The City Is Mine-JAŸ-Z

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[00:00.00]The City Is Mine - Jay-Z
[00:02.78]Composed by：Leon Huff/Glenn Lewis Frey/Jack Tempchin/Teddy Riley/Jay-Z/Kenneth Gamble
[00:05.57]You belong to the city
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[00:10.41]You belong to the night
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[00:15.24]In the river of darkness
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[00:19.63]He's a man of the night
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[00:24.91]What the deal playboy
[00:26.08]Just rest your soul
[00:27.37]I be holding it down yo still love the dough
[00:29.83]Got these ladies on the cock now you know how we go
[00:32.16]Got the whole world on lock down you know how we flow
[00:34.60]Don't worry about Brooklyn I continue to flame
[00:36.99]Therefore a world with amnesia won't forget your name
[00:39.47]You held it down long enough let me take those reigns
[00:42.22]And just like your spirit the Commission remains
[00:44.26]Niggas can cross the T's and dot the I's
[00:46.87]Now that I got too popular to cop them pies
[00:49.13]I'm taking this rap **** serious to my demise
[00:51.67]Jay ****'s like cake mix watch me rise
[00:54.16]Basics in the basement wasted
[00:56.55]Asking my dog for advice so when he can't say ****
[00:59.23]My hatred is fueled just give me a sign
[01:01.73]And I let the world know that the city is mine what
[01:04.27]You belong to the city
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[01:09.18]You belong to the night
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[01:14.05]In the river of darkness
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[01:18.60]He's a man of the night
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[01:23.58]Y'all wanna know how I flow just seek and you find
[01:25.84]I'm like a brain in the voice box I speak my mind
[01:28.49]About to redefine rap mami either I'm
[01:31.15]The illest nigga doing it or these niggas is losing it
[01:33.66]I read a article that said I was ruining ****
[01:36.00]But every time I look I'm moving units in quick
[01:38.37]So I'ma hit y'all with these last two and split
[01:40.83]And leave niggas with nothing but my influences-es
[01:43.16]Students of Jigga I ain't mad yeah bite my ****
[01:45.85]Sell half of what I sell because it's not quite my ****
[01:48.27]I'm the type to buy a Rollie and just ice my ****
[01:50.60]On the spot **** coming back twice to ****
[01:52.92]How real is that
[01:53.96]My floss game still intact
[01:55.69]Boss game you lame dudes can't feel that
[01:57.91]Like the first dude to cop the 850 in '89
[02:00.40]And drove it up to 55th the city is mine what
[02:03.27]You belong to the city
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[02:07.88]You belong to the night
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[02:12.86]In the river of darkness
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[02:17.17]He's a man of the night
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[02:22.38]I snatch your girl 'cause your arm ain't strong enough
[02:24.93]Plus y'all don't stay in the studio long enough
[02:27.27]I make hits while y'all stay hating and take bricks
[02:29.76]Had it locked till I came in the club Take 6
[02:32.24]Got your chick 'cause you swore she was innocent
[02:34.63]Got her a Chinese manicure hair done by Dominicans all for what
[02:37.96]So I could be in a dark corner all in her butt
[02:40.05]At the bar alchoholing her up
[02:41.99]I represent the lifestyle of those who thirst cream
[02:44.80]Buck fifty a shot Louis the Thirteenth
[02:47.17]Jay-Z Roc-A-Fella yo know the name
[02:49.31]I ain't a player get it right I'm controlling the game
[02:51.97]From now until they blow holes in my frame
[02:54.14]I'ma stand firm holding my aim feel me
[02:56.89]I'm the focal point like Biggie in his prime
[02:59.05]On the low though shh the city is mine
[03:01.92]You belong to the city
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[03:06.65]You belong to the night
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[03:11.68]In the river of darkness
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[03:16.12]He's a man of the night
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[03:21.46]You belong to the city
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[03:26.27]You belong to the night
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[03:31.21]In the river of darkness
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[03:35.42]He's a man of the night
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[03:41.11]You belong
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[03:45.96]You belong
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[03:50.89]In the river of darkness
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[03:55.04]He's a man of the night