New to New York

Lyrics

[Intro] Brother, I know you could never win I know you'll never win Time and time again, you get hurt in the end Oh yes, I did know [Hook: Emilio Rojas & Gene Noble] I was new to New York, I was new to New York I was new to New York, I was new to New York I said if you could make it here I said if you could make it here You could make it anywhere You could make it anywhere [Verse One] My dreams bigger than the city I was born in I was wastin' talent, I was workin' in a store then Livin' in my mama pad, givin' my mama cash Hoes through the front so I could put 'em on they back Everyone I ever known goin' up When we were growin' up, we would dream of blowin' up The homie said I get it, I'mma make 'em notice us Cut us from a different cloth, now we need to sew it up But where I hung, no one showin' us the ropes Ain't nobody blunt, everybody blowin' smoke We were sellin' drugs or we die of overdose When you come up with less, that's when you go through the most So, oh I'mma go out and get it, my homie said move And I told him I'm wit it and two days later, I loaded the Civic And drove all the way to the city, I was new to New York [Hook: Emilio Rojas & Gene Noble] I was new to New York, I was new to New York I was new to New York, I was new to New York I said if you could make it here I said if you could make it here You could make it anywhere You could make it anywhere [Verse Two] Yeah, now where I'm from, they don't want you to win They want you with a little but not more than them (Fuck 'em) Now they ain't fuckin' with me anyways 'Cause I remind 'em of the dreams that they never chase Wait, should I went to a community college To graduate to a place with a community jobless? Hell nah, my team gon' be runnin' thangs We see the Statue of Liberty, bend her over and run a train Small city, poorest of the size, it was crippled by the drugs and brutality Yeah, I gotta leave, I got a fortune in my eyes I'mma turn what I see into reality, yeah Like I'mma run this shit, y'all gonna love this shit I'mma show 'em that it's my time I rise above it like the Freedom Tower So get used to seein' me up on the skyline, I was new to New York [Hook: Emilio Rojas & Gene Noble] I was new to New York, I was new to New York I was new to New York, I was new to New York I said if you could make it here I said if you could make it here You could make it anywhere You could make it anywhere [Verse Three] I went to live in five deep in a one bedroom with no windows Sleepin' on the floor, we were dyin' to live though We couldn't afford to be lyin' with bimbos My little sister stole 'cause I was dead broke I left home, I ain't have a plan Not a dollar to my name or not a penny in my hand Walkin' 'round Brooklyn lookin' for a scam I'm tryna get a job just to get a little cash I'm the man, I'm the man, ain't no one believe in me They all sleep on me, tryna sell a dream to me Where you could find anything but decency We step over the homeless like don't speak to me (On the train) Everybody eyes vacant Lookin' at the ground surrounded by skyscrapers (Uptown) The homies, they hustle for wild paper (Downtown) Blowin' that money they die makin' Slumlords ownin' the buildin' and double the rent You can't make a livin' off little government checks (Eastside) They makin' a condo out of the 'jects Just look at Alphabet City to L-E-S So we stress and we stress 'cause we can't make our ends Meet, then we cheat 'cause we can't amends Single mothers, how they gonna make us men? If ain't nobody eat, then we can't break no bread