[Intro] And you say New York City! Duane Darock, KRS [Hook female singers] Its New Yorrrrrrrrrk, and we livin The whole world, it knows, your name Its New Yorrrrrrrrrk, and we livin The whole world, it knows, your name [Over Hook] Lenox Avenue, Park Ave Long Island I see you baby Jamaican Ave, Queens KRS, lets go! [KRSOne] New, York, City, get it right, get it tight, get it hype New York Citys in the house tonight All day, off and on, Broadway The worlds Big Apple is what they all say Wait, way back in the day Dudes from the South migrated this way North Lookin for the higher pay of course Led by the forces they became big bosses Like Rick Ross is, the city that never sleeps Yup, New York is If you can make it here, you can make it anywhere Whats that? [Hook] [Over Hook] Flatbush! Brooklyn we live this BX Bronx, cmon Gun Hill Road, Grand Concourse [KRSOne] New, York, City, still part of my heart, still part of my start As you can see its still, part of my art Still part of my lesson plan, listen man! N.Y., every year we fresh again I be doin South Bronx everywhere I go Everywhere I go, every nation know Im a New York dude thats not New York rude All over the world I eat New York food Ha, Im at home anywhere, any place Right now somebody from New York in this place Yeah, no matter where I be Ill always be NYC [Hook] [Over Hook] Coney Island! Brighton Beach Wooo, Red Hook! I see you Canal Street, Delancey Street Hester Street, cmon, New York lets go [KRSOne] New, York, City, metropolitan life, cosmopolitan life It put the strength inside of my life But New York City got its challenges also Racism, sexism, crime, you all know! Them guns that keep goin off bustin And another one bites the dust when Conflicts arise and dudes start bustin And cussin, I gotta speak to this New York is not unique in this But if we keep sewing this we gonna keep reapin this Im teachin this, we gotta overcome our weaknesses Remember man! [Hook] [Over Hook] Big up to the firefighters, rest in peace World Trades yknow Brooklyn! The Bronx, Queens Manhattan! Staten Island! New York love it baby [Hook] [Over Hook] South Bronx South Bronx, big em up! Rest in peace Jam Master Jay, Big Pun Big L, Randy Parker You with us for life rest in peace my brother
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