Da Bridge 2001

[Intro: Marley Marl] (Ayo calm down, fall back! Y'all Queensbridge always fightin up in here!) Ladies and gentlemen, we got Queensbridge Finest up in this motherfucker Tonight They just came from war They wanna let you know a little something about where they come from "The-the Bridge" "Queensbridge" "The-the Bridge" "The-the Bridge" "Queensbridge" "The-the Bridge" "The-the Bridge" "Queensbridge" "The-the Bridge" "The-the Bridge" "Queensbridge" [Verse 1: MC Shan] You love to hear the story, again and again About a rap dynasty that just won't end The monument still in your face Niggas played out, Shan still in the place Hip hop was set out in the dark The Bridge was never over, we left our mark This jam is dedicated to you and your boys I brought my Queensbridge thugs, kill that noise [Verse 2: Havoc] If you was an out-of-towner, had to know somebody with strength You know the drill, shit was real, fuck around, got killed You know the Hill breed of thugs, death to those who squeal Squeezin' them slugs, one love to those that died in the field So many names, don't got room to spit 'em But through my rhymes, they livin' We the Bridge, through tracks I'm givin' Never lose sight, 41st Side's my life The 40th Side of life, dunn, we keepin' it tight [Verse 3: Cormega] What, yo, it ain't just the music Hoop aspirations or ghetto illusions It's the product, east side, and all the beautiful children And unleashed dreams comin' through each building If you sleep, you better wake up, as you see Mega more mature, I'm on a record with Nature Mind on my paper, nine in my waist There's no denyin' the greatness Queensbridge, never try to disgrace it [Verse 4: Millennium Thug] Yo, yo, yo The Queensbridge associations breeds similarity Bricked up, chipped off rocked out salaries Pull out long guns, pop out casualties It's like I gotta see a thug nigga ill as me The Ill Will in me, I rep that willingly Step back enemies, death trap, feelin' me? (Yeah) Six blocks, losin' my mind Runnin' from D's These P's got me usin' my nine, I pop off [Verse 5: Nature] Y'all know the place where stars is from Every night it sparks off and the crowds'll run We leave chicks trippin' over strollers (Slip, it's over) In Queens, you be the victim 'til you get to know us Your hood's bogus, my hood be keepin' it crunk So much be jumpin' off, I ain't sleep in a month Y'all can play the front line, I be deep in the cut Drive through, y'all can't peep it enough You in the Bridge, nigga [Verse 6: Capone] Yo, you must pay homage to my projects We thorough to the end Only jail and death divide us From rap to the crack suppliers Out-of-towners get knocked off We regulate block laws I had the hood like Watts, flooded with cop force QB to the cracks in the pavement Mister Everything that re-center pool for stacks in a basement Niggas understand the drama we bring The legacy, dynasty upholding the ring where QB is king, what! [Verse 7: Tragedy Khadafi] Yo, for you, I take a fifth to the head until I earl Boomerang dunn, QB bust they gun Keep them PC niggas on the run, one Mahdi specialist, 2-5 the nemesis The last verse, "T.O.N.Y." – remember this Resurrect through the birth of my seed, crime genetic You synthetic, your gangsta's cosmetic I move niggas telekinetic, who wanna set it? [Verse 8: Prodigy] Yo, yo, yo Move, me and my dogs comin' through We the grain, go against us you feel pain Get rained on, we beat niggas numb These niggas is dumb, you can't resist my dunns 2001, we still thump – the fuck happened to y'all? We like that snowball, goin' downhill We get large, you get bullets lodged In your jaw, your ribs, your arms We party hard, at the bar Buyin' bottles of overpriced styles and Remy Mar' The Head Niggas In Charge We number one, QB there's no competition Infamous Records, Bars and Hooks listen Littles, Noyd, and Mega We independent, dunn we Infamous Mobbin' G.O.D., Nitty and Twin in The Ill Will, Bravehearts, L.E.S., Millennium [Verse 9: Nas] Yo! Blow faces, fo'-fo' blazes, no one's safe This music mogul rollin' with a hundred soldiers, gangstas We postal Oh, you didn't – wanna know whose life was written? The life I'm livin' — the ice, the women The kites that's sendin' to lifers biddin' The streets to prison I touch you, then buck you — heats be spittin' La-ser, AR-15, doors come down Jaws is broke, your whole crew is coffin bound Your hoe, your man, lieutenant, your boss get found This dough I got, I spend it and toss around New York, it's time we flip it — where you from!? Ladies, it's time we flip it — where you from!? Now, tell me who was the true thugs in videos first? Who had the projects behind us, who bit it the worst? We from the largest project, yo, the biggest on Earth Queensbridge know they history, left y'all cursed, because... [Outro] Keep on rockin', the 'Bridge'll keep rockin' If the beats stop rockin', the 'Bridge'll keep rockin' Keep on rockin', the 'Bridge'll keep rockin' If the beats stop rockin', the 'Bridge'll keep rockin' Keep on rockin', the 'Bridge'll keep rockin' If the beats stop rockin', the 'Bridge'll keep rockin' Keep on rockin', the 'Bridge'll keep rockin' If the beats stop rockin', the 'Bridge'll keep rockin'