NY NY Lyrics

[Verse 1: B.o.B]
This is the finish my friend, this is the end
It's a revolution it's a civilian revenge
There's no need to move or adjust your television

Whenever an era dies, another era begins
These American fights, these American wars
These American stripes, these American stars
But these American cages have American bars
We hunger for truth so we headed for y'all
Towers are crumbling, bridges are falling
Limits are fading, the normal is boring
Looking at time move progressively forward
Looking the days just vanish before me

You wanted a Benz but you couldn't afford it
Now you would kill to put your foot in a Taurus

It's a different of madness and never look backwards
But this is the crisis, prepare for disaster

[Hook]
Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York, New York
New York


[Verse 2: B.o.B]
Breaker breaker 9 breaker breaker 1 9
Could you please get a operator on the phone line

This is not a riot it's way much more than that
These people are dying we are under attack

Wait let me call you back, let me get my stack
Cause we ain't taking shit so therefore we'll fight them back
We ain't waiting on the line for a 9-1-1-9-9
Whatever man I ain't got time for all this nonsense

Enemy responses ain't a dial tone in our home on the continent
Got me in these bandages this struggle is abundant
Man I swear they sleeping, they unconscious or they slumbering
So we break the peace to get a piece of what we wanted
Act like we new to this like we run this shit
Let them know we run this shit
And let them know just how you feel the way your country is
Now look how beautiful destruction is
Bang
[Hook]
Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it
New York New York
New York

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This song is featured in the commercial for Electronic Arts' new game Crysis 2, which takes place in New York in 2023.

The hook is taken from Frank Sinatra’s 1979 song “New York, New York”

The song is an extended metaphor relating the wars around the world, and specifically the ones the United States is involved in, to the video game the songwas made for, Crysis 2.

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