JAY-Z - Empire State Of Mind
[00:09.21] [Jay-Z]
[00:09.21] Yeah
[00:10.09] Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca
[00:12.83] Right next to De Niro, but I'll be hood forever
[00:15.59] I'm the new Sinatra, and since I made it here
[00:18.60] I can make it anywhere, yeah, they love me everywhere
[00:21.08] I used to cop in Harlem - hola, my Dominicanos (Dimelo!)
[00:23.95] Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's
[00:26.81] Took it to my stash spot, 560 State Street
[00:29.56] Catch me in the kitchen, like a Simmons whippin' pastry
[00:32.31] Cruisin' down 8th Street, off-white Lexus
[00:35.05] Drivin' so slow, but BK is from Texas
[00:37.81] Me? I'm out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
[00:40.69] Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
[00:43.44] Say what up to Ty Ty, still sippin' Mai Tais
[00:46.19] Sittin' courtside, Knicks and Nets give me high fives
[00:48.93] Nigga, I be spiked out, I could trip a referee
[00:51.79] Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from
[00:54.40] [Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
[00:54.40] In New York (Ayy, aha) (Uh, yeah)
[00:57.90] Concrete jungle (Yeah) where dreams are made of
[01:01.80] There's nothin' you can't do (Yeah) (Okay)
[01:04.78] Now you're in New York (Aha, aha, aha) (Uh, yeah)
[01:09.30] These streets will make you feel brand-new (New)
[01:12.70] Big lights will inspire you (Come on) (Okay)
[01:15.44] Let's hear it for New York (You welcome, OG) (Uh)
[01:18.30] New York (Yeah), New York (Uh) (I made you hot, nigga)
[01:22.05] [Jay-Z]
[01:22.05] Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
[01:25.06] Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
[01:27.80] You should know I bleed blue, but I ain't a Crip though
[01:30.55] But I got a gang of niggas walkin' with my clique though
[01:33.42] Welcome to the meltin' pot, corners where we sellin' rock
[01:36.19] Afrika Bambaataa shit, home of the hip-hop
[01:38.92] Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back
[01:41.53] For foreigners, it ain't fair, they act like they forgot how to add
[01:44.27] Eight million stories out there in the naked
[01:47.02] City, it's a pity half of y'all won't make it
[01:49.78] Me? I gotta plug Special Ed, "I Got It Made"
[01:52.38] If Jeezy's payin' LeBron, I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
[01:55.39] Three dice cee-lo, three-card Marley
[01:58.11] Labor Day Parade rest in peace, Bob Marley
[02:00.88] Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade
[02:03.86] Long live the king, yo I'm from the Empire State, that's
[02:06.63] [Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
[02:06.63] In New York (Ayy) (Uh, yeah)
[02:09.88] Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[02:13.63] There's nothin' you can't do (That boy good) (Okay)
[02:16.89] Now you're in New York (Welcome to the bright lights, baby) (Uh, yeah)
[02:21.37] These streets will make you feel brand-new
[02:24.87] Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
[02:27.63] Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
[02:30.38] New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
[02:34.89] [Jay-Z]
[02:34.89] Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
[02:37.48] So they can step out of bounds quick, the side lines is
[02:40.49] Lined with casualties who sip the life casually
[02:42.97] Then gradually become worse, don't bite the apple, Eve!
[02:45.84] Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in-style
[02:48.35] Into the winter gets cold, en vogue with your skin out
[02:51.41] City of sin is a pity on a whim
[02:53.92] Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them
[02:56.91] Mami, took a bus trip, now she got her bust out
[02:59.68] Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
[03:03.02] "Hail Mary" to the city, you're a virgin
[03:05.14] And Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church end
[03:08.13] Came here for school, graduated to the high life
[03:10.87] Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
[03:13.62] MDMA got you feelin' like a champion
[03:16.13] The city never sleeps, better slip you a Ambien
[03:18.47] [Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
[03:18.47] In New York (Ayy, ow) (Uh, yeah)
[03:21.97] Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[03:25.72] There's nothin' you can't do (Okay)
[03:28.72] Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
[03:33.21] These streets will make you feel brand-new
[03:36.72] Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
[03:39.44] Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
[03:42.21] New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
[03:47.21] [Alicia Keys]
[03:47.21] One hand in the air for the big city (Oh)
[03:49.96] Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty (Oh)
[03:52.71] No place in the world that could compare (Nah)
[03:55.46] Put your lighters in the air, everybody say
[03:57.97] "Yeah, yeah" (Come on, come on)
[04:00.61] "Yeah, yeah" (Come on)
[04:02.84] In New York (Uh, yeah)
[04:06.11] Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[04:10.12] There's nothin' you can't do (Okay)
[04:13.11] Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
[04:17.61] These streets will make you feel brand-new
[04:21.10] Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
[04:23.85] Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
[04:26.61] New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
