[from The Movie _Wildstyle_



If You Was Born In New York City Let Me Hear Say "You Know That"!



YOU KNOW THAT




Aiyyo Once Upon A Rhyme Where The Scenery Sets You See Stress



Streets A Matter Of Life And Death No Regrets



Life's A Test Strife Wit Special Effects



Neighbourhood's Full Of Reps Cities Are Projects



Where The Young Cadets Get Stripes From The Vets



And Comrades Quest To Be The Next, To Finess



Collect Debts And Select Bets With Death Threats



Object - Chedder, Better Your Total Net



Where Trends Are Set From Ways To Express The Outfits



Friends Get Wet Tryin' To Make Ends Connect



Avenues To Check, Boulevards To Sweat



The Smell Of Gunsmoke More Common Than Cigarettes



WE GOT Clicks For Wreck



WE LIKE Pits For Pets



WE GOT Giants And Jets, The Knicks, Yanks And Mets



WE LIKE Much Respect And Sex Extra Wet



And High-Tech Dialect You Ain't Catch Yet




(The Bronx



Ya Out There?



No Doubt



Brooklyn



Ya Out There)




[Rakim]



Aiyyo, We Got Blocks And Glocks With



Big Shots With Big Knots And Big Props



Yo This Is Where The Bullshit Stops



Where Herbs Get Got



If You Snitch You Get Shot



We Get Down And Leave The Town In A State Of Shock



WE GOT Dangerous Hang Out Spots And Slick Cops



Place Called Riker's Island Where Kids Get Locked



A Lotta Gear To Rock With Blocks Of Clothes Shops



Styles Are Top Notch, This Is The Place To Buy



So Bust The Box The Radio Station Is Hot



Ease Your Mind Staring At Skylines From Rooftops



Flip Scripts For Chips



And New Whips Of The Lot



Quick To Call A Shot, Pollitic With Thick Plots



And Eh, Carnegie Niggers A See What We Got



To Make