland<br><br>Produced by: nyc &amp; costello<br><br>Programmed by: d. carter & nyc & costello<br><br>Mixed and engineered by hot black four<br><br>Recorded at: matrix studios, uk<br><br>Mixed by gail &quot;sky&quot; king at soundworks, new york<br><br>Engineered by hugy dwyer at soundworks, new york<br><br><br><br>Published by copyright control