Gotham Skies are grey, I see it from a mile away While I play Billy Holliday Whether F Scott or Ella Fitzgerald Switch my apparel, live like a pharoah Label me modern day Jay Gatsby, Life in the fast lane can’t catch me At a max speed , down the FDR, the same taxi Voice stay raspy, late night, socialize to the crack of dawn Just an hour that I’m napping on Scotch whiskey, smell on my breath, it’s 5:50 Waking up still tipsy, eyes shifty Life’s a slow death, if I die quickly I’m taking the pie with me, To be precise, bury me with each slice See the world gather round street lights like peace pipes Many travel, to the apple, build the tower of Babel See they dreams unravel If I loose a battle, still win the war The American dream is in my inner core, Never sleep, never plan to rest 9 lives on my feets where I’m landing next The spirit of a hustler, a manifest How do I define a hustler, I can’t address But I’ll show you, let the candle turn to wax So Mickey Mantle with the stats Pin stripes, lifestyle I spit nice, nouveau riche, triple axle on thin ice. Like sirens to Odysseus, lady liberty slow kissing us Profiling from Ellis island, from that river Hudson Detrimental to my liver function Martini by the glass got a nigga lusting Top shelf, I be guzzling Find More lyrics at www.sweetslyrics.com Feet hit the concrete, on beat like percussion Higher echelon bet I’m touching See Mona Lisa, hand up the skirt, got her blushing She wanna be one of my queens like flushin The energy flows, like moonshine of prohibition Manhattan coalition, all mighty dollar, no religion Patio brunch leave the bread crumbs for the pigeons Slick talker, Knickerbocker, either pick pocket or negotiate a wicked offer So no matter what it cost me, dream big, birth thoughts like offspring’s I swear I dream like a boss dreams, notorious schemes… Everybody will have soon heard, transition like Giuliani to Bloomberg News worthy, a few blurbs, how I went from the bottom to the top, true words Bounced up like a pogo stick, every man for himself on a solo tip Now for the faint of heart you should go home quick Read the same script that Manolo flipped The world is mine, don’t trip, shout the motherfucker out the sky Get your own blimp I relate to the greats, barbarians at the gates, no escape Gotta go head on Until I’m all day know, see a nigga sunbathe in that Broadway glow Amg first, never lose sight of this Came to show you what an esquire is Debonaire all bets on the higher wrist? Gentlemen, but we rule with an iron fist Yea nigga? Welcome to Manhattan.