Uhm, ah   Check it out   Uh   Yeah, uh, check it out   Um      {Lil Dap}   East New York express, brothers don't try to flex   Only real brothers on these trains, and we know what's best   Deep meditation, when we start to ride over rhymes   High port pole, we junction and my chain, it shines   My confusion on the streets, and we maintain the peace   Lockin shit down, like masons with coke on the street   Passing down my sound, my hype lyrics from the over ground   To dope, they comin close and brothers tried to approach   So I hid my stash, when I hit Nostra Ave   Pickin up oils and answer to create a new path   Possibilities of law corrupt cops are messing up   Lockin up the wrong brothers, when they should be let out   Next stop, downtown, deez cats had it locked down   Sittin vertically and horizontally all around   So we maintain our focus and hold the fort down   'cause we from East New York, and we do get around   Going uptown and see my man Nutcracker yo   Brainsick, are you ready to rock this show   Big Poppa Politics got my people locked down   So we jungle thru our music, sharing love thru the town      Chorus: Lil Dap      Some people understand, some people don't   Some people realize, some people won't   Keep it real to my people in the streets you see   Understand the street knowledge was your only key   Some sisters understand, some sisters don't   Some sisters realize, some sisters won't   Keep it real to my sisters in the streets you see   Understand the street knowledge was your only key      {Melachi The Nutcracker}   Recreation of life, is a natural beauty   Enhance technicians to do their duty   Evaluations, of all situations   Excellent specialists, with information   Opportunity treatment, for the community   Re borough businesses, arrange by families   Additional support, and sternly thought   Do not get caught, yo for negative things   Destructive problems or what it brings   Independency involves emotional distress   Without focus, yo it's a big mess   Dependency, I have a room for a neighbor   Infasize individuals with different behaviors   Mentally fit, so you can stay legit   Of the structure values, on this unit   Sick ethic, social economic backgrounds   Exhibit extreme, all though protected in this town   Education is the main priority   Because there is too poverty in this society   Uptown, downtown we gotta pay rent   Prevent the bad, relay are sin   Don't get bent, because you smokin off the sess   We from New York on the A Train X-Press, x-press      Chorus: Lil Dap      Some sisters understand, some sisters don't   Some sisters realize, some sisters won't   Keep it real to my sisters in the streets you see   Understand the street knowledge was your only key   Some brothers understand, some brothers don't   Some brothers keep it real, some brothers won't   Keep it real to my brothers in the streets you see   Understand the street knowledge was your only key   Some people understand, some people don't   Some people realize, some people won't   Keep it real to my people in the streets you see   Understand the street knowledge was your only key, key      Uh, check it out   East New York style   check it out, check it out