Here And Now

I was born son of Cameron brother of Brendon

Been through so much shit I don't know how I'm still standin

I come from a place that's cold and dark

Where brothers gotta dodge bullets just to make their mark

Yo I grew up in the eighties around domestic violence

But my family was proud so we kept it silent

The ladies in my fam held it all together

And I was introduced to rap despite the stormy weather

I remember listenin to Kool Moe Dee

I kicked his verses like that shit straight belonged to me

I used to loungin in my room bumpin Raising Hell

Wishing I could be like KRS-One or LL

All the honeys gassed me up and made my ego swell

Cause I was doin it, and doin it, and doin it well

I was only sixteen terrorising the stage

They used to call me Stud B cause I was big for my age

I was rhymin bout my skills and my sexual clout

When I barely even knew what I was talkin about

Straight tellin all my peoples when my album was droppin

Every time the day came there was nuttin to be coppin

But still I rock show after show and never stop

It was obvious that my career will be in hip-hop

And the reason that I'm here holdin down the fort

Is cause my people always gave their never ending support

The time is now, the place is here

Hip-hop's making a turn for the better this year

The place is here, the time is now

Akrobatik finally made it to ya'll some how

One day when I was seventeen I seen this honey round my way

The way her hips and her ass look bright in my day

My main objective then was to get her butt naked

I wrote a song about it, put it on my first record

Woman, back with Ruff Enuff and The Fat Shit

These joints put me on the underground mad quick

I only wish that grandma was there to see it

I'm the man now and she always told me I would be it

Now I'm goin outta town wreckin facilities

Blowin up with Lif on Inhuman Capabilities

Tryin to show these suckas just what lyrical perfection is

So we formed the powerful crew called The Perceptionists

Got the whole world steady waitin on the album

Now in 2003 you'll see the outcome

You know by now that I'm here to make a difference

Here's a sneak pick at the life of Jared Bridgeman

I'm givin shouts to those who showed love

Almost drownin theirself just to keep my head above

That's why to ya'll I'm forever in day

You all know who you are and I'll never forget it

The time is now, the place is here

Hip-hop's making a turn for the better this year

The place is here, the time is now

Akrobatik finally made it to ya'll some how

Yeah, the time is now, the place is here

Hip-hop's taking a turn for the better this year

Yo, the place is here, the time is now

Akrobatik finally made it to ya'll some how