The Mayor

[Intro: The Cool Kids] I'm eating my scrambled eggs this morning And then I think about it I'm the mayor of the city Yo where you all at man? [Verse 1: Ghostface Killah] Yo it's Staten Island, New York, the forgotten borough Home of the wallaby champ, we stay thorough Since the days of snatchin' Lee patches Stitching my name in my Kangols so my outfit matches So we mashed out Wave Street, partied on Broad Enter the 36 Chambers and swung swords Bug when the Force M.D.'s met the Fat Boys Brought the ruckus like P.E. brought the noise Slept on the ferry boat coming from L.Q The Purple Rain in the air had me stuck like glue We would dry out Macy's, buy 8 G's worth of Polo See the dreaded one-sixty copping ounces for dolo Stuffing 40's in brown bags dippin' from blue coats Flickin' it up with new ropes, staying new ghost Stapleton the park yeah we stay stylin' Staten Island A/K/A Shaolin' [Chorus: The Cool Kids] In my city I'm the mayor But I got a key to the city everywhere I'm like the home team QB when I touchdown Roll out the red carpet when I come round In my city I'm the mayor But I got a key to the city everywhere I'm like the home team QB when I touchdown Roll out the red carpet when I come round [Verse 2: Scarface] I'm from that 33rd, H town rider Rep my city, my neighborhood Southsider Out here we hustle till we touch it, it's all about a come up If ain't no money in it we don't fuck with it Gangsta Gangsta, now what the fuck are they yelling? Late night hanging drug selling This here the city of the astronauts High as hell in the 550 smashing out like, "vroom" I'm on my way to the room With a white girl looking like Vidal Sassoon All up in the bathroom digging the guts out Five in the morning I'm boning the fuck out The H-O-U-S T-O-N, damn It's like a million different cities in one So everybody out here reppin' getting them some We got drink, dro, dope, hoes Niggas pulling up in ciallargo Think fast, talk slow Millinoaires out here, and you won't even know The H [Chorus: The Cool Kids) In my city I'm the mayor But I got a key to the city everywhere I'm like the home team QB when I touchdown Roll out the red carpet when I come round In my city I'm the mayor But I got a key to the city everywhere I'm like the home team QB when I touchdown Roll out the red carpet when I come round [Verse 3: Chuck Inglish of The Cool Kids] I can't stop, won't stop unless I got a flat The flat head screwdriver reminding me that That if I'm holding the right tools to screw in the joints I'm good with both hands I must be from Detroit The Motor Capital, the Capital D The fourth letter of the alphabet It's on in a Tigers' fitee Bail out in the Olds' Cutlass Supreme Where we iron blue collars and crease the jeans Either in Mount Clemens, Six Mile, Grand River Seven Mile Greenfield, right corner of the mitten The home of the Red Wings, Lions, and the Pistons First gate is for Chevrolet Detroit Michigan [Verse 4: Sir Michael Rocks of The Cool Kids] Saying what up yo, what up Joe? That's what I'm Saying I don't think they understand outside the city limits So give me a minute to unbutton my coat And give a cheers to the man with his ears to the fan Cause he hear all that cold shit, blowin' in ghost shit Go again lake front, 92 Grand Prix Red with the gold rims, number 8 Jordans Here we on Maxwell Street for the Polish shit Grilled onions and no mustard Everybody from the go already know the biz Chuck's from Detroit, Mike's from the Chi So it's Bulls, Tigers, Lions, and Bears, oh my [Chorus: The Cool Kids] In my city I'm the mayor But I got a key to the city everywhere I'm like the home team QB when I touchdown Roll out the red carpet when I come round In my city I'm the mayor But I got a key to the city everywhere I'm like the home team QB when I touchdown Roll out the red carpet when I come round [Outro scratches: DJ AM] "Aw yeah" "City to city" "On the road" "Claiming my city" "We represent" "This city" "As we explore around the country, and around the world in fact" "Let us go to the new worlds together Not as new worlds to be conquered but as a new adventure to be shared"