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 (1)__________ I made it here,
I can (2)________ 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 (3)________________ pastry,
cruising down 8th street,
off white lexus,
driving so slow but BK is from Texas,
me I’m up at Bedsty,
home of (4)________ boy Biggie,
now I live on billboard,
and I brought my boys with me,
say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
sitting courtside Knicks and (5)________ give me high fives,
N-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee,
tell by my (6)________________ that I most definitely from…

[Alicia Keys]
In New York,
Concrete (7)____________ where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets (8)________ make you feel brand new,
the lights will (9)______________ you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]
I (10)________ you hot n-gga,
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
sh-t I made the yankee hat (11)________ famous than a (12)____________ can,
you should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas walking (13)________ my click though,
welcome to the (14)______________ 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 (15)________ fitted they forgot how to act,
eight million stories out there and (16)__________ naked,
cities is a pity (17)________ 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 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 (18)____________ 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 (19)____________ quick,
the side lines is blind with casualties,
who sipping life casually, then gradually (20)____________ worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now your in-style,
and in the winter (21)________ 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 took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
everybody ride her, (22)________ like a bus route,
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
and (23)__________ can’t save you life (24)____________ when the church ends,
came (25)________ 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 a Ambien

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete (26)____________ where (27)____________ are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets (28)________ 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, everybody 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 will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

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