NY Shining Talib Kweli & Z-Trip (Ft. Greg Nice & Styles P)

[Intro: Greg Nice & Z-Trip]
Trying to make a dollar out a dime and some pennies (pennies, pennies)
Tryin’ to make a dollar
(Rock, rock, rock, rock)
Make a dollar, make a dollar, make a dollar
*Rock for a fee, rock for a fee)
Tryin’ to, Tryin’, Tryin’ to make a dollar out a dime
(Rock, rock, rock, rock)
(Don’t ever ever think of jerkin’ me)
Uh, ey, it’s Greg eh eh N-I-C-E, I’m in the place to be uh
With my brother Kweli, uh
Check it out, uh
Brooklyn in the house, uh
Money making Manhattan in the house
Staten Island in the house, uh
The Q borough Queens in the house, uh
Boogey down

[Hook]
I’m a New York kid (eh)
With New York means
And New York dreams (all day all night)
That live in me
My destination is destiny
Soon you will see (I be)
Me shining (I be)
Shining (you know I be)
Shining (all day)
Shining (you know I be)
Shining (yeah we be)
Shining (yeah we be)
Shining
Shining (uh)