NY State of Mind Part 1 or Part 2?

[lowkey0z]

which part yall goin' with?

There was a snitch on the block getting nikkas knocked
So hold your stash 'til the coke price drop
I know this crackhead who said she got to smoke nice rock
And if it's good, she'll bring you customers in measuring pots
But yo, you gotta slide on a vacation, inside information
Keeps large nikkas erasin' and their wives basin'
It drops deep as it does in my breath
I never sleep, ‘cause sleep is the cousin of death
Beyond the walls of intelligence, life is defined
I think of crime when I'm in a New York state of mind

Be having dreams that I'm a gangsta
Drinking Moets, holding TEC's
Making sure the cash came correct, then I stepped
Investments in stocks, sewing up the blocks to sell rocks
Winning gunfights with mega-cops
But just a nikka walking with his finger on the trigger
Make enough figures until my pockets get bigger
I ain't the type of brother made for you to start testin'
Give me a Smith & Wesson, I have nikkas undressin'

Had eight partners growin up, eight turned to seven
Seven turned to six nikkas, got two in heaven
Six of us, holdin it, now it's five rollin thick
The sixth one's parole flipped; five nikkas, went to four quick
When he went O.T., college life, converted into gangbangin
Four nikkas still hangin, years passin and slang changin
Three of us now, fourth nikka ain't around
We all thought he was real -- he did the snake shyt
Fake shyt -- beat his ass down, yo his mouth
Could've got us all wasted, what a fukkin clown
All I got left in the end is two of my best friends
And we all goin out, to the death for these ends, WHAT?

 

[Deltron]

1 is iconic/legendary, but my personal preference is part 2.

The unofficial sequel w/ Alicia Keys is dope as hell too.

 

[the cac mamba]

1, but 2 is one of the most underrated beats ever

 

[pointproven214]

ny state of mind easily.

 

[JAY?]

1 pretty easily
2 is ehh to me
Part 3 is better than 2

 

[ChuckTaylor84]

Part 1 hands down because without it there wouldn't be a part 2 lol

 

[MidnightMercenary]

Part 1

 

[street heat]

1 has better lyrics, 2 better beat

 

[Juggalo Fred]

part uno

 

[Roberto Firmino]

Dos

 

[Menelik II]

2 > 1. 1 will always be held as the classic though, the original.

 

[RichForever]

The original

 

[1ncognegro]

Part 2

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

the original but part 2 is incredible and so is the streets of new york remix with alicia keys and rakim

 

[Sensitive Blake Griffin]

New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin'
Musician, inflictin' composition of pain
I'm like Saddam Hussein
Still alive lookin' at his dead children's burnt remains
I birthed the game, learnt you lames a new lesson





ra killed it

I'm from the home of a million legends and trend settin'
A lot of footsteps to follow, I been steppin'
Mind stressin' tryna find direction, crime spreadin'
Time precious, I ain't have rest since 9/11
I live fast, hustle like today is my last
I get cash, the struggle's like a day on the Ave
Crack, D and raw, gats squeezin off
Manhattan streets in awe from casualties of war
The eve of the Apocalypse, evil people in politics
Every block is at risk, the metropolitan metropolis
The opposite of Liza Minnelli and Frank Sinatra
Alicia Keys, Nas and Ra the gangsta's opera
So New York City walk with me, talk gritty