| Knowing what you’re doing, being right, and following through
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| And never stop following through on what you believe in
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| And umh, if you have to defend it physically, verbally, spiritually
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| Whatever way you have to do defend it
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| Brooklyn people are always ready to pay the price for what they believe in
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| Yes, we manifest
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| Alleviate the tension and ya stress
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| Ming, FS
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| And on the flow, M’stro, maestro
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| Manny-One, person
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| Brooklyn
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| Regardless where I’m at in this life
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| Regardless where I come roam Brooklyn forever my home.
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| The street lights, the street life,
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| The dues I paid that keep me focused to write
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| It’s like this place is my wife
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| Til death do us part
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| Our wedding reception was in the park after dark
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| Where she gave me heart and soul
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| And told me our love would only grow as we got older
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| I told her I’ll never leave
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| And if I did I’ll be back that’s word to me
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| I said it purposely, so she could understand her worth to me
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| This is the county of kings
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| You can tell by the size of the medallions and gold rings
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| Royalty dwells in sections we swing
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| Where the bush is flat, where the ville is brown
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| Where the heights is crowned, where the fort is greene
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| Where, the stuy’s in bed
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| Where New York is east and Coney is an island connected
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| Sometimes the bush is wicked and parks are sloped
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| The bay is ridged and Benson is a Hurst
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| I’ll forever be connected, partly, Bobby Johnson’s in Canarsie
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| God forgive us all for living harshly, that’s home before month nine
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| The umbilical cord line and when moms pushed and space became time
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| See Brooklyn is a state of mind, my sunshine
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| It’s King’s County baby, where you at son?
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| Where the bush is flat, where the ville is brown
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| Where the heights is crowned, where the fort is greene
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| Where the stuy’s in bed, where New York is east
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| And Coney is an island connected
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| Where the bush is flat, where the ville is brown
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| Where the heights is crowned, where the fort is greene
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| Where the stuy’s in bed, where New York is east
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| And Coney is an island connected
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| We street talk, but we flip it and bounce it
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| Speak dialect of herbalist, you speak nervousness
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| When congested check the herbalist
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| Blood flow for real like Echinacea for golden seal to ease internal turbulence
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| We say peace when we walk and half the population don’t eat pork
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| Peace to all points directional
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| Brooklyn where the thugs be intellectuals and God be blessin' you
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| See, part of it’s slum and part of it’s ghetto
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| And part of it’s suburban and part of it’s meadow
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| Part of it’s peace and part of it’s concrete jungle
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| But on the whole it’s mellow
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| That’s my first love in my heart
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| From Prospect Park to the beaches that touch the Atlantic
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| Dark brown, white, red, Moreno and Hispanic
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| And granted it ain’t where you live, but it’s love the same
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| We stay hot so you can touch the flame
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| Plus the frame picture perfect we stick together
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| Like glue that’s the all-purpose
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| Call ticket master if you looking for the circus
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| This ain’t the place for the week hearted, scared and nervous
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| There’s no place like home that’s my word
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| I’ll cut a vein and bleed verbs to be heard,
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| No need for reverb
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| I’m from the heart of the beast
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| The furthest point east
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| In peace I speak to reach peoples in the streets are related
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| See, part of it’s slum and part of it’s ghetto
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| And part of it’s suburban and part of it’s meadow
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| Part of it’s peace and part of it’s concrete jungle,
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| But on the whole it’s mellow |