Brooklyn we go hardnWe on the look for the advantage, we work hardnAnd if we seem to rough it up a bitnWe broke but we rich at heartnPull ourselves up now we won't chokenIt's our time, put the lights on usnnWar tactics they make me sicknReel your heart in run away with itnSmile in your face, undermine your backnGot guns for the strength they lacknSo if you know another waynYou can't look the other waynIf you know another way,nTell them so right to their facenn[Chorus]nWe think you're a jokenShove your hope where it don't shine (4x)nnI pay for what's callednEccentricity and my will to evolvenI hear them all saynThat I got heartnBut not everything that it takesnnTaint my mind but not my soulnTell you I got firenI wont sell it for no payrollnLet 'em hold me downnI know if I know another waynI can't look the other waynI know another waynI'll tell them so right to their facenn[Chorus]