Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z
[00:09.39] Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca
[00:13.14] Right next to De Niro, but I'll be hood forever
[00:15.89] I'm the new Sinatra, and since I made it here
[00:18.64] I can make it anywhere, yeah, they love me everywhere
[00:21.39] I used to cop in Harlem – hola, my Dominicanos (Dinero!)
[00:24.04] Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's
[00:27.04] Took it to my stash spot, 560 State Street
[00:29.54] Catch me in the kitchen, like a Simmons whipping pastry
[00:32.29] Cruising down 8th Street, off-white Lexus
[00:35.29] Driving so slow, but BK is from Texas
[00:37.78] Me? I'm out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
[00:40.53] Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
[00:43.54] Say what up to Ty Ty, still sipping Mai Tais
[00:44.93] Sitting courtside, Knicks and Nets give me high fives
[00:48.93] Nigga, I be spiked out, I could trip a referee
[00:51.93] Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from
[00:55.18] In New York (Ay, aha) (Uh, yeah)
[00:57.93] Concrete jungle (Yeah) where dreams are made of
[01:01.68] There's nothing you can't do (Yeah) (OK)
[01:04.68] Now you're in New York (Aha, aha, aha) (Uh, yeah)
[01:09.68] These streets will make you feel brand-new (New)
[01:12.94] Big lights will inspire you (Come on) (OK)
[01:15.69] Let's hear it for New York (You welcome, OG) (Uh)
[01:18.33] New York (Yeah), New York (Uh) (I made you hot, nigga)
[01:22.58] Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
[01:24.84] Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
[01:27.83] You should know I bleed blue, but I ain't a Crip though
[01:30.58] But I got a gang of niggas walking with my clique though
[01:33.34] Welcome to the melting pot, corners where we're selling rock
[01:36.09] Africa Bambaataa shit, home of the hip-hop
[01:38.84] Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holler back
[01:41.59] For foreigners, it ain't fair, they act like they forgot how to add
[01:44.33] Eight million stories out there in the naked
[01:47.34] City, it's a pity half of y'all won't make it
[01:49.83] Me? I gotta plug Special Ed, "I Got It Made"
[01:52.58] If Jeezy's paying LeBron, I'm paying Dwyane Wade
[01:55.34] Three dice cee-lo, three-card Marley
[01:58.33] Labor Day Parade—rest in peace, Bob Marley
[02:01.08] Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade
[02:03.83] Long live the king, yo—I'm from the Empire State, that's
[02:07.24] In New York (Ay) (Uh, yeah)
[02:10.24] Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[02:13.74] There's nothing you can't do (That boy good) (OK)
[02:16.99] Now you're in New York (Welcome to the bright lights, baby) (Uh, yeah)
[02:21.74] These streets will make you feel brand-new
[02:24.98] Big lights will inspire you (OK)
[02:27.73] Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
[02:30.49] New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
[02:35.23] Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
[02:37.74] So they can step out of bounds quick, the side lines is
[02:40.49] Lined with casualties who sip the life casually
[02:43.23] Then gradually become worse – don't bite the apple, Eve!
[02:45.98] Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in-style
[02:48.38] Into the winter gets cold, en vogue with your skin out
[02:51.63] City of sin is a pity on a whim
[02:53.87] Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them
[02:57.12] Mami, took a bus trip, now she got her bust out
[02:59.87] Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
[03:02.87] "Hail Mary" to the city, you're a virgin
[03:05.37] And Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church end
[03:08.12] Came here for school, graduated to the high life
[03:11.12] Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
[03:13.52] MDMA got you feeling like a champion
[03:16.27] The city never sleeps, better slip you're a Ambien
[03:18.66] In New York (Ay, ow) (Uh, yeah)
[03:22.15] Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[03:25.91] There's nothing you can't do (OK)
[03:29.15] Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
[03:33.66] These streets will make you feel brand-new
[03:37.15] Big lights will inspire you (OK)
[03:39.91] Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
[03:42.16] New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
[03:47.06] One hand in the air for the big city (Oh)
[03:50.05] Street lights, big dreams, all looking pretty (Oh)
[03:52.80] No place in the world that could compare (Nah)
[03:55.55] Put your lighters in the air, everybody say
[03:58.05] "Yeah, yeah" (Come on, come on)
[04:00.56] "Yeah, yeah" (Come on)
[04:02.81] In New York (Uh, yeah)
[04:06.30] Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[04:10.06] There's nothing you can't do (OK)
[04:13.05] Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
[04:18.05] These streets will make you feel brand-new
[04:21.05] Big lights will inspire you (OK)
[04:24.06] Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
[04:26.81] New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
