Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind
[Jay-Z]
Yeah,
Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn,
now Im down in Tribeca,
right next to DeNiro,
But i'll be hood forever,
I'm the new Sinatra,
and since i made it here,
i can make it anywhere,
yeah they love me everywhere,
i used to cop in Harlem,
all of my dominicanos
right there up on broadway,
brought me back to that
McDonalds,
took it to my stash spot,
Five Sixty Stage street,
catch me in the kitchen like a
simmons whipping pastry,
cruising down 8th street,
off white lexus,
driving so slow but BK is from
Texas,
me I'm up at Bedsty,
home of that boy Biggie,
now i live on billboard,
and i brought my boys with me,
say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping
Malta
sitting courtside Knicks and Nets
give me high fives,
N-gga i be spiked out, i can trip a
referee,
tell by my attitude that I most
definitely from
[Alicia Keys]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams
are made of,
Theres nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
these streets will make you feel
brand new,
big lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New
York, New York
[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,
Catch me at the X with OG at a
Yankee game,
sh-t i made the yankee hat more
famous than a yankee can,
you should know I bleed Blue,
but I aint a crip tho,
but i got a gang of n-ggas walking
with my click though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
afrika bambaataa sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab,
holla back,
for foreigners it aint fitted they
forgot how to act,
8 million stories out there and
their naked,
cities is a pity half of y'all won't
make it,
me i gotta plug Special Ed 'i got it
made,'
If Jesus payin LeBron, I'm paying
Dwayne Wade,
3 dice cee-lo
3 card marley,
labor day parade, rest in peace
Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the
World trade,
long live the king yo,
I'm from the empire state that's...
[Chorus]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams
are made of,
Theres nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
these streets will make you feel
brand new,
big lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New
York, New York
Welcome to the bright light..
[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds
quick,
the side lines is blind with
casualties,
who sipping life casually, then
gradually become worse,
don't bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now your in-style,
and in the winter gets cold en
vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim,
good girls gone bad, the cities
filled with them,
Mommy took a bus trip and now
she got her bust out,
everybody ride her, just like a bus
route,
Hail Mary to the city your a
Virgin,
and Jesus can't save you life starts
when the church ends,
came here for school, graduated
to the high life,
ball players, rap stars, addicted to
the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a
champion,
the city never sleeps better slip
you a Ambien
[Chorus]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams
are made of,
Theres nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
these streets will make you feel
brand new,
big lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New
York, New York
[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big
city,
Street lights, big dreams all
looking pretty,
no place in the World that can
compare,
Put your lighters in the air,
everybody say yeaaahh
come on, come,
yeah,
[Chorus]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams
are made of,
Theres nothing you can't do,
Now you're in New York,
these streets will make you feel
brand new,
big lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New
York, New York