You Belong to the City
Jay-Z feat. Blackstreet Lyrics

Now you’re gone so far away
I don’t even know where you are
Please tell me you’ll be okay
I just wanna hear your voice
Remember all the things we used to dream about?
Tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me
You know where you belong
I’m just waiting for your call
Won’t you walk in through the door oh oh
Call me, call me, call me for sure

You know where I’ll be found oh oh
I gotta take a breath to sing this line
I don’t know what next for me this time
What I know for sure
I want you back, yeah I know for sure
I want you back
So call me, call me, call me, call me
You know where you belong
Call me, call me, call me, call me
You know where I’ll be found oh oh
I’m going through my phone
Look at your pictures
I can see your face into my mirrors
No I never meant to let you go
I swear I can hear you in this room
I am not afraid to say the way I feel about you
We know, we know, we know for sure
We know we’re meant to be oh oh
Running through to my mind is you again
I don’t know if I can take this end
Ask me to gorget you and call it “It”
Oh this is something I can’t control
I got a heart that beats for you
Call me, call me, call me, call me
You know where I’ll be found oh oh

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Written by: Messon Barrett

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Comments from YouTube:

@kh7688

2y↑133

If you're not driving through your city at night, playing this on loud. Then you are not doing justice to this song. #Classic

@whogivesaflyingfock5401

2y↑7

Jay and Rick Ross owe me 2 sets of speakers and 1 subwoofer.
So far..

@jennifern.7953

2y↑4

I did it almost 20 yrs ago tho and it was great

@kevinsmith5912

1y↑1

If u not drivin thru Brooklyn at night u doin it wrong especially if u didn’t do it durin the 90s 😩

@larrygabrieljr615

1y↑1

Facts!! The vibe was real

@sudiptamallik1006

Facts 💯

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@cr1m203

3y↑144

Jay-Z called every bar in this track. 100% Respect.

@wedoish3350

2y↑4

Layed it out to play it out. The rest is easy living. 😈

@SavageLife84

Yea 100%

@johnmuro849

4y↑637

Jay-Z's most underrated track, never got the play it deserved. Blackstreet killed the hook too

@ManofSteel80

3y↑16

💯facts

@user-fk9vw8gu9g

3y↑11

Hidden goodie

@Byronic19134

3y↑19

This song made me a fan of Jay back in the day and I never understood why the Biggie tribute part never got talked about.
And i think its because nobody at all thought Jay could actually fill his shoes at the time.

@jasontodd9245

3y↑2

@Vincent Salamatino amen

@garcia9242

3y↑4

Facts !

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@choncord

3y↑52

As a teenager in the 90s I always imagined this was the soundtrack to a Batman movie, with Batman looking down on the city in the night. It's all I could imagine listening on the radio on Atlantic 252, always on after I came back from school whilst getting changed.☹️☹️☹️ The 90s...

@RapFanatic4ever

2y↑2

😂😂😂😂I actually Like that

@LPProductionsInc2020

Good One.

@Top_Pulla

1y↑1

Email em bro you would be surprised at the response

@rudemtz60

47w↑1

Good idea thoe..💪..Batman movie track..

@Juantheheat

2y↑8

Today's generation doesn't know what music actually is.

@momofabardian1308

I CONCUR

@brooklyn1861

1y↑21

Jay actually spoke everything into existence

@SpidansCalledBOOLZ

39w

Exxxxxxactly!!

@AugustVirgo82

3y↑173

This is my favorite Jay- z song ever..this beat is so sick!!

@AugustVirgo82

@Michael Elam yess!!! Especially song cry!

@69Gingerman

2y↑2

That's cause it's sampled 👍

@lucianopaolo9739

2y↑2

that bassline is fire

@vipete1985

2y↑1

Damn…. this was the hip hop that grabbed my attention….

@vipete1985

I just caught the video was a usual suspects reference….Jay walks out limping and then straightens up like Kaiser Sozay

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@DLaboo-wf8tz

3y↑130

Rappers in 2021 could NEVER!!

@joeramos8497

3y↑10

Never ever ever ever ever ever ever, music now is garbage, no story in new songs

@mikceymuhfukcinknoxx8721

3y↑2

Eva eva!! In dat ørder brø...#hunndo™️💯💯✌🏾🤴🏽

@scottyknox

3y↑2

Someone has clearly never heard of Griselda.

@djdeeaxis

3y↑5

@Scotty Knox who from griselda seeing Hov? 😂 they grew up listening to him 😂

@scottyknox

3y↑3

@DJ Dee Axis nobody is saying anyone in Griselda is better than Hov, I'm saying they are putting out music that is as potent as this in 2021.

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@brooklynjohnson3193

3y↑82

Just the simple fact he was talking to Biggie in the first verse is amazing..❤❤💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

@imanasshole95

3y↑2

Nobody saw it coming that is for shooooo

@danelovell1992

3y↑2

Facts

@danelovell1992

3y↑1

This my shit

@brooklynjohnson3193

2y↑1

@I'm an asshole facts! 💯💯💪🏿

@jordanon95

bollox

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@templeoflove92

11y↑223

Damn, I can remember listening to this in high school. Definitely a nostalgic track.

@jaybryan1821

3y↑2

i was 19 in high cool senoir year

@jaybryan1821

3y↑2

i agree

@jaybryan1821

3y↑2

i was 19 in high cool senoir year

@hajjimostafa4301

😍😍😍

@dafoojordan734

3y↑1

I’m in junior year

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@eljefe114

3y↑26

This was jay with one foot still in the dope game and the projects.

@TheBloodprint

12y↑200

Dont forget this whole CD was fire and very underrated!!!!!

@scottyknox

3y↑2

Yeah if it wasn't for Sunshine the album would be remembered alot more fondly.

@alexandriaswann4552

Fact

@breezynewz

3y↑3

Facts. And he thinks it’s his worst album

@RoDiggity3743

VERY underrated

@krystiangorski6201

This and Reasonable Doubt are my favorite and his best in my opinion.

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@QuietstormRB

2y↑42

“They’ll flip you good, Skippy.” 🤣
That Glenn Frey sample 🔥🔥🔥
A lot of people (even Jay-Z himself) have Reasonable Doubt as his best work but In my lifetime, Vol. 1 is my personal favorite Jay-Z album.

@rosedalepark78

2y↑5

Blueprint 1

@mackinshizzaveli4202

2y↑5

Even tho Reasonable Doubt is my favorite Jayz album, I’m partial to Volume 3. It was Jay in between the hustler he started as and the business man he became.

@guikatinskas

2y↑1

i mean i love vol. 1, but it do have "sunshine" to fuck it all up lol

@gregcampbell3052

2y↑1

The black album is the best album from Jay

@Sterlingx11

BP1 is the best album of off time to me but I do love Vol. 1

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@shawneetate121

3y↑80

The hook sounds like an 80s Phil Collins song.♥️

@renehidalgo3061

3y↑37

it 's an 80's Glenn Frey song

@shawneetate121

3y↑1

Rene Hidalgo thank you.

@christopherayettey4390

Facts

@lesaallen6178

Agree and I'm a 80s baby

@alissa6

3y↑3

Collins and Frey both made popular songs for Miami Vice. That's why they sound similar.

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@reallife0728

3y↑13

FIRST DUDE TO COP 850 IN 89 & DROVE IT UP TO 55TH,,,,,CITY IS MINE💯💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥
55TH = 155TH ST. RUCKER PARK,,HARLEM❤❤❤

@MarcDip

2y↑25

Still Masterpiece in 2022

@seftonpillay5901

2y↑16

This man had more love for biggie than puff. Imagine if they came out with an album together. 💥💯

@RapFanatic4ever

That shit would flip Hip Hop on it’s azz . Something no one is Ready for

@pomskylifenova7344

3y↑13

the city is mine one of the best songs of that era

@jrayner21679

3y↑55

The Usual Suspects backdrop for this is off the hook. Limping until he gets down the street and then he starts strolling! Classic

@geraldwarren6438

2y↑7

One of my all time favorite movies 🎥❤

@edub9930

2y↑3

Great fuggin' movie 🎬 👏

@donniewinter5331

1y↑2

I just made a post after 23yrs I realized he was walking like Kizer sozi aka Kevin spacey

@brianboynton8047

42w

Reminds me of Denzel walking out the jail on his release from American gangster
That's what i see

@PrinceShaLaBoheme

39w

@@brianboynton8047trillz but you gotta see the movie..... the whole video is the usual suspects

@Sam-db4mr

1y↑6

One of the greatest hip hop tracks OF ALL TIME!

@lvelvetj

2y↑3

Chad Hugo of The Neptunes played the sax on this. He happened to be in the studio with his mentor Teddy Riley as Teddy was working on this track and Teddy asked him if he'd jump on it. This was before The Neptunes got famous.

@Ericmurray3323

5y↑184

This is still one of my favorite songs of all time

@UFC_Buffalo

4y↑4

Same

@titorios1416

4y↑4

Hellyeah especially the original

@jasontodd9245

4y↑2

Pimpin 👍

@musiclover-cn7tb

3y↑3

@Tito Rios Glenn Frey RIP to him I learned about this years ago.

@jasonking7736

He's the man of the night.

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@karenheyward9590

3y↑13

Jay-Z this is what New York look like 2021. New York. N.Y. 💪. as ever, Believe that.!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@ashleytoress3334

2y↑15

Jay's the greatest 🔥🔥🔥

@andredefrancesco7111

3y↑11

This is why the 90s and 2000s were great! The mafia was loved

@agentSmith92

2y↑10

Je suis en train de me taper la discographie de Jay-Z pour la première fois. J'arrive pas à me remettre de ce foutu classique. Gros gros respect depuis Paris 🇨🇵

@livecalldell2537

2y↑9

Back when music told a story!!

@mredwardstv1520

3y↑15

Jay z rocafella know the name, I ain’t a playa get it right I’m controlling the game. 😏😏

@torturagyrl

3y↑2

My favourite line. And he definitely is.

@calvestermarks900

3y↑13

My favorite Jay Z classic 👌

@mario4725

3y↑11

Chad Hugo played the sax on this!

@hansermelo3272

3y↑1

Yoo thats why I'm here lol crazy right

@CORENyc-pn4vz

9y↑48

when this album dropped this was my shit....everyone was just really coming to grips with B.I.G being gone and Jay was fitting to Hold it Down....The CommiSSion was about be a Classic..to Bad we would never see it..but hey we got Brooklyn Finest,I love the Dough , Young Gs & what u want

@CORENyc-pn4vz

@Cedrick Carson facts Fam. Ima edit ✍️ now

@SavageLife84

2y↑3

Jayz talkin to biggie and claiming the new takeover
Glasses are sick

@FlickNchow

12y↑141

If you listen carefully to the lyrics of this song. You'll see Jay is claiming the City as his own (Now that B.I.G was gone) and at the same time telling you the reason why he quotes biggie in his own raps so much: "So a world with amnesia don't forget your name!"

@HollowArt23

3y↑10

Biggie and Tupac had to die in order for Jay and Nas to come up. The music industry is dirty

@mostvalidopinion8934

3y↑16

@HollowArt Nas was Nas since Main Source Live at the bbq Verse bruh, Jay was luke warm while Pac and Big were alive. The industry is shady yea but not with what your hinting at

@xaviersmoke9695

3y↑2

Kool G

@cr1m203

3y↑2

@HollowArt 2pac was already reppin' the West Coast. You mean NYC for Jay Z and or Nas on the biggie tip.

@user-sz6kp1tn6c

3y↑9

@HollowArt Nas was above the bar that 2pac and biggie had. He had is own lane like they did and he was already well established during their lifetimes. Jay Z was below the bar and his lane opened up once biggie died.

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@lsbnll74

2y↑4

Jay z killed the Keyser Soze walk. Jay as skippy was ill. Great nod to a great movie. One of his most underrated videos and songs. His odé to big was great too.

@c.l.9344

1y↑6

Love this song, highly underrated song.

@tobywalmer5066

1y↑4

This is that riding music 🎶 love ya jay-z

@macdabluepanther

4y↑39

2020 been so crazzyyy, but we can always fall back on classic rap shit!!

@BasementVinyL85

4y↑36

Really appreciate this track.. alot of times the late 90s is on my mind and this track always takes me dwn memory lane

@Saveyourbs

3y↑14

I remember people hating this song. If you’re listening he is killing these bars. Period

@Lord_Bibulous

3y↑1

The whole first verse. The way he looks up. R.I.P. B.I.G.

@donniewinter5331

1y↑1

Jay's shit like cake mix watch it rise, that was a foreshadow
Then he asked his dog for advice when he can't say sh*t

@dashconsigliere686

3y↑80

Classic Glenn Frey sample - Miami Vice for those old enough

@bizhustle3741

3y↑1

1985 baby

@mikceymuhfukcinknoxx8721

3y↑2

80’z baby type shit brø!!🙅🏾‍♂️❌🚫🧢✌🏾💙💯 Fakctz is ønly da realest kcan relate!!💯💯

@matthewnicholas6365

3y↑1

Just seen Thunder Force and heard the original I never new existed. I'm 40 so was barely 5 when it came out to be fair 🤣

@CSDonohue11

The really real

@CSDonohue11

@Matthew Nicholas
You’re 40 and never heard the Original?!?
WOWZERZ

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@PaulSmith03

3y↑20

This and Cant knock the Hustle are Jay-Z´s best songs to me

@tebohomosh6987

3y↑1

Blessed!!!

@geraldwarren6438

2y↑1

Awesome! 2 of my favorites by him also!

@PaulSmith03

1y↑1

@Michael Elam Dead President is great too

@Neeraj_Rajput_49

3y↑9

His flow is like biggie very smooth ..

@nosakhareobakpoler9825

3y↑22

Hot as hell. I love this!!’should of got more radio play

@moballardful

13y↑56

that saxophone is amazinggggg

@TheBLESS-edOne.

4y↑6

Glenn Frey. Enjoy the original.

@musiclover-cn7tb

@Blessed Me I know.

@musiclover-cn7tb

@Blessed Me I just did I went to that one first 😁😁😁😁.

@Dubz9Ball

3y↑10

Chad Hugo

@funkstabrisbane

3y↑5

Chad Hugo did the sax

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@kingartison

2y↑10

As a kid i didn’t understand this track because of how it sounded now at 27 I can understand to a degree

@lilpkderking

4y↑14

today...i still love it so much!! CLASSIC

@geraldwarren6438

3y↑11

I remember this in the club.....great memories!

@frankvalentino1121

3y↑8

Honestly this is 1 of the best songs I ever heard. Just came across it for 1st time less than a week ago

@ruthlessreptiles

2y↑3

''Like the first dude to cop the 850 in 89 and drove it up to 55th, The City is mine 🎶''

R.I.P ALPO 💰

God Speed

@bilalahmed2123

8y↑13

good tunes from the good old days!

@kingmulahoo4925

💒

@NayaO92O

3y↑6

Heard this song at an event on Marcy Avenue this weekend and it brought back so many memories! One of my faves

@thehomiejayomni

3y↑33

Song aged quite well. Can’t lie. I wasn’t feeling it when it dropped. 🔥🔥🔥 on further review

@kingmulahoo4925

lol😂

@holidayn13

3y↑6

He made BIG proud

@johnygunnzz

2y↑1

Golden days.. I wish i can go back.. BoroPark Brooklyn stand up

@MedalionDS9

2y↑6

I got into Jay-Z around the time of this single, good times

@jonathanmanning7723

3y↑11

Best song jayz ever made ❤️❤️❤️

@Topearner11

3y↑232

When jay decided the game was his and neva looked back

@sixnine7443

3y↑9

Facts

@officiallyogblood4732

3y↑7

Facts blood

@mikceymuhfukcinknoxx8721

3y↑2

Ønna g🅰️🆖 yøu hit it øn da nøse w/ this cømment bruh🙅🏾‍♂️🚫❌🧢✌🏾💙💯‼️

@itzraydavid9357

3y↑1

Facts

@isidoregrant4802

3y↑2

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@4thManonCross

1y↑1

Best reenactment of a movie stories ever. The Usual Suspects is a classic, I like how pay homaged to his friend first "what the deal play boy God rest ya soul" but I don't like how he said " u held it down long enough, let me take those reins" cause Biggie died way too soon his reign was only 4 years 93-97," short like leprechaun to quote his song kick in the for" still here fathered many children. This rap game and his legacy will live on. I also love how Jay z asserts he's picking up the mantle or taking rap serious. Letting ppl know, "either I'm illest nigga doing it or these niggas is losing it", minus ether he never lost his spot and tho many hits come & go and other rapper's got runs, he stayed among the top until hip hop died and this mumble rap era emerged where everybody raps the same style

@deedeecrawford9889

1y↑1

Teddy Riley -GOAT - epic beats!

@toddmaek5436

3y↑41

This is why I NEVER understood folks talkin bout "why he always saying Biggie lines". Fool the ENTIRE FIRST VERSE of this song is him stating that he will make sure that nobody forgets. Swear to god folks are slow. Lol

@esotericguru7111

He still stole other cats rhymes, also people were saying that because Vol 1 Production was for Biggie.

Excuse Me Miss = Big Poppa.

@esotericguru7111

3y↑5

Jay better than Biggie to me though.

@El_terrible1985

3y↑1

@Esoteric Guru 😂😂😂 ye right he is. He not even better than nas

@ajh1894

3y↑4

@Boxing legend🥊 Jay is more versatile than Nas and more consistent. At their best Nas is better but Jay been more relevant for a while not to mention Jay has much better production

@khristionlouvatin6874

Jay-z is a biter not a writer

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@ellec.188

2y↑2

Love how he used the "Usual Suspects" as his backdrop! Kizo Sozay!

@NobodyCares......

28w

This song !! I forgot how much I loved it. How much I loved Blackstreet.

@Kingjerome1986

3y↑5

This song was decided to biggie when he said what’s the deal play boi just rest your soul I be holding it down still luv the doh

@mrhitz7060

2y↑3

🕙less!!! Jay really had the game on a choke... 2k22 & im still holding on to this 1. NY stand up... This one belongs 2 us..

@marcussmith3934

1y↑1

Happy 53rd Birthday Jay-Z!(Born December 4, 1969)😃🥳🎂🎉🎊🎈🎁🍾🥂👍🏾👏🏾🙌🏾

@debut71

14y↑13

love this song always play it on my way into town

@kwamekhnum9907

1y↑2

Jay was on the verge of a shiny suite with this one.. Almost.. lol.. Glad he never played himself.. I can appreciate this song nowday's.. Back then.. I thought the shit was hella corny..

@Soya22181

2y↑4

Loved this song back in high-school...1998..back then I had wall to wall honeys ...and whole lot money....

@snake_indagrass3250

1y↑1

This song made every one want to be a rapper and dealer 🔥

@danieltimbrell8891

4y↑9

2020 still 🔥

@Kaikai-yx8ze

2y↑3

My favorite Jay Z song is also his most underrated track ever

@Reneica1

3y↑3

👑🐐🎤#1 since 1997!!!

@DIRTBAGG-ux5hr

18w

Marcy projects

@AllisonRobinson-pg8my

50w

Have you met who runs your city🤔the hoods and all

Keep doing right and enjoy life 😁

God Bless you Jay Z Daily

Those Ghost are no joke 🥺Love your Brothers and Sisters

@oOohdaddy

3y↑4

Music after 2010 will never sound as good as one before it nobodys not just Jay's and that mumbo jumbo from uzi vert and the bunch i cant believe thats considered music

@robgrant5272

2y↑2

Are you trying to get a rise out of me Agent Rappinport? Lol

@ParisPetalsKane

2y↑2

Just like your spirit, the commission remains. 💯💯💯

@eddied155

2y↑1

His most underrated album. I remember bumping this in high school. It was like Jay z determined for this to be his last album where he was just a "good" rapper, rather than the icon he became

@augustopasquier7895

2y↑1

I think his most underrated album is Kingdom Come.

@mirabellabutterfly1503

42w

That saxophone though!😌🎷👌🏻

@kulmiye1

2y↑3

2022 still listening to this track 💯💯💯

@regenesysbusinessschool7796

5y↑8

lovely
2019 still

@rizzle187187

50w

Chad from The Neptunes killed the sax on this.

@BrianGolden1979

51w

Chad Hugo on the saxophone! Legendary

@ratayathomas5433

8y↑7

I 😍 this I 😍 Jay Z he so cute and handsome I miss black street they are fine young guys 😍😎😉❤

@charlesjohnson536

3y↑3

DA BEST ERA OF 👑HIP-HOP .. 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 .. #REALHIPHOP #HIPHOPLEGENDSONLY

@kelrawlins8121

2y↑1

Foundation roc a fella right here jay z hates this album but jay was spitting on vol.1

@AndrewsOpinion15

10y↑15

AMAZING SONG !!!!!!

@jaybryan1821

the song to me is soo soo street raps is all about street not cash no hos respect our women n money aswell

@Sontra005

2y↑1

love this tune till ....

@barbarabruce6190

2y↑1

Jay Z💚

@joshuakithyoma9575

52w↑1

The hook is crazy and the bars are oof

@JRCars

41w

First nicca that bought the 850 in 89 drove it up to 55th the city is mine 😮‍💨😮‍💨🔥 Favorite line

@AmigoSamiArslan-BesiktasUpdate

51w

This is my favourite track of Jay-Z Jigga Man ;)

@eddieg3710

3y↑3

Bars. 🔥🔥🔥Something today's "rappers" know nothing about

@eliporter3980

46w

Like the first dude to cop the 850 in 89
And drove it up to 55th, the city is mine!

@RetroBerner

1y↑1

R.I.P. Biggie, still the King.

@thekidpiddy6538

Chad Hugo on the sax☄️🔥🔥

@bartoszpiorkowski4297

3y↑3

Świetna nutka, pozdrawiam z Gdyni :0

@jstepheny63

2y↑1

Hov Has Hits For Days!! 🔥

@sagcap7927

43w

Chad Hugo played that Saxophone in the background. Dope!

@harachi200921

3y↑2

Viding in this music heading towards work love this song Jay z 💯

@VinceBond-ky2zt

23w

“I’m like the brain ins voice box i speak my mind”🔥

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