Empire State Of Mind by Alicia Keys - Jay Z

Yeah,
Yeah, I'm out at Brooklyn,
now Im down in Tribeca,
right next to DeNiro,
But I’ll be hood forever,
I’m the new Sinatra,
and since I (1)________ 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 (2)________ 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 (3)________ with me,
say wat 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…

[Alicia Keys]
In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will (4)______________ you,
lets (5)________ it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,
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 aint a (6)________ tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
afrika (7)__________________ sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back,
for foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
eight million (8)______________ out there and (9)__________ naked,
cities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me I gotta plug a special and I got it made,
If Jesus 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 state thats…

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle where (10)____________ are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will (11)______________ you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the bright light..

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls (12)________ blinders
so they can (13)________ out of bounds quick,
the side (14)__________ is (15)__________ with casualties,
who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now your in-style,
and in the winter (16)________ cold en (17)__________ with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim,
good girls (18)________ bad, the cities filled with them,
Mommy (19)________ a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
and Jesus can’t save you (20)________ starts when the church ends,
came here for school, (21)__________________ to the high life,
ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a champion,
the city (22)__________ sleeps better slip you a Ambien

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will (23)______________ you,
lets 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 (24)______________ pretty,
no place in the (25)__________ that can compare,
Put (26)________ (27)________________ in the air, (28)__________________ say yeaaahh
come on, come,
yeah,

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights (29)________ inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

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