[00:20.20]This is that, Rikers Island, not slipping rap flows
[00:23.01]For them box bitten bing monsters, sniffin' that blow
[00:25.44]Block huggers know the style, triple that dough
[00:28.09]Forty cal. for them c**k suckers, sit ‘em back slow
[00:30.60]What y'all know about coke pies, give 'em that low
[00:33.03]I’m Malcolm before the bow tie, the simple cash flow
[00:35.39]Rap NY, no lie, my side is Tabasco, so hot
[00:38.16]Crooked cops are searching your a*****e, it's the drop
[00:41.33]That freeze n!ggas right where they stand for the gwap
[00:43.56]n!ggas'll play Pac and pop at they man, it don't stop
[00:46.27]We up top, but we locked and landing
[00:48.09]He roadblock, he flow shots, get ghost and scram
[00:50.79]Gingerbread n!ggas on the run from feds
[00:53.12]sh!t is sick, pretty chicks'll put a gun to ya head
[00:55.73]Never a vic', either think quick or end up dead
[00:58.27]Cuz when we flip, what's left to be said? New York
[01:02.15]New York, New York, New York
[01:04.30]New York, New York
[01:05.71]Number One
[01:06.46]New York, New York
[01:07.80]Keep it real I get ill
[01:08.76]New York, New York
[01:09.42]Number one
[01:10.30]New York, New York
[01:11.13]The city I gotta get in
[01:21.45]You know the town stupid, this is all authentic ground
[01:23.43]You can get poked, grabbed and choked, then shot up, for product
[01:26.04]Bank holders stay in the lab, too many dumb n!ggas is scheming
[01:29.23]You can get murked up in the cab
[01:31.42]Shout out to n!ggas that be jerking tags, rollin' in Jags
[01:34.34]Good boy leathers, hood boys'll blast you
[01:36.72]n!ggas that carry ones and hit grass
[01:38.82]And love hip hop, the sh!t that bring money outta ziplocs
[01:41.81]Protect your dome, I'm warning you, what harm I do to the kid
[01:45.05]I have you on the floor with ya armor loose
[01:47.06]Break the raw down and sign truces
[01:49.53]Then switch the next muthafcukin' date, fcuk all excuses
[01:51.95]When you see me it's real, I'm just a natural born hustler
[01:55.02]The castle where they wrap you in plastic, duke
[01:57.03]So every soldier that's armed, remind your general
[01:59.44]It's critical, you might stay a night, if you presentable
[02:02.06]New York, New York
[02:04.50]Number One
[02:06.57]New York, New York
[02:07.14]Keep it real I get ill
[02:09.20]New York, New York
[02:09.66]Number one
[02:10.70]New York, New York
[02:11.22]The city I gotta get in
[02:11.76]New York, New York
[02:14.24]Number One
[02:15.34]New York, New York
[02:16.49]Keep it real I get ill
[02:17.74]New York, New York
[02:19.38]Number one
[02:20.17]New York, New York
[02:20.87]The city I gotta get in
[02:22.10]Yo, we was raised in the dead arm district
[02:24.33]Before guns was called biscuits, Stapleton was on that hood sh!t
[02:27.26]Live from the New York borough, keeping it thorough
[02:30.57]Bunch of snakes in the grass, stay creepin' like squirrels
[02:32.48]Cuz a snitch gon' crack that nut, don't give a fk
[02:34.75]Did ten hours long and try to wrap us up
[02:37.25]He dry snitching, post up in the whip with a fly wisdom
[02:40.04]Hopped out to get a dutch, but he left with his wig splitten
[02:42.54]We from New York, my city never sleeps (No)
[02:44.61]We runnin' with a hundred heats
[02:45.97]When beef pop off, we ain't the one to speak
[02:47.54]Dressed in all black, driving sixteen hearses
[02:50.09]With sixteen n!ggas, dropping sixteen verses
[02:51.87]Big faces, bolgin' outta big green purses
[02:55.13]Stuck ya man for his vegi's and his lame ass circus
[02:57.71]So I dare n!ggas act up, y'all n!ggas act up
[03:00.58]Now like cars in reverse, y'all better back up
[03:03.05]New York, New York
[03:04.85]Number One
[03:06.45]New York, New York
[03:07.34]Keep it real I get ill
[03:08.55]New York, New York
[03:10.01]Number one
[03:11.08]New York, New York
[03:11.74]The city I gotta get in
[03:12.80]New York, New York
[03:14.90]Number One
[03:16.01]New York, New York
[03:17.39]Keep it real I get ill
[03:18.55]New York, New York
[03:19.76]Number one
[03:21.15]New York, New York
[03:22.47]The city I gotta get in
[03:23.83]

This is that, Rikers Island, not slipping rap flows
For them box bitten bing monsters, sniffin' that blow
Block huggers know the style, triple that dough
Forty cal. for them c**k suckers, sit ‘em back slow
What y'all know about coke pies, give 'em that low
I’m Malcolm before the bow tie, the simple cash flow
Rap NY, no lie, my side is Tabasco, so hot
Crooked cops are searching your a*****e, it's the drop
That freeze n!ggas right where they stand for the gwap
n!ggas'll play Pac and pop at they man, it don't stop
We up top, but we locked and landing
He roadblock, he flow shots, get ghost and scram
Gingerbread n!ggas on the run from feds
sh!t is sick, pretty chicks'll put a gun to ya head
Never a vic', either think quick or end up dead
Cuz when we flip, what's left to be said? New York
New York, New York, New York
New York, New York
Number One
New York, New York
Keep it real I get ill
New York, New York
Number one
New York, New York
The city I gotta get in
You know the town stupid, this is all authentic ground
You can get poked, grabbed and choked, then shot up, for product
Bank holders stay in the lab, too many dumb n!ggas is scheming
You can get murked up in the cab
Shout out to n!ggas that be jerking tags, rollin' in Jags
Good boy leathers, hood boys'll blast you
n!ggas that carry ones and hit grass
And love hip hop, the sh!t that bring money outta ziplocs
Protect your dome, I'm warning you, what harm I do to the kid
I have you on the floor with ya armor loose
Break the raw down and sign truces
Then switch the next muthafcukin' date, fcuk all excuses
When you see me it's real, I'm just a natural born hustler
The castle where they wrap you in plastic, duke
So every soldier that's armed, remind your general
It's critical, you might stay a night, if you presentable
New York, New York
Number One
New York, New York
Keep it real I get ill
New York, New York
Number one
New York, New York
The city I gotta get in
New York, New York
Number One
New York, New York
Keep it real I get ill
New York, New York
Number one
New York, New York
The city I gotta get in
Yo, we was raised in the dead arm district
Before guns was called biscuits, Stapleton was on that hood sh!t
Live from the New York borough, keeping it thorough
Bunch of snakes in the grass, stay creepin' like squirrels
Cuz a snitch gon' crack that nut, don't give a fk
Did ten hours long and try to wrap us up
He dry snitching, post up in the whip with a fly wisdom
Hopped out to get a dutch, but he left with his wig splitten
We from New York, my city never sleeps (No)
We runnin' with a hundred heats
When beef pop off, we ain't the one to speak
Dressed in all black, driving sixteen hearses
With sixteen n!ggas, dropping sixteen verses
Big faces, bolgin' outta big green purses
Stuck ya man for his vegi's and his lame ass circus
So I dare n!ggas act up, y'all n!ggas act up
Now like cars in reverse, y'all better back up
New York, New York
Number One
New York, New York
Keep it real I get ill
New York, New York
Number one
New York, New York
The city I gotta get in
New York, New York
Number One
New York, New York
Keep it real I get ill
New York, New York
Number one
New York, New York
The city I gotta get in