You ain't know I could play the piano, did you, nigga?
Can you say New York City?
Now as we proceed
To give you what you need (Bad Boy)
Ladies and gentleman
And I say New York City
I'd like to introduce to you
You know it's a vibe
He is
Said he the baddest motherfucka in town
I could take five years off 'cause my shit is timeless (yeah)
My core got my back so I'm standing on my promise (right)
Theses niggas only backed by they labels, they all spineless (facts)
I'm backed by popular demand and on that timing (come on, yeah)
I popped out 2012, y'all wasn't outside then
Ten years later, tell me why y'all still hiding?
Niggas know who greater, f******ur favorite, I'm the greatest
They never could degrade us and I did it with no major
I made a lane for niggas by going my own way (ah, come on)
I paved the way for a lot of these rappers you see today
So act like you know, bitch, I been had the flow, penetrating souls
Who the best MC's? Kenny, Joey and Cole, the holy trinity
This that '95 Till Infinity energy
Knowing when I'm gone, they'll forever remember me (yeah, yeah)
So show me love while I'm still in the vicinity (show love)
And show no sympathy for niggas who be moving finicky
Ooh, and I like it
I like it (can you say New York City? Yeah)
Ooh, and I like it
Oh, baby (can you say New York City?)
Ooh, and I like it (know I'm sayin'?)
I like it (can you say New York City?)
Ooh, and I like it (all the time shit)
(Y'all like that)
It's been a minute and I still kick a style with no gimmicks (yeah)
Took some time off, now we back in this (you gotta get at it)
What you niggas thought I was finished?
I'm offended, I'm just getting replenished
Mc's getting diminished when I'm in attendance (yeah)
Get finished like a sentence, period
Never is my light dimming (damn, come on)
My shine is serious, a born star (don't stop)
These other niggas ain't on par
Who want spar? I got war scars (who want spar?)
Two AR's and four scars (let's go)
9 on my waist like a corsage, 'cause I talk large (let's go)
These small town niggas ain't trying to see us goin' far
Word to Khaled, yo, they hate to see you winning (come on)
They wanna see your life ending
Lights out, striking out in my ninth inning
Wiped out, they wonder how I just stay grinning (yeah, let's go)
'Cause we came a long way since the beginning
Everything iced out, that's just how I'm living (come on, yeah, Bad Boy)
(That's how I'm livin')
Ooh, and I like it
I like it (can you say New York City?)
Ooh, and I like it
Oh, baby (can you say New York City?)
Ooh, and I like it
I like it (can you say New York City?)
Ooh, and I like it
(Can you say?)
Come on
The baddest stay down always from beginning to end
You know I'm saying?
Just get back to who we are, you know I'm saying?
Like the baddest
Take that
