Like post-war prophets 
We powerless
As they devour us n' scour us
Off tha face of this Earth
Like we a curse
But this burden I'm learnin'
Can't be uplifted by another
Ain't ya brotha
Got ya smothered
Takin' lives like a cop undercover
Yeah watch ya sista's and ya motha's
They've come ta strip tha cupboards
Yield up tha honey and tha butta

Oooh yeah when I was young
I kicked it in Constantinople
Swaggin' carpets under tha
Blazin' Star of tha Sun
Then I got me a pack a Camels
Learned to shoot a gun
Now I'm a nomad who flows mad
Lil' TIE Fighta I'm so bad
Lasers slashin' n' flashin'
Epic forces clashin'

Oooh yeah when I was young
I kicked it in Constantinople
Stood amid the ruins of her walls
Gleaming tulwar in my hand
Oooh yeah but I'm so old now
Got them creakin' creakin' bones y'all
Put my guns above the mantle
Got no truck wit da Bosphorous Channel
Swimmin' in tha Dardanelles
Soaked wit stacks a dolla bills

Yeah now nuthin' you can say can phase me
Cuz I'm Iconoclastic crazy
They chiselled my face off all tha statues
But I'm still starin' at you
From every Rome ya eva known
From New York to Novgorod 
Under the flamin' Eye of God
Oooh yeah!
I just came back
To kick it in Constantinople
And I
Stubbed my toe
On Istanbul!