[00:06.59]I come from Bed Stuy
[00:08.19]Where niggaz either do or they gone die
[00:10.08]Gotta keep the Ratchett close by
[00:12.02]Someone murdered
[00:13.26]Nobody seen  nobody heard it
[00:15.14]Just another funeral service
[00:17.09]Niggaz will get at you
[00:18.46]Come through shinin'  they yap you
[00:20.59]In broad daylight kidnap you
[00:22.63]Best get clap through
[00:23.81]Police stay on us like tattoos
[00:25.77]Niggaz only grind 'cuz we have to
[00:27.96]Money is power
[00:29.09]Sling crack  w**d and powder
[00:31.16]Fiends come through every hour
[00:32.73]It's all about that dollar
[00:34.28]And we no deal with cowards
[00:36.20]Weak lamb get devoured
[00:38.07]By the lion in the concrete jungle
[00:40.10]The strong stand and rumble
[00:41.26]The weak fold and crumble
[00:42.58]It's the land of trouble
[00:44.17]Brooklyn home of the greatest rappers
[00:46.68]BIG comes first then the queen comes after
[00:49.09]
[00:49.86]Now put your lighters up  Bed Stuy
[00:52.81]Put your lighters up  New York
[00:55.44]Put your lighters up  D C
[00:58.05]Keep putting your lighters up  Philadelphia
[01:00.62]Put your lighters up  Detroit
[01:02.67]
[01:03.25]Put your lighters up  Chi town
[01:05.89]Keep putting them lighters up
[01:07.58]No matter where you from  put your lighters up
[01:09.80]Now  let me give you a walk through
[01:11.29]Show you what to do and you don't do
[01:13.08]Where it's not safe to go to
[01:15.12]Them boys approach you
[01:16.57]Better say quick who you close to
[01:18.46]Don't come through if niggaz don't know you
[01:20.36]'Cuz people is talking
[01:21.73]The streets is watching
[01:23.04]The G's is lurking
[01:24.25]Stash the nine in the garbage
[01:25.69]The life of a hustla
[01:27.07]The life of a gambler
[01:28.36]Dice game  kill more niggaz than cancer
[01:30.97]You know who you f**k with
[01:32.30]Brooklyn don't run  we run sh*t
[01:34.36]Roll up and just bumrush sh*t
[01:36.49]We don't play that
[01:37.48]Out in Bk  not at all
[01:39.90]For a pound leave your face on the wall
[01:42.17]R I P in memory of
[01:44.85]Never show thy enemies love
[01:47.51]We get it on where we live
[01:49.78]You better have a pass when you cross that bridge
[01:52.01]Welcome to Brooklyn
[01:53.07]
[01:53.67]Put your lighters up  LA
[01:55.95]Put your lighters up  VA
[01:58.15]
[01:58.72]Put your lighters up  Texas
[02:01.22]Keep putting your lighters up  New Orleans
[02:04.05]Put your lighters up  St  Louis
[02:06.58]Put your lighters up  A T L
[02:09.16]Keep putting them lighters up
[02:10.97]No matter where you from  put your lighters up
[02:13.33]
[02:13.89]Damn homie  I'm so tore
[02:15.89]And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[02:18.44]And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[02:21.05]But f**k it  bartender  you can give me one more
[02:23.52]We in the club like
[02:24.57](Damn homie  I'm so tore)
[02:26.20]Lighting the dutch like
[02:26.95](And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[02:28.93]Passing the bub like
[02:29.77](And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[02:31.64]Back at the bar like
[02:32.38](F**k it  bartender  you can give me one more)
[02:34.23]See  BIG done told you
[02:35.83]I'm the hottest b**ch on the planet
[02:37.57]Biggest sex symbol  since Janet
[02:39.64]There's a Nolte bandit
[02:40.85]Laying in the cut like a bandage
[02:42.80]Come through Fulton St  in the vanquish
[02:45.05]Doing them damage
[02:46.06]And if you don't understand it
[02:48.16]Then let me give it to you in Spanish
[02:50.23]Soy la senorita mas Linda del
[02:52.68]Barrios y lo es abo tu eres despacio
[02:55.14]
[02:55.74]Still over in Brazil  sipping Mescotto
[02:57.99]You must of forgot though
[02:59.39]So I'mma take you back to the block yo
[03:01.37]Put you on to how we rock yo
[03:03.27]Some are boosting
[03:04.77]12 year olds prostituting
[03:05.83]
[03:06.66]Hit men hired for execution  there's no solution
[03:10.02]Niggaz  still piss in the hallways
[03:11.88]Fiends get high on em' all day
[03:13.91]The youth them bang at the cops off the roof
[03:16.54]If you don't know my town is the truth
[03:19.16]Welcome to Brooklyn
[03:20.44]Now put your lighters up  New Jersey
[03:23.05]Put your lighters up  Boston
[03:25.73]Put your lighters up  B More
[03:28.35]Keep putting your lighters up  Miami
[03:31.08]Put your lighters up  Puerto Rico
[03:33.64]Put your lighters up  Kingston  Jamaica
[03:36.32]Keep putting them lighters up
[03:37.90]No matter where you from  put your lighters up
[03:40.20]
[03:40.90]Damn homie  I'm so tore
[03:42.80]And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more
[03:45.51]And I don't think I'm ever gone drink no more
[03:48.15]But f**k it  bartender  you can give me one more
[03:50.59]We in the club like
[03:51.60](Damn homie  I'm so tore)
[03:53.12]Lighting the dutch like
[03:54.20](And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[03:56.03]Passing the bub like
[03:56.84](And I don't think I'm ever gone smoke no more)
[03:58.59]Back at the bar like
[03:59.53](F**k it  bartender  you can give me one more)