We built this city   We built this city   We built this city   We built this city on rock      We built this city (on these blocks we hustle)   We built this city on rock (on rock)   We built this city (turn bricks to whips)   We built this city on rock and roll (on rock)   We built this city (in the midst of the struggle)   We built this city on rock (on rock)   We built this city (from bottom to top)   We built this city (through the agony and pain, diplomatic will reign)      [Jimmy Jones]   Ay yo, my dipset Taliban   We on these streets like the wars on them streets of Afghanistan   Better yet of Pakistan   To America, Harlem's our cater   Any problems I spray her that can startle the mayor   But in this 50-block radius let's get the rock and shave the shit   or get the glock and blaze the shit   Bitches get the cock and savor it   They say Jim Jones the capo my favorite   Cause some of this shit my city wasn't built up over   Drugs and money, some shit you get killed up over   Slumped on your wheel, straight tilt it over   Trust me dogs, I seen it in peril   Niggaz wasted and painted and seen on the mural   (That's Harlem) In this apple of mine is rhyme   Clap up your shines, pop shots that will crack up your minds   And cop rocks and cook that crack up to dimes   New York City, the capital of crime      [Chorus: repeat 2X]      [Juelz Santana]   Now once again it's Santana the Great   I built this city on hammers and weight   Gasoline, rope, bandanas and tape   Lots of fiends, lots of coke being handed away   You know, the usual   Shut em down, set up show, how we usually do   Cut em down, hit the block man, we movin through   Diplomats is the strongest force   On and off the court we ballers more than sports   We built this city from ground zero   To spittin the pound zero, brown pistol   At ya get down kicka   Yeah this is from the ground up nigga   So get your weight and your pounds up nigga   Cause when it's beef my homies mound up quicker   Fit the pound much quicker, lay you down much quicker   You never been approached by Golden Eagles   Vultures that will scope and feed you, no court just leave you   Shit you know      [Chorus: repeat 2X]      [Hell Rell]   It's like what I wouldn't do for a buck   My enemies can't rest in peace Jones, you see they funerals up   New gangstas in the city bitch, ring the alarm   All y'all hoes bow down, kiss the ring of a don   It's about to get real big playa, humongous   Stacked money so long til it grew fungus   We was gon' let you live til you threw punches   Now we got to get critical and we got to get rid of you   And we the most talked about, the most popular   We live by the codes, we the Dipset mafia   You never know who's watchin ya   You never know who's plottin to pop at ya   We focused like a pair of binoculars   I'm bout to get gritty   M-5 CLK's garage look like Alphabet City   And I'm a hustler, I put cracks in communities   Cops can't touch me, got Diplomatic Immunity   Now try I'm guaranteed a million shipped in scam   If not, back to the block, ship some grams      [Cam'Ron]   If not, get with Cam   I got clips to lift a van, flip a van   Shit, they can kick the can   This cat think he sling   Cause he got a pinky ring   Rinky-dink diamonds, they don't even make your pinky bling   (We built this city) And now I'm about to kill this city   (We built this city) Cradle to 50, yeah I'm acting real seditty   (We built this city) Cause I collect mils and fifties   For real it's pretty and y'all gonna feel the pity   (We built this city on rock) Dipset Bitch      [Chorus: repeat 8X]