I took a walk across the Brooklyn Bridge

The new graffiti says that life's a b***h

And now I hear this bridge is falling down

Someone will steal it 'fore it hits the ground

Now I wanna go out walking in my own neighborhood

Where I was just a little girl and life was good

But the boys are on the corner gonna f**k with me

I'm gonna keep on walking they don't see

This is my town

I was born and raised

On these streets

This is my town oh yeah

Oh yeah my town

Too many people are on the street tonight

It's way too hot someone's looking for a fight

What a mess of faces in an endless sea

I'm getting tired of all this energy

And I guess

I could just pick it up and move outside of town

And listen to the crickets when the sun goes down

But then we couldn't hear them playing down at S O B s

Where my friend Lincoln can get us in for free

And this is my town

I grew up too fast

On these streets

Hey this is my town oh yeah

Hey yeah yeah

This is my town oh yeah

Tonight the rain is falling

Falling down

The lights outside keep changing

Without a sound oh yeah

Now let's just take a train down into Chinatown

Past the house of candles

You know they burned it down

Tomorrow is the Puerto Rican Day Parade

They'll be dancing in the streets

Come to carry me away

And this is my town

I was born and raised

On these streets

This is my town

I'm walking down

These mean streets

It's a big bad town

This is my town

Hey yeah yeah this is my

Oh my town

I said yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah

Yeah yeah yeah yeah