Key: G# minor
Verse 1
Em
F
Uh, yo
F
Em
It's time man (word, it's time?)
Em
Aight, set that shit off (set it off then,
F
nigga)
Verse 2
Set it off (set it off)
Em
N.Y. cops, hookers crawlin' off the stroll,
F
coughin'
F
Em
stinkin' and I dread thinkin' they be snitchin'
But who else, could it be,
Em
F
Hustlers starve, they bust a U- ey, I jog
strangle men
F
Em
Niggas gaspin' for air,
'til they move no more and just stare
F
Em
With dead eyes, tired of riots,
shit is quiet
F
Em
Simple- minded fools infiltrate
grimy crews
F
Em
Overcrowded cribs, uncles home from bids,
F
Em
five niggas, went to four quick
When he went O.T., college life,
F
Em
converted into gangbangin'
Four niggas still hangin',
F
Em
years passin' and slang changin'
Three of us now, fourth
F
Em
nigga ain't around
We all thought he was real,
F
Em
Yo, his mouth could've got us all wasted,
Verse 3
Em
New York,
state of mind)
Verse 4
F
Em
(getmoney)
New York chronicles, every day
F
Em
The crime rate, the murder rate
F
Em
The money rate, the pa per chase,
you know what I mean?
F
Em
New York state of mind baby,
Verse 5
my hands on a knot
F
Em
New York Yankee cap cover my eyes,
stand in one spot
F
Em
I take a nigga dough,
send him home to a shoebox
You lost that nigga I put
all these niggas sing along
F
Em
All the cigarette smoke's cloggin' my lungs,
whoever walk in or leave
F
Em
'Cause I ain't playin',
F
niggas'll run up in here and shoot up this shit
Em
F
Fuck you, we run you out of N.Y,
you can't live
F
Em
Niggas fightin' over hundred sales,
F
mad 'cause they ain't get a piece of that sale
F
Em
ghetto survivors
Go to any hood that's live
Verse 6
New York, New York
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