Bed-Stuy Is Burning

[Intro] Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Remember we (Where—) Remember we Remember we Where Brooklyn at? Where Brooklyn at? Where— [Verse 1] As true as you and me, there's a mayor on every block Singing Thе Dramatics and playing with ready rock Usually it seem like he waiting to catch a drop You'rе clinging to his habits, he saving you from a spot 'Round the way work, jewels in the ground, hit the pay dirt Love is love, you in good hands, Dennis Haysbert Openly protected by who you be neck and neck with 'Til you looking over like, "Look at what they done made work" Circling the block, I know your call before you start Put your phone down, Pyer Moss to the heart Word to all of that, love it or leave it, we afforded that Twenty D batteries, count 'em wrong, brought them back Attracted to what you see on the screen But then thinking you can recast it to keep who you need Keep it cool, shit is cool, you don't need me to leave Word to God it's nothing to let you be who you be [Pre-Chorus] I mean, for real though, there's a fire sale in the Stuy Thirty floors up, burnt the vibe clear out the sky I had a view worth a mill' but views get for real and Usually get killed when you ain't here to buy (Remember we) Said there's a fire sale in the Stuy Thirty floors up, burnt the vibe clear out the sky I had a view worth a mill' but views get for real and Usually get killed when you ain't here to buy (Remember we) [Chorus] Please, Philly, don't let this happen to you Please, Atlanta, don't let this happen to you Please, DMV, don't let this happen to you Please, LA, don't let this happen to you Please, Detroit, don't let this happen to you Please, Chicago, don't let this happen to you Please, Texas, don't let this happen to you Please, New Orleans, don't let this happen to you (Yo) [Verse 2] To whom it may concern, don't let this happen to you True to what you heard, they want this back like a loop They gave you a curb and kept you back on the stoop And now what they prefer is to help you pack when you move And an argument is made for calling out a blame Visions of a doorstep and all that it became And they ain't have the heart to stand on it 'til today The smoke all clear and they just wanting the remains Funny, ain't it? The bottom of the bag is what you make it Jump the line 'cause I ain't never seen money waiting Shit you ran from is what you tryna run away with And brownstones is looking "Salvation" underrated Told us tag a dotted line if you care to survive And if not, pick a spot and just be here for the ride The aura of quarter waters over Mary J. Blige My neighborhood give you life, but was you here when it died? Riddle me that [Pre-Chorus] There's a fire sale in the Stuy Thirty floors up, burnt the vibe clear out the sky I had a view worth a mill' but views get for real and Usually get killed when you ain't here to buy (Remember we) Said there's a fire sale in the Stuy Thirty floors up, burnt the vibe clear out the sky I had a view worth a mill' but views get for real and Usually get killed when you ain't here to buy (Remember we) [Chorus] Please, Philly, don't let this happen to you Please, Atlanta, don't let this happen to you Please, DMV, don't let this happen to you Please, LA, don't let this happen to you Please, Detroit, don't let this happen to you Please, Chicago, don't let this happen to you Please, Texas, don't let this happen to you Please, New Orleans, don't let this happen to you [Verse 3] Block party every summer, forty acres and a mule Same block where it was from and it became the living proof Last of a dying breed, praises is due While you're cursing out the stage from your roof You came here itching for the vibe, take it with us if we gone No money in Sal's, blame the pictures on the wall A box of Kennedy Fried got you thinking you involved Shit is smooth, I was there too before I moved along, funny, ain't it, right? [Pre-Chorus] There's a fire sale in the Stuy Thirty floors up, burnt the vibe clear out the sky I had a view worth a mill' but views get for real and Usually get killed when you ain't here to buy (Remember we) Said there's a fire sale in the Stuy Thirty floors up, burnt the vibe clear out the sky I had a view worth a mill' but views get for real and Usually get killed when you ain't here to buy (Remember we) [Chorus] Please, Philly, don't let this happen to you Please, Atlanta, don't let this happen to you Please, DMV, don't let this happen to you Please, LA, don't let this happen to you Please, Detroit, don't let this happen to you Please, Chicago, don't let this happen to you Please, Texas, don't let this happen to you Please, New Orleans, don't let this happen to you [Post-Chorus] Chopped-cheese and Kennedy Fried and dollar Arizonas and Four wings with fried rice and extra duck sauce All of the reasons you was out front for Coming with us if we up and gone Chopped-cheese and Kennedy Fried and dollar Arizonas and Four wings with fried rice and extra duck sauce All of the reasons you was out front for Coming with us if we up and gone 'cause Bed-Stuy is burnin' [Outro] Remember we [Interlude] With all this money that we can make Why don't y'all just lead the way? Do you wanna get money or not? Do ya? Do you wanna get money or not? Do ya?