my mind ain t here shit been gone niggas can t comprehend the shit that i m on raised as a rebel danced with the devil niggas can t get on my level swing at me i m history in the makin be with the dreads so they think i m jamaican they throw consignment on the loan i get it and i run it back like thomas jones play my position like a wide out guns in the slot when i ride out and i m h n i c from n y c free prodigy sling more o s than the alphabet if i ain t got it they ain t invent it yet you know the city of the gunplay make a million dollars on any given sunday we seen hard time came from the bottom so we mean on the grind big dreams in my eyes though some fail others succeed over time and reach for the skies all you gotta do go hard in due time find true reward when you shine  that s when you on top of the world you on top of the world top of the world top when i shine you shine everybody get in position in due time new york state of mind always on the grind seventeen shots in the 9 stay away from swine pigs they be one us fuck the informants tell them motherfuckers that i m tourin plus tell the haters i crossed the equator twice i done seen places where it s six months a night but i come from the crib flytraps on the ceiling roaches on the wall but i m hustlin out the building smokers cop and go lady on the phone tellin cops bout the flow but this is get low seen in jamaica migratin from the stress they call us kush gang cause we only smoke the best with the smif n wes brooklyn show respect yes we seen hard time came from the bottom so we mean on the grind big dreams in my eyes though some fail others succeed over time and reach for the skies all you gotta do go hard in due time find true reward when you shine that s when you on top of the world you on top of the world top of the world yeah i m in love with new york i ain t talkin bout tiffany new york i m in love with my city from the grimey to the gritty from the shiny to the ritzy from the courtyard to the garden where the knicks be fitted cap yankee pitcher like pettitte in the dougie blowin stankee i know how to get it plus the repertoire lanky i know how to spit it see me at the world series in the race for the pennant i m a new york giant name on the poster couldn t even be as high if you was sittin on my shoulders feel like i could put the brooklyn bridge on my back strong high i rep the city i ain t talkin bout a tat you can tell where i m from it don t matter where i m at from the tim s to the grin to the jeans to the strap with a grand lookin mean to the means we get trapped know we mean everything that we scream in our rap we seen hard time came from the bottom so we mean on the grind big dreams in my eyes though some fail others succeed over time and reach for the skies all you gotta do go hard in due time find true reward when you shine that s when you on top of the world you on top of the world top of the world 