Niggas done started something If you love the money, then prepare to die for it You can lay in the flames, or hug the sky for it Yo, ay yo let's get papers and pop Mo' with hoes up in skyscrapers In condominiums, overlooking our drug capers New York

Life goes on and if I'm wrong I guess I'll burn in flames Bend up the river and nothing down the drain And I wish I had a pocket full of gold If I'm a sinner then I don't feel ashamed Na na na na na, na na na na na So throw your sticks and throw your

But does it matter then See everything go End of all things The life that we know Shift your point of view You've been warned This one-way ticket is for you When all the laughter dies We'll see nothings and realize

They say into your early life romance came And in this heart of yours burned a flame A flame that flickered one day and died away Then, with disillusion deep in your eyes You learned that fools in love soon grow wise The years have changed you, somehow I

Now they'll know First a spark Then a flame Into the darkest of nights Cut the cord Lines are dead

Judge me now A king in my own mind Everything's in place The night close my eyes (and then I close my eyes) Used to be afraid to let it show, bow down So much brighter from today The king in my own mind Spinning, further deeper I know you're out to try me

From the coming dawn, That seeks to drown us in the flames But if we sell our soul, For the chance of gold, Then we'll rue each passing day! Come on lets Save our lives, The city grieves, like widows clasping Folded flags against their hearts

A touch of the wind and it's gone I grow fonder, girl I grow fonder I wish I could help it Into my window of calm Want only to take the flame To the bridge of dawn It feels just like velvet Ooh then it's gone Yeah, alright, yeah

True to truth somehow But never truly lied at all, then and now (But never truly lied at all, then and now) I put A$AP on my tat (woo!), I put New York on the map (woo!) I put the gang on the flames (woo!), they gon' remember the name They robbin' boys

Come raise your lantern to the sky While the world sleeps we are awake Can we illuminate this night We'll dance like heathens round our flame And let's illuminate this night (Raise your lantern to the sky) This night will fall like any other Daylight