We built this city

We built this city

We built this city

We built this city on rock



We built this city (on these blocks we hustle)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (turn bricks to whips)

We built this city on rock and roll (on rock)

We built this city (in the midst of the struggle)

We built this city on rock (on rock)

We built this city (from bottom to top)

We built this city (through the agony and pain, diplomatic will reign)



[Jimmy Jones]

Ay yo, my dipset Taliban

We on these streets like the wars on them streets of Afghanistan

Better yet of Pakistan

To America, Harlem's our cater

Any problems I spray her that can startle the mayor

But in this 50-block radius let's get the rock and shave the shit

or get the glock and blaze the shit

Bitches get the cock and savor it

They say Jim Jones the capo my favorite

Cause some of this shit my city wasn't built up over

Drugs and money, some shit you get killed up over

Slumped on your wheel, straight tilt it over

Trust me dogs, I seen it in peril

Niggaz wasted and painted and seen on the mural

(That's Harlem) In this apple of mine is rhyme

Clap up your shines, pop shots that will crack up your minds

And cop rocks and cook that crack up to dimes

New York City, the capital of crime



[Chorus: x2]



[Juelz Santana]

Now once again it's Santana the Great

I built this city on hammers and weight

Gasoline, rope, bandanas and tape

Lots of fiends, lots of coke being handed away

You know, the usual

Shut em down, set up show, how we usually do

Cut em down, hit the block man, we movin through

Diplomats is the strongest force

On and off the court we ballers more than sports

We built this city from ground zero

To spittin the pound zero, brown pistol

At ya get down kicka

Yeah this is from the ground up nigga

So get your weight and your pounds up nigga

Cause when it's beef my homies mound up quicker

Fit the pound much quicker, lay you down much quicker

You never been approached by Golden Eagles

Vultures that will scope and feed you, no court just leave you

Shit you know



[Chorus: x2]



[Hell Rell]

It's like what I wouldn't do for a buck

My enemies can't rest in peace Jones, you see they funerals up

New gangstas in the city bitch, ring the alarm

All y'all hoes bow down, kiss the ring of a don

It's about to get real big playa, humongous

Stacked money so long til it grew fungus

We was gon' let you live til you threw punches

Now we got to get critical and we got to get rid of you

And we the most talked about, the most popular

We live by the codes, we the Dipset mafia

You never know who's watchin ya

You never know who's plottin to pop at ya

We focused like a pair of binoculars

I'm bout to get gritty

M-5 CLK's garage look like Alphabet City

And I'm a hustler, I put cracks in communities

Cops can't touch me, got Diplomatic Immunity

Now try I'm guaranteed a million shipped in scam

If not, back to the block, ship some grams



[Cam'Ron]

If not, get with Cam

I got clips to lift a van, flip a van

Shit, they can kick the can

This cat think he sling

Cause he got a pinky ring

Rinky-dink diamonds, they don't even make your pinky bling

(We built this city) And now I'm about to kill this city

(We built this city) Cradle to 50, yeah I'm acting real seditty

(We built this city) Cause I collect mils and fifties

For real it's pretty and y'all gonna feel the pity

(We built this city on rock) Dipset Bitch



[Chorus: x8]