[id:$00000000] [ti:Welcome To New York City] [ar:Jay-Z] [00:00.12]Welcome To New York City - Jay-Z [00:04.21]Turn the motherf**king music up [00:05.80]Just Blaze man You owe me ni**a [00:11.62]Yeah yeah yeah yeah Welcome to the Empire State [00:21.35]Home of the World Trade Birthplace of Michael Jordan [00:27.44]Home of Biggie Smalls Roc-A-Fella headquaters [00:32.66]Ladies and gentlemen Killa Cam Young Hov is definitely in the building [00:38.15]Brooklyn Harlem World Welcome to New York City [00:43.77]Welcome to New York City [00:45.48]I'm a B K brawler [00:47.17]Marcy projects hallway loiterer [00:49.36]Pure coke copper get your order up [00:51.59]I bring em to Baltimore in the floor to splore [00:54.16]It's gonna cost you more if I gotta get em to Florida [00:57.25]Rugged game attender [00:58.83]With the bent pole on the sidewalk with the tin plates on the fender [01:02.90]I ain't hard to find you catch me frontin center [01:05.43]At the Knick game big chain and all my splender [01:08.74]Match the spike and the pen left to write [01:11.06]I own Madison Square catch me at the fight [01:14.01]But damn once again if you pan left at the ice [01:16.31]If you the man that write checks with the hand that don't write [01:19.38]I go off the head when I'm rambling on the mic [01:22.25]And I go off the feds when I'm srambling at night [01:24.52]And if It's [01:25.54]Off the set I brought hammers to the fight [01:27.84]But we from New York City right Cam [01:29.92]Ya damn right [01:30.61]It's the home of 9-11 the place of the lost towers [01:34.11]We still banging we never lost power tell em [01:37.67]Welcome to New York City welcome to New York City [01:41.94]Y'all f**kin with BK's banger and Harlem's own gangster [01:45.38]Now that's danger theres nothing left to shape up [01:48.94]Welcome to New York City welcome to New York City [01:53.51]Theres a war going on outside no man is safe from [01:56.63]It don't matter if you three feet or eight-one [01:59.54]You'll get eight from me nine and straight blown [02:02.07]Wig split melon cracked all that on day one [02:05.42]Carry eight guns two in the trunk [02:07.57]Two in the waist two in the ankle two to just spank you [02:10.75]You can jam with them jammers blam with them blammers [02:13.60]It's hot here ask Mase he ran to Atlanta [02:16.72]You think we know what life do make wanna mold the cycle [02:19.27]Drinkers they so delightful blinging with so much ice [02:22.50]In front of sparks body cops Dilano [02:24.90]Block away watch by Gotti and Girvano [02:27.99]It's la costra nostra someone close approach ya [02:31.16]They'll toast ya gopher bread loaf with shofer [02:34.08]Old coke they raise up and snort blayze up ya fort [02:36.81]Jay puff shine cases was caught [02:39.09]Midnight pick fights they love a victim [02:42.03]Watch him fore he watch you Killa [02:45.67]Welcome to New York City welcome to New York City [02:49.91]It's the home of 9-11 the place of the lost towers [02:53.41]We still banging we never lost power tell em [02:56.80]Welcome to New York City welcome to New York City [03:01.01]Y'all f**kin with BK's banger and Harlem's own gangster [03:04.73]Now that's danger theres nothing left to shape up [03:08.22]Welcome to New York City welcome to New York City [03:12.44]I'm from 101 west to Hunt 40th this sh*t is live [03:15.76]Fifth-floor 56 you know the zip district five [03:18.99]You're on 22nd you from two-one [03:21.58]Thats on Lennox 7th ave was news one [03:24.61]Coverage I synethestry [03:25.99]Got rise from defending me [03:27.08]Cause New York'll miss me if I'm locked in the penitentary [03:29.78]The judge said "Is this that thug from the kit kat club " [03:32.18]But I got enough chips stacked up to make a b**ch to pack up [03:34.98]Killa I pinch that button I grip that snub to hit that thug [03:39.18]Lay up in a pitch black tug [03:41.01]You lookin' at rich black thugs to get that love [03:43.78]And we won't stop till I get back blood [03:45.92]Holla at em Hov [03:47.13]I'm from Flushing Marcy Notia Myrtle and Park [03:49.58]Niggas'll drive by in the day murder you in the dark [03:52.24]That's why the Johnny gun I'm holding [03:54.09]Wet niggas up like the johnny-pump is open [03:56.67]Homie I play hard [03:57.84]It's the home of 9-11 the place of the lost towers [04:01.41]We still banging we never lost power tell em [04:04.82]Welcome to New York City welcome to New York City [04:09.08]Y'all f**kin with BK's banger and Harlem's own gangster [04:12.66]Now that's danger theres nothing left to shape up [04:16.15]Welcome to New York City welcome to New York City [04:22.34]Yall niggas man yall can't f**k around man [04:26.79]It's the ROC b**ch Killa my ni**a Jigga Sigel Beans [04:32.88]Diplomats man holla Dash [04:37.66]Get the f**k off our xxxxs [04:42.79]I own this sh*t right now man I ain't going nowhere [05:04.58]Welcome to New York City