City So Nice

Yea.. 'Til you live in this city You don't really know man City so nice they named it twice City so nice shoulda named it life When you down and out you break bread with mice On the search of cheese your whole world get cold as ice To make it worse money lives next door Yo you just moved in? Nah I just clean their floors Oh ok ese let's say we play A little game called how we gon' get rich today It ain't about your race or where you used to play The playground more colored than an Easter egg Yo I moved here at 14 big ass dreams I wanted to play 1st base on the Yankees team But varsity I wasn't a star by the 12th grade And the theatre director gave me a lead on the stage So I flipped the page hit the downtown art scene New York, New York the whole world's watching So when I walk in just keep it New York cool You know how you do "Yeah I know you dude how you do? I like your style last thing I'll do is say it" That's cool you stink get outta my way bitch I gotta keep on moving I gotta keep on doing Everything I can make sure this whack shit is ruined And until the Big Apple stands here in ruins Imma stay increasing capital maintain both shoes in Cuz ain't nobody choosing my destiny but me Mother Mary could call but I can't let it be And uh actors act and uh talkers talk Players play so I guess New Yorkers New York That's the first thing you need to know about moving here It's a job to live here Like literally So you gotta know your position Round here we just tryna live right Single life with way more than a single strife City got a special way to make you feel like You ain't jack by day, but you're Queen and King of the night I guess thats why I keep an ace in my back pocket Picture of my own face in my chain locket My case ain't that of an orphan but I wouldn't mind the taste of Daddy Warbucks You know sugar and spice and everything nice Rainbows and sunshine do I have to say it twice Paradise some say its a myth well if it is guess what Ignorance is bliss I'm using every last one of my gifts To sift through the bullshit niggas tryna pull shit Stay over there with your way too cool shit What's my name Prince Harvey and I'm here to rule shit So where the king at? cuz I'm in Kings County Brooklyn bounty hunting anybody doubt me NYC cream of the crop you know the best If I could make it here yea Imma show you the rest You know that I'm blessed right Strolling through the city with an 'S' on my chest right My future make the sun look less bright Step into my mind Imma take you on a test flight Peep this it's just me and my peeps The kings and the queens that I roll with shit And this game we playing for keeps So you can't really you can't really fuck with us You gotta know you social circle You gotta know... (Can't fuck wit this nigga) What your friend to co-worker ratio is gon' be Lets keep it real ain't no place greater You wanna be a winner then you better be a playmaker Pawns get eaten on the boardwalk Walking down Broadway yellow tape white chalk Why talk if you ain't plan to do shit I could tell you ain't 'bout it we ain't been introduced yet Best believe it's a jungle out here Cue the church bells we ready to rumble out here Smell fear from a mile out Cold shoulder you ain't down to wyle out No shade I'm just tryna shelter you You a plain glass of water I ain't bout to Alka Seltzer you City so nice, with a twist Welcome to the dark side step into the mist Before you know it you have been enlisted New York City's school of the gifted But are you gon' make them grades tho? That's what's important, are you gonna pass the test, nigga? Are you ready? Are you down for the challenge? You down for the count, motherfucker? Mother mother fucker? That's what it is. That's - That's what separates those who make it, and those who don't It's like.. it's just just a big ass, it's just a big ass school It's just like high school You know we all come in You kinda zoned in the motherfucker cuz you here And you go to school just like everybody else Now some of us do extra curricular activities Some of us gotta keep our grades up Cuz of, uh... sports teams or whatever the fuck Ummm... some of us is on the honor roll And some of us taking college AP courses And some of us just sit in the hallway You know what I'm saying Some of us dress the part and get seen in the cafeteria Hehe, you know But at the end of the day, it's like Who graduates? And like Who's Valedictorian? Who gets to speak about your generation