(Can you say New York City?)   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey      (Can you say New York City?)   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey      Have seen Ma$e do it, seen Ye do it   X came through, caught lighter fluid   Still I came through it, clap for 'em   But I'm the Blueprint, I'm like the map for 'em      I dropped another classic, make Puff pass it   Nobody could touch Puff back when Puff had it   Wayne's scorching, I'll applaud him   If he keep going, pass the torch to him      50 came through like hurricanes do   I thought I'd finish his ass at Summer Jam 2   I had the 'Illmatic' on bootleg   Shit was so ahead, thought we was all dead      Wayne did 'A Milli', 50 did a millie, Ye too   But what Em did was silly, the white boy blossomed   After Dre endorsed him, his flow on renegade   Fucking awesome, applaud him      (Can you say New York City?)   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey      (Can you say New York City?)   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey      Snoop Dogg did, Nelly came down   Face Mobb, kept it ghetto for the H-town   Luda moved digits after he moved bitches   Drake's up next, see what he'll do with it      Rule had a run, couple movie parts   T.I literally wanted to shoot up the charts   Wadup Jeezy, what it do?   Y'all remind me of us in early '92      Outkast landed, 3-thou was ill   Like a male version of Lauren Hill   Mobb Deep shook it but Prodigy took it a lil' too far   Can't fuck with Brooklyn      Wu-Tang gang bang, Meth ate   Rae' took on the date with the Purple Tape   Passed on to Ason and then Ghostface   They had a hell of a run, standing ova, hey      Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey      And I am one of one   Can't you see just along my front?   My brain, new Lou sun shine   Been a star since I was back in one time   One time give it up for him      December 4th, a star was born, clap for him   He went from moving that corner   To this corner office is so enormous   Hey, Pres Carter watch him get a Monica on all day      Hey, got so many different monikers   But only one Jay, they come they go   Some real some foe, some friends some hoes   But no I goes nowhere, this Hov      (Can you say New York City?)   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey      (Can you say New York City?)   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey      And could I be a star   This fame in this game have to change who you are   Could I be the same one who came from a far away life?   Just to make it in this Broadway lights      Now shining in the broad day light, go figure   A slow transition from a lil' broke nigga from the Ville   Got a deal a real life saver   Dreams of being behind the wheel like Jada      I chill now couple of lil' ice later   Cole, you go the glow like a lil' light-saber   So clap for him then applaud Hov, he gave him a platform   Flow so sick, thought he wrote the rap for him, no sir      The flow's cold as a shoulder of a gold   Digging hoes when a broke nigga approaches   Told ya, I'm focused man   I'll let you muthafuckers soak it in      (Can you say New York City?)   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey      (Can you say New York City?)   Everyday a star is born   Clap for 'em, clap for 'em, clap for 'em, hey