City Crown

Yeah, yeah, I'm raised in the borough, now I'm down in SoHo
Next to the murals, but the roots still follow
Call me the new maestro, city beats in my veins
If I can make it here, I can rise up in the rain
Used to grab a slice uptown, hola mis hermanos
Stories on the corners, rhythm deep as bongos
Stash dreams in basements, candles on a crate
Catch me in the kitchen turnin' lessons into fate
Rolling down Lafayette, silver coupe in motion
Drivin' kinda reckless but my heart's devotion
Me? I'm outta Bed-Stuy, home of Big poetic flows
Now I walk on billboards, everybody knows
Say what's up to the fam, toastin' high in the stands
Courtside, Knicks pride, city life in my hands
Yeah, ref can blow the whistle, you can hear in my tone
Tell by my fire that I'll always call it home, this

In this city (yeah)
Concrete jungle where the dreams are breathing
There is nothing you can't do (nothing you can't do)
Now you're in this city
These streets will make you stand tall
Bright lights will shape us all
Sing it for the city crown
City crown, city crown

Catch me in the Bronx with the legends at the Yankee game
Made the fitted cap a legacy beyond the name
Bleed blue pride, but no gang signs here
Just a circle full of voices that the world gotta hear
Welcome to the melting pot, rhythm on the block
Beats in the bodegas, wisdom in the chalk
Ride the cab, ride the train, dollar dreams survive the pain
Eight million stories, some gold, some strain
Half don't make it, that's the truth in the grit
But the fight keeps burning, can't extinguish it
Three dice, handshakes, history in song
Labor Day parade, keep the island strong
Lady Liberty shining, towers fall but rise
Long live the stories of the fire in our eyes, it's the

In this city (hey)
Concrete jungle where the dreams are breathing
There is nothing you can't do
Now you're in this city
These streets will make you stand tall
Bright lights will shape us all
Sing it for the city crown
City crown, city crown

Spotlights blinding, dreams unwinding
Every block got a story, every soul's still climbing
Girls in the crowd, gotta guard their hope
'Cause temptation on the corners got a heavy rope
World of sin, halo dim, chances slip through the cracks
Good ones stumble trying to find a way back
Took a bus with ambition, heart on flame
Now the city rides her name like a subway train
Hail Mary for the boroughs, you're a child of this town
No savior coming down, torch is yours now
Came here for the books, graduated to fame
Ballers, MCs, chasing shine in the game
Late nights keep you high, never sleep in this hive
City never yawns, only multiplies alive

In this city
Concrete jungle where the dreams are breathing
There is nothing you can't do
Now you're in this city
These streets will make you stand tall
Bright lights will shape us all
Sing it for the city crown
City crown, city crown

One hand to the sky for the bold city
Streetlights, sharp dreams, all running pretty
No other land can ever compare
Raise your lighters in the air, everybody sing: Yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah

In this city
Concrete jungle where the dreams are breathing
There is nothing you can't do
Now you're in this city
These streets will make you stand tall
Bright lights will shape us all
Sing it for the city crown
City crown, city crown