[Chorus: Nina Simone & Prodigy]

Strong enough to take the pain (Uh-huh)

Inflicted again (And again and again and again) and again

What do they call me? (Know my name, bitch)

My name is Str-Strong (Uh-huh)

Strong (Yeah, ayo)

[Verse 1]

The moonlight shines on the New York skyline

Midtown is lit up, the city is mine

As I drive across Queensbridge, I see it clearly

From my P.O.V. (What do they), this is fact not theory

Yeah, that rapper got money

But that rapper can't walk through this concrete jungle 'cause he doin' it wrong

New York belongs to Don P

You could have the rest of the world, I'm good (Strong) with these streets

Skyscrapers and housin' buildings

I know about London but I prefer Brooklyn

I know about Marseilles but I prefer Queens

And while you hire cops (What do they), I prefer my team

I got a powerful army, it's no need for a gun

You want hardcore rap? You fuckin with the right one

This is maximum strength, there's no need for drugs

You want reality rap, homie, you got the right one

I'm

[Chorus: Nina Simone & Prodigy]

Strong enough to take the pain

Inflicted again and again

What do they call me?

My name is Str-Strong, (You know what?) Strong

[Verse 2]

Maybe once every tangerine moon I'll be in the mood to paint the town red with your corpuscles

And plasma, some violent art

These thoughts in the corners (What do they) of my mind are dark

But then the Times Square lights, they switch my whole attitude

Reminds me of billions, that loot

I must persist, I must pursue

The rest of my success (Strong), I am not through

They tried to put my run to an end

But as sure as the point on the state buildin'

I stand tall, wipe the dirt off my clothes when I fall down (What do they), I'm way too strong

This is my town, my subways and sidewalks

I done ran through these gutters like a tunnel rat, pah'

Waist deep, inside of the shit

In the midst of the action where people get hit, look

[Chorus: Nina Simone]

Strong enough to take the pain

Inflicted again and again

What do they call me?

My name is Str-Strong, Strong

[Prodigy]

Yeah

You ain't never been touched means you don't participate

Within the fuckery, you stay comfortably distant, from pain infliction

Meanwhile I'm (What do they) flirtin' with Death

She put her lipstick on the collar of my shirt, next to my jugular

I ain't tryin' to keep her, I just wanna fuck her

When I pass through I'm too committed to life

She a bitch but I love her refuse to (Strong) part from her

I'm destiny's child, I survived it all

The most high got a special plan just for me

My table is set,with cake for days

I'm a lil' bit late but (What do they) it's okay

My future's so bright that I gotta wear shades

I follow in the footsteps of LL Cool J

50 and P. Diddy, my relentless drive

To thrive and prosper, made (Strong) me

[Chorus: Nina Simone]

Strong enough to take the pain

Inflicted again, and again

What do they call me?

My name, is Str-Strong, Strong

What do they

Strong