[Chorus: Sample]
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"

"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"

[Verse 1: Bloodshed + Cam'Ron]
See how I live—all invited, step up to
The Big Apple and bite it, and days before this rotten
But not forgotten, up in Harlem, where shit be poppin'
We use the .38s for shoppin'—fella, run it
Well, I'm a cat with nine lives, but everyday I risk em, Pop shot the Glock at the cop, but missed him—now's he's all up in the system
I stay fair to crime, slayin' in time, my mother's down here
Prayin' for mine, 'cause I'm like Snyder, livin' life one day at a time
[Cuzzo?], my city never gets no shut-eye, it always sleeps
With one eye open, scopin', 'cause where I lay
The natives stay locin', you might get sprayed, flesh wide
Open, layin' on the pave', soakin', fella
See, it starts out hand-to-hand, then it moves gram to gram
The cops playin' D like it's man-to-man—oppressin' us
Stressin' us, hopin' one day that they'll be catchin' us
Good thing that white cats invest in us—hard times
[Chorus: Sample]
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"

[Verse 2: Cam'Ron + Bloodshed]
How is this how it turned out? Fire escape the first
Learned route, half the town burned out, F'd up
Former prison men just loiterin', solicitin'
Stolen car from Michigan with chrome inside the Michelins
And everyone behind me is grimey, jewels is shiny
On 110th, kid, yeah, that's where you'll find me
Holdin' down the fortress with toast so big it make you nauseous, Mafioso style; Benz and Porsches, what?
And we work—we ain't dirty, we filthy, they want us guilty
Put the rest in here, electric chair, now New York tryna kill me
Want us in different rings, hustlin' for different things
Iced up, glisten ring, fried rice, chicken wings
Me and my peoples goin' all out to get your riches
Kidnap your misses, fella, whatever, I stay with a
Beretta—it's somethin' vicious, steady, it never misses
Givin' players death-kisses for the cheddar, up in Harlem

[Chorus: Sample]
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"
[Verse 3: Cam'Ron + Bloodshed]
And Killa Cam' lay it down, know I sat with a frown, but if I
Had my way, huh—turn Mannhatan around
I'd have us downtown, corporations and bid'nesses
Crackers up here, smokin' blunts, drinking Guinnesses
And playing Super Fly, but over loot they die
On the stoop, goin' hand to hand, suit and tie
And ain't no cutie pies, every girl dirty runts
And let them be the ones always get searched for guns
And things are going down-hill, ain't gettin' better
Gullianni tryna stop my cheddar, 5-0 is
Cold like the weather, New York's Finest
They're the main cause of all the violence, bet they couldn't
Last up on the Island, not even for a second
A badge make you brave I reckon, it's us against them
Choose your weapon, and Mannhatan keep it live
East-side, West-side—Harlem on the rise

[Chorus: Sample]
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"

"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"
"This is the place—"
"—we are the only ones—" "—worn out""
"—is the place—"
"—we are the only ones that can't be worn out"

"This is the place where stars are born
And—" "—can't be worn out""
"This is the place where stars are born
And we are the only ones that can't be worn out"