New York Strait Talk

Not takin' nothin' from your hood or your set

Yo, it doesn't make sense, for you to compete against
Don't come into this rap game if you don't belong

True if you can make it out here, you can make it anywhere

Burning flammable rappers, is how I get my rocks off
From New York straight talk, America's best
And I come to you, with my infinite spirit

This New York vibe that gets your whole body tense
Bright lights, big city and the dark alleyways
Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this, word up, word up
Confusion, while I'm givin' rappers contusions
That means a lot of rappers, they should stay away from here

And people don't realize that real hip-hop is losing
From New York straight talk, America's best
You can get lost in the sauce, New York�ll have you vexed
So think twice blink twice now your Roley and Lincoln's gone
But Gang Starr could be a threat, in New York we rep
Niggaz could sell more records but they still can�t flip a live forum
You won't be on but for a minute anyway
You get bent up, sent up creek, without a paddle
You're just a scavenger, you don't live this life everyday
Switch-up, change-up, yo pull the range up

Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this word up, word up
Rap is regional, so you can check the demographics
We takin' no shorts, and plus we showin' no pity

I�ll never give up rep in New York, I�m true to it
New York we get the money all day everyday

I've loved it since the days of fat shoelace
They wanna shut us down, and I say, "Shut up clown"

From New York straight talk, America's best
Calm down, listen to a brother who knows
Used to ride the subway trains back and forth
New York we get the money all day everyday

Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this, word up, word up
Then I�ll drain all your fluid, you�re better off playing lotto
And just quit, 'cause MC's out here kick serious lyrics
I doubt there, is anyplace more complex
From New York straight talk, America's best
So we can build on this shit, for real that�s how we came up
Plus everybody out here ain't talkin' true shit either
So why suppress it, I'd rather be revealin' it
From New York straight talk
Yo yo I'm not new to this
Bright lights, big city and dark alleyways
That�s why I lamp in the studio composin' fresh new joints
America's best, word up, word up

New York, we get the money all day everyday
Who�s next to get served, herbs�ll get knocked off
'Cause we still care, about the total art form

The struggle continues, everybody wants to be on
I pop your top off as if you were the bottle
'Cause New York is too corrupt and too tough to lay down
But the competition keeps me on point
Of all the madness and the civil unrest that�s out here
Everybody represent where they live, 'cause shit is drastic
From New York straight talk, America's best
You wanna battle, well I live in New York
Mad niggaz is fakin' jacks, I don�t like them neither

The rat race, makes this lifestyle fast paced
'Cause the rappers out here come up with mad different types of flows
From New York straight talk, America's best
That's where it comes from, that's why you're feelin' it
From the streets, Medina, Manhattan, Staten, P-Lawn

Now I push an E-Class, four-two-zero of course

Bright lights, big city and the dark alleyways

Still material gains, make one more aware
Screw face me all you want, but I�m used to it
From forty-deuce to Queens, back to East New Yi