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My band consists of a beat, microphone, marijuana and thoughts.
Song Info
Genre
Charts
Peak #596
Peak in subgenre #14
Author
menace lyrics/music
Rights
Ritz Crackerton
Uploaded
September 22, 2004
Track Files
MP3
MP3 3.2 MB • 128 kbps • 3:27
Lyrics
this city was built by each an ever emcee
one metropolis were all of us hold a key -
knowledge is power in tha city of us
if ya shitty we tell ya no cowards in us -
for hours of months we sit and we build
drill out mountains fountains oceans an fields
it dont matter ya skill you still add to tha mix -
the master plan devised by tha average and rich -
add a few sticks when you had a new hit
or just tap tha surface be glad you did it -
just do what you do man fuck tha haters
in our city there homeless all gettin degrated -
theres mothers brothers many of us among us -
if your mouths running dont bother coming up -
an dont bother fronting - we see disguises -
masks get swiped right in front of ya eyes an
we built this city so i rep this city -
never left this city since i met this city -
kept it witty - simple and boisterous -
we built this city with a pencil and voices -
we built this city
no rock an roll
no guitars are with me
just a mic and a tone
its not like im alone
millions marching with me -
i told you people we built this city -
tha city was constructed way before us
with each cluth of tha mic and every touch
there is never enough - its always lunch -
an tha weather changes when your day is rough -
we built this city with clay and dirt
an days of strain with pages of work -
faced tha pain but we made it thru
an each day to come from tha 1st we grew -
a million exhibits, poems an sonnets
libraries over flowing from tha knowledge
a one man college - our city is solid
and if you aint keepin up - i bet your fallin -
always a next one ta step up on stage
grab tha spot light an instant rage -
instant raise in our society -
tha city of emcees never sleeps -
we built this city with struggle and pride
blood puddles cover almost half of tha size -
still rubble from times that tha greats collide -
or if they die it'll break tha sides -
we built this city
no rock an roll
no guitars are with me
just a mic and a tone
its not like im alone
millions marching with me -
i told you people we built this city -
from kayne west to dj jazzy jeff,
no matter whos hear a few will be left -
like talib kwali from smalls ta biggie -
boys be beastie flip hits like diddy -
emcee get busy, work it like missy -
came from tha "pen" so we "jerk it" like fifty -
rass kass, kool g rap and kurupt
half past, fools b mad for tha buck -
the tone is loked as sir mixes a lot -
i busta rhyme with all of snoops dogs -
xzibit a method above any man -
canibus is mos def in my hand -
till im sick an havta vist dr. dre -
i come from tha underground like n.w.a
so its "common sense" ta get to tha "roots"
we built this city theres nothin you can do.....
i keep ice cubes in my ice t -
swoosh all day like mic j in nikes -
az. ta jayz.
fuck you pay me.
