Alicia Keys Streets Of New York - Ft Nas And Rakim Lyrics

Streets Of New York - Ft Nas And Rakim Lyrics

[Nas] (Alicia Keys)

Nasty, yeah, yeah (New York, New York)

Hey, yo, black it's time again,

Yeah, yeah (New York, New York)

Come here, yeah, yeah (New York, New York)

Hey, yo black, it's time



[Nas]

If you knew my streets

You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef,

Who snitchin', who told police,

who came home, who still gone, who rest in peace.

Now they killin' over music, money, not drugs; rap replaced it.

Cuz thugs with no brains got no patience

New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin'

Musician and flatten composition

A pain, I'm like Saddam Hussein

Still alive lookin' at his dead children's burnt remains

I burnt the game, learnt you lames a new lesson

Your crew's soft man, y'all need some new weapons

The P's breathe warriors and skullies and timmies

Around mixed, spics, niggaz and giddies

From my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink

But don't think we wastin' our time

It's a New York state of mind



(Alicia Keys)

New York, New York, New York,

New York City, whoa-oh-oh-oh

New York, New York, New York,

New York City, baby



It's like a jungle out here, so much struggle out here

And my dreams still unphased, greed's the cousin of death

Always feels like a race against father time,

In the streets of New York

(New York state of mind, New York state of mind)

All I see is street hos, and bullet holes in our peoples.

Only crime fills the brain

It's like I'm going insane

The revolution has to start, don't waste no time

In the streets of New York

(New York state of mind, New York state of mind)

C'mon



New York, New York, New York, New York, ohh, state of mind (New York City)

New York, New York, New York, New York, ohh, state of crime (New York City)

New York, New York, New York, New York, ohh, big dreams (New York City)

New York, New York, New York, New York, ohh, big schemes



Oh, it's like the game

Just ain't the same

Baby thugs and girls with no shame

Can't get away, get away, epidemic plague

Ev'ry hood in, every state

Don't have no reasons cuz relief is hard to find

In the streets of New York (New York state of mind)

In the streets of New York (New York state of mind)

In the streets of New York (New York state of mind)

In the streets of New York (New York state of mind)



[Rakim]

I'm from the home of a million legends and trend settin'

A lot of footsteps to follow, I been steppin'

Mind stressin', tryin' to find a record crime shreddin'

Time precious, I ain't had rest since nine-eleven

I live fast, hustle like today is my last

I get cash, the struggle's like a day on the Ave.

Crack bein' raw, gats squeezin off

Manhattan squeezin' off, from cats who tease with war

The eve of the Apocalypse, evil keep movin' politics

Every block is at risk, the metropolitan metropolis.

The opposite of Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra

Alicia Keys, Nas and Ra, the gangsta's opera

So New York City walk with me, talk gritty

It's up to us New York, it's our city

Here the man come with the anthem, hands up

It's time, the thrill is back New York, let's stand up



[Alicia Keys]

New York, New York, New York,

New York City, whoa-oh-oh-oh

New York, New York, New York,

New York City, baby

New York, New York, New York,

New York City, whoa-oh-oh-oh

New York, New York, New York,

New York City, baby