Brooklyn (Go Hard)

Album: Notorious (2008)
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  • Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Brooklyn
    Brooklyn, we go hard
    We go hard

    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (ah)
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (go hard)
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard

    This is black hoodie rap
    There's no fear in my eyes where they lookin' at
    Better look on map
    Besides, me nah like to eye fight
    Me nah think such a ting is worth a man's life (Christ)
    But if a man test my Stuy
    I promise he won't like my reply
    Boom-bye-bye, like Buju, I'm crucial
    I'm a Brooklyn boy, I may take some gettin' use to
    Chain snatchin', ain't have it, gotta get it
    Same shiddit, from Brownsville to Bainbriddidge
    Fatherless child, Mama pulled double shifts
    So the number runners was the only ones I hanged widdith
    Before you know it I'm in the game, bang fiddith
    Fear no orangutans, piddeel ciddaps
    Like oranges-es, I'm dangerous
    Please! Tell me what the name of this shit

    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (B-R, O, O-K)
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (L-Y, N, come again)
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (B-R, O, O-K)
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (L-Y, N, come again)

    I father, I Brooklyn-Dodger them
    I jack, I rob, I sin
    Aw, man, I'm Jackie Robinson
    'Cept when I run base, I dodge the pen
    Lucky me, luckily, they didn't get me
    Now when I bring the Nets, I'm the Black Branch Rickey
    From Brooklyn corners, burnin' branches of sticky
    Spread love, Biggie, Brooklyn, hippie
    I pity the fool with jewels like Mr. T
    With no history in my borough, they borrow
    With no intentions of returnin' tomorrow
    The sun don't come out for many, like Annie
    Half-orphan, Mama never had an abortion
    Papa sort of did, still, I managed to live
    I go hard, I owe it all to the crib
    Now please tell me, what the fuck's harder than this?

    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (B-R, O, O-K)
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (L-Y, N, come again)
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (B-R, O, O-K)
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard (L-Y, N, come again)

    While I'm doin' my time due to circumstance
    Cross that bridge, face the consequence
    Once bid ten, now I paid my dues
    Risk takers, we break the rules
    Get so dark, but I see good
    Bed-Stuy stay high in my neck of the woods
    Now, let it ring out, it's a warnin'
    (Brooklyn!) Let it be sworn in
    Gotta make it stick workin' like we blue collar
    Rip it to the core, underneath it all we harder
    Right into the clip, bring it to the floor
    One step, one step, give it up more
    The road is rough and the street's a mess
    Got big cash dreams and a sick death wish
    Robbin' out the commercial stash
    Kill the voice screamin' in my head

    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard
    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard

    Brooklyn, we go hard, we go hard Writer/s: Jeffrey Nath Bhasker, John Graham Hill, Kanye Omari West, Naeem Juwan Hanks, Patrick Reynolds, Santi White, Shawn Carter
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Third Side Music Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group
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