An Open Letter To NYC (With Skit)-Beastie Boys

[ti:An Open Letter To NYC (With Skit)] [ar:Beastie Boys] [al:To The 5 Boroughs] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]An Open Letter To NYC (With Skit) - Beastie Boys (野兽男孩) [00:36.65]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [00:38.90]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [00:41.43]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [00:44.11]Black White New York you make it happen [00:46.92]Brownstones water towers trees skyscrapers [00:48.18]Writers prize fighters and Wall Street traders [00:51.66]We come together on the subway cars [00:54.25]Diversity unified whoever you are [00:56.81]We're doing fine on the One and Nine line [00:59.63]On the L we're doin' swell [01:01.71]On the number Ten bus we fight and fuss [01:04.38]Cause we're thorough in the boroughs and that's a must [01:07.05]I remember when the Duece was all porno flicks [01:09.39]Running home after school to play PIX and 1 [01:12.74]At lunch I'd go to Blimpies down on Montague Street [01:14.92]And hit the Fulton Street Mall for the sneakers on my feet [01:18.13]Dear New York I hope you're doing well [01:19.63]I know a lot's happen and you've been through hell [01:22.28]So we give thanks for providing a home [01:24.83]Through your gates at Ellis Island we passed in droves [01:27.34]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [01:30.08]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [01:31.99]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [01:35.22]Black White New York you make it happen [01:38.40]The L I E the B Q E [01:40.06]Hippies at the band shell with the L S D [01:42.27]Get my BVD's from VIM [01:45.08]You know I'm reppin' Manhattan the best I can [01:48.00]Stopped off at Bleeker Bob's got thrown out [01:50.34]Sneakin' in at 4:00 am after going out [01:52.87]You didn't rob me in the park at Dianna Ross [01:55.39]But everybody started looting when the light went off [01:58.30]From the South South Bronx on out to Queens Bridge [02:00.69]From Hollis Queens right down to Bay Ridge [02:03.36]From Castle Hill to the Lower East Side [02:05.92]From 1010 WINS to Live At Five [02:08.87]Dear New York this is a love letter [02:11.10]To you and how you brought us together [02:13.73]We can't say enough about all you do [02:15.85]Cause in the city were ourselves and electric too [02:19.06]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [02:21.25]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [02:23.85]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [02:26.48]Black White New York you make it happen [02:29.35] [02:49.50]Shout out the South Bronx where my mom hails from [02:51.97]Right next to High Bridge across from Harlem [02:54.65]To the Grand Concourse where my mom and dad met [02:57.05]Before they moved on down to the Upper West [02:59.59]I see you're still strong after all that's gone on [03:02.08]Life long we dedicate this song [03:04.87]Just a little something to show some respect [03:07.15]To the city that blends and mends and tests [03:09.89]Since 911 we're still livin' [03:12.63]And lovin' life we've been given [03:15.13]Ain't nothing gonna take that away from us [03:17.56]Were lookin' pretty and gritty 'cause in the city we trust [03:20.13]Dear New York I know a lot has changed [03:22.56]2 towers down but you're still in the game [03:25.06]Home to many rejecting know one [03:27.66]Accepting peoples of all places wherever they're from [03:30.35]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [03:32.90]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [03:35.32]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [03:38.14]Black White New York you make it happen [03:40.80]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [03:42.95]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [03:45.71]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [03:48.47]Black White New York we make it happen