Lagos City versus new york o! Got to look busy Make some money flow Between the buildings we don't look Drive by, armed robbery or a stick up Ain't no pity everybody knows Cuz its our city And we love it so Cuz its our city and we love it so new york's busy but lagos is all for show orisha junctions in manhattan crossroads "go-slow" is what you call a gridlock our sacrifices you dig up on okada to taxi yellow Cuz its our city And we love it so Cuz its our city and we love it so New york city just like home yet so rugged Lagos city Yeah you know we get so rugged lagos city new york of the third world? our one mosquito k**ed a million microbes well there's no sanitation n our prison you can't say "i'm on vacation" they won't listen you got to "dash" the policeman cuz he ain't gonna let you go