(Heeey-ey) (Heeey-ey) (Wuuuh) I'm in my element This is adrenaline Mixed in my melanin (Wuuuh) Ladies and gentlemen I am so genuine I ain't embellishin' (Wuuuh) I got the medicin I'm what you never been I ain't just settelin' (Wuuuh) I want another win I am the evidence We could be better than this You could try to lie My city know the truth (Wuuuh) And you won't make it out Unless you know the rules Real recognizes real here (yeah) Hot summer but it's chill here Hope's living and it's still here But they still heavy with the steel here (yeah) (Heeey-ey) We're gonna run this town! (Heeey-ey) Run this town! You're looking at the new empire We're gonna take it up higher (Heeey-ey) Run this town! Yeah, another day another dollar Block is getting hotter and you know it (Wuuuh) Only make it if you gotta lay up Or you hustle on the corner (Wuuuh) It's a struggle but they willing even though feel the pressure on 'em (Wuuuh) They don't know just like a Ottis Redding song you know the change is coming (Wuuuh) Pipe dreams like ice cream They get the cake so they might be On the top like icing Try'na figure out the right thing Spike Lee's on the block We on the rise This will not be tellevised This one's for me You and I We won't believe in the light (Heeey-ey) We're gonna run this town! (Heeey-ey) Run this town! You're looking at the new empire We're gonna take it up higher (Heeey-ey) Run this town! I don't want to confront you But I got to disrupt you This is our house, we got you Right where we want you (Wuuuh) Thunderbolt, struck you Samurai, we cut through This is our house, we got you Right where we want you, yeah (Heeey-ey) We're gonna run this town! (Heeey-ey) We're gonna run this town! (Heeey-ey) We're gonna run this town! (Heeey-ey) Run this town! You're looking at the new empire We're gonna take it up higher You're looking at the new empire We're gonna take it up higher (Heeey-ey) We're gonna take it up higher (Heeey-ey) RUN THIS TOWN!