[Intro: Jay-Z]
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Uh-uhh-uh, ge-ge-geyeah
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[Chorus: Blackstreet & (Jay-Z)]
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You belong to the city (uh-uhh-uh, what what)
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You belong to the night (uh-uhh-uh, ge-ge-geyeah)
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In the river of darkness
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Hes a man of the night
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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What the deal, playboy? Just rest your soul
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I be holding it down yo, still love the dough
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Got these ladies on the cock now, you know how we go
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Got the whole world on lock down, you know how we flow
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Dont worry about Brooklyn, I continue to flame
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Therefore a world with amnesia wont forget your name
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You held it down long enough, let me take those reigns
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And just like your spirit, the Commission remains
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Niggas can cross the Ts and, dot the Is
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Now that I got too popular to cop them pies
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Im taking this rap shit serious, to my demise
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Jay shits like cake mix, watch me rise
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Basics in the basement, wasted
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Asking my dog for advice so when he cant say shit
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My hatred is, fueled just give me a sign
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And I let the world know that the city is mine, what?
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[Chorus: Blackstreet & (Jay-Z)]
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You belong to the city (the city is mine, what-what-what)
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You belong to the night (ge-ge-geyeah, uh-uhh-uh, pa-pau)
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In the river of darkness
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Hes a man of the night (the city is mine, thats right…)
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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Yall wanna know how I flow just seek and you find
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Im like a brain in the voice box, I speak my mind
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About to redefine rap mami, either Im
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The illest nigga doing it or these niggas is losing it
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I read a article that said I was ruining shit
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But every time I look, Im moving units in quick
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So Ima hit yall, with these last two and split
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And leave niggas with nothing but my influences-es
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Students of Jigga, I aint mad yeah, bite my shit
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Sell half of what I sell because its not quite my shit
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Im the type to buy a Rollie and just ice my shit
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On the spot, fuck coming back twice to shit
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How real is that? My floss game, still intact
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Boss game, you lame dudes cant feel that
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Like the first dude to cop the 850 in 89
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And drove it up to 55th, the city is mine, what?
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[Chorus: Blackstreet & (Jay-Z)]
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You belong to the city (the city is mine)
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You belong to the night (yeah, uhh, the city is mine)
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In the river of darkness (pa-pause, feel me)
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Hes a man of the night (yeah, yeah, bounce, bounce)
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[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
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I snatch your girl cause your arm aint strong enough
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Plus yall dont stay in the studio long enough
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I make hits while yall stay hating and take bricks
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Had it locked til I came in the club, Take 6
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Got your chick cause you swore she was innocent
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Got her a Chinese manicure, hair done by Dominicans, all for what
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So I could be in a dark corner, all in her butt
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At the bar alchoholing her up
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I represent the lifestyle of those who thirst cream
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A buck fifty a shot, Louis the Thirteenth
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Jay-Z, Roc-A-Fella yo, know the name
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I aint a player, get it right, Im controlling the game
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From now until they blow holes in my frame
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Ima stand firm, holding my aim, feel me?
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Im the focal, point like Biggie in his prime
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On the low though—Shhh! The city is mine
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[Chorus: Blackstreet & (Jay-Z)]
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You belong to the city (uh-huh, yeah, the city is mine)
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You belong to the night (ah ah, the city is mine)
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In the river of darkness (feel me, the city is mine)
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Hes the man of the night (the city is mine, is mine, is mine, is mine)
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You belong to the city
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You belong to the night
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In the river of darkness
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Hes the man of the night
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[Outro: Blackstreet]
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You belong
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You belong
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In the river of darkness
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Hes the man of the night
