Intro:

Nowa powa

Wah dem seh U.S.

Uhmm yeah the Big Apple

The Five Boroughs

Yah understand

Love di streets

New York, New York(New York city) New York(A Gappy Ranks) New York City

Yo

Verse 1:

Welcome to Flatbush

We drink anyhow we bun kush

G.F.C. jump and a push

From I was a youth mi a hear bout Brooklyn

Big up nineteen straight from mi heart mi nuh write this

N.Y this a di place weh mi love fly

?? building high to the sky high

Queen's, jamaica please dont pass bye

Food from Genesis mi nuh waan ??

Stop inna di island

Life it nuh pretty like Canal Street diamond

While place run inna Bronx

See thugs dem bad from dem born

A deh so cool heart come from

Try state

Johnny Wonder twentyfirst a di first wicked dubplate

Nuff gal deh ya wah gwaan Wednesday

A di same ting weh gwaan fyah Sunday

Chorus:

I believe(I believe), in N.Y.C.(in N.Y.C.)

Place where the dreams come through

Take a ride in the sun ???

New York (New York) New York, New York, New York New York city

Verse 2:

I got to all 'em swagga

Hip-hop and ragga

Bun wi grade inna grabba

Big up to di ??

Di tourist di big pappa

?? Him music proppa

So mi have lyrics nuff like yellow taxi

If mi love New York

Yuh nuh fi aks mi

Gal see mi inna di club mi dem fancy

Lock down di place like A.T.M.T.

From, Heathrow to JFK

Mi wish mi coulda do it everyday

V.I.P. mi love yuh sameway

Inna New York mi tune haffi play

My confidence higher than di Statue of Liberty

Deeper than all di ocean

Nowa Powa than Apple Mac

If you waan see mi check mi pon di block

All New York City betta watch weh you a act

Chorus:

I believe(I believe), in N.Y.C.(in N.Y.C.)

Place where the dreams come through

Take a ride in the sun ???

New York (New York) New York, New York,New York New York city

Repeat verse 1

Repeat Chorus x 2