"Hello Brooklyn 2.0"
Hello Brooklyn
How you doin’?
Where you goin’?
Can I come to?
—Jay-Z feat. Lil Wayne
PHOTOS BY ROBEL KASSA/PARADIGM84
"Brooklyn"
Sometimes I feel like my only friend
Is the city I live in, is beautiful Brooklyn
—Mos Def
"Brooklyn Blues"
Now I've come home to finish
finish my Brooklyn Blues
—Barry Manilow
“Brooklyn’s Finest"
Peep the style and the way the cops sweat us
The number one question is can the Feds get us?
—Jay-Z and Notorious B.I.G.
“Brooklyn Girls”
BK girls down wit that ride or die
So I always keep one right by my side
—Charles Hamilton
“Brooklyn (Go Hard)”
I'm a Brooklyn boy
I may take some gettin' use to
—Jay-Z ft. Santogold
"Lighters Up (Welcome to Brooklyn)"
In the concrete jungle
The strong stand and rumble
The weak fold and crumble
It's the land of trouble
—Lil' Kim
"Brooklyn"
You started with nothing but throwaways,
You couldn't live with me so you moved to,
Brooklyn
—Jessie Malin
“Brooklyn”
Brooklyn
Child of rhythm riding on a moonlit star
Brooklyn
Pretty daughter born with a smile
—Donna Summer
"Dienda"
Let the harmony ring
With the promise of spring
On a Brooklyn street
—Sting
"Somewhere in Brooklyn"
Little miss perfect sitting at the train stop,
Red nike high tops listening to hip-hop
—Bruno Mars
"Brooklyn Babies"
Growin' up as a Brooklyn baby,
This is how I live my life…
—RZA
"Kickin’ 4 Brooklyn"
That’s the thing about Brooklyn
They never get enough
Of the rap and the music
And all the good stuff
—MC Lyte
