(jay-z)
yeah,
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…
(alicia keys)
new york,
i m from where