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Album: Master Of My Make Believe (2011)
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  • Brooklyn! [Repeat: x4]
    Brooklyn!
    We go hard! [Repeat: x2]

    [Chorus: Santogold]
    Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard! [Repeat: x8]

    [Jay-Z]
    This is black hoodie rap, there's no fear in my eyes where they looking 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 getting use to
    Chain snatching, ain't have it, gotta get it
    Same shitted, from Brownsville to Bainbrididge
    Fatherless child, mama put double shifts
    So the number runners was the only one I hanged widith
    Before you know it I'm in the game, bang fidith
    Fit no orangutans piddeals kid-daps like orange's I'm dangerous
    Please! Tell me what the name of this is

    [Chorus: Santogold (Jay-Z & Santigold)]
    Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard! [Repeat: x4]
    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!)

    [Jay-Z]
    I father, I Brooklyn Dodger them
    I Jack, I Rob, I sin
    Aw man, I'm Jackie Robinson
    Except when I run base, I dodge the pen
    Lucky me, lucky we, they didn't get me
    Now when I bring the Nets I'm the Black Branch Ricky
    From Brooklyn corners, burning 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 returning, 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!

    [Chorus]

    [Santogold]
    While I'm doing my time due to circumstance
    Cross that bridge, face the consequence
    Once pretend 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 warning
    (Brook-Lyn!) Let it be sworn in
    Gotta make it stick working like we good color
    Rip it to the core, underneath it or we ought to
    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
    With big ass dreams and a sick death wish
    Probably like the commercials says
    Kill the voice screaming in my head

    [Chorus]

    [Santogold]
    Brooklyn we go hard, we go hard! Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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