King Of The New York Streets

People called me the scandalizer
The world was my appetizer
I turned gangs into fertilizer
King of the New York streets

I broke hearts like window panes
For breakfast, I'd eat nails and chains
To my kingdom I'd proclaim
King of the New York streets
We work or we sing

You know, I flood my accelerator
All the way to the equator
Just a local gladiator
Here come the king of the New York streets

Well, I was only 16 years old
So what could I have known?
In my mind these passing years
The legend sure has grown

Now people come from miles around
To see my royal tenement crown
Always up and never down
King of the New York streets

Check it out
Schools gave me nothing needed
To my throne I proceeded
Every warning went unheeded
Yeah, king of the New York streets, we walk tall

I stood tall from all this feeling
I bumped my head on heaven's ceiling
Shooting dice and double-dealing
King of the New York streets

Well, I was only 16 years old
So what could I have known?
In my mind these passing years
The legend sure has grown

You know, each time I jumped behind the wheel
Of a pin-striped custom Oldsmobile
The guys would bow and the girls would squeal
They say king of the New York streets

Oh, local bullies I deflated
Backstreet jive that I translated
Top ten girls were all that I dated
King of the New York streets, we walk the sand

I didn't need no bodyguard
I just ruled from my backyard
Living fast, living hard
King of the New York streets
Check it out, we walk in the city
Yeah

Well, I was wise in my own eyes
I awoke one day and I realized
You know this attitude comes from cocaine lies



Credits
Writer(s): William J. Joseph Tuohy, Dion Di Mucci
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