DJ Clue Desert Storm Angie Martinez Prodigy   Live from New York nigga      Uhh uhh yo-yo, uhh, yo   They say it ain't where you from that it's where you at   But where I'm from, y'all can tell, don't matter where I'm at   Born and bred in the streets of New York, New York   It's evident in the way that I talk-a-talk   I travel abroad by the Concorde, with a Clue tape (Clue!)   Stop in Sicily and tell 'em they pizza fake   And I keep the faith in the Knicks, them fuckers   And I'm quick to get slick with the lip and word to mother   Love a dude with a doo-rag, from where we suffer   From growin up too fast, I'm a rude ass bitch when I need to be   But I'm cool as shit if you real with me, you feelin me?   I never sleep like my city when it's time to get this money   Got game, spot game, so don't act funny (hah hah)   We the block, we the ave, we the Bronx, we Manhattan   From Staten, to Long Island, we make it happen, out in      NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The city, the buildings   The big rotten apple, old timers and children   NEW YORK, NEW YORK   We trendsetters   We gave birth to rap music, y'all niggaz know better   We NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The latest fashion, listen   We get our jewels from the Diamond District   Out in NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The brave, the great   The Eastside nigga, the Empire State      Nigga we gangsta, we dress to kill   We on some real live Mobb shit, pullin up in trucks flossin   The bosses, we scare 'em straight, it's not a game   How we bully shit, you fuck around and get your food ate boy   My razor make your face ke-loid   Then I throw my drink at you (woo!) just to make that shit burn   We make heads turn when we step in   You starin at my piece swingin, it might hypnotize you   Dunn, we never had to tuck our chains   Marquis diamonds all up in your face   We the hood, we the projects, we Brooklyn, we Queens   In the streets, our music is murder, ya heard me?   It's P (yeah) loud and clear, it ain't fair   How I keep droppin that shit that make you look stupid   Me and Angie, got the hottest shit movin on the block right now   Y'all bitches bow down, to      NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The city, the buildings   The big rotten apple, old timers and children   NEW YORK, NEW YORK   We trendsetters   We gave birth to rap music, y'all niggaz know better   We NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The latest fashion, listen   We get our jewels from the Diamond District   Out in NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The brave, the great   The Eastside nigga, the Empire State      Yo, we don't negotiate, we move on impulse   You try to insult me and my associates   So that note, we let the guns speak on our behalf   We got dough to keep dirt up off our hands   C'mon, we the M-O-B-B nigga   We the Mobb, who the fuck did you think it was?   Step aside youngbloods when you see New York niggaz come through   Silent murder, that's how we do      Out in NEW YORK, NEW YORK - where they tend to wild out   Who am I? Everything bitches pretend to be about   Angie, yeah baby, you thought it was me   Notoriously, N.Y.C. and y'all can see   I'ma be that chick you remember for life   I got, niggaz sick tryin to make me they wife   I'm in the 5 overdrive as I glide across the bridge   Rockin my sunglasses, signin pictures for the kids   I demolish from Tribeca to Hollis   Sky's the Limit like Chris Wallace, you can't stop it   Comin through respect due cause I'm the people's choice   Stop actin new yo, cause you know I'm the voice of      NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The city, the buildings   The big rotten apple, old timers and children   NEW YORK, NEW YORK   We trendsetters   We gave birth to rap music, y'all niggaz know better   We NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The latest fashion, listen   We get our jewels from the Diamond District   Out in NEW YORK, NEW YORK   The brave, the great   The Eastside nigga, the Empire State      Big shout to Queens, Brooklawn   Uptown, the B.X., L.I., Shaolin, Y.O   Nigga   Desert Storm, Roc-A-Fella, it's William nigga Holla   Hev. E Components nigga, we built like that