Gang Starr Lyrics of the The Place Where We Dwell track

Verse one:


 


 New York, New york is where we live and we're thorough


 Never taking shorts cuz Brooklyn's the borough


 Peace to Uptown, to queens and the Bronx


 Long Island and Jersey get as fly as they want


 Where we rest is no joke


 So let me break it down to sections for you slowpokes


 Fort Green, bedstuy, Flatbush, Brownsville


 Crown Heights and East New York will be down till


 Medina takes respect for the style's we bring


 Cuz in Brooklyn, we be into our own thing


 Alantic terminals, redhook bushwick


 Come to Brooklyn frontin, and you'll get mushed quick


 We ain't just know for flipping and turning out parties


 But also for the take no bullshit hotties


 On the subject of blackness, well let me share this


 Brooklyn is the home for cultural awareness


 So in all fairness, you can never compare this


 Some good, some bad. little hope for the weak


 Dangerous streets and Coney Island Beach


 All this included when you go for a tour


 Some can get scandolous and outright raw


 When you step, step correct and watch where you move


 We pay dues so we ain't trying to lose


 Here in Brooklyn


 The home of the black and the beautiful


 For a ruffrap sound, ain't a place more suitable


 Other cities claim this, and others claim that


 But let me give some props to the place where we be at


 B-R-double O- K-l-Y-N


 I came in for a visit and ever since then


 I've been incorporated with select personel


 Right here in Brooklyn, the place where we dwell


 


 Way down in Brooklyn (3x)


 Those who live in Brooklyn know just what I'm talking about


 


 Verse two:


 


 Peace to Boston, Philly, Conneticut, DC


 All the east coast cities are fly to me


 Peace to everybody down south and out west


 But for me, Brooklyn, New York is the best


 Don't be afraid to venture over the bridge


 Although you may run in to some wild ass kids


 Take the j train, the d or the a if you dare


 And the 2,3,4,5 also comes here


 There's so much to see cuz Brooklyn's historic


 Fools act jealous but you have to ignore it


 So I just lounge wit the fat clientel


 Out here in Brooklyn, the place where we dwell


 


 Way down in brooklyn


 You know the place...