Breukelen "Brooklyn" (feat. Smif-N-Wessun)

The sound of Brooklyn We gets down in Brooklyn We move around in Brooklyn The town is Brooklyn Bed-Stuy, Flatbush, Brownsville, Crown Heights Where the music feels good and it sounds right (yeah) Summertime, music in the park We can do this in the dark, we don't even need no streetlights We bright, look how we all shine (Look) We all tryna live so we all grind (Grind) And then we started saying, "Crooklyn" Had everybody thinking it was all crime (Stick 'em up) Shout it out to Spike Lee And the dude on the corner in the white tee And the girl off the block with the attitude Had to write a song, show my gratitude (Welcome) Welcome to my city, man To the streets where the late, great Biggie ran And damn near everyone's a Biggie fan That's 'cause we support our own The sound of Brooklyn We gets down in Brooklyn We move around in Brooklyn (B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N, B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N) The town is Brooklyn (B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N, B-R-double-O-K) Big Daddy Kane is synonymous, Jay-Z's synonymous Sean P's synonymous, I'm just tryna honor this Place that we call home, Brook-Nam, look I'm Really just tryna make you proud like, "Look, mom" I'm tryna make you smile like, "Look, dad Got the Nets on the fitted and the bookbag" (Nice) And you know the Timbs clean On these bars, we go in like a swim team (Say what?) Brooklyn be the pedigree If you find something wild, man, set it free (Set it free) Set it free and watch it go Then give it to the world and watch it grow ('Cause you know) 'Cause you know we everywhere Disrespect my home, you will never dare (Never) 'Cause you get mushed quick Coney Island, Red Hook, Fort Greene, Bushwick The sound of Brooklyn We gets down in Brooklyn We move around in Brooklyn (B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N, B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N) The town is Brooklyn (B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N, B-R-double-O-K) Marco, you made it here, Gang Starr, y'all made it here Even though y'all wasn't born here, still y'all made it here And now it's like you one of us And we all tied together like some braided hair (Yeah) Dumbo to Clinton Hills Gentrified and the tension builds (Build) But we find a way to live together Wish we could find a way to live forever (Forever) Either way, the music will (Tell me) What I gotta do to prove it's real? (Tell me) What I gotta do to make it clear? You can make it anywhere if you can make it here Lil' Kim's synonymous Foxy, Fabolous, Maino's synonymous (Say what?) In a world full of promises Smif-N-Wessun, Bucktown, what I'm tryna honor is Brooklyn The sound of Brooklyn We gets down in Brooklyn We move around in Brooklyn (B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N, B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N) The town is Brooklyn (B-R-double-O-K-L-Y-N, B-R-double-O-K)