"East New York Anthem" A-LEX-ANDER THE GREAT

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Produced by Mr. CB, Co-produced by Gully Time
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Lyrix: I'm from where hopes are misplaced/ by the close off of tape.//
Homie, make no mistake/ it's 1-1-2-0-8.//
Fulton Street to be LEXact,/ if you wanna know where I claim.//
Where you play some kinda ball, rap,/ or you holding that weight.//
Where they extort whole projects housing like Neno in New J-//
ack City, but ain't no cameras rolling this way.//
So act silly catch a hole in ya face when the iron sparks.//
Anywhere between Spring Creek & Highland Park.//
Silencers talk,/ and translate for violent hearts.//
Ya mom's will be dressed in dark, hearing violins and harps.//
I'm rep the same spot that raised John Gotti. Tru talk.//
Where stray shots spray off rooftops. It's BEast New York.//
Hate it or not, I'm just reading this book from it's page,//
and I always said that I'll rep the hood in which I was raised.//
Promise fulfilled, but still my will by Christ ain't done.//
Cough up a lung where I'm from Cypress son.// Ain't nuttin' nice!

1st Hook:
I got niggas in Brownsville, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
I got niggas in Bed-Stuy, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
I got niggas in Flatbush, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
I got niggas in Crown Heights, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!

2nd Verse:

I keep a hundred funds, a hundred chips.//
Nigga I'm from East New York, East New York! (Cypress Whattup!)
Man'n my side,/ demanding my side.//
Ask about me, you'll find I'm the man in my side.//
Come around? Best be sure you got fam on my side.//
They'll run up on you like seashores on the sands @ high tide.//
Land of homicides./ Ain't no beefing with us.// (Why?)
cause most heads know the difference between them niggas and us.//
This is E-N-Y!// and we don't stop.//
Ask about us nigga we gon' rock,//
and if a nigga disrespect The East he gon' drop.//
Niggas is flossing here, but we don't cop.// (Get it? lol)
So put all ya armor on/ if you shine like Armor All,//
cause if they're armed it's on/ forget ya watch, ya arm'll be gone.//
See I'm from murda murda, Cypress Kills.//
The Worm in the Rotton Apple nigga, bite and feel.//


2nd Hook:
I got pplz in Bushwick, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
I got pplz in Canarsie, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
I got pplz in Fort Greene, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
I got pplz in Coney Isl, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!

3rd Verse:

Although my name roams like Cingular// throughout
this County of Kings, I sit my throne in East New York.//
Be caught slippin' and it's hell to pay. Them shells'll rain//
anywhere between the L train and Elderts Lane.//
The elder gang label themselves the Seven-Five.// (75th Precint)
Full of crooked cops who wanting niggas dead or alive.//
I remember when the Mayor (Dinkins) came to P's to crack down on Guns,//
and in the middle of his speech you heard the clapping of guns.//
I ain't telling you this to boast or to brag on what's done,//
but the dire reality of where it's @, and where I'm from,//
and If you ain't ever lived here ain't squat that you can say to us.//
This is er'day life in this 5 square mile radius.//
Niggas know not to play with us./ We disquise them bangers.//
You'll get pop'd on the 4th of July so nobody can say when it was.//
So, I feel it's my duty to rep these blocks to stangers,//
cuz "when the East is in the house, oh my God. It's Danger."//

3rd Hook:
Shouts out to Red Hook, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
Shouts to all of Uptown, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
Shouts out to the Q-Boro, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!
Shouts out to the whole city, but I'm from EAST NEW YORK!

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[deceptsound]

Sutter Ave/ Euclid (Cypress Hills Ngga)

[LEXercise]

@deceptsound U already!

[1400deadwood]

New Lots is East of ENY.

At one time the entire area encompassing New Lots & ENY was a city in itself. And it was the cricket capitol of the USA!

Cheers to all in ENY.

[LEXercise]

@1400deadwood Nah, it's in the west section, and neva was East of ENY. If it was East of ENY it would've been in Queens. Besides, when I say New Lots, I was referring to the Ave. not the town (which both are in ENY). Idk anything about a "Cricket capitol of the world"... lol Ya info is very incorrect... Only capitol we were was concering crime capitol of NYC a few years back. U might wanna do ya research on these things.

[gangstaboogie718]

Cleveland, Ashford, Elton, Atlantic, Fulton, PS 108, IS 302 ENY stand up. Boricuas, morenos, Dominicanos represent.

[LEXercise]

@gangstaboogie718 YUUUP! Those blox are pretty much exact stomping grounds. Cypress! P.S. 108, I.S. 302, Franklin K. Lane H.S.

[gotDATmojoe]

Eny du FAQ up

[olsailordan]

I live on Ohio now, but EAST NEW YORK will AWLWAYS be my home!!

[lilfree22]

fuc this nigga shitty ass

[KiDAllEY52]

me and him have the same name i go by Lex but real name is Alex so i go by both

[tpbisdivine]

East New York. home of the real A-Team., Peace to the Gods and Earths.

[BennyMagz]

Glenmore^

[1400deadwood]

Hi Lex!

Thanx for your note. I did a Google search and learned that Brooklyn has been re-districted. You are correct in that New Lots is now a subsection of ENY in that zip codes 11207, 11208, 11239 have been conjoined. I never knew that until now having left ENY in 1976 (shows you how old - and I do mean, old I am!). And yes, cricket was played professionally in ENY unil the year 1900. See the Brooklyn Eagle website for more data. Cheers!