New York Strait Talk

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

"Yo, I'm not new to this I'm true to this" (Word up!)

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

Yo, it doesn't make sense, for you to compete against

This New York vibe to get your whole body tense

Calm down, listen to a brother who knows

'Cause the rappers out here come up with mad different types of flows

Switch-up, change-up, yo, pull the range up

So we can build on this shit, for real that's how we came up

Used to ride the subway trains back and forth, now I push an E-Class, four-two-zero, of course

Still material gains, make one more aware

Of all the madness and the civil unrest that's out here

I doubt there, is any place more complex

You can get lost in the sauce, New York'll have you vexed

Who's next to get served, herbs'll get knocked off

Burning flammable rappers, is how I get my rocks off

I pop your top off as if you were the bottle

Then I'll drain all your fluid, you're better off playing lotto

Bright lights, big city and the dark alleyways

New York we get the money all day, everyday

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

"Yo, I'm not new to this I'm true to this" (Word up!)

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

True if you can make it out here, you can make it anywhere

That means a lot of rappers, they should stay away from here

'Cause we still care, about the total artform

**** could sell more records, but they still can't flip a live forum

Plus everybody out here ain't talkin true shit either

Mad **** is fakin' jacks, I don't like them neither

But the competition keeps me on point

That's why I lamp in the studio, composin' fresh, new joints

From the streets, Medina, Manhattan, Staten, P-Lawn

The struggle continues, everybody wants to be on

The rat race, makes this lifestyle fast paced

I've loved it since the days of fat shoelace

Screwface me all you want, but I'm used to it

I'll never give up rep in New York, I'm true to it

From forty-deuce to Queens, back to East New Yi

We takin' no shorts, and plus we showin' no pity

Bright lights, big city and the dark alleyways

New York, we get the money all day everyday

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

"Yo, I'm not new to this I'm true to this" (Word up!)

"From New York straight talk, America's best"

You get bent up, sent up creek, without a paddle

You want to battle? Well, I live in New York, so think twice, blink twice

Now your Rollie and Lincoln's gone

Don't come into this rap game if you don't belong

You won't be on but for a minute anyway

You're just a scavenger, you don't live this life everyday

Rap is regional, so you can check the demographics

Everybody represent where they live, 'cause shit is drastic

Confusion, while I'm givin' rappers contusions and people don't realize that real hip-hop is losing

They want to shut us down and I say, "Shut up clown!"

'Cause New York is too corrupt and too tough to lay down

And just quit, 'cause MC's out here kick serious lyrics

And I come to you, with my infinite spirit

Not takin' nothin' from your hood or your set, but GangStarr could be a threat

In New York we rep

That's where it comes from, that's why you're feelin' it

So why suppress it? I'd rather be revealin' it

Bright lights, big city and dark alleyways

New York we get the money all day, everyday

"From New York straight talk, America's Best"