作曲 : Destiny Frasqueri/James Richardson III A is for the apple Take a bite and spit it out B is for bodega Eating on your mama couch Low bazooka with a Puerto-Rican chula Says she working in the city and she getting moolah C is for the crib The cats that call you catch CBGB's babies sneaking blondie through the back D is for the downtown kids that's hittin' licks Skater boys in the park tryna **** some white chicks E is for the East Side Rough Ride, ride or die Motorbikes from every side Flying down the FDR Breaking dutches in the car G is for the ghetto girl And Rainbow clothes Baby hairs and well done toes Single mothers carry those Bummy sneakers What are those? Get in going golden go Hunts Point got the hottest hoes Inner city, tragic woes Splattered streets, the bloody holes Shorty dancing on the pole Casually it's casual b Bloody hands with the anatomy Jehovah witness at your door Acting like nobody home TV off, all alone Kick the door in, mama Jonesin' on the phone Bata and a doobie on, waiting on her tax return Low lives, lighting L's Pouring down for ones they love Tompkins Square, lower east Delancey for the deli meats You don't come for C or D I'm in Manhattan like I'm Woody Allen Jewish, Puerto-Rican and a little bit Italian Sitting on the steps outside the Natural History New York ******* City and I love the history Everything a melting pot Every block is ******* hot 83rd the train stop Open cases, old as shorty braces Pick you up on warrant squad Now they running faces Pick you up by the park We was voguing by the pier Paris burning full of Queens Hit the Village every year Rollin' now to the rave Village Voice, six page I was diving off the stage Going now, every day Stickball in the summer, you know it's summertime Schomburg, eating soul food, singing Doo-Wop every night Subway trains goin' by Squad is sittin' St. Marks Shooting up in Tompkins park Know it's dirty after dark Tunnels taking turns Playing tag on the curb Touchin' on some titties Taking change out your purse Undercover agents I can spot them all away Yo, I hate the ******* cops NYPD get away Underground are MTA Close my eyes and ride the train Back and forth on everyday Anywhere, anyway Xerox copied Zines stapled onto poser trees Got a show, come and see New York is the place to be Here you go and live your dreams Livin' in the city you can't be a xenophobe This the melting pot, and the soup is never cold Young lords, young lords They live inside of me I got a problem B With white supremacy Rollin' through my zipcode One double zero two nine ABC's of New York, and I'll be doing fine
[00:00.000] 作曲 : Destiny Frasqueri/James Richardson III [00:10.988]A is for the apple [00:12.276]Take a bite and spit it out [00:13.448]B is for bodega [00:14.759]Eating on your mama couch [00:16.380]Low bazooka with a Puerto-Rican chula [00:19.063]Says she working in the city and she getting moolah [00:21.674]C is for the crib [00:22.667]The cats that call you catch [00:24.481]CBGB's babies sneaking blondie through the back [00:27.247]D is for the downtown kids that's hittin' licks [00:29.844]Skater boys in the park tryna **** some white chicks [00:33.038]E is for the East Side [00:34.270]Rough Ride, ride or die [00:35.584]Motorbikes from every side [00:37.040]Flying down the FDR [00:38.634]Breaking dutches in the car [00:41.259]G is for the ghetto girl [00:42.584]And Rainbow clothes [00:43.819]Baby hairs and well done toes [00:45.784]Single mothers carry those [00:46.923]Bummy sneakers [00:47.555]What are those? [00:48.388]Get in going golden go [00:50.097]Hunts Point got the hottest hoes [00:52.447]Inner city, tragic woes [00:54.628]Splattered streets, the bloody holes [00:56.464]Shorty dancing on the pole [00:58.734]Casually it's casual b [01:00.434]Bloody hands with the anatomy [01:03.054]Jehovah witness at your door [01:04.845]Acting like nobody home [01:06.084]TV off, all alone [01:07.335]Kick the door in, mama Jonesin' on the phone [01:10.250]Bata and a doobie on, waiting on her tax return [01:14.012]Low lives, lighting L's [01:15.472]Pouring down for ones they love [01:16.723]Tompkins Square, lower east [01:18.426]Delancey for the deli meats [01:19.887]You don't come for C or D [01:22.363]I'm in Manhattan like I'm Woody Allen [01:24.782]Jewish, Puerto-Rican and a little bit Italian [01:27.904]Sitting on the steps outside the Natural History [01:30.708]New York ******* City and I love the history [01:33.761]Everything a melting pot [01:35.001]Every block is ******* hot [01:36.430]83rd the train stop [01:37.781]Open cases, old as shorty braces [01:40.566]Pick you up on warrant squad [01:41.938]Now they running faces [01:44.486]Pick you up by the park [01:46.054]We was voguing by the pier [01:47.382]Paris burning full of Queens [01:48.787]Hit the Village every year [01:50.002]Rollin' now to the rave [01:51.501]Village Voice, six page [01:52.883]I was diving off the stage [01:54.555]Going now, every day [01:55.827]Stickball in the summer, you know it's summertime [01:58.141]Schomburg, eating soul food, singing Doo-Wop every night [02:01.079]Subway trains goin' by [02:02.611]Squad is sittin' St. Marks [02:04.043]Shooting up in Tompkins park [02:05.331]Know it's dirty after dark [02:06.721]Tunnels taking turns [02:07.991]Playing tag on the curb [02:09.116]Touchin' on some titties [02:10.593]Taking change out your purse [02:12.072]Undercover agents I can spot them all away [02:14.588]Yo, I hate the ******* cops [02:15.872]NYPD get away [02:17.630]Underground are MTA [02:18.879]Close my eyes and ride the train [02:20.215]Back and forth on everyday [02:21.459]Anywhere, anyway [02:22.878]Xerox copied Zines stapled onto poser trees [02:25.810]Got a show, come and see [02:27.402]New York is the place to be [02:28.757]Here you go and live your dreams [02:31.440]Livin' in the city you can't be a xenophobe [02:34.112]This the melting pot, and the soup is never cold [02:36.752]Young lords, young lords [02:38.248]They live inside of me [02:39.424]I got a problem B [02:40.809]With white supremacy [02:42.291]Rollin' through my zipcode [02:43.862]One double zero two nine [02:45.536]ABC's of New York, and I'll be doing fine
