New York, New York

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five Melle Mel

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New York, New York, big city of dreams But everything in New York ain't always what it seems You might get fooled if you come from out of town But I'm down by law and I know my way around Too much, too many people Too much, a-huh-huh Too much, too many people Too much, ahhhh! A castle in the sky, one mile high Built to shelter the rich and greedy Rows of eyes disguised as windows Looking down on the poor and the needy Miles of people marching up the avenue Doing what they gotta do just to get by I'm living in the land of plenty and many But I'm damn sure poor and I don't know why Too much, too many people Too much, a-huh-huh Too much, too many people Too much, ahhhh! A man's on a ledge, says he's gonna jump People gather 'round, said "He won't, he's just a chump" 'Cause he lost his job, then he got robbed His mortgage is due and his marriage is through He says he ain't gonna pay no child support Because the bitch left him without a second thought He got nothing to eat, no shoes on his feet She even left his clothes out in the street He keeps hearing noises when he's at home He always hears voices when he's all alone His wife took the kids, the car and the crib In this man's world, so much for women's lib New York, New York, big city of dreams But everything in New York ain't always what it seems You might get fooled if you come from out of town But I'm down by law and I know my way around Down in the Village you might think I'm silly But you can't tell the women from the men sometimes They're sugar and spice and everything nice But when you get 'em home ain't no telling what you find Right next door is a little old man I seen him eating dog food out of a can He says "I got to eat when I can't afford meat I barely can stand on my own two feet I got a bad habit and I just can't break it Something's on my mind and I just can't shake it I need some time and I want some space I gotta get away from the human race" Too much, too many people Too much, a-huh-huh Too much, too many people Too much, ahhhh! Staring at a skyscraper reaching into heaven When over in the ghetto I'm living in hell Just play ball or be an entertainer 'Cause niggas like me can't read too well Nobody loves me, nobody cares I dream about a life but I'm living in a nightmare Paranoid, schizo, set back, snowbound Bad news, psycho, heart attack, breakdown! Huh, if only I could sleep just ten more minutes I might find the strength to make another day If I didn't have to get up and do my thing I would probably sleep my whole life away I messed up a nice dream, something 'bout ice cream Whipped cream, fruits and a cherry on top Now I gotta get up and face the world, huh The pressure is on, it ain't never gon' stop I sure gotta learn to use my mind I don't wanna be kissin' nobody's behind Just standin' on line lookin' like a jerk Gotta get off my butt and do a full day's work I ran into a pothole, got into a car crash Shoulda been thinking and tried to fake whiplash A crowd gathered 'round, they're calling me fat Who you looking at with a face like that? New York, New York, big city of dreams But everything in New York ain't always what it seems You might get fooled if you come from out of town But I'm down by law and I know my way around On 42nd Street looking for some action Women standing on the corner selling satisfaction One young punk just leaning on a fence Trying to make a dollar out of fifteen cents Really is a prankster, try to be a gangster A real big wheel when a gun is in his hand Just did a stick-up, just got picked up One dead punk killed by the man New York, New York, big city of dreams But everything in New York ain't always what it seems You might get fooled if you come from out of town But I'm down by law and I know my way around Too much, too many people Too much, a-huh-huh-huh-huh Too much, too many people Too much, ahhhh! A baby cries and a mother dies And the tears fall from the doctor's eyes Because in this room on this day The good Lord has giveth and taketh away, huh The gift of life really means a lot And in the ghetto your life is all you got So you take to the streets, trying to exist In the trash and slime of a world like this What you watch on TV Tells you what life is supposed to be But when you look outside the only thing you see Is a poverty stricken reality, huh Abandoned places, angry faces Much hate and hunger throughout the races You say "I'm grown and I'm on my own So why don't everybody just leave me alone?" Now you stay at home, talking on the phone Doing 90 miles an hour in a 50 mile zone They never took the time to tell you about sex So you had to learn about it in a discotheque Nine months later, the baby is there And the nigga that did it said "I don't care" You don't have enough money to help feed two So you have to choose between the baby and you The sky was crying rain and hail When you put your baby in a garbage pail Then you kissed the kid and put down the lid And you tried to forget what you just did, huh The muffled screams of a dying baby Was enough to drive the young mother crazy So she ran in the rain, trying to ease the pain Huh-huh, and she drove herself insane New York, New York, big city of dreams But everything in New York ain't always what it seems You might get fooled if you come from out of town But I'm down by law and I know my way around Too much, too many people Too much, a-huh-huh-huh-huh Too much, too many people Too much, ahhhh! New York, New York, big city of dreams But everything in New York ain't always what it seems You might get fooled if you come from out of town But I'm down by law and I know my way around Too much, too many people Too much, a-huh-huh-huh-huh Too much, too many people Too much