Take It From Me

[Chorus: Illy]
(Take it from me)
Take it from me, take it from me
We gonna get there, baby (some day)
Shit, even if it drives me crazy (some day)
We take it straight to the top of the globe
And bring it back down under, yeah, right back home now
Take it from me
And they can hate if they think that it's worth it
But I ain't got the time to return it
This is how it go down my side of the town
Yo you get respect when you deserve it

[Verse 1: Illy]
Now there's a lot to be said for persistence
'Cos shit only seemed distant in the distance. If I could
Rewind the hands of time, wouldn't have picked that
I had so many things ticked off my wish list
And it never occurred till I stopped, looked back
And for better or worse, preserved my thirst
Ain't always been in it, let alone finished first
But I've give every goddamn particle I'm worth
To the cause just to get through the door, you in it
For the strong game, you won't hit the porch and everywhere
They pulled me in, Phaze gave support, Phizzle laced me more
Than any debut dropper came before
Now Pegz trust me to carry the torch
Who'da thought? But a long story short, each coin you carry has a flip
Had my share of hard times and my hospital trips
But it is what it is, now I don't wanna brag
But other than the fuck-shit that happened with my back
If I had another chance, wouldn't change a fucking fact

[Chorus: Illy]
(Take it from me)
Take it from me, take it from me
We gonna get there, baby (some day)
Shit, even if it drives me crazy (some day)
We take it straight to the top of the globe
And bring it back down under, yeah, right back home now
Take it from me, yep
'Cos all the struggles and dark nights
Make it that much sweeter in sunlight
It's only when you give up that your chances are cut
I mean, what's the speed profit of life?

[Verse 2: Illy]
Some don't understand
But it's hard to get them to relate
They're heading into work, but I'm heading interstate
And no complaints made about the money that I make
I can take the debt; fresh lines on the face
[?] love by the day, fall in love by the evening
And the sun don't rise in the morning, I'm leaving (huh)
And leave them behind, my rhymes and achievements
To impress on the next crop, no shame in dreaming
Can't be sure when the last bus leaving, but
Sure as my heart's beating
Only way forward's believe in yourself
Been told I couldn't a few times as well
Look how much mind I paid to that
If I gave a fuck, I'd probably get change back, wack shit
I'm running late with that. Go ahead, hold breath
And suffocate waiting and call me impatient
But fuck fate, what's yours for the making
Take it from me

[Chorus: Illy]
(Take it from me)
Take it from me, take it from me
We gonna get there, baby (some day)
Shit, even if it drives me crazy (some day)
We take it straight to the top of the globe
And bring it back down under, yeah, right back home now
Take it from me
And this world doesn't know you at all, man
What you make for yourself is in your hands
For every in the globe there's a high, every day there's a night
It's who you are, not who you are more than

[Bridge: M-Phazes]
It took a lot for me to get here
You couldn't stop it if you wanted
You gotta get up, get out, and get something
It took a lot for me to get here
You couldn't stop it if you wanted
You gotta get up, get out, and get something

[Verse 3: Illy]
You gotta
Persist with your vision, push it to the limit
'Cos a life without risk ain't worth living
Roll the dice, any chance I'm given
Head in the cloud, feet on the ground, ain't missing a goddamn
Thing and ain't wishing for a goddamn
Thing, exactly how my old man thinks
I respectfully decline, the trajectory expected to
Apply, I don't accept it, I deny, wave goodbye
They could jet through the sky, but I shoot for the stars
If it goes pear-shaped, I can say by and large, "fuck it"
I did it my way; every cheque carved by following my heart
And what they say, I can't, couldn't? Open wide, say, "ah", put your foot in
No guessing, no regrets. If it don't make
Dollars, it don't make sense. Nah, mate
I'm about the time spent I won't get again
Take it from me

[Outro]
(Take it from me)
(Some day)
(Some day)
(Some day)
(Take it from me)
(Some day)
(Some day)
(Some day)