While the city sleeps Men are scheming New ways to kill us And tell us dirty lies While the city sleeps Earth is crumbling Everyone talking And doing not a thing While the city sleeps ...

I've got a smile That I put on When I'm not at home When I'm not alone But it is so hard To make that smile 'Cause I know I'll be at home And alone in a while And if I look in a mirror ...

Another rainy day in New York City Softly sweet, so silently it falls As crosstown traffic crawls Memories in my way in New York City Tender, tough, too tragic to be true And nothing i can d...

Wit' yo' glass of Rhemy, you had one ...hing changed, since the days of the Q ...You can catch me at the bar being shady to ...Catch me on the rebound, make at the tunnel ...Catch me on the rebound, or maybe at the tummy ...I'm tipsy from the cab, down the whole bottle of Henney ...You seem off the hook ...Lickin' the lips for real like ...Is you dealing with the cat that's blunted?...To go home wit' the champ a whole round...you from way across the room ...th that Nestle type of smile, ...uch to my lips, put the drink in my hand ...'Till the center my legs expa...From New York City to Chicago too ...Deala of the dancefloor, makin' ...I had the answers for ya danc...I came in the door, 20 or more ...Watch the dancefloor, cause w...spinnin' like a set of rims ...a Butta like a pair of Timbs ...What the deal shorty?, wanna...Take ya back, do the wop wit' me ...Spend the cash like Monopoly

Wit' yo' glass of Rhemy, you had one ...hing changed, since the days of the Q ...You can catch me at the bar being shady to ...Catch me on the rebound, make at the tunnel ...Catch me on the rebound, or maybe at the tummy ...I'm tipsy from the cab, down the whole bottle of Henney ...You seem off the hook ...Lickin' the lips for real like ...Is you dealing with the cat that's blunted?...To go home wit' the champ a whole round...you from way across the room ...th that Nestle type of smile, ...uch to my lips, put the drink in my hand ...'Till the center my legs expa...From New York City to Chicago too ...Deala of the dancefloor, makin' ...I had the answers for ya danc...I came in the door, 20 or more ...Watch the dancefloor, cause w...spinnin' like a set of rims ...a Butta like a pair of Timbs ...What the deal shorty?, wanna...Take ya back, do the wop wit' me ...Spend the cash like Monopoly

Chicago gets along so well ...The wind comes off the lakes so cold it freezes Chicago didn't try to make ...But the dishes were all dir...I really know about Chicago is what I learned from Windy City Anne ...aught me some about Chicago ...There were lines of discontent there in...elped me know about Chicago I helped her do the dishes at her place...The sounds of old Chicago through the windows ...my thoughts to meet the day ...helped her dirty up the dishes rememberin' ...The bus pulled out to Fort Wayne Indiana Chicago slowly faded out of sight ...I suppose the people are just people it was just another Windy City night ...ed a lot from Windy City Ann

I got the surprise, the surprise of my life...Chicago, Chicago...The toddlin' town, the toddlin' town...Chicago, Chicago...tom dollar you lose the blues in Chicago, Chicago...The town that Billy Sun...I had the time, the time of my life...In Chicago, Chicago...Chicago, Chicago...Chicago, Chicago... walk with me along the lake...To the great holler and hoot, all through the loop...cago, we'll meet at the Pump Room, Ambassad...To say the least, on shish keb...And best of squad we will see, ...Think of that man who danced...In Chicago, Chicago

I got the surprise, the surprise of my life ...Chicago, Chicago ...The toddlin' town, the toddlin' town ...Chicago, Chicago ...tom dollar you lose the blues in Chicago, Chicago ...The town that Billy Sun...I had the time, the time of my life ...In Chicago, Chicago ...Chicago, Chicago ...Chicago, Chicago ... walk with me along the lake ...To the great holler and hoot, all through the loop ...cago, we'll meet at the Pump Room, Ambassad...To say the least, on shish keb...And best of squad we will see, ...Think of that man who danced...In Chicago, Chicago

I got the surprise, the surprise of my life ...Chicago, Chicago ...That toddlin' town, the toddlin' town ...Chicago, Chicago ...tom dollar you lose the blues ...In Chicago, Chicago ...The town that Billy Sun...They have the time, the time of their life ...In Chicago, Chicago ... walk with me along the lake ...To the great hollar and hoot, all through the loop ...cago, we'll meat at the pump room, Ambassad...To say the least, on shish kab...And best of squad we will see, ...Think of that man who danced...I'm in this city

I got the surprise, the surprise of my life ...Chicago, Chicago ...That toddlin' town, the toddlin' town ...Chicago, Chicago ...tom dollar you lose the blues ...In Chicago, Chicago ...The town that Billy Sun...They have the time, the time of their life ...In Chicago, Chicago ... walk with me along the lake ...To the great hollar and hoot, all through the loop ...cago, we'll meat at the pump room, Ambassad...To say the least, on shish kab...And best of squad we will see, ...Think of that man who danced...I'm in this city

I got the surprise, the surprise of my life...Chicago, Chicago...That toddlin' town, the toddlin' town...Chicago, Chicago...tom dollar you lose the blues ...In Chicago, Chicago...The town that Billy Sun...They have the time, the time of their life...In Chicago, Chicago... walk with me along the lake...To the great hollar and hoot, all through the loop...cago, we'll meat at the pump room, Ambassad...To say the least, on shish kab...And best of squad we will see, ...Think of that man who danced...I'm in this city

I got the surprise, the surprise of my life...Chicago, Chicago...That toddlin' town, the toddlin' town...Chicago, Chicago...tom dollar you lose the blues ...In Chicago, Chicago...The town that Billy Sun...They have the time, the time of their life...In Chicago, Chicago... walk with me along the lake...To the great hollar and hoot, all through the loop...cago, we'll meat at the pump room, Ambassad...To say the least, on shish kab...And best of squad we will see, ...Think of that man who danced...I'm in this city

iny day in New York City ... my way in New York City ...City workers cheer ...The taxis disappear ...iny day in New York City ...ey stay in New York city ...The view is really swel...nd gray in New york City ...The air is fresh and cl...iny day in New York City

m and all I dreamed of...l I send my baby to Chicago with love...Big city don't hurt him don'...Keep him the same sweet boy as w...wn his blessings to Chicago with love...w friends now honey the Chicago sure is a swingin' ...And by the way I just got marr...in home with me one of these days...Big city don't hurt him

ay low, looking for the halo...ful walks I take in the woods,...Th-this is the bliss, I used to drift from the hood...st, I'm resurectin' the peace...Pipes the Indians used to lik...Stepping on the leafs right, to rea...To the nature spot, to taste the flavors they got...I wanna turn up the sound, and spread m...Going through the city of the Chi, make me feel like I'm in the city of (angels)...Th-the way that I rhyme, l...Like the first time you hear...o see her blow like Chicago wind... Common looking for Chicago zen...And like Chicago winds, I was once a...Prolly cause the angel dust was fuck...But I used the rubber, 'cause she ... I can get close to the girl I loved the most...who I am, resembles the rims on the Lam'...I got love for the streets, peace to New York and every hood in the East...From the city of lost souls, Impalas...Between the car, and the rims, we got a lot of chrome...The ones they put wires...I spit it through the wires on a Kanye tr...Yeah, it's The Game and Common... so serene, L-A and the Chi as a team...Yeah, it's for the world boy, we do it

Gonna leave in the mornin'...Gonna leave in the mornin'... gonna blot out all the bad times... bright lights, big city...Chicago... bright lights, big city...Chicago

nce tickets and pay the fees with no compla...In the summer its off the hook no time to was...Just lie at the lake and I'm shoulder dry to the taste ...Tonio tell me what the bail is it'll be th...The crack head deals in...The gun shots scream lo...So I soak the radio from upstairs to outside the house ...With the extended cord no ni...On the front porch even if...In the summer, winter, fal...Chi town chi town the city where I'm from ...Chi town the city with the best skylines ...Chicago show 'em how we do ...The best place some hat...Chi town the city with the best skyline ...The liquor store on eve...The bus run twenty-fo a...s come out like its the beach in Miami ...The cops chase thiefs all through the alley and don't sto...'Cause Chicago niggas don't play t...ing them thangs for the money mane ...d and get short for the playas ball ...The pimps got the hoes pinned up on the wall ...Just pass me the blunt and I puff it...In the summer, winter, fal...ut what I do for my city ...Some of y'all run your mout...But it's a lot of shit to do with bit...I'm cold in the winter my mink track the flow ...With the hat to match cadillacs in the snow ...f its a block party the whole hood know ...st streets overcome the smoke ...In the summer, winter, fal

While the city sleeps ...While the city sleeps ...While the city sleeps