why don t you come around my way my way why don t you come around my way my way why don t you come around way walking down williams through mart and blays on the big steps where i used to play the girls in the park gotta lot to say them girls over there threw they life away cause they got babies and they just now hear they double numbers they mothers promoting this here the boys on the court playing basketball they baby fathers they rather be boys and that s all h dub stand up bk stand up east coast stand up you should come around my way i m from a place in harlem where the streets they look like africa and the trees are in better condition than the homes so abandoned p s 197 where i study my academics there and and the books so worn and torn i can t think how they tried to cripple me and the students lost sight of me thank god i had a good teacher on the side of me showed me the right thangs to do overcame these obstacles h dub stand up for the things that we ve been through ooh h dub stand up bk stand up east coast stand up you should come around my way well we got these buildings called projects but it ain t three stories they fill about ten on the block april flow go up by 20 stories i tell be true story kids cut school and watch maury like if they ain t intellect then what s affecting my life i can t respect em but that s just they way of the ghetto people who come from where i m from get it but we still gotta make a difference stand up tall so the world can get it teach kids proud to sit outside show another side and they sho gon rise stop letting responsibilty fall i can tell you ain t been aroung my way at all why don t you come around so you can see what my eyes been seeing why why don t you come around where we need direction respect is never the lesson why don t you come around my way my way why don t you come around my way my way h dub stand up bk stand up east coast stand up you should up up up up up up