Take a Walk

[Intro: Masta Ace, Spanky and Our Gang] Uh-huh, uh-huh (Uh-huh) (Aah-aah-aah-aah) (Uh-huh) Uh-huh (Uh-huh) yeah (Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah) Blue skies, (Blue skies) (Aah-aah-aah-aah) Sunshine (Sunshine) What a day, (What a day) (Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah) Let's take a walk in the… [Interlude: Apocalypse with Masta Ace, Spanky and Our Gang] Brownsville come on (Aah-aah-aah-aah) Bed-Stuy come on Fort Greene come on (Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah) Everybody come on Queensbridge come on (Aah-aah-aah-aah) South Bronx come on Uptown come on (Aah-aah-aah-aah-aah-aah) Everybody come on [Verse 1: Masta Ace with Punchline] Let's take a walk through the deepest part of the hood I wanna know who it was that said it was "all good" He musta never been to the corner And spent the half an hour, or longer Where you could smell reality stronger Where they sell you grease in a box and hope that you die quicker And if you're old enough to walk to the store, you can buy liquor Where you can find a dice game at any time of the night And somebody gets shot or stabbed every time there's a fight Where cats die in the blue sky and the sunlight And ya bound to get clowned for not holdin' your gun right By little kids with great game, 'cause they learned to take aim At a young age, and elude police with a fake name He's tellin' 'em, "I'm Bobby Jackson from 3-B." When the fact is, he's really Rashawn from 4-D Hey, this is going out to your hood straight from mine Ayo, let's take a walk in blue skies and sunshine, come on [Chorus 1: Masta Ace, Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, both] Blue skies, (Blue skies) sunshine (Sunshine) What a day (What a day) (Let's take a walk) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Let's go) Blue skies, (Uh-huh) sunshine (Yeah) What a day (What a day) (What a day) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Let's go) Blue skies, (Blue skies) sunshine (Sunshine) What a day (What a day) (Yeah) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Let's go) Blue skies, (Uh-huh) sunshine (Uh-huh) What a day (What a day) (Uh-huh) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Come on, let's go) [Verse 2: Apocalypse, Punchline, both] Over here, it's either rap, hustle crack, or play ball And gats niggas' parry ain't small The cats that used to be kids when you ran the halls, is the drug lords His broad's the same chick that liked you from the fourth floor (Uh-huh) Her older brother, he the neighborhood bully You and him cool, but he keep playin' ya boy 'cause he pussy (Uh-huh) Where the old ladies' be up in ya BI Callin' 911 every time you in the yard tryna be high Dice games can turn into a shootout quick If you sayin' he aced, then he sayin' he sixed People waitin' for the mail to get they check In blue skies and sunshine, you gotta give respect to get respect, ya know? [Chorus 2: Masta Ace, Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, both] Blue skies, (Uh-huh) (Blue skies) sunshine (Uh-huh) What a day (What a day) (Uh-huh) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Let's go) Blue skies, (Uh-huh) sunshine (Sunshine) What a day (What a day) (Yeah) (Uh-huh) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Come on) (Let's go) Blue skies, (Uh-uh) (Blue skies) sunshine (Sunshine) What a day (What a day) (What a day) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Come on) (Let's go) Blue skies, (Uh-huh) sunshine (Yeah) What a day (What a day) (Everybody) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Come on, let's go) [Bridge: Apocalypse, with Punchline, Masta Ace] Compton come on Long Beach come on Fifth Ward come on Everybody come on Brick City come on Cabrini Green come on West Philly come on Everybody come on [Verse 3: Masta Ace with Punchline] And oh yeah, if you see a girl on the block, be sure 'fore you rush over 'Cause fourteen-year-old girls be dressed like they much older See, that young chick walkin' the block tryna get paid Is in the same class wit' ya sister, and still in the tenth grade And ya might see your neighbor down at the corner bodega Buyin' a malt liquor in exchange for a used Sega You can even buy your clothes on the block, imagine that From Versace, to a Coogi sweater wit' a matchin' hat See, this cat's got a big bag of stuff that he just stole It's the same old routine, but it never gets old And ya might catch a cab if you live on the right block From Black Pearl to White Top, yo they might stop They got a bulletproof partition, 'cause niggas draw heat But the driver got a bigger one up under the seat See, cats don't really wanna kill, they tryna eat Yo, ain't it a nice day to take a walk in the street? Let's go [Chorus 3: Masta Ace, Elaine "Spanky" McFarlane, both] Blue skies, (Uh-huh) (Blue skies) sunshine (Sunshine) (Uh-huh) What a day (What a day) (Let's take a walk, come on) (Uh-huh) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Let's go) Blue skies, (Blue skies) (Uh-huh) sunshine (Sunshine) (Uh-huh) What a day (Uh-huh) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Come on, let's go) Blue skies, (Uh-uh) sunshine (Sunshine) (Uh-uh) What a day (What a day) (What a day, come on) (Uh-huh) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Let's go) Blue skies, (Uh-huh) sunshine (Sunshine) What a day (Uh-huh) to take a walk in the… (Let's take a walk in the…) (Come on, let's go) [Interlude: Masta Ace, Apocalypse, & Punchline] Drunk drivers come on Bus drivers come on Cab drivers come on Everybody come on Hustlas come on Boostas come on Baby mamas come on Everybody come on Sing-Sing come on Fishkill come on Rikers come on Everybody come on Shaolin come on Long Island come on Brooklyn come on Everybody come on [Outro: Masta Ace] Let's take a walk (Uh) (Yeah) Let's take a walk (That's right) Let's take a walk Come on, let's take a walk in the… Let's take a walk (Uh-huh) Let's take a walk (Yeah) Let's take a walk (That's right) Come on, let's take a walk in the… (Let's go)