Built This City

[Intro: Cam'ron]

Killa, Killa

Santana, Jones, Hell Rell

You already know what it is

We did it, y'all

{We built this city}

{We built this city}

(They sucking us, right?)

{We built this city}

{We built this city on rock}

Let's get it rocking y'all

Killa, uhh

(Diplomats man)

[Chorus: Starship sample (Cam'ron)]

We built this city (on these blocks we hustle)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (turn bricks to whips)

We built this city on rock and roll (on rock)

We built this city (in the midst of the struggle)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (from bottom to top)

We built this city on rock and roll

(Through the agony, pain, Diplomatic'll reign)

[Verse 1: Jim Jones]

Ayo, my Dipset Taliban

We on these streets like the wars on them streets of Afghanistan

Better yet, of Pakistan

To America, Harlem's Al Qaeda

Any problems I spray ya, not to startle the mayor

But in this 50-block radius, let's get the rock and shave the shit

Or get the Glock and blaze the shit

Bitches get the cock and savor it

They say "Jim Jones the Capo my favorite" (Motherfuckers!)

(Let's get it right, shit)

'Cause some of this shit, my city wasn't built up over

Drugs and money, some shit you get killed up over

Slumped on your wheel, straight tilted over

Trust me, dogs, I seen it in plural

Niggas wasted and painted and seen on the mural

(That's Harlem) In this apple of mine, it's rotten – deal

Clap up your shines, pop shots that'll crack up your minds

And cop rocks and cook that crack up to dimes

New York City, the capital of crime

[Chorus: Starship sample (Cam'ron)]

We built this city (from the packing and stacking)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (from the scrambling and gambling)

We built this city on rock and roll (on rock)

We built this city (from the packing and stacking)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (from the scrambling and gambling)

We built this city on rock and roll

(Blamming the cannon, at ya face, mother.. uh)

[Verse 2: Juelz Santana]

Yo, now once again, it's Santana The Great

I built this city on hammers and weight

Gasoline, rope, bandanas, and tape

Lots of fiends, lots of coke being handed away

You know the usual

Shut 'em down, set up shop, how we usually do

Cut 'em down, dead the block, man – we moving through

Diplomats is the strongest force

On and off the court, we ball, it's more than sports, motherfucker!

(It's Santana, nigga, come on)

We built this city from Ground Zero

To spitting the pound zero, brown pistol at ya, get down, kiko

Yeah, this is from the ground up, nigga

So get your weight and your pounds up, nigga

'Cause when it's beef, my homies mount up quicker

Fit the pound much quicker, lay you down much quicker

You never been approached by Golden Eagles

Vultures that'll scope and feed you

No court, just leave you – shit, you know

[Chorus: Starship sample (Cam'ron)]

We built this city (on blood sweat and tears)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (we gon' make it to the top)

We built this city on rock and roll (on rock)

We built this city (through blood sweat and tears)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (blood sweat and tears)

We built this city on rock and roll

(Through the trials and tribulations

We gon' make it through the years, c'mon)

[Verse 3: Hell Rell]

Yo, yo

It's like, "what I wouldn't do for a buck"

Our enemies can't rest in peace, Jones, we shoot they funerals up

New gangstas in the city, bitch, ring the alarm

All y'all hoes bow down, kiss the ring of a Don

It's about to get real big, playa – humongous

Stacked money so long, 'til it grew fungus

We was gon' let you live, until you threw punches

Now we got to get critical and we got to get rid of you

And we the most talked about, the most popular

We live by the codes, we the Dipset mafia

You never know who's watching ya

You never know who's plotting to pop at ya

We focused like a pair of binoculars

I'm 'bout to get gritty

M5, CLK's – garage look like Alphabet City

And I'm a hustler, I put cracks in communities

Cops can't touch me, got 'Diplomatic Immunity'

Now try, but I'm guaranteed a million shipped in Scan

If not, back to the block, ship some grams

[Verse 4: Cam'ron]

Killa... if not, get with Cam

I got clips to lift a van, flip a van

Shit, they can kick the can

This cat think he sling, 'cause he got a pinky ring

Rinky-dink diamonds, they don't even make your pinky bling

(We built this city) And now I'm 'bout to kill this city

(We built this city) Krills to 50, yeah, I'm acting real saditty

(We built this city) 'Cause I collect mil's in 50s

For real, it's pretty, and y'all gon' feel the pity, Killa

Dipset, bitch – rock, rock

[Chorus: Starship sample (Cam'ron)]

We built this city (on blood sweat and tears)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (we gon' make it to the top)

We built this city on rock and roll (on rock)

We built this city (through blood sweat and tears)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (blood sweat and tears)

We built this city on rock and roll

(Through the trials and tribulations

We gon' make it through the years, c'mon)

We built this city (on these blocks we hustle)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (turn bricks to whips, huh)

We built this city on rock and roll (on rock)

We built this city (in the midst of the struggle)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (from bottom to top)

We built this city on rock and roll

(Through the agony, pain, Diplomatic'll reign, uhh)