[Verse 1: Kanye West]
Now that you're tuned in
I suggest you zoom in
They claim Puff dead
I'm out the tomb then
I'm married to the game like the bride and the groom is
If you don’t want to move then leave the room then
See you the type of n***a believe the rumors
But I'm the type to show y'all what the truth is
And show you how the coupe is
And you don't know where the roof is
In the interior, stupid!
So I'mma shoot my shot and just do it
Cause I can't stop my love for the music
Been a decade since Biggie dropped "Juicy"
When I think back sometimes I still lose it
And feel the ambiance
From the screams of the audience
And y'all response when

[Chorus: John Legend]
I'ma give it everything I got, just to stay on top
For the love of the block, cause it's still part of me
And we from Harlem, we
Gonna give it everything I got, just to stay on top
For the love of the block, cause it's still part of me
And we from Harlem, we
[Interlude: Termanology]
Cause we can't stop, and you don't stop, cause you can't stop
What's up, rap world
I figured I'd take this opportunity to look outside of myself and say
What would I say if I was them

[Verse 2: Termanology]
9-1 Heavy D, 9-2 Mary J
No more Uptown
Bad Boy on the way
9-3, 9-4 B.I.G.'s in the door
9-5 making hits, Junior M.A.F.I.A. clique
Craig Mack, "Flava in Ya Ear"
Don't stop there, Lil' Kim posing in the panties and a brassiere
Sayin' "Biggie Biggie give me one more chance
"Biggie Biggie give me one more chance" ah man
Fly chicks, rolling in fly whips
9-6 Bad Boy invented the remix
These hits got the whole world loving my clique
They loving the sound
The whole world hitting my hit
9-7 Big passed and he went up to heaven
Only on the second album he already a legend
Man I wish Big could've seen the world in '07
Matter of fact sometimes I wish I just died with him
[Chorus: John Legend]
I'ma give it everything I got, just to stay on top
For the love of the block, cause it's still part of me
And we from Harlem, we
Gonna give it everything I got, just to stay on top
For the love of the block, cause it's still part of me
And we from Harlem, we

[Verse 3: Kanye West]
You can bet what I rep though I left
Is uptown to the death
Polo [?]
Put it down, then I step
His quiet is kept
When the riot is set, y'all are under your breath *gasps*
Breathe in, breathe out
'Fore I be out, let's make sure it's nothing I leave out
Whether it's the ladies and sweatin' they weave out
Or maybe it's the haters and knockin' they teeth out
It's funny how everybody got beef now
I'mma step in the line one more time then be out (Be out)
Let's take a trip back to yesterday
Young n***a at the board, never hesitate
Cook it up for the streets, let it resonate
Now fast forward to present day
You could never say
We was ever scared
When the shit went down we was right there
When y'all was sleep, I live through my nightmares
Now I got Kanye on the track, 'cause I don't fight fair
So while y'all busy talking this and that, I'm from Harlem, 'bout to set it like The Diplomats, uh
[Chorus: John Legend]
I'ma give it everything I got, just to stay on top
For the love of the block, cause it's still part of me
And we from Harlem, we
Gonna give it everything I got, just to stay on top
For the love of the block, cause it's still part of me
And we from Harlem, we

[Outro: Termanology]
I miss him
He's still part of me