Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z/Alicia Keys

Lyrics by：Shuckburgh/Sewell/Carter/Hunt/Augello/Keyes

Composed by：Shuckburgh/Sewell/Carter/Hunt/Augello/Keyes

JAY-Z：

Yeah

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

Dimelo

Right there up on Broadway brought me back to that McDonald's

Took it to my stash spot 560 State Street

Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whippin' pastry

Cruisin' down 8th Street off-white Lexus

Drivin' 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 sippin' Mai Tais

Sittin' courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives

N***a I be spiked out I could trip a referee

Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from

Alicia Keys/Jay-Z：

In New York

Ayy aha

Uh yeah

Concrete jungle

Yeah

Where dreams are made of

There's nothin' you can't do

Yeah

Okay

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

Okay

Let's hear it for New York

You welcome **

Uh

New York

Yeah

New York

Uh

I made you hot n***a

Jay-Z：

Catch me at the X with ** at a Yankee game

S**t 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 n***as walkin' with my clique though

Welcome to the meltin' pot corners where we sellin' rock

Afrika Bambaataa s**t home of the hip-hop

Yellow cab gypsy cab dollar cab holla 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 payin' LeBron I'm payin' 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

Alicia Keys/Jay-Z：

In New York

Ayy

Uh yeah

Concrete jungle where dreams are made of

There's nothin' you can't do

That boy good

Okay

Now you're in New York

Uh yeah

Welcome to the bright lights baby

These streets will make you feel brand-new

Big lights will inspire you

Okay

Let's hear it for New York

Uh

New York

Yeah

New York

Uh