One time, one time, that's it, yeah This the Onyx shit, know what I'm sayin' Coming out the motherfucking crevices Coming out the fucking cracks like snakes boy Word to mother All my niggas in queens and ya don't stop All my niggas in Brooklyn and ya don't stop All my niggas in Uptown and ya don't stop All my niggas in the boogie woogie and ya won't stop We gonna set this shit New York style We don't throw gang signs in New York We just be on some shit in New York New York City, shiftee low down gritty You punk niggaz yell pity and smell shitty NYPD can suck my dick This is the way we rip shit from the bricks Walking like a zombie smoking blunts in the lobby I be rolling with my niggas behind me take 'em off Attention, fuck all that slippin' and inchin' I'm rappin' loot snatchin' staying greasy the shit ain't easy I'm coming raw hide, serious as a 45 The damn streets are eager to take more lives Fuck it, it's my home, hate it or appreciate it It's the tour 8 million story orientated Designated and made for the real renegade So I never been afraid to start car, they get paid This is the way we walk in New York This is the way we walk in New York This is the way we walk in New York This is the way we walk in New York I'ma stay on my job 'cause that's my adventure I was bred to be a big gainer who can't contain a placenta The USG witch make me switch like a skitso When red rummin' gets so hot but never blow back to the cold spot If the heat got too much, I'ma slide down south Outta town 'bout, leave the home or I'll move shit down On keyed lock, we rock (All nuthin') And then New York niggaz was pulling your shit Your shit wasn't right, we known to start shit up From trends to riots to ruckus And big enough to fuck up anybody that wanna attack us And that's 'cause the fire burns are deep Most of us are peeps-ture New York niggaz play for keeps (Wanna be a part of it, New York is always starting shit) Fuck them, I'ma a nasty native (New Yorker) The full of shit talker, the dark street walker Shining in time stalker, bringin' it back to reality This is for my niggaz in NYC, not since '76 Since the knicks won the championships Hasn't been some more shit like this So back up get up and ass up and my rap wax sound My shots ring loud and panic the crowd (Blow 'em up) Get up, my sounds downtown (Hold 'em up) Gimme everything right now