Empire State Of Mind
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Verse 1
Yea 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, yea, they love me everywhere
I used to cop in Harlem, all of
my Dominicano's
right there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald's
Took it to my stashbox, 560
State St.
catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them Pastry's
Cruisin' down 8th St., 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's up to Ty-Ty, still
sippin' mai tai's
sittin' courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high five
Nigga I be Spike'd out, I could
trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from....
Chorus
New York, concrete jungle where
dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel
brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New
York, New York
Verse 2
Catch me at the X with OG at a
Yankee game
Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous then a Yankee can
You should know I bleed blue,
but I ain't a Crip though
but I got a gang of niggas walkin' with my clique though
Welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we sellin' rock
Afrika Bambataa shit, home of the hip-hop
Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar
cab, holla back
for foreigners it ain't for, they act like they forgot how to act
8 million stories, out there in
it naked
City, it's a pity, half of y'all won't make it
Me, I got a plug, Special Ed "I
Got It Made"
If Jeezy's payin' LeBron, I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
Three dice cee-lo, three Card
Monty
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
Chorus
New York, concrete jungle where
dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel
brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New
York, New York
Verse 3
Lights is blinding, girls need
blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick, the sidelines is
lined with casualties, who sip
to life casually
then gradually become worse, don't bite the apple eve
Caught up in the in-crowd, now
you're in style
Anna Wintour gets cold, in Vogue with your skin out
City of sin, it's a pity on the
wind
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 feelin' like a
champion
The city never sleeps, better slip you an Ambien
Chorus
New York, concrete jungle where
dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel
brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New
York, New York
Bridge
One hand in the air for the big
city
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty
No place in the world that could
compare
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say "yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah"
Chorus
New York, concrete jungle where
dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do
Now you're in New York
These streets will make you feel
brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New
York, New York
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