Streets Of New York - Alicia Keys/Nas/Rakim Written by:Alicia Keys/Taneisha Smith/Nasir Jones/William Griffin/Eric Barrier/Chris Martin Nasty yeah yeah New York New York New York New York Ayo black it's time again yeah yeah New York New York New York New York Yeah premier yeah yeah New York New York New York New York Ayo black it's time If you kNew my streets You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef Who's snitchin' who told police Who came home who's still gone who rest in peace Now they killin' over music money not drugs rap replaced it Cause thugs with no brains got no patience New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin' Musician inflictin' composition of pain I'm like saddam hussein Still alive lookin' at his dead children's burnt remains I birthed the game learnt you lames a New lesson Your crew's soft man ya'll need some New weapons The p's breed warriors in skullies and timmies Around micks spics niggas and guineas For my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink But don't think we wastin our time It's a New York state of mind New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh New York New York New York New York city gritty It's like a jungle out here So much struggle out here And my dreams steal my rest Sleep's the cousin of death Always feels like a race against father time In the streets of New York New York state of mind New York state of mind All I see is street hoes And bullet holes in our people Only crime fills the brain Feels like I'm goin' insane The revolution has to start don't waste no time In the streets of New York New York state of mind C'mon New York New York New York New York ohh State of mind New York city New York New York New York New York ohh State of crime New York city New York New York New York New York ohh Big dreams New York city New York New York New York New York ohh Big schemes Oh it's like the game Just ain't the same Baby thugs and girls With no shame Can't get away get away Epidemic plague plague Every hood in every state Don't have no reasons cause believin's hard to find In the streets of New York New York state of mind In the streets of New York New York state of mind In the streets of New York New York state of mind In the streets of New York New York state of mind I'm from the home of a million legends and trend settin' A lot of footsteps to follow I been steppin' Mind stressin' tryna find direction crime spreadin' Time precious I ain't have rest since 911 I live fast hustle like today is my last I get cash the struggle's like a day on the ave Crack D and raw gats squeezin off Manhattan streets in awe from casualties of war The eve of the apocalypse evil people in politics Every block is at risk the metropolitan metropolis The opposite of liza minnelli and frank sinatra Alicia keys nas and ra the gangsta's opera So New York city walk with me talk gritty It's up to us New York it's our city Here the man come with the anthem hands up It's time the thrill is back New York let's stand up New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh New York New York New York New York city gritty New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh New York New York New York New York city gritty Come on
[id:$00000000] [ti:Streets Of New York] [ar:Alicia Keys/Nas/Rakim] [00:00.02]Streets Of New York - Alicia Keys/Nas/Rakim [00:01.34]Written by:Alicia Keys/Taneisha Smith/Nasir Jones/William Griffin/Eric Barrier/Chris Martin [00:01.71]Nasty yeah yeah [00:03.72]New York New York New York New York [00:05.18]Ayo black it's time again yeah yeah [00:06.75]New York New York New York New York [00:08.40]Yeah premier yeah yeah [00:09.26]New York New York New York New York [00:10.56]Ayo black it's time [00:11.54]If you kNew my streets [00:13.60]You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef [00:17.35]Who's snitchin' who told police [00:19.56]Who came home who's still gone who rest in peace [00:23.01]Now they killin' over music money not drugs rap replaced it [00:26.87]Cause thugs with no brains got no patience [00:29.06]New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin' [00:32.32]Musician inflictin' composition of pain [00:34.99]I'm like saddam hussein [00:36.74]Still alive lookin' at his dead children's burnt remains [00:39.62]I birthed the game learnt you lames a New lesson [00:42.87]Your crew's soft man ya'll need some New weapons [00:45.82]The p's breed warriors in skullies and timmies [00:48.56]Around micks spics niggas and guineas [00:51.24]For my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink [00:53.72]But don't think we wastin our time [00:55.39]It's a New York state of mind [00:56.92]New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh [01:02.63]New York New York New York New York city gritty [01:08.03]It's like a jungle out here [01:13.53]So much struggle out here [01:19.34]And my dreams steal my rest [01:24.97]Sleep's the cousin of death [01:30.62]Always feels like a race against father time [01:35.11]In the streets of New York [01:38.23]New York state of mind New York state of mind [01:42.06]All I see is street hoes [01:47.48]And bullet holes in our people [01:53.18]Only crime fills the brain [01:58.79]Feels like I'm goin' insane [02:04.46]The revolution has to start don't waste no time [02:09.07]In the streets of New York [02:12.45]New York state of mind [02:15.45]C'mon [02:16.24]New York New York New York New York ohh [02:20.10]State of mind New York city [02:22.22]New York New York New York New York ohh [02:25.47]State of crime New York city [02:27.87]New York New York New York New York ohh [02:31.41]Big dreams New York city [02:33.41]New York New York New York New York ohh [02:37.06]Big schemes [02:37.75]Oh it's like the game [02:40.75]Just ain't the same [02:44.06]Baby thugs and girls [02:46.47]With no shame [02:49.67]Can't get away get away [02:52.04]Epidemic plague plague [02:55.17]Every hood in every state [03:00.76]Don't have no reasons cause believin's hard to find [03:05.36]In the streets of New York New York state of mind [03:11.02]In the streets of New York New York state of mind [03:16.40]In the streets of New York New York state of mind [03:22.12]In the streets of New York New York state of mind [03:29.22]I'm from the home of a million legends and trend settin' [03:32.31]A lot of footsteps to follow I been steppin' [03:35.19]Mind stressin' tryna find direction crime spreadin' [03:38.05]Time precious I ain't have rest since 911 [03:40.69]I live fast hustle like today is my last [03:43.50]I get cash the struggle's like a day on the ave [03:46.30]Crack D and raw gats squeezin off [03:49.24]Manhattan streets in awe from casualties of war [03:51.99]The eve of the apocalypse evil people in politics [03:54.72]Every block is at risk the metropolitan metropolis [03:57.74]The opposite of liza minnelli and frank sinatra [04:00.36]Alicia keys nas and ra the gangsta's opera [04:03.68]So New York city walk with me talk gritty [04:06.50]It's up to us New York it's our city [04:09.03]Here the man come with the anthem hands up [04:11.79]It's time the thrill is back New York let's stand up [04:14.76]New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh [04:20.15]New York New York New York New York city gritty [04:26.27]New York New York New York New York city whoa ohh [04:31.56]New York New York New York New York city gritty [04:36.65]Come on