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Olivia K & The Parkers

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I've lived in this city for all my life
Traveled 5 boroughs both day and night
Seen the flyers advertising homes for cash
Seeing grandmas picking through the trash

Got a new bank on every corner
Mom and pop shop nowhere to be found
Working 6 days tryna hold it down
And we drown and we drown and we drown

I'm a native New Yorker whatever that means
I know the guy on the corner he's been tryna holla since I was a teen
I don't take shit from no one, I've been through a lot
So when you come to my hometown, ya better respect my spot

Now Everybody wanna write that they a Brooklynite
Trendy bars and movie stars and Apple stores in my sight
How quickly you've forgotten when no one wanted my life
Couldn't get nobody to my borough on a school night
How many parties did I have to say I couldn't go, ma said the city ain't safe and she know so
1987 getting robbed on the front door, now check the block they about to have it rezoned

I'm a native New Yorker whatever that means
I know the guy on the corner he knows the guy that sells all the weed
I don't take shit from no one, I've been through a lot
So when you come to my hometown, ya better respect my spot

I came from immigrants, there's a difference, we like respect and we like discipline
Most of my folks, they barely let us in, stayed on the coast to become citizens
But I do not appreciate that the minute we're onto something great
It seems like the rug gets pulled, the map redrawn, the landlord's kicking you out before dawn

I'm a native New Yorker whatever that means
I know the guy on the corner, he's a whole lot nicer than he seems
I don't take shit from no one, I've been through a lot
So when you come to my hometown, ya better respect my spot

Ya better respect my spot, what I Tell ya?
Ya better respect my spot, what I say?
Ya better respect my spot, what I Tell ya?
Ya better respect my spot, what I say?

Ya better respect my spot
Ya better respect my spot
Ya better respect my spot

I'm a native New Yorker whatever that means
I know the guy on the corner, he's always gonna call me a queen
I don't take shit from no one, I've been through a lot
So when you come to my hometown, ya better respect my spot

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