| Everything can change
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| In a New York minute (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| Things could get pretty strange
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| In a New York minute (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| Everything can change
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| In a New York minute
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| (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| French
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| Montana
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| (New York, New York, New York, New York)
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| Uh
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| You can get your neck broke, face cracked, laid flat
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| And give everything that you made back, eight clap
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| Make a sun visor out ya wavecap
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| Pray that New York Minute’ll bring Ma$e back
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| Shame that Remy took eight flat, you know the game wack
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| And every last rapper here tried bring the name back
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| It ain’t rap, niggas better stay strapped
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| Or you could call the stick-up boys, try to get your chain back
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| (In a New York minute)
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| They thought the game was over
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| When B.I.G. | 
| died, then homie Hov took it over
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| (In a New York minute)
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| They shot Pac five times
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| Years later, them boys took Shyne
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| (In a New York minute)
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| That ain’t even the least
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| Akon signed the hottest nigga in the streets
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| (In a New York minute)
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| We gave swagger to the game
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| Still and all, everything can change
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| In a New York minute (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| Everything can change
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| In a New York minute (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| Things could get pretty strange
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| Y’all already know, uh
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| In a New York minute (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| Everything can change
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| In a New York minute
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| (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| (New York, New York, New York, New York)
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| Uh, yeah
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| You could get your wig clapped, kidnapped, bitch-slapped
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| A two to four could turn into a six flat, if that
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| C-4 to your mom’s front door, gift-wrapped
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| Whole fanbase could start thinkin' that your shit’s wack
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| You could be at the gas station and get ya whip jacked
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| Get yapped, pay a nigga bread, get ya shit back
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| Right back, everything could change, just like that
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| Get pulled over on your way bringin' that white back
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| (In a New York minute)
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| Rappers stopped sellin'
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| Kim did a year and a day for not tellin'
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| (In a New York minute)
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| Fox went deaf in one ear too, shortly after that she did a year too
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| (In a New York minute)
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| I beat the case, not enough evidence
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| Get ready to see a black President
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| (In a New York minute)
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| You can download a whole album
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| Now you see where these niggas get their style from
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| What
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| In a New York minute (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| Everything can change
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| In a New York minute (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| Things could get pretty strange
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| Y’all already know, uh
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| In a New York minute (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| Everything can change
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| In a New York minute
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| (Ooh, ooh-oooh)
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| (New York, New York, New York, New York) |