New York Rules (Johnny Juice Uptown Mix)

(Go!)

(Way back!)

(New York Rules)

(This is subway Joe talkin' to you from way back)

(Takin' the B train, headin' down the track)

Ridin' the B train, headin' to a show

Leanin' on a door

These strangers on the B train, headin' where I don't know

Feel like I've been there before

The barrio ladies

And the punks from Bay Ridge

Bushwick babies

And the showtime kids

Then the B train grinds to a halt

And the lights go out

Nobody acts up or screams and shouts

We know what it's about

Everybody's playing by the New York rules

Everybody's showin' their New York values

Everybody knows, the New York rules

New York rules

(New York rules)

Don't get too upset, yeah

(New York rules)

Don't act like you never been there yet, hey

(New York rules)

I'm gonna tell you what we do, yeah

(New York rules)

Come on and help each other through

The whole world watches what New Yorkers do

New York can make it, the whole world can too

'Cause everybody knows, the New York rules

The New York rules

(C'mon Spanglish Fly)

(C'mon and clap your hands)

(C'mon and clap your hands)

(C'mon and clap your hands)

(Everybody)

Finally on the B train, the lights come on back

We're movin' down the track

And the strangers on the B train, noddin' their heads

Not much to be said

Bronx bass player in the boogaloo band

Black Lives Matter folks takin' a stand

Everybody's playin' by

The New York Rules, yeah

(The New York rules)

Baby, baby, New York rules

(New York values)

New York values, yeah

(The New York rules)

New York rules, yeah!