I don't want ta hear that kinda dirty talk comin' from you." "What, fanny? Fanny fanny fanny!
There are roughly three New Yorks. There is, first, the New York of the man or woman who was born here, who takes the city for granted and accepts its size and its turbulence as natural and inevitable. Second, there is the New York of the commuter — the city that is devoured by locusts each day and spat out each night. Third, there is the New York of the person who was born somewhere else and came to New York in quest of something.
I kinda feel like if I can do what I like in New York - and I like New York, I was born in New York, I have a lot more of a connection to New York - the hope is to stay in New York.
I was born born April 22. I got married May 22. System of a Down started started blowing up when I was 22.
I was born in New York but grew up between Switzerland, where my mom is from, and Tunisia, where my dad is from. Now I live in the East Village in New York, in the same building where my parents lived when I was born, so I've come full circle in my life.
I always thought I would move to New York after graduation, but, instead, I moved to Los Angeles. I realized I was more scared of that choice than I was of New York, and I thought, at 22, I should get it over with.
A refugee is as helpless as a new born child - but not so appealing! Besides, a new born child has no memories!
I was born the day before the March on Washington. I grew up in Brooklyn, New York. Everybody in my neighborhood was a Democrat. We just didn't have any Republicans, because anyone running as a Republican was very out of touch with what our community needed.
I was born and raised in New York, so I was blessed - or some say cursed - with a strong New York accent.
I went to New York to be born again. And when the train plunged into a tunnel under New York City, with its lining of pipes and wires, I was out of the womb and into the birth canal.
I was born in Queens, New York, which is a suburb of New York City.
I was born in the U.S., my wife was born in Mexico and emigrated here when she was in college, and my daughters were born in New York City. That makes them passport-carrying, natural-born, eligible-to-run-for-president Americans. But they're also Mexicans and they like that just fine.
I moved to New York when I was 21 or 22 as a graduate fellow.
I was born in New York, so I'd love to study at New York University.
I'm from New York and I love New York and I'm always repping New York, but what I represent is something deeper than just being a New York rapper.