New York Strait Talk Lyrics - Gangstarr

"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" 

(guru) 

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

This new york vibe that gets 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 anyplace 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 

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"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" 

(guru) 

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 

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

Plus everybody out here ain't talkin true shit either 

Mad niggaz 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..." 

"yo. i'm. not. new. to. this" 

"america's best""word up!" 

"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" 

(guru) 

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

You wanna battle? well I live in new york 

So think twice blink twice now your roley 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 wanna 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 supress 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"