An Open Letter To NYC(Edited)-Beastie Boys

[ti:An Open Letter To NYC (Edited) (Digitally Remastered 2005)] [ar:Beastie Boys] [al:Solid Gold Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]An Open Letter To NYC(Edited) (Digitally Remastered 2005) - Beastie Boys (野兽男孩) [00:30.94]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [00:33.35]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [00:35.37] [00:35.90]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [00:38.49]Black White New York you make it happen [00:41.26]Brownstones water towers trees skyscrapers [00:42.88] [00:43.65]Writers prize fighters and Wall Street traders [00:46.12]We come together on the subway cars [00:48.57]Diversity unified whoever you are [00:50.68] [00:51.48]We're doing fine on the One and Nine line [00:54.04]On the L we're doin' swell [00:56.16]On the number Ten bus we fight and fuss [00:58.79]Cause we're thorough in the boroughs and that's a must [01:01.38]I remember when the Duece was all porno flicks [01:03.79]Running home after school to play PIX and 1 [01:06.98]At lunch I'd go to Blimpies down on Montague Street [01:09.22]And hit the Fulton Street Mall for the sneakers on my feet [01:12.00]Dear New York I hope you're doing well [01:14.24]I know a lot's happen and you've been through hell [01:16.77]So we give thanks for providing a home [01:19.22]Through your gates at Ellis Island we passed in droves [01:21.85]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [01:24.49]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [01:26.58] [01:27.22]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [01:29.31] [01:29.83]Black White New York you make it happen [01:32.37]The L I E the B Q E [01:34.69]Hippies at the band shell with the L S D [01:36.98]Get my BVD's from VIM [01:39.60]You know I'm reppin' Manhattan the best I can [01:42.24]Stopped off at Bleeker Bob's got thrown out [01:44.55] [01:45.16]Sneakin' in at 4:00 am after going out [01:47.08] [01:47.65]You didn't rob me in the park at Dianna Ross [01:50.09]But everybody started looting when the light went off [01:52.58]From the South South Bronx on out to Queens Bridge [01:55.36]From Hollis Queens right down to Bay Ridge [01:57.74]From Castle Hill to the Lower East Side [02:00.30]From 1010 WINS to Live At Five [02:03.10]Dear New York this is a love letter [02:05.50]To you and how you brought us together [02:07.85]We can't say enough about all you do [02:10.49]Cause in the city were ourselves and electric too [02:12.67] [02:13.35]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [02:15.68]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [02:18.24]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [02:20.86]Black White New York you make it happen [02:23.18] [02:43.85]Shout out the South Bronx where my mom hails from [02:46.30]Right next to High Bridge across from Harlem [02:48.40] [02:48.94]To the Grand Concourse where my mom and dad met [02:52.16]Before they moved on down to the Upper West [02:54.06]I see you're still strong after all that's gone on [02:56.68]Life long we dedicate this song [02:58.64] [02:59.21]Just a little something to show some respect [03:01.69]To the city that blends and mends and tests [03:04.28]Since 911 we're still livin' [03:06.44] [03:07.02]And lovin' life we've been given [03:09.58]Ain't nothing gonna take that away from us [03:11.61]Were lookin' pretty and gritty 'cause in the city we trust [03:14.49]Dear New York I know a lot has changed [03:17.08]2 towers down but you're still in the game [03:19.74]Home to many rejecting know one [03:22.06]Accepting peoples of all places wherever they're from [03:24.28] [03:25.00]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [03:27.24]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [03:29.94]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [03:32.55]Black White New York you make it happen [03:35.16]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [03:37.54]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [03:40.08]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [03:42.85]Black White New York we make it happen