YOU CAN’T HAVE NEW YORK

Author: Monique Bingham Composer: Quentin Harris 2004 VERSE MABYE I SHOULD LEAVE HER SHE DONE ME WRONG SHE MADE ME A BELIEVER FOR MUCH TOO LONG I’VE HAD ENOUGH HAD ENOUGH OF FUCKING WITH STRANGERS THE ATMOSPHERE THE NIGHT MAKES EVERYONE SEEM PROFOUND THE THOUGHT OF ALL THE MONEY AND THE MADNESS AND DANGER THE ENERGY YOU FEEL IT COMING UP FROM THE GROUND HAVE YOU? I’VE BEEN. NO THEN? YOU SHOULD. IT WAS, WHAT’S THE, WORD IT’S, SO GOOD HAVE YOU? I’VE BEEN. NO THEN. YOU MUST. I CAN’T DESCRIBE, IT WAS, IT’S JUST. CHORUS YOU CAN’T HAVE NEW YORK SHE’S A HIGH CLASS WHORE YOU CAN’T AFFORD AND YOU WON’T LIVE ON THE PARK NO DOORMAN TO HAIL TAXIS FOR YOU AND YOU CAN’T HAVE NEW YORK GON’ GET PRICED OUT OF UPTOWN IF YOU KEEP FUCKIN ‘ROUND WHAT WHEN SHE START WINKING HER EYE TWINKLING HER LIGHTS THEY JUST AS BRIGHT FROM JERSEY CITY VERSE MAYBE IM NOT REALY COOL AND SHE KNEW ALL ALONG IF SHE DON’T FIND YOU BEAUTIFUL YOU’LL NEVER BELONG I’VE HAD IT WITH HAD IT WITH HER PLAYING MY EGO CONVINCED ME THAT THERE AINT NO OTHER PLACE WORTH A DAMN SHE TURNED ME INTO JUST ANOTHER FRUSTRATED NEGRO SURROUNDED BY A BUNCH A SHIT I’M NEVER GON’ HAVE CHORUS YOU CAN’T HAVE NEW YORK SHE’S A HIGH CLASS WHORE YOU CAN’T AFFORD AND YOU WON’T LIVE ON THE PARK NO DOORMAN TO HAIL TAXIS FOR YOU AND YOU CAN’T HAVE NEW YORK GON’ GET PRICED OUT OF UPTOWN IF YOU KEEP FUCKIN ‘ROUND WHAT WHEN SHE START WINKING HER EYE TWINKLING HER LIGHTS THEY JUST AS BRIGHT FROM JERSEY CITY