New York New York Lyrics - Singles - Grandmaster Flash

New York New York, big city of dreams 

And everything in New York ain't always what it seems 

You might get fooled if you come from out of town 

But I'm down by law and I know my way around 

Too much, too many people, too much (aha-ha) 

Too much, too many people, too much, Raaah! 

A castle in the sky, one mile high 

Built to shelter the rich and greedy 

Rows of eyes, disguised as windows 

Looking down on the poor and the needy 

Miles of people, marching up the avenue 

Doin? what they gotta do, just to get by 

I'm living in the land of plenty and many 

But I'm damn sure poor and I don't know why 

Too much, too many people, too much 

Too much, too many people, too much! 

A man's on a ledge, says he's gonna jump 

People gather round, said, "He won't he's just a chump" 

?Cause he lost his job, then he got robbed 

His mortgage is due and his marriage is through 

He says he ain't gonna pay no child support 

Because the bitch left him without a second thought 

He got nothing to eat, no shoes on his feet 

She even left his clothes out in the street 

He keeps hearing noises when he's at home 

He always hears voices when he's all alone 

His wife took the kids, the car and the crib 

In this man's world, so much for Women's Lib 

New York New York big city of dreams 

But everything in New York ain't always what it seems 

You might get fooled if you come from out of town 

But I'm down by law, and I know my way around 

Down in the Village, you might think I'm silly 

But you can't tell the women from the men sometimes 

They're sugar and spice and everything nice 

But when you get ?em home ain't no telling what you find 

Right next door is a little old man 

I seen him eating dog food out of a can 

He says, "I got to eat, when I can't afford meat 

I barely can stand, on my own two feet 

I got a bad habit and I just can't break it 

Something?s on my mind and I just can't shake it 

I need some time, and I want some space 

I gotta get away from the human race? 

Too much, too many people, too much (aha-ha) 

Too much, too many people, too much! Raaah! 

Staring at a skyscraper reaching into heaven 

When over in the ghetto I'm livin' in hell 

Just play ball or be an entertainer 

'Cause niggaz like me can't read too well 

Nobody loves me, nobody cares 

I dreamed about a life but I'm livin' in a nightmare 

Paranoid schizo, set back, snowbound 

Bad news psycho, heart attack, breakdown! 

Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh 

Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh 

Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh 

Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, Huh, Hee, HUH! 

If only I could sleep just ten more minutes 

I might find the strength to make another day 

If I didn't have to get up and do my thing 

I would probably sleep my whole life away 

I messed up a nice dream, somethin' bout ice cream 

Whipped cream, fruits and a cherry on top 

Now I gotta get up and face the world, huh 

The pressure is on, It ain't never gonna stop 

I sho' gotta learn to use my mind 

I don't want to be kissing nobody's behind 

Just standin' on line lookin' like a jerk 

Gotta get off my butt and do a full day's work 

I ran into a pothole, got into a car crash 

Should?a been thinking and tried to fake whiplash 

A crowd gathered round, they're callin' me fat 

Who you lookin' at with a face like that? 

New York New York big city of dreams 

Everything in New York ain't always what it seems 

You might get fooled if you come from out of town 

But I'm down by law and I know my way around 

On 42nd Street, lookin' for some action 

Women standing on the corner selling satisfaction 

One young punk just leaning on the fence 

Tryin' to make a dollar out of fifteen cents 

Really is a prankster, tried to be a gangster 

Real big wheel when a gun is in his hands 

Just did a stick-up, just got picked up 

One dead punk, killed by the man 

New York New York big city of dreams 

And everything in New York ain't always what it seem 

You might get fooled if you come from out of town 

But I'm down by law and I know my way around 

Too much, too many people, too much (ha ha ha ha) 

Too much, too many people, too much! Huh! 

A baby cries and a mother dies 

And the tears fall from the doctor's eyes 

Because in this room, on this day 

The Good Lord has giveth, and taketh away, huh! 

The gift of life really means a lot 

And in the ghetto your life is all you got 

So you take to the streets, trying to exist 

In the trash and slime of a world like this 

What you watch on TV tells you what life is supposed to be 

But when you look outside the only thing you see 

Is the poverty stricken reality, Heh! 

Abandoned places, angry faces 

Much hate and hunger throughout the races 

You say, "I'm grown and I'm on my own 

So why don't everybody just leave me alone!" 

Now you stay at home, talking on the phone 

Doin' ninety miles an hour in the fifty mile zone 

They never took the time to tell you ?bout sex 

So you had to learn about it in the discotheques 

Nine months later, the baby is there 

And the Nigga that did it said, "I don't care!" 

You don't have enough money to help feed two 

So you have to choose between the baby and you 

The sky was crying, rain and hail 

When you put your baby in the garbage pail 

Then you kissed the kid and put down the lid 

And you tried to forget what you just did, Huh! 

The muffled screams of a dying baby 

Was enough to drive the young mother crazy 

So she ran in the rain trying to ease the pain 

Huh huh, And she drove herself insane 

New York New York big city of dreams 

But everything in New York ain't always what it seem 

You might get fooled if you come from out of town 

But I'm down by law and I know my way around 

Too much, too many people, too much (haha ha ha) 

Too much, too many people, too much! HUH! 

New York New York big city of dreams 

But everything in New York ain't always what it seem 

You might get fooled if you come from out of town 

But I'm down by law and I know my way around 

Too much, too many people, too much (haha ha ha) 

Too much, too many people, too much