(New York, New York, New York, New York) (New York, New York, New York, New York) [Hook] In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Things could get pretty strange In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo-oooh-oooh) (In a New York, New York, New York, New York) [Verse 1 - French Montana] You can get your neck broke, face cracked, laid flat And give everything that you made back, 8 clap Make a sunvisor out ya wavecap Pray that New York Minute'll bring Mase back Shame that Remy took 8 flat, you know the game wack And every last rapper here tryna bring the name back It ain't rap, n***as better stay strapped Or you could call the stick-up boys, try to get your chain back (In a New York minute) They thought the game was over When B.I.G. died, then the homie Hov took it over (In a New York minute) They shot Pac 5 times Years later, them boys took Shyne (In a New York minute) That ain't even the least Akon signed the hottest n***a in the streets We gave swagger to the game Still and all, everything can change [Hook] In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Things could get pretty strange In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo-oooh-oooh) (In a New York, New York, New York, New York) [Verse 2 - Lil' Cease] New York, sh**'s rotten in the Big Apple Nicky barnes got his whole sh** shackled Play like a New York Giant then you can get tackled The Big Apple is a story He said let his son dry, bag it up in 40 Broke a little dime out and mixed it up with all the Haha, and I'm from Brooklawn Where n***as even look wrong, n***as get hooked on (In a New York minute) The home of The Lox (D-Block) Even in LA they k**ed BIG Pop (In a New York minute) They k**ed Sean Bell And I still think they k**ed John Gotti in the cell (In a New York minute) Where Pac got shot Waitin' on Gutta, we just got back Roc (In a New York minute) We'll bring New York back Drop Hypnotize, then see how New York act (In a New York minute) [Hook] In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) (In a New York, New York, New York, New York) [Verse 3 - Mic Geronimo] n***a you can get ya stash took, cuff, booked Waitin' in the bulb, and all of this over n***as who been talkin' Rob while ya walkin' and cash ya check But get the chain and the piece took from off ya neck From the coupe to the coffin, laying in the morgue Kuz envious nioggaz didn't get enough from extortion Lost in the jungle Tears over rappers who died like Freaky Tye, Big L, and Stack Bundles (In a New York minute) sh**, rappers ain't hot no more Jay don't even f** with Fox no more (In a New York minute) Yeah, what you never thought of was the Eastcoast dyin' These other n***as get more love (In a New York minute) Label execs turning to rich a** junkies f**in' the same moneys (In a New York minute) n***as who forgot about I spit 16 like Mikey bringin' the chopper out (In a New York minute, minute) [Verse 4 - N.O.R.E.] So fix ya face when you speak of the Mecca, from Tribeca The left rack, rock a mad hat, they expect that I rep that, respect that, you can get sent back Your jaw left on the sidewalk wit' a wet back I'm a chef with the c**aine cookies, make 'em look pretty Show you on a DVD with Cocaine City Yo, Fat Cat, Pappy Mason, 'Preme n***a, my borough Money Bagz, Chad, Lamar Odom owns my borough (In a New York minute) It's like we the most thorough Orange tops, blue tops, even sold green and yellow (In a New York minute) In a New York minute I'mma rep New York until I finish (In a New York minute) Don't use no gimmicks Catch me on the block drinkin' New York Guiness (In a New York minute) Makin' New York spinach I done did a bid, did a New York sentence [Hook] In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Things could get pretty strange In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo-oooh-oooh) (In a New York, New York, New York, New York) [Verse 5 - Jadakiss] You could get your wig clapped, kidnapped, b**h-slapped A 2 to 4 could turn into a 6 flat, if that C-4 to your moms front door, gift-wrapped Whole fanbase could start thinkin' that your sh**'s wack You could be at the gas station and get ya whip jacked Get yapped, pay a n***a bread, get ya sh** back Right back, everything could change, just like that Get pulled over on your way bringin' that white back (In a New York minute) Rappers stopped sellin' Kim did a year and a day for not tellin' (In a New York minute) Fox went deaf in one ear too, shortly after that she did a year or two (In a New York minute) I beat the case, not enough evidence Get ready to see a black President (In a New York minute) You can download a whole album Now you see where these n***as get their style from [Hook] In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Things could get pretty strange In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo) Everything can change In a New York minute (Whoo-oooo-oooh-oooh) (In a New York, New York, New York, New York)