Since 9/11, we're still livin'
And lovin' life we've been given
Ain't nothing gonna take that away from us
We're lookin' pretty and gritty 'cause in the city we trust
Dear New York, I know a lot has changed
2 towers down, but you're still in the game
Home to many, rejecting no one
Accepting peoples of all places, wherever they're from
Brooklyn, Bronx, Queens and Staten
From the Battery to the top of Manhattan
Asian, Middle-Eastern and Latin
Black, White -- New York, you make it happen...
-- The Beastie Boys, "An Open Letter to NYC"