[Chorus] In the city of dreams you get caught up in the schemes and fall apart at the seams Toniiiiiight That boy, he used to bomb From BK to the Bronx And it's the fortunate one who DIIIIIIIES
(NAS - "New York, we ready")
[Verse 1: Kevin Rudolf] He moved from L-A-S to SoHo A few blocks for those who don't know Down the hall, punched hole in the wall Bounced out, all are in control (FUCK THAT) Certified son of a gun Lives life, lesson 1-0-1 Don't fly too high on your own supply Get burnt by the sun
[Chorus] In the city of dreams you get caught up in the schemes and fall apart at the seams Toniiiiiight That boy, he used to bomb From BK to the Bronx And it's the fortunate one who DIIIIIIIES
[Verse 2: Kevin Rudolf] He was N-Y's talk of the town Heard out to the L.I. Sound He started dating models and he figured it out He used to be a nice guy Then he cut that shit out Bonafied sex machine No better then a vow he feigned She wanted a ride to upper east side But he dropped her ass off in Queens
[Chorus] Cuz In the city of dreams you get caught up in the schemes and fall apart at the seams Toniiiiiight That boy would play his guitar Like he was ready for war (Nas - "You ready Kev?) And then he'd lift up his voice (It's your man Nas) The the SKYYYY. (Let's take a trip through New York City. Let's go.)
[Verse 3: Nas] OK, my city, my town, my crown Michael Bloomberg, forget what ya heard I'm thought of highly Shop at Louis, Gianni Christina LaCrosse shades What can a boss say? City, bus, the subway cabs, the runway Ski mask and gunplay My past at a young age The illest city on the planet Towers came down, Wall Street barely standin' We Crook Brothers, opposite of Brook Brothers My footsteps of Scatman Crothers Was just generations of style to get five luminous minutes with me Interviews on how I flipped 62's just isn't my style I spit what I'm livin' right now I'm out on the town, Gold Bars Shuttin it down Bottles stacked from the floor To the ceilin' Then it's allowed for 53rd Street, right near the Hilton I'm fightin the feelin' I had when I was lightin' up buildins Now I'm writin' for millions of listeners Critics who just don't get it They try dissin' us New York full of Kings and Queens All the rest just mimic us
[Chorus] Cuz In the city of dreams you get caught up in the schemes and fall apart at the seams Toniiiiiight That boy would play his guitar Like he was ready for war And then he'd lift up his voice To the SKYYYYY.