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Where’s da Kings, uh..Richmond?
This land is your land
That land is my land
What about um..Staten Island?
Aka Richmond
Who calls it Richmond?
Nobody I know of, omg
A different borough
Don't want to go, oh
Because they're lyin'
There's no denyin'
They do in Red Hook
That's what I said, look!
Bro ok ly-n? Not to me!
Are you interested, by the way Why Staten Island is aka Richmond?
The Europeans, who took control of the island from Native Americans
already settled there, wanted people to come and populate the area.
What's a good enticement to get people interested? Money, of course
Come to Staten Island, become rich! How long would it take to become rich?
Within a week! What? Yes, all the advertising posters all over town read 'Wanna be Rich? Live in Staten Island! You could be Rich in a day! What day? Rich-Mond ay!' A borough name is born! Which nobody ever uses..
