SUB HOOK
Why you talk like that, Why you walk like that, why you act like that/ (im from brooklyn)
Why you rap like that, why you lit like that, how you get like that/ (im from brooklyn) [4]
1st VERSE
Im so Brooklyn like im Hollywood Play/ when i get the money to leave i prolly will stay/ how much you wanna bet we got the grimiest streets/ to paint the picture i went and got the grimiest beat/(4)
You know you better remember that the streets ain't fair/
Hoping to find love but the streets ain't care/ all of your love ones expect for you to be there/ Stand on ya own 2 but we dont see your pair/(8)
Brooklyn, we automatically winners/ just like the day you was we automatically sinners/
Now im taking advantage of my 15 minutes/ cuz i remember when BIG told us the sky was the limit/(12)
Yeah, im never letting you stop me/ .just because im confident doesnt mean that im cocky/
When you on a team you do what best for the posse/ Everybody can't be mike, somebody gotta be scottie/(16)
2nd HOOK - Full
Why you talk like that, Why you walk like that, why you act like that/ (im from brooklyn)
Why you rap like that, why you lit like that, how you get like that/ (im from brooklyn) [4]
How you get love like that, why they scared like that, they prolly hatin on me cuz/ (im from brooklyn)
Why you real like that, why you built like that, i was born like that/ (im from brooklyn) [8]
2nd VERSE
..On his toe wit tag, zip up the bag/ its easy to be a shooter thats no reason to brag/ lets put the guns down throw the hands like ZAB/ thats going over ya head cuz you ain't listen to CASANOVA/(4)
.i got a plan to be #NotoriousBIG like #JAYZ/ thats why im HUSTLING HARD like the KOB/ even tho im gettin QUIET MONEY like AZ/ its still a BEAUTIFUL STRUGGLE like TALIB KWELI/(8)
Salute to QUEEN BEE the LIGHTERS are still UP now/ this another BK ANTHEM shout out to FOX BROWN/ somebody got a SMIFF N WESSUN in the club now/ so if you hear em BUCK SHOTs you better DUCK DOWN/(12)
Wit a GANG of STARRs the shine so bright/ no rapper can ever take this MC LYTE/ like KANE, YOUNG GIFTED AND BLACK im up next/ will i be the greatest the answer is MOS DEF/(16)
3rd HOOK - Repeat
3rd VERSE
Only thing new is new places i visit/ nothing will ever change, i been moving my pivit/ on THE OTHER SIDE OF BROOKLYN bet you nobody timid/ nobody Illa, i tell em every NEW YORK MINUTE/[4]
Oh you ain't know, i guess i gotta get em familiar/ we get it and stay calm like a PROFESSIONAL CHILLER/ all the BEST FRIENEMIES you know they hate on the low/ .but the real show love so salute to the show/[8]
(Ok bizzle)MONEY AND VIOLENCE is part of the streets/ you know the hood stay hot like the PROJECT HEAT/
I wish they RESPECT LIFE by stopping the gun play/ and try spreading love like the BROOKLYN WAY/[12] LETS GO!
FINAL HOOK - Repeat