There was a stone fort Some windmills A small attempt at a canal There was a wall that led to a steeple Was a steeple full of protestant peoples They worshiped beaver pelts and sugar They sang psalms for the selling of slaves And the Algonquin speaking Indians went to graves Or were used for the trade New York was founded by a corporation New York was founded by a corporation By freelance workers and merchants Liquidated by the whole English war fleet Then the Dutch canal we call Broad street Was drained of its water And filled up with concrete The wolves of Wall built the tallest canal Lead the Yankees to the great lake's grain When higher sea level from Ontario falls down to Eerie Niagara cries in the rain New York was founded by a corporation New York was founded by a corporation Craven is the island that we all come from New York was founded by a corporation As rappers composed Flappers un-robed Steel towers rose up in the sky And the market crashes regulating itself While certain psalms are always sung in the moonlight They sing for plastic phones, police, and sugar Our bands increase up the maximum wage Sparkling on a screen by machine in Time's Square A windmill still spins and cries in the rain New York was founded by a corporation New York was founded by a corporation Craving is the island that we all come from New York was founded by a corporation