Tonedeff - Reppin' Lovely lyrics

[Verse 1] I'm live and direct from the city that built the definitive skyline Of highrises and bright lights that are liable to diminish your eyesight And where time flies so quick that even the minute is named after it Where change happens so fast, that all of your memories ain't accurate Spray cans depict these images in the same fashion as stained gla** And you gotta scrape cash together to pay half of the state tax Where the main transportation remains fastened to train tracks Where rich kids try to look broke and the broke aim to be Dame Dash It's a place battered and bruised that's been blackened and blued as days pa**ed Abused, shattered, entombed and exhumed after them planes crashed And came back swinging, with a renewed pa**ion and faith gathered To face facts and to move on, knowing this place matters A Babylon and Utopia wrapped in one Don't lose hope or you'll have to run to new slower coasts where the pace staggers This transplanted inhabitant never brags of a native status But I'm glad that at least a piece of the Big Apple, I've had it [Hook] Cause it don't matter where you're from Only if you're reppin lovely Come on, hey hey hey It doesn't matter where you're at Only if you're reppin lovely Come on, what ya say now Cause you can say what you want, you can do what you need But you gotta put it down right now It doesn't matter where you're at Only if you're reppin lovely Come on, hey hey hey