Broken glass in the hallway, floors Neighbors, look at every bag you bring through your the top lock, momma shoulda cuffed me to the radiator Why not? It might've later from my block N.Y. cops, hookers off the stroll, coughin in they head, stinkin and I dread thinkin they be snitchin But who else, could it be, at these, unmarked vans Parked in the dark, NARC's, your heart? Hustlers starve, they a U-ey, I jog To my building, come out wearin camouflage See the sergeant and the captain, men gaspin for air, til they move no more and just stare With dead eyes, of riots, shit is quiet fools infiltrate grimy crews Overcrowded cribs, uncles from bids, sister's pregnant Father's on drugs, is smokin, beds is piss-infested Had eight partners growin up, eight turned to Seven to six niggas, got two in heaven Six of us, holdin it, now five rollin thick The sixth one's parole flipped, five niggas, went to four When he O.T., college life, converted into gangbangin Four niggas hangin, years passin and slang changin Three of us now, nigga ain't around We all thought he was real, he did the snake shit, beat his ass down, yo his mouth Could've got us all wasted, what a clown All I got left in the end is two of my friends And we all goin out, to the death for these ends,
New York, New York (New state of mind)
You about it, you see about it You read about it, it's in papers It's in your news ("Get money!") New York chronicles, day The rate, the murder rate The rate, the paper chase, you know what I mean? New York state of baby, check it out
I'm at the, spot, my hands on a knot New York Yankee cap cover my eyes, in one spot I take a dough, send him home to a shoebox You lost that nigga I put dollar in the jukebox my favorite song, all these niggas sing along All the cigarette smoke's cloggin my lungs, hoodrats they tongue Young thugs blastin they gun, we got Bitches and niggas both on or probation Shit is sick, niggas got gats, army I got my eyes glued on, whoever in or leave Cause I ain't playin, niggas'll run up in here and shoot up this Stick yo' ass up, niggas'll the loot in your kicks Bunch of triple-cross niggas, just New York Lift you off your feet they was just talkin with you Some of these dudes the Feds be on em, you em for years Be the type you walk in a pub, they offer you beers That ain't gangsta, niggas is up North tatted tears Your on the affadavit, you ratted kid niggas that be scared to do they bids Fuck you, we run you out of N.Y, you live Got quiet niggas, that relocated down South Comin back to floss, then you got the jealous All of a sudden we got and Bloods, D.T.'s Runnin round quick to split your mug, it's ea-sy to But it's to get the shit off Niggas fightin over hundred sales, jump in the car and off When the fiend come the block, happy as hell Niggas, mad cause they get a piece of that sale Cutthroat connivers, universal, survivors Go to any hood that's and make it liver A lot of niggas scheamin, real, some niggas frontin But I'm a big dreamer, so watch me come up somethin
New York, New New York, New