(feat. Nas, Rakim)
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[Nas (Alicia Keys)]
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Nasty, yeah, yeah (New York, New York)
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Hey yo black it's time again, yeah, yeah
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(New York, New York)
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Come here, yeah, yeah
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(New York, New York)
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Hey yo black it's time
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["yeah, yeah, hey yo black it's time" - continues throughout song]
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[Nas]
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If you knew my streets
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You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef
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Who snitchin, who told police
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Who came home, who still gone, who restin in peace
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Now they killin over music money, not drugs, rap replaced it
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Cause thugs with no brains got no patience
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New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin
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Musician and flatten composition
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A pain, I'm like Saddam Hussein
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Still alive lookin at his dead children's burnt remains
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I burnt the game, learnt you lames a new lesson
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Your crew's soft man, ya'll need some new weapons
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The P's breathe Warriorz and skullies and Timmies
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Around mixed, spics, niggaz and giddies
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From my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink
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But don't think we wastin our time
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It's a New York State of Mind
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[Chorus #1 - Alicia Keys]
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New York, New York, New York
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New York City, whoa oh
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New York, New York, New York
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New York City, baby
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[Alicia Keys]
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It's like a jungle, out here
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So much struggle, out here
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And my dream's still unphased
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Greed still the cousin of death
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Always feels like always somethin farther time
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In the Streets of New York
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(New York state of mind, New York State of mind)
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[Alicia Keys]
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All I see is street homes
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And who it's holdin, our people
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Only comforts the brain
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It's like I'm going insane
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The revolution has to start, don't waste no time
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In the Streets of New York
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(New York state of mind, New York state of mind)
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C'mon
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[Chorus #2 - Alicia Keys]
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New York, New York, New York, New York oh
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State of mind (New York City)
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New York, New York, New York, New York oh
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State of crime (New York City)
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New York, New York, New York, New York oh
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Big dreams (New York City)
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New York, New York, New York, New York oh
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Big schemes
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[Alicia Keys]
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Oh, break the game
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Just ain't the same
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Baby loves and girls with no shame
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Can't get away (get away), epidemic plague
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Every hood in every state
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Don't have no reasons cause relieve is hard to find
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[Break - Alicia Keys]
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In the streets of New York (New York state of mind) - [4X]
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["New York state of mind" is also repeated in background]
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[Rakim]
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I'm from the home of a million legends and trend settin
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A lot of footsteps to follow, I've been steppin
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Mind stressin tryin to find a record crime shreddin
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Time precious, I ain't have rest since nine eleven
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I live fast, hustle like today is my last
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I get cash, the struggle's like a day on the Ave.
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Crack bein raw, gats squeezin off
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Manhattan squeezin off, from cats who tease with war
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The eve of the Apocalypse, evil keep movin politics
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Every block is at risk, the metropolitan metropolis
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The opposite of Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra
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Alicia Keys, Nas and Ra the gangsta's opera
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So New York City walk with me, talk gritty
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It's up to us New York it's our city
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Here the man come with the anthem, hands up
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It's time the thrill is back New York, let's stand up
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[Chorus - w/ ad libs]
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[Rakim - talking behind Chorus]
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Oh yeah, crucial Keys
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Your God Rakim Allah
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New York City, Nasty Nas
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A. Keys, yeah, c'mon
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Streets Of New York (City Life)
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| Alicia Keys |
