You belong to the city   You belong to the night   In the river of darkness   He's a man of the night      Yeah, what the deal playboy? Just rest your soul   I be holding it down yo still love the dough   Got these ladies on the cock now you know how we go   Got the whole world on lock down you know how we flow      Don't worry about Brooklyn I continue to flame   Therefore a world with amnesia won't forget your name   You held it down long enough, let me take those reins   And just like your spirit the commission remains      Niggaz can cross the T's and, dots the I's   Now that I got too popular to cop them pies   I'm takin this rap shit serious, to my demise   Jay shit's like cake mix, watch me rise      Basics in the basement, waste it   Asking my dog for advice so when he can't say shit   My hatred is, fueled just give me a sign   And I let the world know that the city is mine, what?      You belong to the city   You belong to the night   In the river of darkness   He's a man of the night      Y'all want to know how I flow just seek and you find   I'm like a brain in the voicebox, I speak my mind   About to redefine rap mami, either I'm   The illest nigga doing it or these niggaz is losin' it      I read a article that said I was ruinin' shit   But every time I look, I'm movin' units in quick   So I'ma hit y'all, with these last two and split   And leave niggaz with nothing but my influences-es      Soon it's the jigga, I ain't mad yeah, bite my shit   Sell half of what I sell because it's not quite my shit   I'm the type to buy a Roley and just ice my shit   On the spot, fuck comin' back twice to shit      How real is that? My floss game, still intact   Boss game, you lame dudes can't feel that   Like the first dude to cop the 850 and 89   And drove it up to 55th, the city is mine, what?      You belong to the city   You belong to the night   In the river of darkness   He's a man of the night      I snatch your girl 'cause your arm ain't strong enough   Plus ya don't stay in the studio long enough   I make hits while y'all stay hatin' and take bricks   Had it locked 'til I came in the club, take 6      Got your chick 'cause you swore she was innocent   Got her a Chinese manicure hair done by Dominicans, all for what   So I could be in a dark corner, all in the butt   At the bar alchoholing her up      I represent the lifestyle of those who thirst cream   A buck fifty a shot, Louis the thirteenth   Jay-Z, Roc-A-Fella yo, know the name   I ain't a player get it right, I'm controllin' the game      From now until they blow holes in my frame   I'ma stand firm, holdin' my aim, feel me?   I'm the focal point like Biggie in his prime   On the low though, the city is mine      You belong to the city   You belong to the night   In the river of darkness   He's a man of the night      You belong to the city   You belong to the night   In the river of darkness   He's a man of the night      You belong   You belong   In the river of darkness   He's a man of the night