(Empire State Of Mind by Jay Z ft. Alicia Keys) ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ 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 whipping pastry ♪ ♪ Cruising down 8th 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 ♪ ♪ I be spiked out I could trip a referee ♪ ♪ Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from ♪ ♪ In New York ♪ ♪ Concrete jungle where dreams are made of ♪ ♪ There's nothing 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 ♪ ♪ Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game ♪ ♪ 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 walking with my clique though ♪ ♪ Welcome to the melting pot ♪ ♪ Corners where we're selling ♪ ♪ Africa Bambaataa 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 ♪ ♪ Concrete jungle where dreams are made of ♪ ♪ There's nothing 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 ♪ ♪ 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 ♪ ♪ Concrete jungle where dreams are made of ♪ ♪ There's nothing 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 ♪ ♪ One hand in the air for the big city ♪ ♪ Street lights big dreams all looking pretty ♪ ♪ No place in the world that could compare ♪ ♪ Put your lighters in the air everybody say ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah ♪ ♪ Yeah yeah ♪ ♪ In New York ♪ ♪ Concrete jungle where dreams are made of ♪ ♪ There's nothing 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 ♪