Universal - L.A. Symphony

Get 'em up y’all, get 'em up y’all

This one’s for all y’all, hands high y’all

Get 'em up y’all, get 'em up y’all

This one’s for all y’all, hands high y’all come on

Soul smashing through the boombox

Shook the world, every ghetto up rocks (up rocks)

Rebel art fist raised and head bobbing

Beat boxing on Beach Street to beach knocking

Planet rocking

Rock, rock rock, rock on

Artform for the poor, hungry, broken and strong

A song of the voiceless, who’ll forever be heard

Over beat breaks on every landscape that’s word

I’m saying though, I was just in Shibuya

Seen this kid with an L.A. Symph shirt and some Pumas

Yeah man, way out in Japan

They be rocking Nike dunks, skateboards in their hand man

Rap made an impact all over the world

Enabled me to make these stacks and to these girls

But I also drop pearls, jewels, and gems

Cause it’s more than just guns, women, pools and rims

Universal, taking this around the world

Universal, from the nerds to the valley girls

Universal, from the corn fields to the barber shops

And gritty city streets and the 'Bama boondocks

Universal, taking this all over the globe

Universal, to places that you don’t even know

Universal, London, Japan and Amsterdam

It’s taking over the world it wasn’t even planned

Yeah, from ghettos to suburbs

East west to worldwide

New York ghetto China

Puerto Rico

Japanese ichi ni, every country mic check

And through the internet man, we all straight connect (straight connect)

The one’s who love the culture, don’t abuse, show respect

Thirty years of evolution and it ain’t finished yet (no)

Cause the freedom of expression is the soul of hip hop

It speaks every language so it’s never gonna stop

They say nothing is sacred and nothing is pure (yep)

That point is taken as the rake in manure

Money with the message of money and self hate

It seems so sacrilegious to even resuscitate it

Definition of music as the voice of a people

Cause right about now it’s advertising the illegal as elite

And the feat is just to catch up

Get shot a hundred times and put a platinum plaque up

Universal, taking this around the world

Universal, from the nerds to the valley girls

Universal, from the corn fields to the barber shops

And gritty city streets and the 'Bama boondocks

Universal, taking this all over the globe

Universal, to places that you don’t even know

Universal, London, Japan and Amsterdam

It’s taking over the world it wasn’t even planned

Some say they used to love her, but do it like a single mother

A phase in your colors the sound of the summer

Timbaland, Tommy, and Kango

Influenced the world thanks to Arsenio

From a, L.A. Symphony to De La Soul

Whether it’s, C’est la Vie or Say No Go

We play the role of global earlobe patrol

Unload on different continents and reap the motherload

From audiences in Rome where the peeps like to dance

And the clubs in Long Beach where they crease their pants

We see

Healthy competition is good as long as they clap their hands

The genius of music, the joy it brings

A child’s innocent smile, their hopes and dreams

A better tomorrow, a better today

Little say «What's up» when you’re on your way

Universal, taking this around the world

Universal, from the nerds to the valley girls

Universal, from the corn fields to the barber shops

And gritty city streets and the 'Bama boondocks

Universal, taking this all over the globe

Universal, to places that you don’t even know

Universal, London, Japan and Amsterdam

It’s taking over the world it wasn’t even planned

Trinidad, Africa, Angola, Canada, China, Australia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru,

Ecuador, Belize, Jamaica, Barbados, Mauritius, Bali, Portugal, Spain, France,

Germany, Ireland, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland