New York Strait Talk - GangStarr

"From New York straight talk  America's best" (3X) 
"Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this" "Word up!" 
"From New York straight talk... America's best" 

[Guru] 
Yo  it doesn't make sense  for you to compete against 
this New York vibe that gets your whole body tense 
Calm down  listen to a brother who knows 
Cause the rappers out here come up with mad different types of flows 
Switch up  change up  yo pull the range up 
so we can build on this shit, for real that's how we came up 
Used to ride the subway trains back and forth 
Now I push an E-Class, four-two-zero of course 
Still material gains, make one more aware 
of all the madness and the civil unrest that's out here 
I doubt there, is anyplace more complex 
You can get lost in the sauce, New York'll have you vexed 
Who's next to get served, herbs'll get knocked off 
Burning flammable rappers, is how I get my rocks off 
I pop your top off as if you were the bottle 
then I'll drain all your fluid, you're better off playing lotto 
Bright lights, big city and the dark alleyways 
New York we get the money all day everyday 

"From New York straight talk, America's best" 
"Yo I'm not new to this I'm true to this" "Word up!" 
"From New York straight talk... America's best" 

[Guru] 
True if you can make it out here, you can make it anywhere 
That means a lot of rappers, they should stay away from here 
cause we still care, about the total artform 
Niggaz could sell more records but they still can't flip a live forum 
Plus everybody out here ain't talkin true shit either 
Mad niggaz is fakin jacks, I don't like them neither 
But the competition keeps me on point 
that's why I lamp in the studio composin fresh new joints 
from the streets, Medina, Manhattan, Staten, P-Lawn 
The struggle continues, everybody wants to be on 
The rat race, makes this lif