the city is mine

Singer: jay-z

uh-uhh-uh

ge-ge-geyeah

you belong to the city

you belong to the night

in the river of darkness

he's a man of the night

uhh

yeah

what the deal playboy

just rest your soul

i be holding it down yo still love the dough

got these ladies on the cock now you know how we go

got the whole world on lock down you know how we flow

don't worry about brooklyn i continue to flame

therefore a world with amnesia won't forget your name

you held it down long enough

let me take those reigns

and just like your spirit the commision remains

niggaz can cross the t's and

dots the i's

now that i got too popular to cop them pies

i'm takin this rap shit serious

to my demise

jay shit's like cake mix

watch me rise

basics in the basement

waste it

asking my dog for advice so when he can't say shit

my hatred is

fueled just give me a sign

and i let the world know that the city is mine

what?

you belong to the city

you belong to the night

in the river of darkness

he's a man of the night

[verse two: jay-z

y'all want to know how i flow just seek and you find

i'm like a brain in the voicebox

i speak my mind

about to redefine rap mami

either i'm

the illest nigga doing it or these niggaz is losin it

i read a article that said i was ruinin shit

but every time i look

i'm movin units in quick

so i'ma hit y'all

with these last two and split

and leave niggaz with nothing but my influences-es

soon it's the jigga

i ain't mad yeah

bite my shit

sell half of what i sell because it's not quite my shit

i'm the type to buy a roley and just ice my shit

on the spot

fuck comin back twice to shit

how real is that? my floss game

still intact

boss game

you lame dudes can't feel that

like the first dude to cop the 850 and 89

and drove it up to 55th

the city is mine

what?

you belong to the city

you belong to the night

in the river of darkness

he's a man of the night

i snatch your girl cause your arm ain't strong enough

plus ya don't stay in the studio long enough

i make hits while y'all stay hatin and take bricks

had it locked til i came in the club

take 6

got your chick cause you swore she was innocent

got her a chinese manicure hair done by dominicans

all for what

so i could be in a dark corner

all in the butt

at the bar alchoholing her up

i represent the lifestyle of those who thirst cream

a buck fifty a shot

louis the thirteenth

jay-z

roc-a-fella yo

know the name

i ain't a player get it right

i'm controllin the game

from now until they blow holes in my frame

i'ma stand firm

holdin my aim

feel me?

i'm the focal

point like biggie in his prime

on the low though - shhhhh

the city is mine!