Brooklyn-Queens Lyrics

* Daddy Rich scratches "Brooklyn!" *
* 3 bars of drum beats *
* Daddy Rich scratches "Brooklyn!" *

[Verse 1: MC Serch]
Real cool.. cause Brooklyn's cool!
Friday June the last day of school
Girls steppin to the mall to swing
Settin up dollars for their summer fling
Cars on the avenue create gridlock
And there's girls like MAD at the bus stop
Not waitin on the bus, but waitin on the cash flow
Fellas are laughin, gassin the past ho
Girl steps to me and pushes issue
"That knot you got, is that money or tissue?"
Feelin on the bulge, thinkin it's her own
I tell her that it's money and she should move on
She says she's pure from her legs to her thighs
And we should talk over some chinese and fries
I tell her to step, but hey that's the scene
Cause she ain't nothin.. but a Brooklyn Queen

[Chorus x2]
"We are looking for 'Brooklyn'..
We are looking for the.." Brooklyn-Queens!
[Verse 2: Pete Nice]
State the rhyme, borough of Brooklyn
Otherwise known as Crooklyn
Freaks fortify flesh with gold
Ears hang trunk, in a slave hold
Walk past, don't get the time of day
Played like suede, on a summer sway
Conversated, till I made her laugh
Said, "I'm Pete Nice.. you want my autograph?"
Oval Office closed as she heard this
She said, "From 3rd Bass? I could do this"
Listen closely, slowly took a swig of intoxicants
Cause the Brooklyn Queen's a gold digger

[Chorus x2]

[Verse 3: MC Serch]
Squared away.. with my digits and tonight's plans
When I feel a crab grab my right hand
Slapped her on the back, tried to calm her
Asking her, "What's the reason for the drama?"
Her next move was straight out of textbook
"Haven't we met before?" Giving me a sex look

Yo Wisdom, your lyrics are in bad taste
So I'm forced to give you nothing but the Gas Face
You better go, for hoppin on the cab or bus
Cause you're downtown and you're simply too fabulous
But get this, ain't this a humdinger?
She stepped to a retard sportin' a four-finger ring
Somewhere in the skin tight jeans
I'm gonna scoop the best of the Brooklyn-Queens
[Chorus]

[Verse 4: Pete Nice]
Last exit to Brooklyn I enter
Carefully the Queen holds my scepter
Gettin' numb like a Derelict on scotch
I'm Dick Lewis, cause baby I'm watchin' you
Scheme on a brother for a knot
To choose between the have and the have-not
Do you doubt the shade of vanilla?
I'll play Elvis and you play Priscilla
Oh he's no hero, better yet Billy Dee
Advertise cheap liquor for a fee

A Brooklyn Queen, rushes Russell Simmons
That's like Tyson rushin' Givens

[Chorus x2]

* Daddy Rich scratches "Brooklyn!" repeatedly over drum beat *
* 3rd Bass says 'Brooklyn-Queens' (3X) *

[MC Serch] Who's on Prince Paul's cactus?
'Brooklyn-Queens'
[MC Serch] Hahaha, yeah check it out
'Brooklyn-Queens'
Yo, 'Brooklyn-Queens'
* Daddy Rich keeps scratching *

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“Brooklyn-Queens” was 3rd Bass' third single. It had the most success in New Zealand where it reached #39. It was a modest hit in the UK and their highest-charter on the US Dance chart.

The music of “Brooklyln-Queens” relies heavily on a sample of “Best of My Love” by The Emotions. Lyrically it’s both a tribute to and warning about the ‘queens’ (beautiful girls) of Brooklyn.

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Release Date
November 14, 1989
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