"From New York straight talkAmerica s best" (3X)
"Yo I m not new to this I m true to this" -> Apocalipse
"Word up!"
"From New York straight talk... America s best"

[Guru]
Yoit doesn t make sensefor you to compete against
this New York vibe that gets your whole body tense
Calm downlisten to a brother who knows
Cause the rappers out here come up with mad different types of flows
Switch-upchange-upyo pull the range up
so we can build on this shitfor real that s how we came up
Used to ride the subway trains back and forth
Now I push an E-Classfour-two-zero of course
Still material gainsmake one more aware
of all the madness and the civil unrest that s out here
I doubt thereis anyplace more complex
You can get lost in the sauceNew York ll have you vexed
Who s next to get servedherbs ll get knocked off
Burning flammable rappersis how I get my rocks off
I pop your top off as if you were the bottle
then I ll drain all your fluidyou re better off playing lotto
Bright lightsbig city and the dark alleyways
New York we get the money all day everyday

"From New York straight talkAmerica s best"
"Yo I m not new to this I m true to this" -> Apocalipse
"Word up!"
"From New York straight talk... America s best"

[Guru]
True if you can make it out hereyou can make it anywhere
That means a lot of rappersthey should stay away from here
cause we still careabout the total artform
Niggaz could sell more records but they still can t flip a live forum
Plus everybody out here ain t talkin true shit either
Mad niggaz is fakin jacksI don t like them neither
But the competition keeps me on point
that s why I lamp in the studio composin fresh new joints
from the streetsMedinaManhattanStatenP-Lawn
The struggle continueseverybody wants to be on
The rat racemakes this lifestyle fast paced
I ve loved it since the days of fat shoelace
Screwface me all you wantbut I m used to it
I ll never give up rep in New YorkI m true to it
From forty-deuce to Queensback to East New Yi
We takin no shortsand plus we showin no pity
Bright lightsbig city and the dark alleyways
New Yorkwe get the money all day everyday

"From New York... straight talk..."
"Yo.. I m.. not.. new.. to.. this"
"America s best" "Word up!"
"From New York straight talkAmerica s best"
"Yo I m not new to this I m true to this" -> Apocalipse
"Word up!"
"From New York straight talk... America s best"

[Guru]
You get bent upsent up creekwithout a paddle
You wanna battle? Well I live in New York
so think twice blink twice now your Roley and Lincoln s gone
Don t come into this rap game if you don t belong
You won t be on but for a minute anyway
You re just a scavengeryou don t live this life everyday
Rap is regionalso you can check the demographics
Everybody represent where they livecause shit is drastic
confusionwhile I m givin rappers contusions
And people don t realize that real hip-hop is losing
They wanna shut us downand I say"Shut up clown!"
Cause New York is too corrupt and too tough to lay down
and just quitcause MC s out here kick serious lyrics
And I come to youwith my infinite spirit
Not takin nothin from your hood or your set
But GangStarr could be a threatin New York we rep
That s where it comes fromthat s why you re feelin it
So why supress itI d rather be revealin it
Bright lightsbig city and dark alleyways
New York we get the money all day everyday

"From New York straight talk... America s best"

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