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Empire state of mind
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Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn
Now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to De Niro
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 (Dinero!)
Right there up on Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonald's
Took it to my stash spot
Five hundred and sixty State Street
Catch me in the kitchen
Like a Simmons whipping pastry
Cruising down Eighth 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 Ty Ty
Still sipping Mai Tais
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high fives
Nigga, I be spiked out
I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that
I'm most definitely from
In New York (Ay, aha) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle (Yeah) where
Dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't
Do (Yeah) (OK)
Now you're in New York (Aha
Aha, aha) (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you
Feel brand-new (New)
Big lights will inspire you
(Come on) (OK)
Let's hear it for New York
(You welcome OG) (Uh)
New York (Yeah)
New York (Uh)
(I made you hot, nigga)
Catch me at the X with OG
At a Yankee game
Shit, I made the Yankee hat
More famous than a Yankee can
You should know I bleed blue
But I ain't a Crip though
But I got a gang of niggas
Walking with my clique though
Welcome to the melting pot
Corners where we're selling rock
Africa Bambaataa shit
Home of the hip-hop
Yellow cab, gypsy cab
Dollar cab, holler back
For foreigners, it ain't fair
They act like they forgot
How to add
Eight million stories out
There in the naked
City, it's a pity half of
Y'all won't make it
Me? I gotta plug Special Ed
"I Got It Made"
If Jeezy's paying LeBron
I'm paying Dwyane Wade
Three dice cee-lo,
Three-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
In New York (Ay) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams
Are made of
There's nothing you can't
Do (That boy good) (OK)
Now you're in New York
(Welcome to the bright lights baby)
(Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you
Feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (OK)
Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
Lights is blinding
Girls need blinders
So they can step out
Of bounds quick
The side lines is
Lined with casualties who
Sip the life casually
Then gradually become worse –
Don't bite the apple
Eve!
Caught up in the in-crowd
Now you're in-style
Into the winter gets cold
En vogue with your skin out
City of sin is a pity on a whim
Good girls gone bad
The city's 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
You're a virgin
And Jesus can't save you
Life starts when the church end
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're a Ambien
In New York (Ay, ow) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams
Are made of
There's nothing you can't do (OK)
Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you
Feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (OK)
Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
One hand in the air for the
Big city (Oh)
Street lights, big dreams
All looking pretty (Oh)
No place in the world that
Could compare (Nah)
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say
"Yeah, yeah" (Come on, come on)
"Yeah, yeah" (Come on)
Bridge:
In New York (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams
Are made of
There's nothing you can't do (OK)
Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you
Feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (OK)
Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
Bridge:
Ending:
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Empire state of mind
by Jay Z
Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn
Now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to De Niro
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 (Dinero!)
Right there up on Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonald's
Took it to my stash spot
Five hundred and sixty State Street
Catch me in the kitchen
Like a Simmons whipping pastry
Cruising down Eighth 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 Ty Ty
Still sipping Mai Tais
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high fives
Nigga, I be spiked out
I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that
I'm most definitely from
In New York (Ay, aha) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle (Yeah) where
Dreams are made of
There's nothing you can't
Do (Yeah) (OK)
Now you're in New York (Aha
Aha, aha) (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you
Feel brand-new (New)
Big lights will inspire you
(Come on) (OK)
Let's hear it for New York
(You welcome OG) (Uh)
New York (Yeah)
New York (Uh)
(I made you hot, nigga)
Catch me at the X with OG
At a Yankee game
Shit, I made the Yankee hat
More famous than a Yankee can
You should know I bleed blue
But I ain't a Crip though
But I got a gang of niggas
Walking with my clique though
Welcome to the melting pot
Corners where we're selling rock
Africa Bambaataa shit
Home of the hip-hop
Yellow cab, gypsy cab
Dollar cab, holler back
For foreigners, it ain't fair
They act like they forgot
How to add
Eight million stories out
There in the naked
City, it's a pity half of
Y'all won't make it
Me? I gotta plug Special Ed
"I Got It Made"
If Jeezy's paying LeBron
I'm paying Dwyane Wade
Three dice cee-lo,
Three-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
In New York (Ay) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams
Are made of
There's nothing you can't
Do (That boy good) (OK)
Now you're in New York
(Welcome to the bright lights baby)
(Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you
Feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (OK)
Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
Lights is blinding
Girls need blinders
So they can step out
Of bounds quick
The side lines is
Lined with casualties who
Sip the life casually
Then gradually become worse –
Don't bite the apple
Eve!
Caught up in the in-crowd
Now you're in-style
Into the winter gets cold
En vogue with your skin out
City of sin is a pity on a whim
Good girls gone bad
The city's 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
You're a virgin
And Jesus can't save you
Life starts when the church end
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're a Ambien
In New York (Ay, ow) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams
Are made of
There's nothing you can't do (OK)
Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you
Feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (OK)
Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
One hand in the air for the
Big city (Oh)
Street lights, big dreams
All looking pretty (Oh)
No place in the world that
Could compare (Nah)
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say
"Yeah, yeah" (Come on, come on)
"Yeah, yeah" (Come on)
Bridge:
In New York (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams
Are made of
There's nothing you can't do (OK)
Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you
Feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (OK)
Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
Bridge:
Ending:
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