An Open Letter To NYC (Radio Edit|Andy Wallace Mix)-Beastie Boys

[ti:An Open Letter To NYC (Andy Wallace) (Radio Edit)] [ar:Beastie Boys] [al:To The 5 Boroughs (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]An Open Letter To NYC (Radio Edit|Andy Wallace Mix) - Beastie Boys (野兽男孩) [00:02.28]Composed by：Michael Diamond/Adam Yauch/Adam Horovitz/Cheetah Chrome/David Thomas [00:04.57]Listen are you New York in [00:31.81]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [00:34.16]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [00:36.64]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [00:39.26]Black White New York you make it happen [00:42.05]Brownstones water towers trees skyscrapers [00:44.35]Writers prize fighters and wall street traders [00:46.90]We come together on the subway cars [00:49.29]Diversity unified whoever you are [00:52.00]We're doing fine on the One and Nine line [00:55.16]On the L we're doin' swell [00:57.13]On the number ten bus we fight and fuss [00:59.50]You know we're thorough in the boroughs 'cause that's a must [01:02.17]I remember when the Duece was all porno flicks [01:04.57]Running home after school to play PIX [01:07.18]At lunch I'd go to Blimpies down on Montague Street [01:09.96]And hit the Fulton Street Mall for the sneakers on my feet [01:12.73]Dear New York I hope you're doing well [01:15.05]I know a lot's happened and you've been through hell [01:17.51]So we give thanks for providing a home [01:19.91]Through your gates at Ellis Island we passed in droves [01:22.62]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [01:25.35]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [01:27.83]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [01:30.47]Black White New York you make it happen [01:33.24]The LIE the BQE [01:35.40]Hippies at the band shell with the LSD [01:37.90]Get my BVDs from VIM [01:40.23]You know I'm reppin' Manhattan the best I can [01:43.00]Stopped off at Bleeker Bob's got thrown out [01:45.54]Sneakin' in at four am after going out [01:48.03]You didn't rob me in the park at Dianna Ross [01:50.63]But everybody started looting when the light went off [01:53.41]From the South South Bronx on out to Queens Bridge [01:56.11]From Hollis Queens right down to Bay Ridge [01:58.50]From Castle Hill to the Lower East Side [02:01.03]From ten-ten wins to live at five [02:03.94]Dear New York this is a love letter [02:06.27]To you and how you brought us together [02:08.70]We can't say enough about all you do [02:11.05]'Cause in the city we're ourselves and electric too [02:14.16]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [02:16.45]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [02:19.07]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [02:21.67]Black White New York you make it happen [02:39.47]Shout out the South Bronx where my mom hails from [02:41.99]Right next to High Bridge across from Harlem [02:44.47]To the Grand Concourse where my mom and dad met [02:47.15]Before they moved on down to the Upper West [02:49.62]I see you're still strong after all that's gone on [02:52.13]Lifelong we dedicate this song [02:54.92]Just a little something to show some respect [02:57.22]To the city that blends and mends and tests [03:00.00]Since 9-11 we're still livin' [03:02.75]And lovin' life we've been given [03:05.15]Ain't nothing gonna take that away from us [03:07.51]We lookin' pretty and gritty 'cause in the city we trust [03:10.47]Dear New York I know a lot has changed [03:12.68]Two towers down but you're still in the game [03:15.39]Home to the many rejecting no-one [03:17.84]Accepting peoples of all places wherever they're from [03:20.63]Brooklyn Bronx Queens and Staten [03:23.01]From the Battery to the top of Manhattan [03:25.54]Asian Middle-Eastern and Latin [03:28.13]Black White New York you make it happen [03:32.34]New York [03:33.65]New York [03:34.61]New York [03:37.02]New York [03:38.25]New York [03:40.48]Listen [03:42.43]York [03:43.62]York [03:45.70]York [03:46.48]York [03:50.42]New York city city city city city city [03:52.66]City city city city city city [03:54.40]City city city city city city