new york city the money sucked it dry pull the culture from out the streets it s all so gentrified alphabet city or down on forty second street or the lower east side there was violence in the streets the greatest city of them all but it just don t feel the same i miss the old new york the tallest buildings in the world but it just don t look the same i miss the old new york the bowery slums turned into fashion boutiques where s all the gangs drug dealers and the freaks the big apple has lost its taste ten million people trying just to survive this fucking urban waste the old graffiti trains can t see out the window gotta watch your back or you might get jacked