New York City (Feat. Cindy Mizelle, Dawn Tallman & Ramona Dunlap)

(New York, New York)

You probably gon think I'm crazy
(New York)

But I'm in a relationship
(New York)
With a city

Now I know you gon' tell me
You moved from there years ago
(New York)

But I still come back from time to time
(New York)
And I see what's goin' on
(New York)

A playground for the super—wealthy

Middle class need not apply
(New York)

Old neighborhoods that used to give the city its charm
(New York)

Are now just foundations for apartments with penthouses in the sky
(New York)

But I don't mean this song to be a eulogy
(New York)

What I hope is that you will see
That it's the community —
(New York)

And as long as we're living in it
(New York)

It can never die

New York City
I don't know why I love you
Maybe it's because you're mine
Like so many others
I found it all too easy
To stand off at a distance and criticize

But ain't nothin wrong With the city
Just some people been wrong like everywhere else (so)

New York City
I don't know why I love you
Maybe it's because you're mine

New York City
I don't know why I love you
I think it's you remind me of myself

New York City
(I really don't know)
I don't know why I love you
Could be you remind me of myself
(Could be  could be that, ya know?)
New York City
(The City)
I don't know why I love you
Could be you remind me of myself
(I really don't know why. Let me tell ya one thing tho—)

There ain't nothin wrong with The City
The people been runnin it, runnin it, runnin it
Runnin it to death

New York City
I don't know why I love you
Could be you remind me of myself
(When I look in the mirror)
New York City
(I see you)
New York City
(When I talk  I hear you)
New York City
(Check my walk  it's you in my stride)
New York City
(Thousand—yard—stare in my eye)
New York City
(Don't know why I love you, but I know I love you)
New York City
(Nothin wrong in The City, but I be gone from The City)
New York City
(Nothin wrong witcha  but I got to come strong witcha)
New York City
(Them people been messin around witcha  talkin bout tearin you down and)
New York City —
New York, New York
(Maybe you remind me of somebody)
New York City —
(Why do I love you)
New York, New York
(Love you the way I do)
New York City —
New York, New York
(So nice they named it twice)
New York City
New York, New York
(Love you)
(New York, New York)
(But I don't know why)
New York, New York
(Maybe it's cause you're mine)
New York, New York
(You're with me all the time)
New York, New York
New York City —
New York, New York
New York City —
New York, New York
(Maybe you're mine)
New York City —
New York, New York
New York City
Could be you remind me of myself