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) [00:36.80]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [00:39.05]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [00:41.58]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [00:44.26]Black White New York you make it happen [00:47.07]Brownstones water towers trees skyscrapers [00:48.33]Writers prize fighters and Wall Street traders [00:51.81]We come together on the subway cars [00:54.40]Diversity unified whoever you are [00:56.96]We're doing fine on the One and Nine line [00:59.78]On the L we're doin' swell [01:01.86]On the number Ten bus we fight and fuss [01:04.53]Cause we're thorough in the boroughs and that's a must [01:07.20]I remember when the Duece was all porno flicks [01:09.54]Running home after school to play PIX and 1 [01:12.89]At lunch I'd go to Blimpies down on Montague Street [01:15.07]And hit the Fulton Street Mall for the sneakers on my feet [01:18.28]Dear New York I hope you're doing well [01:19.78]I know a lot's happen and you've been through hell [01:22.43]So we give thanks for providing a home [01:24.98]Through your gates at Ellis Island we passed in droves [01:27.49]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [01:30.23]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [01:32.14]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [01:35.37]Black White New York you make it happen [01:38.55]The L I E the B Q E [01:40.21]Hippies at the band shell with the L S D [01:42.42]Get my BVD's from VIM [01:45.23]You know I'm reppin' Manhattan the best I can [01:48.15]Stopped off at Bleeker Bob's got thrown out [01:50.49]Sneakin' in at 4:00 am after going out [01:53.02]You didn't rob me in the park at Dianna Ross [01:55.54]But everybody started looting when the light went off [01:58.45]From the South South Bronx on out to Queens Bridge [02:00.84]From Hollis Queens right down to Bay Ridge [02:03.51]From Castle Hill to the Lower East Side [02:06.07]From 1010 WINS to Live At Five [02:09.02]Dear New York this is a love letter [02:11.25]To you and how you brought us together [02:13.88]We can't say enough about all you do [02:16.00]Cause in the city were ourselves and electric too [02:19.21]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [02:21.40]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [02:24.00]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [02:26.63]Black White New York you make it happen [02:29.49] [02:49.64]Shout out the South Bronx where my mom hails from [02:52.11]Right next to High Bridge across from Harlem [02:54.79]To the Grand Concourse where my mom and dad met [02:57.19]Before they moved on down to the Upper West [02:59.73]I see you're still strong after all that's gone on [03:02.22]Life long we dedicate this song [03:05.01]Just a little something to show some respect [03:07.29]To the city that blends and mends and tests [03:10.03]Since 911 we're still livin' [03:12.77]And lovin' life we've been given [03:15.27]Ain't nothing gonna take that away from us [03:17.70]Were lookin' pretty and gritty 'cause in the city we trust [03:20.27]Dear New York I know a lot has changed [03:22.70]2 towers down but you're still in the game [03:25.20]Home to many rejecting know one [03:27.80]Accepting peoples of all places wherever they're from [03:30.49]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [03:33.04]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [03:35.46]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [03:38.28]Black White New York you make it happen [03:40.94]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [03:43.09]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [03:45.85]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [03:48.61]Black White New York we make it happen