Key: E
Introduction:
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Club, Legend, Art, Theatre
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Club, Legend, Art
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We are New York
verse 1
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Taste this chocolate, yes
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Godiva bitch, you know the rest
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New York City (we strong)
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Talent last long
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All I do is win, no matter what
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I'm on the sneak attack they're like (what the fuck)
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You think it, I've done it. You've played it, I've slayed it
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You think you're the first? Well it's been innovated
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Peppermint why you so nice? ('Cause I can be!)
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Peppermint how you always right? ('Cause I am be!)
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Peppermint how you stay lookin' so nice
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Getting dollars in your titties almost every single night?
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Learn the tricks, collect the tip
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Gender flip, flip the script
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Built legendary status, brick by brick
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And it did not come from a YouTube clip!
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New York, New York, New York, New York
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We are, we are, we are, we are (Club, Legend, Art, Theatre)
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We own everything, we are New York
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(Ooh)
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Club, Legend, Art, Theatre
verse 2
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Radical, magical, liberal art
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Gender is a construct, tear it apart
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Wearable art and terrible art
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It's the motherfucking world is unbearable art
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This part, this is for us
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Don't need a museum, this club is enough
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For a revolution with the best intentions
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Beauty with a twist, just an intervention
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Yes ma'am, I'll take that dollar
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Doesn't even matter I'm a Fulbright scholar
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I'd rather be a modest, but I need to show it
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There's a lot of pretty girls, but a queen better know shit
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Femmes, rebels, meddle with gender
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Realness bores me, I'm a better pretender
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Brooklyn witches, revolutionary
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Come up with a read (That's better than hairy)
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New York, New York, New York, New York
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We are, we are, we are, we are (Club, Legend, Art, Theatre)
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We own everything, we are New York
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(Ooh)
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Club, Legend, Art, Theatre
verse 3
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Stretch, kick, curtain up
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Don't pop the head, it's showtime folks
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An actress ain't got coins for cabs
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That's why I paint for subway dads
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Judy, Julie, Audrey too
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As a little boy, I lived for you
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Now I'm a dame, I own the stage
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Five, six, seven, eight, off the page
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Y'all might think I live for drama
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I just want you to feel mama
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Showy queen, that's my name
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Subway fish is how I came
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Express, create, the theatre's safe
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Don't come for me, 'cause Love Trumps Hate
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Life imitates art. Dreams come true
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NYC, I'm coming through
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New York, New York, New York, New York
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We are, we are, we are, we are (Club, Legend, Art, Theatre)
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We own everything, we are New York
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(Ooh)
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Club, Legend, Art, Theatre
verse 4
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Touch this skin, what's it feel like to you?
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I'm a nightmare dressed as a dream come true
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I'm a banjee cunt, don't call me that for nothin'
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I spin and I dip and the tricks, that's stuntin'
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I'm getting my tens, all I see is these fives
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Pussy on point, nails sharp like knives
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Stone the stones, I got stones on my ring
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'Cause I'm opulent bitch, that means I own everything
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Pop that shit, I'm a bubblegum bitch
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Grab on my ass, you like liquorice?
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I'm sweet like candy but I'm hot like a pepper
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Bitches ain't shit, 'cause they know they know better
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Eyes on me, and my looks break necks
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Model-esque body, serve straight up sex
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You can never get enough, I'm the bitch that you love
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Just call me the Queen of Clubs
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New York, New York, New York, New York
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We are, we are, we are, we are (Club, Legend, Art, Theatre)
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We own everything, we are New York
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(Ooh)
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Club, Legend, Art, Theatre
Outro
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New York, New York, New York
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New York, we are New York
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Ohh,
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We are, we are, New York
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Ohh, We are