[ti:New York Strait Talk (Explicit)] [ar:Gang Starr] [al:Moment Of Truth] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]New York Strait Talk (Explicit) - Gangstarr [00:26.29]Written by:Keith Elam [00:52.58]From New York straight talk America's best [00:55.07] [00:57.73]From New York straight talk America's best [01:00.17] [01:01.94]From the the the New York straight talk America's best [01:05.31]Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this word up word up [01:07.97]From New York straight talk America's best [01:12.93]Yo it doesn't make sense for you to compete against [01:15.90]This New York vibe that gets your whole body tense [01:18.63]Calm down listen to a brother who knows [01:21.00]Cause the rappers out here come up with mad different types of flows [01:24.11]Switch up change up yo pull the range up [01:26.47]So we can build on this sh*t for real that's how we came up [01:29.11]Used to ride the subway trains back and forth [01:31.39]Now I push an E Class four two zero of course [01:33.93]Still material gains make one more aware [01:36.49]Of all the madness and the civil unrest that's out here [01:39.17]I doubt there is anyplace more complex [01:41.69]You can get lost in the sauce New York'll have you vexed [01:44.34]Who's next to get served herbs'll get knocked off [01:46.89]Burning flammable rappers is how I get my rocks off [01:49.79]I pop your top off as if you were the bottle [01:52.01]Then I'll drain all your fluid you're better off playing lotto [01:54.69]Bright lights big city and the dark alleyways [01:57.22]New York we get the money all day everyday [01:59.76]From New York straight talk America's best [02:02.24]Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this word up word up [02:05.07]From New York straight talk America's best [02:10.06]True if you can make it out here you can make it anywhere [02:12.66]That means a lot of rappers they should stay away from here [02:15.33]Cause we still care about the total artform [02:17.74]Niggas could sell more records but they still can't flip a live forum [02:21.08]Plus everybody out here ain't talking true sh*t either [02:23.70]Mad niggas is faking jacks I don't like them neither [02:26.26]But the competition keeps me on point [02:28.38]That's why I lamp in the studio composin fresh new joints [02:31.00]From the streets Medina Manhattan Staten P Lawn [02:33.76]The struggle continues everybody wants to be on [02:36.32]The rat race makes this lifestyle fast paced [02:39.24]I've loved it since the days of fat shoelace [02:41.22]Screwface me all you want but I'm used to it [02:43.71]I'll never give up rep in New York I'm true to it [02:46.40]From forty deuce to Queens back to East New Yi [02:49.14]We taking no shorts and plus we showing no pity [02:51.70]Bright lights big city and the dark alleyways [02:54.19]New York we get the money all day everyday [02:56.75]From New York straight talk [02:59.79]Yo yo I'm not new to this [03:01.94] [03:03.59]America's best the word up the word up [03:07.24]From New York straight talk America's best [03:09.69]Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this word up word up [03:12.37]From New York straight talk America's best [03:17.48]You get bent up sent up creek without a paddle [03:20.57]You wanna battle well I live in New York [03:22.73]So think twice blink twice now your Roley and Lincoln's gone [03:25.59]Don't come into this rap game if you don't belong [03:27.86]You won't be on but for a minute anyway [03:29.80] [03:30.32]You're just a scavenger you don't live this life everyday [03:33.03]Rap is regional so you can check the demographics [03:35.90]Everybody represent where they live cause sh*t is drastic [03:38.45]Confusion while I'm giving rappers contusions [03:40.79]And people don't realize that real hip hop is losing [03:43.35]They wanna shut us down and I say shut up clown [03:46.10]Cause New York is too corrupt and too tough to lay down [03:48.56]And just quit cause mc's out here kick serious lyrics [03:51.48]And I come to you with my infinite spirit [03:54.16]Not taking nothing from your hood or your set [03:56.43]But GangStarr could be a threat in New York we rep [03:59.34]That's where it comes from that's why you're feeling it [04:02.17]So why supress it I'd rather be revealing it [04:04.45]Bright lights big city and dark alleyways [04:06.70]New York we get the money all day everyday [04:09.27]From New York straight talk America's best