[Ft. Nas]

[Kevin Rudolf]


In the city of dreams, you get caught up in the schemes
And fall apart in the seam

Tonight
That boy he used to bomb,
From b.k. to the bronx and it's the fortunate one, who dies


[Nas]


New york, we ready!



[Kevin Rudolf]

He move from L-A-S to soho (hooo)

A few blocks for those who don't know (ohh)
Down the hall punched a hole in the wall
Bounced out, all are in control

Certified son of a gun
Learns life lesson 101
Don't fly too high on your own supply

Get burnt by the sun

Cuz in the city of dreams

You get caught up in the schemes
And fall apart in the seam
Tonight

That boy he is the bomb, from b.k. to the bronx
And it's the fortunate one who dies


He was ny's talk of the town
Heard out to the li sound (okay)
He started datin models and he figured it out

He used to be a nice guy, then he cut that sh!t out
Boneified sex machine
No better than a vow we feigned

She wanted a ride to the upper east side but he dropped her @ss off in queens

Cuz in the city of dreams

You get caught up in the schemes and fall apart in the seam
Tonight
That boy would play his guitar like he was ready for war (you ready, k?)(it's your man nas here)

And then he'd lift up his voice to the
Sky (take it straight through new york city)


[Nas]

Lets Go, ok, my city, my town, my crown

Michael bloomberg, forget what you heard
I'm thought of highly, shoppin louie, gianni
Christian lacrosse shades, what can a boss say?

City, bus, the subway, cab, the runway
Ski masks and gunplay my past at a young age
The illest city on the planet

Towers came down, wall street barely standin
We crook brothers, opposite of brook brothers
My footsteps of scatman crothers

It's just generations of style to get five luminous minutes with me
Interviews on how i flip sixty-twos
This isn't my style, i spit what i'm livin right now

I'm out on the town, gold bars shuttin it down
Bottles stacked from the floor to the ceiling
Then it's a loud fool, fifty-third street, right near the hilton

I'm fightin the feeling i had when i was lightin up buildings
Now i'm writin for millions of listeners
Critics who just don't get it

They try dissin us, new york full of kings and queens, all the rest just mimic us

[Kevin Rudolf]


Cuz in the city of dreams
You get caught up in the schemes and fall apart in the seam

Tonight
That boy would play his guitar like he was ready for war
And then he'd lift up his voice to the
Sky