City

[Intro: Jamall Ray & Masta Killa]
I do this for my... city (uh)
I do this for my... city (huh)
I do this for my... city (yes, yes, y'all)
I do this for my... city (uh)

[Verse 1: Masta Killa]
I miss my dad singing the Stylistics
But not all is bad, block party Saturdays
Music sound nice, I hope brothers don't fight
Some rock track Nikes, playboys and British
With their wave spinning
Damn I wanna be like what I see
I see turntables spinning
Voice on the mic sound ill with the echo (echo)
Quiet storm radio on the stoop all night
Broken lamppost light, set the mood just right
Fear no danger, the thing held closer
The hood hang a [?], my lady sip Mimosa
I toss her and put something in her ear, no fuss
Yeah, haha

[Chorus: Jamall Ray & Masta Killa]
I do this for my... city
I do this for my... city (haha, yeah)
I do this for my... city (I do it!)
I do this for my... city (Yeah, uh)

[Verse 2: Masta Killa]
I do it for the city, NYC
Brooklyn is me and we never sleep
Bright lights from above, summer heat from the street
And people don't really speak unless they know you
But don't take it personal — the love, you gotta earn here
Is staring into cold stares, the heart pumps, no fear
The city of the hustlers, invest money in the stock
Flip it now you own yeah
Showing love to the people, even if they don’t care
Pulling up to every housing, fiend thousand
God's plan, [?] with the set ability
The power of the Almighty
Flows right through me and cause seas to stampede into a frenzy
It's just for the love of the music
They wanna hear me — they know why I do it
The purpose of the music
I do it for the love of the city and those with me

[Chorus: Jamall Ray]
I do this for my... city
I do this for my... city
I do this for my... city
I do this for my... city

[Verse 3: Jamall Ray]
I came from the trenches
I done seen a bottom
If you got a problem
They gon' wanna solve 'em
'member the days when [?] was cold
We ain't had no place to go
Trying to move right in the night time
I do this for my city, we slide in the right time

[Outro: Jamall Ray]
I do this for my... city
But we gotta make it out
So we gotta hustle now
So we can make it out