Rap: lF lFC/E lBbmaj7 lBbmaj7 l Yeah, I'm up at Brooklyn Now I'm down in Tribeca Right next to DeNiro But I'll be hood forever I'm the new Sinatra And since I made it here I can make it anywhere Yeah they love me everywhere
I used to cop in Harlem All of my Dominicans Right there up on Broadway Brought me back to that McDonald's Took it to my stash spot 5-60 State street Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry
Cruising down 8th street Off white Lexus driving so slow but BK is from Texas Me I'm up at Bed-Stuy Home of that boy Biggie Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to Ty Ty still sipping Mai-tai Sitting court side Knicks and Nets give me high fives C/EAsus4 N-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee, Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from
Bbmaj7F * New York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of CFC/EBbmaj7 There's nothing you can't do Now you're in New York FC These streets will make you feel brand new big lights will inspire you FC/EBbmaj7 Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game Dude I made the Yankee hat more famous than a yankee can You should know I bleed Blue but I ain't a crip tho But I got a gang of niggas walking with my clique though
Welcome to the melting pot Corners where we selling rock Afrika bambaataa Home of the hip hop Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back For foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act
8 million stories out there and their naked Cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it Me I gotta plug Special Ed and I got it made If Jeezy's paying LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade
3 dice cee-lo 3 card Monte Labor day parade rest in peace Bob Marley C/EAsus4 Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade Long live the king yo I'm from the empire state that's *
Lights is blinding Girls need blinders So they can step out of bounds quick The side lines is blind with casualties Who sipping life casually then gradually become worse Don't bite the apple Eve
Caught up in the in crowd Now your in-style And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out The city of sin is a pity on a whim Good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them
Mami took a bus trip and now she got her bust out Everybody ride her, just like a bus route Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin And Jesus CAN save you! life starts when church starts
Came here for school, graduated to the high life C/EAsus4 Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight MDMA got you feeling like a champion The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambient *
Bb One hand in the air for the big city Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty C No place in the World that can compare, DmAsus4 Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaah *
DD/CBmBb(b5) Everyday is so wonderful then suddenly it's hard to breathe DD/CBmBb(b5) Now and then I get insecure From all the pain, I'm so ashamed
GEmDD/CBm I am beautiful, no matter what they say Words can't bring me down GEmDD/CBm I am beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring me down, oh no EmDD/CBmBb(b5) So don't you bring me down today
DD/CBmBb(b5) To all your friends, you're delirious So consumed in all your doom DD/CBm Trying hard to fill the emptiness, the piece is gone Bb(b5) Left the puzzle undone, ain't that the way it is?
GEmDD/CBm You are beautiful, no matter what they say Words can't bring you down GEmDD/CBm You are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring you down, oh no EmDD/CBmBb(b5) So don't you bring me down today
DD/CBm No matter what we do No matter what we say Bb(b5) We're the song that's out of tune Full of beautiful mistakes DD/CBm And everywhere we go The sun will always shine Bb(b5) But tomorrow we might awake On the other side
GEm 'Cause we are beautiful, no matter what they say DD/CBm Yes words won't bring us down, oh no GEmDD/CBm We are beautiful in every single way Yes, words can't bring us down, oh EmDD/CBm So don't you bring me down today, oh Bb(b5)DD/CBm Don't you bring me down today Bb(b5)D Don't you bring me down today
AmDm7G It's been said and done every beautiful thought's been already sung G/BF And I guess right now here's another one Dm7Esus4E So your melody will play on and on with best of them AmDm7G You are beautiful like a dream come alive incredible CFDm7Esus4 A centerfold miracle lyrical You've saved my life again E And I want you to know baby
AmDm7 *I, I love you like a love song, baby GC I, I love you like a love song, baby FDm7 I, I love you like a love song, baby EAm And I keep hittin re-pe-pe-peat AmDm7 I, I love you like a love song, baby GC I, I love you like a love song, baby FDm7 I, I love you like a love song, baby EAm And I keep hittin re-pe-pe-peat
AmDm7G Constantly girl you played through my mind like a symphony G/BF There's no way to describe what you do to me Dm7Esus4 You just do to me what you do EAmDm7 And it feels like I've been rescued I've been set free GG/B I am hyptonized by your destiny FDm7Esus4 You are magical, lyrical, beautiful You are E and I want you to know baby *
Fmaj7C/EGC No one compares You stand alone to every record I own Fmaj7C/EE Music to my heart that's what you are A song that goes on and on *
F9/AG/BC You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged FAm7Am7/G Oh I realize It's hard to take courage CDm7C/EF In a world full of people You can lose sight of it all Am7Am7/GCsus4CCsus4C And the darkness inside you Can make you feel so small
F/CCG * But I see your true colors shining through F/CCAm7Am7/G I see your true colors and that's why I love you F/CCDm7Am7 So don't be afraid to let them show F/CCF/CCGF9/AG/BCF Your true colors true colors are beautiful, Like a rainbow
F9/AG/BC Show me a smile then Don't be unhappy C/EFAm7Am7/G Can't remember when I last saw you laughing CDm7C/EF If this world makes you crazy And you've taken all you can bear Am7Am7/GCsus4CCsus4C You call me up because you know I'll be there *
Am7G/BCC/E You with the sad eyes Don't be discouraged FAm7Am7/G Oh I realize It's hard to take courage CDm7C/EF In a world full of people You can lose sight of it all Am7Am7/GF/CCF/CC And the darkness inside you Can make you feel so small
FCGsus4G * But I see your true colors shining through FC/EFGsus4G I see your true colors and that's why I love you FCDm7Am7 So don't be afraid to let them show F/CCF/CCGsus4Am7G/BCF Your true colors true colors are beautiful, Like a rainbow
Am7G/BCC/E Show me a smile then Don't be unhappy FAm7Am7/G Can't remember when I last saw you laughing CDm7C/EF If this world makes you crazy And you've taken all you can bear Am7Am7/GF/CCF/CC You call me up because you know I'll be there *
Like many i-gadget owners, I have grown so accustomed to music playing in this way that the traditional modes have long been consigned to the dusty recesses of my mind sealed with the label ‘the good old days’.
But recently, a piece of forgotten memory got revived, as I walked through the underpass to Esplanade lined with art pieces assembled from old cassette tapes.
While scrutinising the “art pieces” hoping to find any cassette tapes that I once owned, I overheard a father asking his son: “Do you know what these are?”
Suddenly I was struck by a thought: children born in this century will not know what cassette tapes are. They will never experience the elation of waiting by the radio for your favourite song, and pressing the record and play buttons simultaneously when it comes on.
Anyway, the exhibits took me back in time where cassette tapes formed a substantial part of my growing up years. And I felt compelled to do a post to document my most vivid memories of cassette tapes:
1. A cassette tape has two sides (Side A and Side B). To play songs on the other side, you need to literally flip it over.
2. The lyrics to all the songs in the album are printed on a piece of paper which is folded and tucked into the cover.
3. To play a song on repeat mode, you will need to rewind it each time the song finishes. Otherwise, you can record the song over and over again on a blank tape.
4. A faulty player can sometime cause your tape to uncoil into a heap of tangled mass. To salvage it, you need to put a pencil through the opening and patiently wind it back.
5. A cassette tape that has not been played for a long time will turn mouldy.
CC/EFG Looks like we made it Look how far we've come my baby CC/EFG We might've took the long way We knew we'd get there someday CC/EFG They said "I bet they'll never make it" CFG But just look at us holding on CFG We're still together still going strong
CFG * You're still the one I run to The one that I belong to CFG You're still the one I want for life CFG You're still the one that I love The only one I dream of CFG You're still the one I kiss good night
CC/EFG Ain't nothin' better We beat the odds together CC/EFG I'm glad we didn't listen Look at what we would be missin' CC/EFG They said, "I bet they'll never make it" CFG But just look at us holding on CFG We're still together still going strong * *
