[00:00:00] N Y State of Mind Pt ll - Nas [00:00:01] Uhh [00:00:02] Yo yo-yo y'all [00:00:03] Whattup Whattup [00:00:04] It's time man (Word it's time ) [00:00:07] Straight up it's time man [00:00:09] Aight set that shit off [00:00:10] (Set it off then nigga set it off) [00:00:13] Broken glass in the hallway bloodstained floors [00:00:14] Neighbors look at every bag you bring through your doors [00:00:17] Lock the top lock momma shoulda cuffed me to the radiator [00:00:21] Why not It might've saved later from my block [00:00:23] N Y cops hookers crawlin off the stroll coughin [00:00:26] Stitches in they head stinkin and I dread thinkin they be snitchin [00:00:30] But who else could it be shook at these unmarked vans [00:00:33] Parked in the dark -- NARC's where's your heart [00:00:35] Hustlers starve; they bust a U-e I jog [00:00:38] To my building -- come out later wearin camouflage [00:00:41] See the sergeant and the captain -- strangle men [00:00:43] Niggaz gaspin for air; til they move no more and just stare [00:00:46] With dead eyes -- tired of riots shit is quiet [00:00:49] Simple-minded fools infiltrate grimy crews [00:00:52] Overcrowded cribs uncles home from bids sister's pregnant [00:00:55] Father's on drugs moms is smokin beds is piss-infested [00:00:58] Had eight partners growin up eight turned to seven [00:01:02] Seven turned to six niggaz got two in heaven [00:01:04] Six of us holdin it now it's five rollin thick [00:01:07] The sixth one's parole flipped; five niggaz went to fo' quick [00:01:11] When he went O T college life converted into gangbangin [00:01:14] Four niggaz still hangin years passed and slang changin [00:01:17] Three of us now fourth nigga ain't around [00:01:20] We all thought he was real -- he did the snake shit [00:01:22] Fake shit -- beat his ass down yo his mouth [00:01:25] Could've got us all wasted what a f**kin clown [00:01:28] All I got left in the end is two of my best friends [00:01:31] And we all goin out to the death for these ends WHAT [00:01:34] New York New York ("New York state of mind" -> [Rakim [00:01:39] New York New York ("New York state of mind" -> [Rakim [00:01:41] [repeat while Nas is talking [00:01:43] You heard about it you see about it [00:01:45] You read about it it's in your papers [00:01:46] It's in your daily news ("Get money ") [00:01:48] New York chronicles every day [00:01:49] The crime rate the murder rate [00:01:51] The money rate the paper chase youknowhatImean [00:01:54] New York state of mind baby check it out [00:01:57] [Nas [00:01:58] I'm at the gamblin spot my hands on a knot [00:02:00] New York Yankee cap cover my eyes stand in one spot [00:02:03] I take a nigga dough send him home to a shoebox [00:02:06] You lost that nigga I put your dollar in the jukebox [00:02:09] Hear my favorite song all these niggaz sing along [00:02:12] All the ciggarette smoke's cloggin my lungs hoodrats flashin they tongue [00:02:15] Young thugs blastin they gun we got reputations [00:02:18] Bitches and niggaz both on parole or probation [00:02:21] Shit is sick niggaz got gats army fatigues [00:02:24] I got my eyes glued on whoever walk in the lead [00:02:27] Cause I ain't playin niggaz'll run up in here and shoot up this shit [00:02:30] Stick yo' ass up niggaz'll find the loot in your kicks [00:02:32] Bunch of triple-cross niggaz just New York niggaz [00:02:36] Lift you off your feet when they was just talkin with you [00:02:38] Some of these dudes the Feds be on em you knew em for years [00:02:42] Be the type when you walk in a pub they offer you beers [00:02:44] That ain't gangsta niggaz is up North with tatted tears [00:02:47] Your name's on the affadavit you ratted kid [00:02:50] Faggot-ass niggaz that be scared to do they bids [00:02:53] F**k you we run you out of N Y you can't live [00:02:56] Got your quiet niggaz that relocated down South