Verse one:
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New York, New york is where we live and we're thorough
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Never taking shorts cuz Brooklyn's the borough
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Peace to Uptown, to queens and the Bronx
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Long Island and Jersey get as fly as they want
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Where we rest is no joke
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So let me break it down to sections for you slowpokes
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Fort Green, bedstuy, Flatbush, Brownsville
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Crown Heights and East New York will be down till
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Medina takes respect for the style's we bring
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Cuz in Brooklyn, we be into our own thing
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Alantic terminals, redhook bushwick
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Come to Brooklyn frontin, and you'll get mushed quick
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We ain't just know for flipping and turning out parties
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But also for the take no bullshit hotties
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On the subject of blackness, well let me share this
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Brooklyn is the home for cultural awareness
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So in all fairness, you can never compare this
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Some good, some bad. little hope for the weak
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Dangerous streets and Coney Island Beach
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All this included when you go for a tour
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Some can get scandolous and outright raw
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When you step, step correct and watch where you move
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We pay dues so we ain't trying to lose
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Here in Brooklyn
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The home of the black and the beautiful
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For a ruffrap sound, ain't a place more suitable
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Other cities claim this, and others claim that
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But let me give some props to the place where we be at
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B-R-double O- K-l-Y-N
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I came in for a visit and ever since then
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I've been incorporated with select personel
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Right here in Brooklyn, the place where we dwell
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Way down in Brooklyn (3x)
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Those who live in Brooklyn know just what I'm talking about
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Verse two:
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Peace to Boston, Philly, Conneticut, DC
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All the east coast cities are fly to me
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Peace to everybody down south and out west
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But for me, Brooklyn, New York is the best
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Don't be afraid to venture over the bridge
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Although you may run in to some wild ass kids
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Take the j train, the d or the a if you dare
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And the 2,3,4,5 also comes here
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There's so much to see cuz Brooklyn's historic
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Fools act jealous but you have to ignore it
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So I just lounge wit the fat clientel
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Out here in Brooklyn, the place where we dwell
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Way down in brooklyn
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You know the place...
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The Place Where We Dwell
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Gang Starr |