Jay-Z - Empire State Of Mind - lyrics
Jay-Z: verse 1]
yeah
Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn.
Now I'm 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
Hola my Dominicanos
Right there up on Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen like the Simmons' whipping Pastry
Cruising down 8th Street
Off-white Lexus
Driving so slow
but BK, is from Texas
Me I'm out that Bed-Stuy
Home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to TyTy
Still sipping Mai Tai's
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high-5
N****, I be 'Spike'-d out
I could trip a referee
tell by my attitude that I'm MOST DEFINITELY FROM...
[Alicia Keys: Hook]
New York
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now You're In New York
The streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York
[Jay-Z: Verse 2]
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****s 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 cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back,
for foreigners it aint fair they act like they forgot how to add
8 million stories out there and their naked,
city its a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me i gotta plug special ed i got it made,
If Jeezys payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
3 dice cee-lo
3 card molly,
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 thats…
[Alicia Keys: Hook]
New York
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now You're In New York
The streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York
[Jay-Z: verse 3]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is lined with casualties,
who sip the light casually, then gradually become worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now your in-style,
Anna Wintour gets cold in vogue with your skin out,
city of sin its a pity on a whim,
good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
Mami took a bus trip 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
[Alicia Keys: Hook]
New York
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now You're In New York
The streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York
One hand in the air for the big city
street lights big dreams all lookin pretty
no place in the world that can compare
put your lighters in the air
everybody say
yeah
i'm in
[Alicia Keys: Hook]
New York
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now You're In New York
The streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York
yeah
Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn.
Now I'm 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
Hola my Dominicanos
Right there up on Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen like the Simmons' whipping Pastry
Cruising down 8th Street
Off-white Lexus
Driving so slow
but BK, is from Texas
Me I'm out that Bed-Stuy
Home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to TyTy
Still sipping Mai Tai's
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high-5
N****, I be 'Spike'-d out
I could trip a referee
tell by my attitude that I'm MOST DEFINITELY FROM...
[Alicia Keys: Hook]
New York
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now You're In New York
The streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York
[Jay-Z: Verse 2]
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****s 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 cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back,
for foreigners it aint fair they act like they forgot how to add
8 million stories out there and their naked,
city its a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me i gotta plug special ed i got it made,
If Jeezys payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
3 dice cee-lo
3 card molly,
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 thats…
[Alicia Keys: Hook]
New York
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now You're In New York
The streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York
[Jay-Z: verse 3]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is lined with casualties,
who sip the light casually, then gradually become worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now your in-style,
Anna Wintour gets cold in vogue with your skin out,
city of sin its a pity on a whim,
good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
Mami took a bus trip 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
[Alicia Keys: Hook]
New York
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now You're In New York
The streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York
One hand in the air for the big city
street lights big dreams all lookin pretty
no place in the world that can compare
put your lighters in the air
everybody say
yeah
i'm in
[Alicia Keys: Hook]
New York
Concrete Jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now You're In New York
The streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York