Yeah Imma up at Brooklyn
now Im down in Tribeca
right next to DeNiro
But i’ll be hood forever
I’m the new Sinatra
and since i made it here
i can make it anywhere
yeah they love me everywhere
i used to cop in Harlem
all of my dominicanos
right there up on broadway
brought me back to that McDonalds
took it to my stash spot
Five Sixty Stage street
catch me in the kitchen
like a simmons whipping pastry
cruising down 8th street
off white lexus
driving so slow
but BK is from Texas
me I’m up at Bedsty
home of that boy Biggie
now i live on billboard
and i brought my boys with me
say wat up to Ty Ty
still sipping Malta
sitting courtside Knicks
and Nets give me high fives
N*gga i be spiked out
i can trip a referee
tell by my attitude
that I most definitely from
In New York
Concrete jungle
where dreams are made of
Theres nothing you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
these streets will make
you feel brand new
the lights will inspire you
lets here it for New York
New York New York
I made you hot n*gga
Catch me at the X
with OG at a Yankee game
sh*t i made the yankee hat more
famous than a yankee can
you should know I bleed Blue
but I aint a crip tho
but i got a gang of n*ggas
walking with my click though
welcome to the melting pot
corners where we selling rocks
afrika bambaataa sh*t
home of the hip hop
yellow cap gypsy cap
dollar cab holla back
for foreigners it aint fitted
they forgot how to act
8 million stories out there
and their naked
cities is a pity half
of y’all won’t make it
me i gotta plug Special Ed
i got it made
If Jesus payin LeBron
I’m paying Dwayne Wade
3 dice cee*lo
3 card marley
labor day parade
rest in peace Bob Marley
Statue of Liberty
long live the World trade
long live the king yo
I’m from the empire state thats
In New York
Concrete jungle
where dreams are made of
Theres nothing you can’t do
Now you’re in New York
these streets will make
you feel brand new
the lights will inspire you
lets here it for New York
New York New York
Lights is blinding
girls need blinders
So they can step out
of bounds quick
The sidelines is blind
with casualties
Who sipping life casually
then gradually become worse
Don't bite the apple Eve
caught up in the in crowd
Now you're in style
end of the winter gets cold
En vogue with your skin out
the city of sin is a pity
on a whim
Good girls gone bad
the cities filled with them
Mommy took a bus trip
now she got her bust out
Everybody ride her
just like a bus route
Hail Mary to the city
you're a virgin
And Jesus can't save you
life starts when the church ends
Came here for school
graduated to the high life
Ball players rap stars
addicted to the limelight
MDMA got you feeling
like a champion
The city never sleeps
better slip you an Ambien
In New York
concrete jungle
where dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't do
now you're in New York
These streets will make
you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
let's hear it for New York
New York New York
One hand in the air
for the big city
Street lights big dreams
all looking pretty
No place in the world
that can compare
Put your lighters in the air
everybody say yeah
yeah yeah yeah
In New York
concrete jungle
where dreams are made oh
There's nothing you can't do
now you're in New York
These streets will make
you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
let's hear it for New York
New York New York