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 (1)________ 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 (2)__________ 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 (3)________ on billboard,
and I brought my boys with me,
say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
sitting courtside (4)____________ and Nets give me high fives,
N-gga I be spiked out, I can (5)________ 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 inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]
I (6)________ 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 crip tho,
but I got a (7)________ of n-ggas walking (8)________ my click though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
afrika bambaataa sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back,
for foreigners it aint fitted they (9)____________ how to act,
eight million stories out there and their naked,
cities is a (10)________ half of y’all won’t make it,
me I gotta (11)________ a special and I got it made,
If Jesus payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
three (12)________ cee-lo
three card marley,
labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
long live the (13)________ yo,
I’m (14)________ the (15)____________ state thats…

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle (16)__________ dreams are (17)________ of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you feel (18)__________ new,
the lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the bright light..

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is blind with casualties,
who sipping (19)________ 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 gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim,
good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
Mommy (20)________ 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 life (21)____________ when the church ends,
came (22)________ 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 (23)____________ 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 (24)______________ (25)________ make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire 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 looking pretty,
no place in the World that can compare,
Put your lighters in the air, (26)__________________ say yeaaahh
come on, come,
yeah,

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
Theres (27)______________ you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you feel (28)__________ new,
the (29)____________ will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

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