Empire State of Mind

[Jay-Z]
Yeah, yeah, Imma up at 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, yeah they love me everywhere
I used to cop in Harlem, all of my dominicanos
Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot, Five Sixty Stage 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 up at Bedsty, 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 Malta
Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives
N-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
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 here it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
Sh-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-ggas walkin' with my click though
Welcome to the melting pot, corners where we sellin' rocks
Afrika Bambataa sh-t, home of the hip hop
Yellow cap, gypsy cap, 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 is a pity, half of y'all won't make it
Me I got a plug Special Ed "I Got It Made"
If Jeezy payin' LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne 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 street that's

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
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 here it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]
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
End of the winter gets cold, en vogue with your skin out
City of sin is a pity on a wind
Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them
Mommy 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 ends
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: Alicia Keys]
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 here it for New York, New York, New York

[Alicia Keys]
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 yeaaah, yeaaah
Yeaaah, yeaaah

[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
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 here it for New York, New York, New York