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 made it here,
I can (1)________ it anywhere,
yeah they love me everywhere,
I (2)________ to cop in Harlem,
all of my dominicanos
right (3)__________ up on broadway,
brought me (4)________ to (5)________ McDonalds,
took it to my (6)__________ spot,
Five Sixty Stage street,
catch me in the kitchen (7)________ a simmons whipping pastry,
cruising down 8th street,
off (8)__________ 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 wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
N-gga I be (9)____________ out, I can trip a referee,
tell by my attitude that I most definitely from…

[Alicia Keys]
In New York,
Concrete (10)____________ where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you (11)________ brand new,
the (12)____________ will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,
Catch me at the X (13)________ OG at a Yankee game,
sh-t I made the yankee hat more famous than a (14)____________ can,
you should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners (15)__________ 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 forgot how to act,
eight million stories out (16)__________ and their 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 (17)____________ 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 (18)________ you feel brand 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 (19)________ blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side (20)__________ is blind with casualties,
who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
caught up in the in crowd,
now (21)________ in-style,
and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a (22)________ on a whim,
good girls gone bad, the (23)____________ filled with them,
Mommy took 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 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 feeling like a champion,
the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle where (24)____________ 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 (25)______________ 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 (26)______________ you,
lets (27)________ it for New York, New York, New York

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