[Hook]
What Up Harlem, (Whatup Harlem)
What Up Brooklyn, (Wassup Brooklyn)

What Up Queens, (Wassup)
BX Nah Mean, (Stand Up)
And This is New York, (New York)

And we gone bring it back, (bring it back)
To dat real %#@!, (Muh$#&@a)
That put us on da map. (Where You At?)


[Verse one: Black Dave]
East coast reppin, Harlem steppin, $#&@ around wit me my ^!$$%s beat ya $$# like tekken, livin life fast everyday is jus a blessing, hoppin in the booth and make music with a message, livin on da block ^!$$% hope you hold protection, ^!$$%s make money off snitchin they profession, so neva repeat that, run in where you sleep at, make every mutha$#&@a bow down on they knee cap, be puffin da hydro, I roll it wit fonto, n that's the recipe to keep a black ^!$$% eye low, and ^!$$% I need mo', money or cheddar we stackin up mozzarella and we be changing the weather until it rain down, po down, ^!$$% how you like me now, reppin east side New York City got the $#&@in crown, so let me tell you how it's goin down raised by da gutta tell these ^!$$%s dat we on now


[Hook]
What Up Harlem, (Whatup Harlem)

What Up Brooklyn, (Wassup Brooklyn)
What Up Queens, (Wassup)
BX Nah Mean, (Stand Up)

And This is New York, (New York)
And we gone bring it back, (bring it back)
To dat real %#@!, (Muh$#&@a)

That but us on da map. (Where You At?)

[Verse two: Black Dave]

Queensbridge ain't gone play around wit ya, BX drop bombs and will boogie down wit ya, them shaolin killas no they gonna come get ya n that's real $#&@in life this ain't no motion picturce, rhyme spitta and neva gonna trust no ^!$$%, I'm on a $#&@ing mission gotta be a go getta, flow quicker then the other one, sicker than the other one, do it for the late great biggie n big pun, you see son, gotta watch yo back when them D's come, ain't tryna get locked over smokin no weed blunts, you see son, gotta stay stay awake on these streets son, cuz ^!$$%s neva sleep in the city I come from

[Hook]

What Up Harlem, (Whatup Harlem)
What Up Brooklyn, (Wassup Brooklyn)
What Up Queens, (Wassup)

BX Nah Mean, (Stand Up)
And This is New York, (New York)
And we gone bring it back, (bring it back)

To dat real %#@!, (Muh$#&@a)
That but us on da map. (Where You At?)