B F# |
Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn |
F# |
Now I'm down in Tribeca |
F# |
Right next to De Niro |
F# |
But I'll be hood forever |
B |
I'm the new Sinatra |
B |
And since I made it here |
B |
I can make it anywhere |
B |
Yeah, they love me everywhere |
F# |
I used to cop in Harlem – hola |
F# |
My Dominicanos (Dinero!) |
F# |
Right there up on Broadway |
F# |
Brought me back to that McDonald's |
B |
Took it to my stash spot |
B |
Five hundred and sixty State Street |
B |
Catch me in the kitchen |
B |
Like a Simmons whipping pastry |
F# |
Cruising down Eighth Street |
F# |
Off-white Lexus |
F# |
Driving so slow, |
F# |
But BK is from Texas |
B |
Me? I'm out that Bed-Stuy |
B |
Home of that boy Biggie |
B |
Now I live on Billboard and |
B |
I brought my boys with me |
F# |
Say what up to Ty Ty |
F# |
Still sipping Mai Tais |
F# |
Sitting courtside |
F# |
Knicks and Nets give me high fives |
A#sus4 |
Nigga, I be spiked out |
A#sus4 |
I could trip a referee |
A# |
Tell by my attitude that |
A# |
I'm most definitely from |
B |
In New York (Ay, aha) (Uh, yeah) |
B |
Concrete jungle (Yeah) where |
F# |
Dreams are made of |
C# |
There's nothing you can't |
C# |
Do (Yeah) (OK) |
B |
Now you're in New York (Aha |
B |
Aha, aha) (Uh, yeah) |
B |
These streets will make you |
F# |
Feel brand-new (New) |
C# |
Big lights will inspire you |
C# |
(Come on) (OK) |
B |
Let's hear it for New York |
B |
(You welcome OG) (Uh) |
B |
New York (Yeah) |
B |
New York (Uh) |
B |
(I made you hot, nigga) |
F# |
Catch me at the X with OG |
F# |
At a Yankee game |
F# |
Shit, I made the Yankee hat |
F# |
More famous than a Yankee can |
B |
You should know I bleed blue |
B |
But I ain't a Crip though |
B |
But I got a gang of niggas |
B |
Walking with my clique though |
F# |
Welcome to the melting pot |
F# |
Corners where we're selling rock |
F# |
Africa Bambaataa shit |
F# |
Home of the hip-hop |
B |
Yellow cab, gypsy cab |
B |
Dollar cab, holler back |
B |
For foreigners, it ain't fair |
B |
They act like they forgot |
B |
How to add |
F# |
Eight million stories out |
F# |
There in the naked |
F# |
City, it's a pity half of |
F# |
Y'all won't make it |
B |
Me? I gotta plug Special Ed |
B |
"I Got It Made" |
B |
If Jeezy's paying LeBron |
B |
I'm paying Dwyane Wade |
F# |
Three dice cee-lo, |
F# |
Three-card Marley |
F# |
Labor Day Parade—rest in peace |
F# |
Bob Marley |
A#sus4 |
Statue of Liberty |
A#sus4 |
Long live the World Trade |
A# |
Long live the king |
A# |
Yo—I'm from the Empire State |
A# |
That's |
B |
In New York (Ay) (Uh, yeah) |
B |
Concrete jungle where dreams |
F# |
Are made of |
C# |
There's nothing you can't |
C# |
Do (That boy good) (OK) |
B |
Now you're in New York |
B |
(Welcome to the bright lights baby) |
B |
(Uh, yeah) |
B |
These streets will make you |
F# |
Feel brand-new |
C# |
Big lights will inspire you (OK) |
B |
Let's hear it for New York (Uh) |
B |
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh) |
F# |
Lights is blinding |
F# |
Girls need blinders |
F# |
So they can step out |
F# |
Of bounds quick |
F# |
The side lines is |
B |
Lined with casualties who |
B |
Sip the life casually |
B |
Then gradually become worse – |
B |
Don't bite the apple |
B |
Eve! |
F# |
Caught up in the in-crowd |
F# |
Now you're in-style |
F# |
Into the winter gets cold |
F# |
En vogue with your skin out |
B |
City of sin is a pity on a whim |
B |
Good girls gone bad |
B |
The city's filled with them |
F# |
Mami, took a bus trip |
F# |
Now she got her bust out |
F# |
Everybody ride her |
B |
Just like a bus route |
B |
"Hail Mary" to the city |
B |
You're a virgin |
B |
And Jesus can't save you |
F# |
Life starts when the church end |
F# |
Came here for school |
F# |
Graduated to the high life |
F# |
Ball players, rap stars |
F# |
Addicted to the limelight |
A#sus4 |
MDMA got you |
A#sus4 |
Feeling like a champion |
A# |
The city never sleeps |
A# |
Better slip you're a Ambien |
B |
In New York (Ay, ow) (Uh, yeah) |
B |
Concrete jungle where dreams |
F# |
Are made of |
C# |
There's nothing you can't do (OK) |
B |
Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah) |
These streets will make you |
F# |
Feel brand-new |
C# |
Big lights will inspire you (OK) |
B |
Let's hear it for New York (Uh) |
B |
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh) |
B |
One hand in the air for the |
B |
Big city (Oh) |
B |
Street lights, big dreams |
C# |
All looking pretty (Oh) |
C# |
No place in the world that |
D#m |
Could compare (Nah) |
D#m |
Put your lighters in the air |
D#m |
Everybody say |
A#sus4 |
"Yeah, yeah" (Come on, come on) |
A#sus4 |
"Yeah, yeah" (Come on) |
Bridge: |
F# F# B F# x2 |
B |
In New York (Uh, yeah) |
B |
Concrete jungle where dreams |
F# |
Are made of |
C# |
There's nothing you can't do (OK) |
B |
Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah) |
B |
These streets will make you |
F# |
Feel brand-new |
C# |
Big lights will inspire you (OK) |
B |
Let's hear it for New York (Uh) |
B |
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh) |
Bridge: |
F# F# B F# x2 |
Ending: |
F# |