N.Y. state of mind

'N.Y. State of Mind'
Yeah, yeah
Ayo, black, its time, word (Word, its time, man)
Its time, man (Aight, man, begin)
Straight out the ******* dungeons of rap
Where fake ****** dont make it back
I dont know how to start this ****, yo now
Rappers, I monkey flip em with the funky rhythm I be kickin
Musician, inflictin composition of pain
Im like Scarface sniffin *******
Holding an M16, see with the pen Im extreme, now
Bullet holes left in my peepholes
Im suited up in street clothes
hand me a nine and Ill defeat foes
Yall know my steelo with or without the airplay
I keep some E&J, sitting bent up in the stairway
Or either on the corner betting Grants with the cee-lo champs
Laughing at baseheads tryna sell some broken amps
G-packs get off quick, forever ****** talk *** *
Reminiscing about the last time the Task Force flipped
****** be running through the block shootin
Time to start the revolution, catch a body, head for Houston
Once they caught us off-guard, the Mac-10 was in the grass and
I ran like a cheetah with thoughts of an assassin
Pick the Mac up, told brothers, 'Back up,' the Mac spit
Lead was hittin ******, one ran – I made him backflip
Heard a few chicks scream, my arm shook, couldnt look
Gave another squeeze, heard it click, 'Yo, my **** is stuck'
Try to cock it, it wouldnt shoot, now Im in danger
Finally pulled it back and saw three bullets caught up in the chamber
Sonow Im jetting to the building lobby
And it was full of children probably couldnt see as high as I be
(So what you sayin?) Its like the game aint the same
Got younger **** ** pulling the triggers bringing fame to their name
And claim some corners, crews without guns are goners
In broad daylight, stickup kids – they run up on us
45s and gauges, Macs, in fact
Same ****** will catch you back-to-back, snatching your cracks in black
There was a snitch on the block getting ****** knocked
So hold your stash til the coke price drop
I know this crackhead who said shes got to smoke nice rock
And if its good, shell bring you customers in measuring pots
But yo, you gotta slide on a vacation, inside information
Keeps large ****** erasin and their wives basin
It drops deep as it does in my breath
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
I think of crime when Im in a New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
New York state of mind
Be having dreams that Im a gangsta, drinking Moets, holding Tecs
Making sure the cash came correct, then I stepped
Investments in stocks, sewing up the blocks to sell rocks
Winning gunfights with mega -cops
But just a ***** walking with his finger on the trigger
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
I aint the type of brother made for you to start testin
Give me a Smith & Wesson, I have ****** undressin
Thinking of cash flow, buddha and shelter
Whenever frustrated, Im a hijack Delta
In the PJs, my blend tape plays, bullets are strays
Young ******* is grazed, each block is like a maze
Full of black rats trapped plus the Island is packed
From what I hear in all the stories when my peoples come back, black
Im living where the nights is jet-black
The fiends fight to get crack, I just max, I dream I can sit back
And lamp like Capone, with drug scripts sewn
Or the legal luxury life, rings flooded with stones, holmes
I got so many rhymes, I dont think Im too sane
Life is parallel to Hell but I must maintain
And be prosperous, though we live dangerous
Cops could just arrest me, blaming us, were held like hostages
Its only right that I was born to use mics
And the stuff that I write is even tougher than dykes
Ive taken rappers to a new plateau , through rap slow
My rhymin is a vitamin held without a capsule
The smooth criminal on beat breaks
Never put me in your box if your **** eats tapes
The city never sleeps, full of villains and creeps
Thats where I learned to do my hustle, had to scuffle with freaks
Im an addict for sneakers, 20s of buddha and ******* with beepers
In the streets I can greet ya, about blunts I teach ya
Inhale deep like the words of my breath
I never sleep, cause sleep is the cousin of death
I lay puzzle as I backtrack to earlier times
Nothings equivalent to theNew York state of mind
New York state of mind
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