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	Current version of Alicia Keys Lyrics Streets of new York (City Life) (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/a/alicia-keys/streets/) Current version of the lyrics						Version 1 of Alicia Keys Lyrics Streets of new York (City Life) (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/a/alicia-keys/streets/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics
1	[Nas (Alicia Keys)]						It's like jungle out there,so much struggle out here	1
2	Nasty, yeah, yeah (New York, New York)						And my dreams steal my rest,sleeps the cousin of death	2
3	Hey yo black it's time again, yeah, yeah						Always feel like a race against father time,in the streets of New York	3
4	(New York, New York)						All I see is street hoes,and bullet holes in my people	4
5	Come here, yeah, yeah						Only crime fills the brain,feels like I'm going insane	5
6	(New York, New York)						The revolution has to start,don't waste no time	6
7	Hey yo black it's time						In the streets of New York	7
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8	["yeah, yeah, hey yo black						New York state of mind	8
9	it's time" - continues						New York state of crime	9
10	throughout song]						New York big dreams	10
11							New York big schemes	11
2	[Nas]							2
12	If you knew my streets						Ohhh it's like the game,just ain't the same	12
13	You would know all everybody talk						Baby thugs and girls with no shame,can't get away epidemic plagues	13
14	about is who got beef						Every hood in every state,don't have no reason cause believin's hard to find	14
15	Who snitchin, who told police						In the streets of New York	15
3	Who came home, who still gone, who restin in peace							3
4	Now they killin over music money,							4
5	not drugs, rap replaced it							5
6	Cause thugs with no brains got no patience							6
7	New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the							7
8	funky rhythm I be kickin							8
9	Musician and flatten composition							9
10	A pain, I'm like Saddam Hussein							10
11	Still alive lookin at his dead							11
12	children's burnt remains							12
13	I burnt the game, learnt you lames a new lesson							13
14	Your crew's soft man, ya'll need some new weapons							14
15	The P's breathe Warriorz and skullies and Timmies							15
16	Around mixed, spics, niggaz and giddies							16
17	From my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink							17
18	But don't think we wastin our time							18
19	It's a New York State of Mind							19
20								20
21	[Chorus #1 - Alicia Keys]							21
22	New York, New York, New York							22
23	New York City, whoa oh							23
24	New York, New York, New York							24
25	New York City, baby							25
26								26
27	[Alicia Keys]							27
28	It's like a jungle, out here							28
29	So much struggle, out here							29
30	And my dream's still unphased							30
31	Greed still the cousin of death							31
32	Always feels like always somethin farther time							32
33	In the Streets of New York							33
34	(New York state of mind, New York State of mind)							34
35								35
36	[Alicia Keys]							36
37	All I see is street homes							37
38	And who it's holdin, our people							38
39	Only comforts the brain							39
40	It's like I'm going insane							40
41	The revolution has to start, don't waste no time							41
42	In the Streets of New York							42
43	(New York state of mind, New York state of mind)							43
44	C'mon							44
45								45
46	[Chorus #2 - Alicia Keys]							46
47	New York, New York, New York, New York oh							47
48	State of mind (New York City)							48
49	New York, New York, New York, New York oh							49
50	State of crime (New York City)							50
51	New York, New York, New York, New York oh							51
52	Big dreams (New York City)							52
53	New York, New York, New York, New York oh							53
54	Big schemes							54
55								55
56	[Alicia Keys]							56
57	Oh, break the game							57
58	Just ain't the same							58
59	Baby loves and girls with no shame							59
60	Can't get away (get away), epidemic plague							60
61	Every hood in every state							61
62	Don't have no reasons cause relieve is hard to find							62
63								63
64	[Break - Alicia Keys]							64
65	In the streets of New York (New							65
66	York state of mind) - [4X]							66
67	["New York state of mind" is							67
68	also repeated in background]							68
69								69
70	[Rakim]							70
71	I'm from the home of a million							71
72	legends and trend settin							72
73	A lot of footsteps to follow, I've been steppin							73
74	Mind stressin tryin to find a record crime shreddin							74
75	Time precious, I ain't have rest since nine eleven							75
76	I live fast, hustle like today is my last							76
77	I get cash, the struggle's like a day on the Ave.							77
78	Crack bein raw, gats squeezin off							78
79	Manhattan squeezin off, from							79
80	cats who tease with war							80
81	The eve of the Apocalypse, evil keep movin politics							81
82	Every block is at risk, the metropolitan metropolis							82
83	The opposite of Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra							83
84	Alicia Keys, Nas and Ra the gangsta's opera							84
85	So New York City walk with me, talk gritty							85
86	It's up to us New York it's our city							86
87	Here the man come with the anthem, hands up							87
88	It's time the thrill is back							88
89	New York, let's stand up							89
90								90
91	[Chorus - w/ ad libs]							91
92								92
93	[Rakim - talking behind Chorus]							93
94	Oh yeah, crucial Keys							94
95	Your God Rakim Allah							95
96	New York City, Nasty Nas							96
97	A. Keys, yeah, c'mon							97

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