Lyrics

I'm a native New Yorker whatever that means
I know the guy on the corner been tryna holla since I was a teen
I don't take shit from no one, I've been through a lot
So when you come to my hometown, You better respect my spot

Now Everybody wanna write that they a Brooklynite
Trendy bars and movie stars and Apple stores in my sight
How quickly you've forgotten when nobody wanted my life
Couldn't get nobody to my borough on a school night
How many parties did I have to say I couldn't go, ma said the city aint safe and she know so
1987 getting robbed on her front door, now check my block they bout to have it rezoned

I'm a native New Yorker whatever that means
I know the guy on the corner he knows the guy who sells all the weed
I don't take shit from no one, I've been through a lot
So when you come to my hometown, You better respect my spot

I came from immigrants, there’s a difference, we like respect and even discipline
Most of my folks, they barely let us in, stayed on the coast to become citizens G
But I do not appreciate that the minute we're onto something great
It seems like the rug gets pulled, the map redrawn, the landlords kicking you out before dawn

I'm a native New Yorker whatever that means
I know the guy on the corner, he’s a whole lot nicer than he seems G
I don't take shit from no one, I've been through a lot
So when you come to my hometown, You better respect my spot


You better respect my spot, what I Tell ya?
You better respect my spot
You better respect my spot, what I Tell ya?
You better respect my spot



You better respect my spot,
You better respect my spot
You better respect my spot,
You better respect my spot


I'm a native New Yorker whatever that means
I know the guy on the corner, he’s always gonna call me a queen
I don't take shit from no one, I've been through a lot
So when you come to my hometown, You better respect my spot