New York, New York
(专辑: Up Close & Personal - 2001)
[Clue] DJ Clue.. Desert Storm.. Angie Martinez.. Prodigy.. Live from New York nigga.. [Angie] Uhh.. uhh.. yo-yo, uhh, yo They say it ain't where you from that it's where you at But where I'm from, y'all can tell, don't matter where I'm at Born and bred in the
streets of New York, New York It's evident in the
way that I
talk-a-talk I
travel abroad by the
Concorde, with a
Clue tape (Clue!) Stop in Sicily and tell 'em they pizza fake And I
keep the
faith in the
Knicks, them fuckers And I'm quick to get slick with the
lip and word to mother love a
dude with a
doo-rag, from where we suffer from growin up too fast, I'm a
rude ass bitch when I
need to be But I'm cool as shit if you real with me, you feelin me? I
never sleep like my city when it's time to get this money Got game, spot game, so don't act funny (hah hah) We the
block, we the
ave, we the
Bronx, we Manhattan From Staten, to Long Island, we make it happen, out in [Chorus: Prodigy +
Clue {ad libs}] NEW YORK, NEW YORK [P] The
city, the
buildings [P] The
big rotten apple, old timers and children NEW YORK, NEW YORK [P] We trendsetters [P] We gave birth to rap music, y'all niggaz know better We NEW YORK, NEW YORK [P] The
latest fashion, listen [P] We get our jewels from the
Diamond District Out in NEW YORK, NEW YORK [P] The
brave, the
great [P] The
Eastside nigga, the
Empire State [Prodigy] Nigga we gangsta, we dress to kill We on some real live Mobb shit, pullin up in trucks flossin The
bosses, we scare 'em straight, it's not a
game how we bully shit, you fuck around and get your food ate boy My razor make your face ke-loid Then I
throw my drink at you (woo!) just to make that shit burn We make heads turn when we step in You starin at my piece swingin, it might hypnotize you Dunn, we never had to tuck our chains Marquis diamonds all up in your face We the
hood, we the
projects, we Brooklyn, we Queens In the
streets, our music is murder, ya heard me? It's P
(yeah) loud and clear, it ain't fair how I
keep droppin that shit that make you look stupid Me and Angie, got the
hottest shit movin on the
block right now Y'all bitches bow down, to.. [Chorus] [Prodigy] Yo, we don't negotiate, we move on impulse You try to insult me and my associates So that note, we let the
guns speak on our behalf We got dough to keep dirt up off our hands C'mon, we the
M-O-B-B nigga We the
Mobb, who the
fuck did you think it was? Step aside youngbloods when you see New York niggaz come through Silent murder, that's how we do [Angie] Out in NEW YORK, NEW YORK where they tend to wild out Who am I? Everything bitches pretend to be about Angie, yeah baby, you thought it was me Notoriously, N.Y.C. and y'all can see I'ma be that chick you remember for life I
got, niggaz sick tryin to make me they wife I'm in the 5
overdrive as I
glide across the
bridge Rockin my sunglasses, signin pictures for the
kids I
demolish from Tribeca to Hollis +Sky's the
Limit+ like Chris Wallace you can't stop it Comin through respect due cause I'm the
people's choice Stop actin new yo, cause you know I'm the
voice of [Chorus] [Clue] Big shout to Queens, Brooklawn.. Uptown, the
B.X., L.I., Shaolin, Y.O. Nigga! Desert Storm, Roc-A-Fella, it's William nigga.. Holla! Hev. E
Components nigga, we built like that!