Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn… We go hard We go hard
Chorus: Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard (repeated in background) Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard (Repeat 6X more) Jay-Z: Ard go hard
(Jay-Z) Verse 1: This is black hoodie rap, There’s no fear in my eyes where they’re lookin at. betta look a map be-sides me not like ta eye fight me not think such a ting is worth a man’s life, but if a man tests my style, I promise he won’t like my reply boom bye bye, like Buju I’m crucial I’m a Brooklyn boy, I may take some gettin’ used to change snatchin, ain’t have it, gotta get it same **** itd from Brownsville to Great British fatherless child, mama pulled double shifts so the number runners was the only one to hang widdeth before u know it, i’m in the game bang fiddeth feel no orangutans peel-deel kid-aps like a ranger is, i’m dangerous tell me what the name of this shit
Chorus: Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard (repeated in background) Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard (Repeat twice more)… B-R-O-OK! L-Y-N come again! (Repeat again)
Jay-Z Verse 2: I father, I Brooklyn Dodger them I Jack/ I Rob/ I sin, Ah man, I’m Jackie Robinson ‘cept when I run base, I dodge the pen Lucky me, Luckily they didn’t get me Now when I bring the Nets I’m the black Branch Ricky From Brooklyn corners, burnin branches of sticky Spread love, Biggie, Brooklyn hippie I pity the fool with jewels like Mr. T,
with no his-story, in my borough, they borrow With no intentions of returning to-morrow The Sun don’t come out for many, like Annie half orphan, mama never had an abortion papa sorta did, still I managed to live I go hard, I owe it all to the crib now please tell me what the ***** harder than this?
Chorus: Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard (repeated in background) Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard (Repeat twice more)… B-R-O-OK! L-Y-N come again! (Repeat again)
Santogold: Well I’m doin my time due to circumstance Crossed that bridge, face the consequence Once bid 10, now I payed my dues Risk takers we break the rules. Gets so dark, but I see good. Bedstuy stay high in my neck of the woods. Now let it rain now, it’s a warning *Brooklyn* let it be sworn in Gotta make you think workin like we blue collar rip it to the core, underneath it all we harder right until we quit, bring it to the floor One step, one step, give it up more the road is rough and the streets a mess got big cash dreams and a sick death wish robbin out the commercial stash to kill the voice screamin in my head
Chorus: Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard (repeated in background) Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard (Repeat twice more)… B-R-O-OK! L-Y-N come again! (Repeat again)… Go hard, go hard