Five Boroughs

Yo when it's hot, it's hot, you can't change the heat But life can get real cold in these New York streets Even though it gets loud when the trains is passing And it gets real loud when them K's is blasting It starts getting quiet as the days is passing Every quarter of the year we gotta change our fashion It was blazing, now we gotta wear our jackets We be blazing everyday, it ain't all bad son Bums asking for change and never change Drinking Georgi on the block, all day on milk crates To open fire hydrants and Mr. Softee milk shakes To popping wheelies in the hood on a bike with some ill brakes 37th's the ave to 35th It's all numbers I don't know how the fuck you get lost kid Take Junction straight down and end up in LaGuardia Be aggressive, guarantee they be wanting no part of ya The Daily News and The New York Times report the New York crimes Gotta be strong not to lose your mind The fast life, be smart how you use your time You make it here then anywhere you go, you'll be fine A moon child, yea i'm cool with the goons But that don't mean that i'm responsible for any of the things they do They peoples is my peoples they could bring they crew They was just patiently waiting for the Linkz-Tape 2 Yea we here dog, New York City La gran manzana The rotten apple Make history, live now not mañana Yea we here and you know what it is We been thorough I rep the five boroughs The concrete jungle We here and I know you could hear It's the Linkz-Tape 2 Here to show the whole world how the fuck we do We hear sirens all day but disregard that shit Out here "being grimy" is what you call that shit You think it's hell the way you see smoke coming out the ground Drop a piece of bread and watch a flock of pigeons come around Open up a pack of bogies everybody wants one now Everybody likes to hate but they swagger jack your style Competition is the way we was built So we love to shut 'em down every time niggas testing our skills But on the reals I love how it feels cause i'm the illest It's a thrill, giving people the chills the way I kill it Top billin' like Milk and Gizmo You know what it is though Live faster than Gran Turismo I stay fresh and I got mad machismo Cause Corona Barber Shop Plus is where I get my chisel It's my story in the city that never sleeps In the night time the streets full of villains and creeps All my little cousins want flights and visas But they might need Jesus Cause the block stay hot like a slice of pizza In ten minutes get the weather on the ones When you see me and my whole crew together better run Cause we holding it down in the Q.U. When strangers come around we press them like who you? They don't wanna fuck around, these rappers is doo-doo In the Hip-Hop world everybody know who rules Yea we here dog, New York City La gran manzana The rotten apple Make history, live now not mañana Yea we here and you know what it is We been thorough I rep the five boroughs The concrete jungle We here and I know you could hear It's the Linkz-Tape 2 Here to show the whole world how the fuck we do