Where It Started At (NY) Hi-Tek (Ft. Dion Jenkins, Jadakiss, Papoose, Raekwon & Reflection Eternal)

[Produced by Hi-Tek]

[Intro: Sample + Hi-Tek]
"Where do I start?"
Let's see, what they wan' hear?

[Hook: Dion + Jadakiss + Samples]
Let me see where I start at
(Uh)
Hood cats are part of where it started at
(No doubt)
We hustle hard to keep the sharks fed
(Yeah)
For the score, go to war like a Jarhead
(Hi-Tek!)
New York! New York! New York! New York! New York!
(Wooh! Eh-hah!)
New York! New York! New York! New York! New York!
("We're gonna take you all on a little trip to New York City")
("With her first 'Hello'—")

[Verse 1: Jadakiss]
Uh, got a lot of heart, best part is I'm clever too
Hand skills, hawk work, gun play, whatever, Duke
Ecstasy, oxy, Vicodin, powder
Ari, Haze, Diesel, Sour
Dust juice, loosies, turbans, kufis
Hand guns is petite, the shotties is doofy
Telling in is not nice, a lot of niggas got life
Everything is good in my bank except cocked dice
Harlems, Jordans, the hood can't afford them
So they bootlegged them, now everybody sport them
Dorms, cells, packages, mail
Warrants, bails, everything's real now