[Verse 1: Sadat X] Brooklyn wild big like a planet Better have nerves of granite Cause when it pops, no cops get rest Coney Island like a fortress facing the sea Bushwick on the edge of the BQE In Farragut and Fort Greene, I laid down box I move in the Stuy, I'm that guy I'm that n***a yelling "7-1-8" You that n***a that everybody hate I'll slide into Brownsville, but only the daytime And even then, my n***a, ain't nothing guaranteed Garages in Flatbush for yardman weed Got Trinis, Asians, Blasian, Caucasians, Jews Fantastic views from the Heights But it's often interrupted by sirens and lights Hard work and population The size of a little nation So spread your sh**, that's why I'm liking sh** [Hook: Scribby] Brooklyn It's the life that all of us been reaching for Brooklyn Real meets real every day on this concrete road Brooklyn See what I see, although we don't inhale the taste Brooklyn Balling's way past a dollar; what the f**, somebody holler [Verse 2: Sadat X] I relocate to where it's good for me I like being low, but I miss New Ro With Ross, Coss, Wise, Vic Half, Spit, was all in the rib They seen the first ad-lib at a Nub show, too Together we grew It's been a while since we played in the H.R Got to lay this music, God And you know you got packing When n***as start acting You know how to call Y'all is in my heart, that's why I love all of y'all A man made moves, though Hit the X running Come back to double-gunning, Vietnam mode University and Fordham Road Moved to 120 when I got a little money Got a new whip and a wave lil' honey I was out! [Hook] [Verse 3: Sadat X] Now I'm in Brooklyn and I got my little body We don't bother nobody I make my own moves Slide in the grooves I'm aware about Albee Square n***a, I was there (in '89) b**hes pulling hair (knock your fronts out) No cameras was there Hoodie, 'lo gear "Go Brooklyn" in the air NA rocking pieces Went out to the Bush and heard dangerous diseases The God often eases in the hood From the ghetto, making good Now I'm settled off of X Seen Tek off of Lex Buffalo and St. John Where n***as walk around with only the horse on Ain't no putting me on Brooklyn always take it Got down south n***as upstate trying to fake it "Oh, I'm from, uh, Bedford and...Nostrand" "Where you from, n***a?" "And all of those who live in Brooklyn know just what I'm talking" [Hook]