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A storm is on the way, but were good we gather for a common purpose to say welcome back, new York City. Give yourselves a round of applause. Lets figure out who is In The House. Manhattan, where are you. Queens, where are you. Brooklyn, where you at . Bronx. And lets not forget Staten Island. Lets not forget it. So lets give it up. No, no, no, Staten Island, We Love You. No, no, no. Give it up for the rest of the country and the world. We are here to say this is a way out, even if it takes a little time to get there. You know it has taken a minute. I know we are done with covid, but covid aint done with us. And we have to remember that. Wherever you are watching from, please, stay strong. You will get through this. You will get through this. But for the next five hours, were going to party New York style. You are all invited. You can wear whatever you like. You can bring whatever you like. When they asked me to do this, i asked whats the attire. They said we have no attire. Wear a bright color. Bright color. Bright color. And lets not miss this. At 4 59, The Sun came out. The sun came out lets kick this off. Welcome to we love new York City, the Homecoming Concert brought to you by Clive Davis. Thank you, clive, and live nation. Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, cool cats and kittens and puppies you love, welcome one of the greatest Symphony Orchestras in the world. And they belong here in New York, conducted by marinosov. This is the new York Philharmonic. [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] it is the we love new York City Homecoming Concert, featuring john baptiste, andrea bocelli, Stephen Colbert, Ll Cool Jay and friends, elvis costello. Clive davis, Mayor Bill de blasio, earth, wins and fire. Kenny Baby Face edwards. Cynthia areva. Jimmy fallon, Jennifer Hudson, Wyclef Jean, the killers, maluma, Barry Manilow, Julia Mike also. Carlos santana. Jp sacks. Senator chuck schumer. Paul simon, patty smith. Bruce springsteen. Love thomas and more. One of my favorite childhood memories when my brother and i decided to raise money to go to Puerto Rico and see our mom. We looked at Each Other. Tourists are important for Street Performers because theyre really part of it. It is really satisfying for the soul. New york is back, music is back. Travel is certainly back. The best loved tenor in the world, mellow yet powerful timber resonated to the tune of 82 Million records sold worldwide. A Pop Star but also a refined opera singer, hes living testimony of the italian vocal tradition. Ladies and gentlemen, andrea bocelli. Thank you for this incredible invitation in this city where i lived. The most beautiful memories of my career. And especially here in Central Park ten years ago, unforgettable for me. So i decided to sing this song because this song speaks about a storm and the song says that after the storm is a golden sky. And all together, we crossed a terrible storm. And we are here to say to this storm stop, it is over. [ cheers and applause ] as you know, after the storm always comes back The Sun, and i want to bring the Beautiful Sun of my country with a song, the most famous italian song, fthan you very much. Grammy winner, Academy Award winner, critically acclaimed starve the Aretha Franklin Bio pic, respect, welcome the incomparable Jennifer Hudson [ cheers and applause ] [ cheers and applause ] Coming Up, Carlos Santana and rob thomas. And later, Ll Cool Jay and friends. Elvis costello and bruce springsteen. We love new York City, the homing coming concert, is presented by the Citi Custom Cash card. Earn Cash Back that automatically adjusts to where your spending is trending. Card t Rewards Rashida and dan where their spending is trending. Just ask fifth class this week rashida. Rashida dan, no pain, no gain. Okay . Dan yeah i know, its just. Hello . Claire, what . Fire . Or always road tripping on empty dan. 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Sweet, i get that too and mine has 5g included. Thats cool, but ours save us serious clamaroonies. Relax people, my wireless is crushing it. Thats because you all have Xfinity Mobile with your internet. Its wireless so good, it keeps one upping itself. I am Cnn Meteorologist chad myers. Back to the concert in a bit. The 5 00 advisory from the national hurricane center, it is still a hurricane. 75 miles per hour Hurricane Henri, moving north, 300 miles south of Long Island now. Hurricane warnings are in effect all the way from rhode island, through connecticut and Long Island obviously itself. The storm will get a bit stronger overnight, then lose a little power in a slightly cooler Air South of Long Island, Cooler Water as well. It will turn to the right and move away, thats still 24 hours of rainfall in some spots over New England. What are the real threats . Three to five foot of storm surge. The threat is also full moon. High tides are higher during full moon. Three to five, plus high tide, that could be more than you would see without full moon. South shore likely erosion. Rainfall coming down. Obviously, this place, i dont know if you paid attention to this, there have been 10 to 15 inches of rain across New York and New England in the past two months. The ground is saturated and the trees have leaves on them. When the wind starts to blow and we start to get that water running off, these trees, roots are in mud. And this wind will bring trees down. We will certainly see Hundreds Of Thousands of Power Outages up here, even with the storm thats only 70 miles per hour. Now back to the concert. Emmy award winning journalist, cohost of cbs this morning, and fellow New Yorker, ladies and gentlemen, please welcome gayle king. It just happened to me during the commercial break, somebody went hey, gayle, i looked up, it was Stephen Colbert who will be on the stage a little later tonight. Before we go to prompter, guys, can we acknowledge what just happened here, new York Philharmonic made me so proud we live in this city. Jennifer hudson, i just said to her, jennifer, what was that, she goes it was an out of body experience, but she certainly fed off the crowd. So thank you. Thank you, guys. It is so great. I am so thrilled and proud to be here in Central Park with friends. We are friends, we are friends. We are vaccinated. We are tested. Im going to say that again. We are vaccinated. We are tested. People have been texting me, saying gayle, the crowd is awfully close. But let me tell you something, Clive Davis runs a tight ship. When i came in yesterday, i checked in, they said we know who you are, we need to see your id. Now we need to see your covid test. Now we need to see your vaccination. They aint playing. So i have so missed this. And i find, dont you find it is simple things you miss. I am finding, i say this all the time, i am even missing people i dont like. Was i really mad at that guy . Stuff like your favorite diner, your favorite movie theater, your favorite club. Soon well be able to go to arthur ashe stadium. The u. S. Open is Coming Up in a couple weeks, and of course, broadway. I saw lion king. Broadway. So hello, audience. Think about some of your favorite places, give me ideas. Anybody. Yes. Red rooster. I love red rooster, too. Before we all head back to whatever your favorite place is, please know that we have one hell of a show for you, and make no mistake, it is for you, its about you. Its about you. We thank you, New York, for watching out for Each Other. We thank you for cheering for the essentials. Please, for the essentials. The world is watching us tonight. We want to thank you for getting vaccinated at an outstanding rate. Please encourage others who are not vaccinated to do the same. I have some of them in my own family, it is very frustrating. What do you say we keep this concert going . I think so, too, because we are just getting started. It is impossible, and the word is impossible, to tell the story of American Music without the man thats about to take the stage right now. He is, listen to the credentials, fivetime Grammy Award winning producer and executive, his work spans six decades over which he has been involved with just about every influential artist has ever recorded, anybody you like, he knows. His tireless effort to bring this concert to life tonight, he did this tonight for us, is only one of his amazing achievements in a career marked by oh so many. Ladies and gentlemen, the legendary, going to say that again, legendary Clive Davis. So new York City is and will forever be my hometown. It doesnt just have a place in my heart, it is my heart. I was deeply honored when the mayor personally asked me to present his concert on the Great Lawn of Central Park to officially reopen new York City. Of course, i immediately said yes. I was born and bred in New York. My education at Ps 161 in brooklyn, out of Rasmus Hall high school in brooklyn, and invaluable all my life. Once again it is music that will be the messenger. Music that became my passion, it changed my life forever. And so of course i got to work with many of the iconic performers that i worked with and bonded with becoming lifelong friends. I wanted every genre of music represented tonight. And my team of my son, Doug Davis and Mark Johnson and Patrick Mentin joined me in securing the other brilliant artists youll unforgetably see this evening. I want to say thank you to jeff gordon, jason miller, and everyone at live nation. And to all of the wonderful players and to All Of You music fans throughout the world who continue to support music in ever increasing numbers. So tonight, tonight i only ask one thing. When youre having a great time, Go On and cheer loud, loud enough so they hear you all the way to brooklyns crown heights. After all, thats where i grew up. As a quintessential forever loyal brooklyn dodger fan, totally loyal New York yankees fan, thats what i always like to hear in every Field And Today in yankee stadium. So All Of You out there, i hope this evening you have a stern and really memorable night celebrating music and celebrating the reopening of our great new York City. Thank you. So now it is my great pleasure, my great pleasure to bring to the stage to perform an artist who is so very special to me. I signed him twice. And each time he made music history. He will be joined by the historic music man, Wyclef Jean, and product gmb, and following that, he will be joined by that great artist with the truly spectacular voice, rob thomas. Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome the one and only, Carlos Santana. Ladies and gentlemen, hey this is the sound of Wyclef Jean with Carlos Santana. New York City, wave your Hands Side to side. Rock with me now. Youre about to get down to the sounds of Carlos Santana played by Carlos Santana. Throw your hands in the air, wave like you just dont care. Throw your Hands Up throw your Hands Up. Stop the looting stop the shooting, pick pocking on the corner, see as the rich is getting richer the poor is getting poorer. See maria on the corner looking at ways to make it better signed by the judge said see you later. Maria maria remind me of a west Side Story. Growing up in Spanish Harlem she living a life just like a Movie Star oh, maria, maria she fell in love in east l. A. To the sounds of the guitar, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, played by Carlos Santana put your Hands Up. Come on the streets are getting hotter theres no War On Terror to put out the fire see maria on the corner, thinking of ways to make it better then i looked up in the sky lets go, lets go maria, you know youre my lover when the wind blows, i can feel you through the weather and even when we are apart it still feels like were together maria, oh yeah remind me of a west Side Story growing up in Spanish Harlem she living a life just like a Movie Star oh, maria, maria oh, she fell in love in east l. A. To the sounds of the guitar, played by Carlos Santana lets go lets go, maria everybody, wave, wave, wave lets go, lets go in the place, wyclef, we got no time to waste. New York City, put your Hands Up, Carlos Santana is in the place. One time for afghanistan, one time for new York City. Put your hands in the air, let the people of africa see you, let the people of haiti see you, brooklyn, new York City [ cheers and applause ] ladies and gentlemen, please welcome rob thomas. [ applause ] new York City, when i say move, you say move. When i point to you, you say move. Are you with me . This is my home. This is our time. Are you with me . Are you with us . You got me losing my head, i dont know what i said you got me spinning around and around i make sure that im right but ive been peeling tonight, you can make all the walls come down the way you hold me in close, you got me saying move i want in a see You Move like youre working it out now im begging for You Move, now stay like that, you cant go back cause the feeling makes You Move, uhhuh, hey, hey let me see You Move, let me see You Move i want to see You Move let me see You Move, like youre burning the house down i want in a see You Move like youre working it out now im begging for You Move, now stay like that, you cant go back cause the feeling makes You Move, uhhuh, hey hey i want in a see You Move, let me see You Move [ cheers and applause ] and if you said this life aint good enough i would give my world to lift you up i could change my life to better suit your mood because youre so smugt and its just like the ocean under the moon its the same as the emotion that i get from you you got the kind of loving that can be so smooth, yeah, give me your heart, make It Real, or else forget about it but ill tell you one thing, if you would leave it would be a crying shame in every breath and every word, i hear your name and its calling me out out from the barrio, you hear my rhythm on your radio you feel the turning of the world, so soft and slow, but its turning you round and round and if you said this life aint good enough i would give my world to lift you up i could change my life to better suit your mood because youre so smooth well, and its just like the ocean under the moon its the same as the emotion that i get from you you got the kind of loving that can be so smooth give me your heart, make It Real its like the ocean under the moon its the same as the emotion that i get from you you got the kind of loving that can be so smooth, yeah, give me your heart, make It Real, or else forget about it or else forget about it, or else forget about it oh, lets forget about it give me your heart, make It Real i dont forget about it yeah, yeah i cant believe that its real, the way that you make me feel give me your heart, make It Real, or else forget about it Carlos Santana love you guys so much. 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Thats the good news. This certainly doesnt look like an intensifying hurricane. We have a few showers in new jersey, well have to watch the concert to make sure they dont get rain on. But the storm is not forecast to be a hurricane at landfall. But 70 miles per hour on top of other systems that have been stuck for a long time. Storm surge two. Now back to the concert. Ladies and gentlemen, once again, my friend gayle king. Thank you, cassidy. Guys, this has only been the first hour. You should see whats happening backstage. In the beginning of the show we were crying with andrea and the philharmonic and jennifer. Now after carlos and rob thomas, everybody is dancing. Listen, thats just in the first hour. Were just getting started. Oh, i cant wait, you guys have a treat tonight. But now, this is somebody we thought you should meet. This is Johnny G. They know you, Johnny G. Very nice, very nice. Johnny has a hot Dog Carton 46th and broadway for 40 years. Hes part of New Yorks backbone. We all know people like that. He took a corner and he built a life. And now we build our recovery on that. Johnny, we thank you. We thank you for being part of New York. Johnny wants you to know the hot dogs are open for business on 46th and broadway. Dont you want them to know that . What do you want to say . Im ready. We are back. And i will be waiting for everyone. All right. [ applause ] as someone in this section right here said, Johnny G i just met johnny five minutes ago. So here we go. [ Audience Chants Johnny G ] we got more of the show. Thank you, section. We got more of the show. Bruce springsteens coming later. Ll cool j, coming later. But we got something very special for you right now. Exactly one month before the shutdown, these next performers rereleased if the world was ending, i love that song, with sam smith, h. E. R. , keith urban, and phineas oconnell, love him too. Each artist filmed their part on their phones while self isolating. The result, a 2021 grammy nomination, thank you very much. New York City, you know how to do this. Please welcome to the stage the writer of the huge hits lose you to love me by the lovely selena gomez, sorry by justin bieber, and her smash, she got issues. Shes with her cowriter, if the world was ending, a Grammy Winner songwriter. Who are we going to see . Julia michaels and jp saxe. [ applause ] i was distracted in traffic, i didnt feel it when the earthquake happened you would come over and stay at night would you love me for the hell of it all our fears would be irrelevant if the world was ending, youd come over, right the sky would be falling and i would hold you tight and there wouldnt be a reason why we would even have to say goodbye if the world was ending, youd come over, right right, if the world was ending, youd come over, right i tried to imagine your reaction it didnt scare me when the earthquake happened but It Really got me thinking that night we went drinking stumbled In The House and didnt make it past the kitchen oenchts its been a year now, think ive figured out how how to think about you without it ripping my heart out i know, you know, we know you werent down for forever and its fine i know, you know, we know we werent meant for Each Other and its fine but if the world was ending youd come over, right youd come over and say youd stay the night would you love me for the hell of it, all our fears would be irrelevant if the world was ending, youd come over, right the sky would be falling whiled hold you tight no, there wouldnt be a reason why we would even have to say goodbye if the world was ending, youd come over, right i know, you know, we know you werent down for forever and its fine i know, you know, we know we werent meant for Each Other and its fine but if the world was ending youd come over, right youd come over and youd stay the night would you love me for the hell of it, all our fears would be irrelevant if the world was ending, youd come over, right thank you, New York. Thank you guys so much, We Love You. [ cheers and applause ] Coming Up, Kane Brown and later, journey, polo g, and paul simon. We love new York City, the Homecoming Concert, is presented by citi. For the love of reuniting. For the love of progress. Citi. Millions of vulnerable americans struggle to get reliable transportation to their medical appointments. Thats why i started medhaul. Citi launched the Impact Fund to invest in both women and entrepreneurs of color like me, so i can realize my vision and give everything ive got to my company, and my community. I got you. For the love of people. For the love of community. For the love of progress. Citi. Door Closes Door Closes excited Laughter Ahhh Ohhhh Fridge Closing Crowd Noises cheering laughter if you have postmenopausal osteoporosis and a high risk for fracture, now might not be the best time to ask yourself. are my bones strong . life is full of Make Or Break moments. 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Our next performer is expanding what Country Music can be. Hes had the rare honor of winning Ama Awards for favorite country artist, favorite country song, favorite country album, and he did that all in one year. And if thats not enough, judging by his instagram, he also has the rare honor of being one of those people who somehow got better looking during quarantine. Gayle king to human resources. Hes also one of the nicest, nicest guys on the planet. Please welcome Kane Brown. [ applause ] how yall doing . I just want to dedicate this song for the Front Line workers and everything you did for us this year. Thank you so much. All those little moments are every reason why im homesick this feeling that im feeling, no, its like half of me is missing just holding, onto you tonight until the morning baby, thats the damn truth if Home Is Where The Heart is, im homesick for you well, it says Kane Brown on a sign with a line out the door sold out some little town ive never been before theyre screaming my name, this is what we dreamed about but out here singing about you, baby, all im thinking about is how im homesick this feeling that im feeling, no, it dont quit its like half of me is missing, heaven knows it that all i wanna do is be alone with your brown eyes, all tangled up just holding onto you tonight until the morning baby, thats the damn truth if Home Is Where The Heart is, im homesick for you homesick for you im homesick, this feeling that im feeling, no, it dont quit its like half of me is missing, heaven knows it that all i wanna do is be alone with your brown eyes, just tangled up, just holding onto you tonight until the morning baby, thats the damn truth if Home Is Where The Heart is, im homesick for you homesick for you yeah, yeah thanks to all the Front Line workers, I Love You guys, thank you all so much. Cheers [ cheers and applause ] i got khalid on this next one, this is called Be Like That. How are you all Feeling Today . How about this side, feeling all right . I might be better on my own, i hate you blowing up my phone i wish i never met yo ass, sometimes it Be Like That but im not myself the nights youre gone, there aint no way im moving on im not afraid to need you bad sometimes it Be Like That we both want to love, we both want to slide we both want to argue until were both right and you want a hug, i kiss you good night maybe were both just out of our mind you throw tantrums while im twisting up, no medicine is fixing us cant tell you why but tell you what, you got me thinking i might be better on my own, i hate you blowing up my phone i wish i never met yo ass, sometimes it Be Like That but im not myself the nights youre gone there aint no way im moving on im not afraid to need you bad sometimes it Be Like That i gross the seas with you, wasnt even supposed to be with you yeah, and it gets crazy in the night i cannot sleep with you and i could keep you nice and warm wont do no thinking, im in love if i was to give you the world thats anything that you can think of got too much going to be upset, i swear id rather be your friend i said im gonna be right back, it hurts sometimes it Be Like That thank you guys, so much, god bless you all. [ cheers and applause ] he has done so much for New York and new York City. Ladies and gentlemen, Senate Majority Leader chuck schumer. [ applause ] hey, everybody. Is New York the greatest . Lets hear it for New York. Is my Home Borough of brooklyn In The House . Is queens In The House . Is manhattan In The House . Is Staten Island In The House . Is the bronx In The House . Oh, yeah, New York is back. Now we all know that covid Hit Us first and hardest and longest. And all the naysayers said New York would never come back. They always say that. After 9 11 they said we wouldnt come back. We did. After the financial crisis, they said we wouldnt come back. We did. After sandy they said we wouldnt come back. We did. And now after covid, New York is bigger, better, stronger than ever before. And i want to give a shoutout to the people who made it happen maybe more than anybody else. The Front Line workers, the bus drivers, the nurses, the Grocery Store workers, the doctors, the Health Care workers. Lets have a real shoutout for our brave Front Line workers who brought us through this crisis. And one final thing, folks. New york, we love the arts. The arts make New York great. The arts make New York the greatest city in the world. Thats why i work so hard for save our stages which is going to have broadway open up but also help all those independent little Arts Venues where all our artists get their start. Does New York love the arts . [ applause ] now, we have a great show tonight. Bruce springsteen, paul simon, wow. But we also have a great band Coming Up. When you hear the Word Journey and youre in New York, you sometimes think that means getting on the a train at 207th Street and going all the way to far rockaway. But 80 Million records means this band is one of the greatest in the world. Their message for us is simple. Dont ever stop believing. Give it up for journey. Any way you want it, any way you want it i was alone, i never knew what good love could do ooh, then we touched, then we sang about the loving things ooh, all night, all night, oh, every night so hold tight, hold tight, ooh, baby, hold tight she said any way you want it, thats the way you need it, any way you want it any way you want it, thats the way you need it, any way you want it she said, oh oh, whoa any way you want it, thats the way you need it, any way you want it she said, any way you want it, thats the way you need it, any way you want it [ cheers and applause ] thank you, New York just a small town girl, living in a lonely world she took the Midnight Train going anywhere just a city boy, born and raised in South Detroit he took the Midnight Train going anywhere youre going to take us anywhere, New York a singer in a smoky room, the smell of wine and cheap perfume for a smile they can share the night, tit goes on and on and o and on Strangers Waiting Up And Down the boulevard, their shadows searching in the night streetlights, people, living just to find Emotion Hiding somewhere in the night working hard to get my fill, everybody wants a thrill paying anything to roll t he dice, just one more time some will win, some will lose, some were born to sing The Blues oh, the movie never ends, it goes on and on and on Strangers Waiting, Up And Down the boulevard their shadows searching in the night streetlights, people, living just to find emotion, hiding somewhere in the night dont stop believing, hold on to that feeling streetlight, people dont stop believing, hold on street lights, people dont stop believing, hold on to that feeling streetlight, people hold on to that feeling We Love You New York [ cheers and applause ] Coming Up, ll cool j and friends. And later, earth, wind and fire. Maluma. And the killers. We love new York City the Homecoming Concert is presented by expedia. Official Travel Companion of the Homecoming Concert. It matters who you travel with. If you have this. Consider adding this. An Aarp Medicare Supplement Insurance Plan from unitedhealthcare. Medicare supplement plans help by paying some of what medicare doesnt. And let you see any doctor. Any specialist. Anywhere in the u. S. Who accepts medicare patients. So if you have this. Consider adding this. Call Unitedhealthcare Today for your free decision guide. Im Meteorologist Chad myers with the latest for tropical storm, eventually, henri. Right now still a hurricane but it doesnt look like one. Very ugly picture here. I dont think this is going to last the night, i think well get rid of the Hurricane Status and get it down to a tropical storm, thats the good news. There will be Rain And Flooding around, but we dont want 80 miles per hour, well take 60 or 70. If youre in new York City, theres showers coming in, find your poncho. So far, no lightning. Threetime Emmy Award winner, recipient of the edward r. Murrow award, and spoiler alert, host of Don Lemon tonight, please welcome Don Lemon [ applause ] smile, New York, smile, yay New York, you look beautiful. I love you. Hello, New York. Make some noise. [ cheering ] oh, come on, let me tell you why, im hearing backstage that this is, what, theyre telling me backstage this is like the second loudest The Park has ever been, right . I love hearing the sound of New York. I think we can make it the first. Lets try to make it the first. We have to beat out the barbecue in Prospect Park on saturday. We got to beat out folks in the bronx. Make some noise, New York [ cheering ] thats what i love to hear. So are you ready for this . Are you guys ready for this . Okay. So i am so thrilled, this man, i love this man, and all of the folks who are with him. Yes, me too. Thank you, harlem. Harlem In The House. Just like his ancestors before it, The Blues and jazz, hiphop is an american art form. Its not just one of the most polarizing genres in music but its one of the most powerful mediums on the planet and it was born right here in New York. So celebrating the legacy of New York hiphop, we have some of the architects of rap, rap music, and some of the present stars, and the superstars and future icons, okay . So new York City, again, i want you to make some noise, give the biggest new York City welcome for the first Superstar Rapper to achieve ten consecutive platinum albums, the first Hiphop Heartist to receive a kennedy center award, from hollis, queens, ll cool j, and some of his hiphop family, the Kings And Queens of New York, mellimel and scorpio, french montana, fat joe, a boogie with a hoodie, and busta rhymes. Is New York In The House is New York In The House its a like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how i keep from going under its like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how i keep from going under broken glass everywhere, People Pissing on the stage, you know they just dont care i cant take the smell, cant take the noise, got no money to move out, i guess i got no Choice Rats in the front room, broke dudes in the back junkies in the alley with the Baseball Bat i tried to get away but i couldnt get far cause the man with the judge repossessed my car dont push me cause im close to the edge, im trying to not lose my head its like a jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how i keep from going under Got A New Benz that i aint promoting, yeah, all of my friends love money throwing drrah, dadadaumda let me tell you something about my life, and every single chain, and my diamond rings the way you walking, the way you talkin, its all because of me and the way im all on you, girl, you know its true the way i speak, its my melody dont you ever think its another me girl, on everything, its a lot on me i cannot be seen, i cannot be takin apologies yeah, they plot on me, cause that bag on me yeah, they after me, i got racks on me got the stash on me, think they gassin me yeah, hoodie on low but i stay focused yeah, its hard to stay low when everybody notice, yeah, look back at it, she aint never do this before, but she good at it said she never made love, but she look good at it she make me feel good when i look at it New York the birthplace of hiphop, Baby Nothing can stop me, im All The Way Up i got what you need, show me what you want, i got what you need im All The Way Up, im All The Way Up im All The Way Up, im All The Way Up nothing can stop me, im All The Way Up