Song | Empire State Of Mind |
Artist | Jay-Z |
Artist | Alicia Keys |
Album | The Blueprint 3 |
Download | Image LRC TXT |
[00:00.000] | |
[00:09.470] | Yeah |
[00:10.440] | Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn |
[00:11.630] | Now I'm down in Tribeca |
[00:13.020] | Right next to DeNiro |
[00:14.360] | But I’ll be hood forever |
[00:15.960] | I’m the new Sinatra |
[00:17.190] | And since I made it here |
[00:18.350] | I can make it anywhere |
[00:20.270] | Yeah, they love me everywhere |
[00:21.460] | I used to cop in Harlem |
[00:22.740] | Hola my Dominicanos |
[00:24.140] | Right there up on Broadway |
[00:25.740] | Brought me back to that McDonalds |
[00:26.990] | Took it to my stash spot |
[00:28.210] | 560 State street |
[00:29.550] | Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry |
[00:32.520] | Cruising down 8th street |
[00:33.810] | Off-white Lexus |
[00:35.300] | Driving so slow but BK is from Texas |
[00:38.020] | Me I’m out that Bed-Stuy |
[00:39.350] | Home of that boy Biggie |
[00:40.700] | Now I live on Billboard |
[00:42.130] | And I brought my boys with me |
[00:43.700] | Say what up to Ty Ty, still sipping mai tais |
[00:46.510] | Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives |
[00:49.200] | Nigga I be Spiked out, I can trip a referee |
[00:51.890] | Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from |
[00:55.220] | New York |
[00:57.950] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[01:01.830] | There's nothing you can’t do |
[01:04.880] | Now you’re in New York |
[01:09.670] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[01:13.110] | Big lights will inspire you |
[01:15.930] | Let's hear it for New York |
[01:22.500] | Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game |
[01:25.110] | Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can |
[01:28.080] | You should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a Crip, though |
[01:30.850] | But I got a gang of niggas walking with my clique though |
[01:33.560] | Welcome to the melting pot |
[01:34.910] | Corners where we selling rocks |
[01:36.320] | Afrika Bambaataa shit |
[01:37.690] | Home of the hip-hop |
[01:39.120] | Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back |
[01:41.690] | For foreigners it ain't fair, they act like they forgot how to add |
[01:44.480] | 8 million stories out there in the naked |
[01:47.220] | City, it's a pity half of y’all won’t make it |
[01:50.020] | Me I gotta plug Special Ed "I Got It Made" |
[01:52.690] | If Jeezy's paying LeBron, I’m paying Dwyane Wade |
[01:55.720] | 3 dice Cee-lo, 3 card Monte |
[01:58.420] | Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley |
[02:01.200] | Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade |
[02:03.830] | Long live the king yo |
[02:05.330] | I’m from the Empire State, that's: |
[02:07.280] | New York |
[02:10.010] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[02:13.840] | There's nothing you can’t do |
[02:17.070] | Now you’re in New York |
[02:21.730] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[02:24.910] | Big lights will inspire you |
[02:27.800] | Let's hear it for New York |
[02:35.230] | Lights is blinding |
[02:36.580] | Girls need blinders |
[02:37.750] | So they can step out of bounds quick |
[02:39.450] | The side lines is lined with casualties |
[02:41.970] | Who sip the life casually, then gradually become worse |
[02:44.970] | Don’t bite the apple, Eve |
[02:46.460] | Caught up in the in-crowd |
[02:47.770] | Now you're in-style |
[02:48.680] | And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out |
[02:51.550] | The city of sin is a pity on a whim |
[02:54.080] | Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with 'em |
[02:57.420] | Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out |
[02:59.940] | Everybody ride her, just like a bus route |
[03:02.970] | "Hail Mary" to the city, you're a virgin |
[03:05.470] | And Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church ends |
[03:08.380] | Came here for school, graduated to the high life |
[03:11.170] | Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight |
[03:14.070] | MDMA got you feeling like a champion |
[03:16.460] | The city never sleeps, better slip you a Ambien |
[03:19.180] | New York |
[03:22.040] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[03:25.750] | There's nothing you can’t do |
[03:29.050] | Now you’re in New York |
[03:33.630] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[03:36.970] | Big lights will inspire you |
[03:39.890] | Let's hear it for New York |
[03:47.590] | One hand in the air for the big city |
[03:50.110] | Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty |
[03:52.800] | No place in the world that can compare |
[03:55.720] | Put your lighters in the air, everybody say "yea!" |
[04:03.120] | New York |
[04:06.260] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[04:10.120] | There's nothing you can’t do |
[04:13.400] | Now you’re in New York |
[04:18.010] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[04:21.340] | Big lights will inspire you |
[04:24.260] | Let's hear it for New York |
[04:31.020] |
[00:00.000] | |
[00:09.470] | Yeah |
[00:10.440] | Yeah, I' m out that Brooklyn |
[00:11.630] | Now I' m down in Tribeca |
[00:13.020] | Right next to DeNiro |
[00:14.360] | But I' ll be hood forever |
[00:15.960] | I' m the new Sinatra |
[00:17.190] | And since I made it here |
[00:18.350] | I can make it anywhere |
[00:20.270] | Yeah, they love me everywhere |
[00:21.460] | I used to cop in Harlem |
[00:22.740] | Hola my Dominicanos |
[00:24.140] | Right there up on Broadway |
[00:25.740] | Brought me back to that McDonalds |
[00:26.990] | Took it to my stash spot |
[00:28.210] | 560 State street |
[00:29.550] | Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry |
[00:32.520] | Cruising down 8th street |
[00:33.810] | Offwhite Lexus |
[00:35.300] | Driving so slow but BK is from Texas |
[00:38.020] | Me I' m out that BedStuy |
[00:39.350] | Home of that boy Biggie |
[00:40.700] | Now I live on Billboard |
[00:42.130] | And I brought my boys with me |
[00:43.700] | Say what up to Ty Ty, still sipping mai tais |
[00:46.510] | Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives |
[00:49.200] | Nigga I be Spiked out, I can trip a referee |
[00:51.890] | Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from |
[00:55.220] | New York |
[00:57.950] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[01:01.830] | There' s nothing you can' t do |
[01:04.880] | Now you' re in New York |
[01:09.670] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[01:13.110] | Big lights will inspire you |
[01:15.930] | Let' s hear it for New York |
[01:22.500] | Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game |
[01:25.110] | Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can |
[01:28.080] | You should know I bleed Blue, but I ain' t a Crip, though |
[01:30.850] | But I got a gang of niggas walking with my clique though |
[01:33.560] | Welcome to the melting pot |
[01:34.910] | Corners where we selling rocks |
[01:36.320] | Afrika Bambaataa shit |
[01:37.690] | Home of the hiphop |
[01:39.120] | Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back |
[01:41.690] | For foreigners it ain' t fair, they act like they forgot how to add |
[01:44.480] | 8 million stories out there in the naked |
[01:47.220] | City, it' s a pity half of y' all won' t make it |
[01:50.020] | Me I gotta plug Special Ed " I Got It Made" |
[01:52.690] | If Jeezy' s paying LeBron, I' m paying Dwyane Wade |
[01:55.720] | 3 dice Ceelo, 3 card Monte |
[01:58.420] | Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley |
[02:01.200] | Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade |
[02:03.830] | Long live the king yo |
[02:05.330] | I' m from the Empire State, that' s: |
[02:07.280] | New York |
[02:10.010] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[02:13.840] | There' s nothing you can' t do |
[02:17.070] | Now you' re in New York |
[02:21.730] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[02:24.910] | Big lights will inspire you |
[02:27.800] | Let' s hear it for New York |
[02:35.230] | Lights is blinding |
[02:36.580] | Girls need blinders |
[02:37.750] | So they can step out of bounds quick |
[02:39.450] | The side lines is lined with casualties |
[02:41.970] | Who sip the life casually, then gradually become worse |
[02:44.970] | Don' t bite the apple, Eve |
[02:46.460] | Caught up in the incrowd |
[02:47.770] | Now you' re instyle |
[02:48.680] | And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out |
[02:51.550] | The city of sin is a pity on a whim |
[02:54.080] | Good girls gone bad, the city' s filled with ' em |
[02:57.420] | Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out |
[02:59.940] | Everybody ride her, just like a bus route |
[03:02.970] | " Hail Mary" to the city, you' re a virgin |
[03:05.470] | And Jesus can' t save you, life starts when the church ends |
[03:08.380] | Came here for school, graduated to the high life |
[03:11.170] | Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight |
[03:14.070] | MDMA got you feeling like a champion |
[03:16.460] | The city never sleeps, better slip you a Ambien |
[03:19.180] | New York |
[03:22.040] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[03:25.750] | There' s nothing you can' t do |
[03:29.050] | Now you' re in New York |
[03:33.630] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[03:36.970] | Big lights will inspire you |
[03:39.890] | Let' s hear it for New York |
[03:47.590] | One hand in the air for the big city |
[03:50.110] | Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty |
[03:52.800] | No place in the world that can compare |
[03:55.720] | Put your lighters in the air, everybody say " yea!" |
[04:03.120] | New York |
[04:06.260] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[04:10.120] | There' s nothing you can' t do |
[04:13.400] | Now you' re in New York |
[04:18.010] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[04:21.340] | Big lights will inspire you |
[04:24.260] | Let' s hear it for New York |
[04:31.020] |
[00:00.000] | |
[00:09.470] | Yeah |
[00:10.440] | Yeah, I' m out that Brooklyn |
[00:11.630] | Now I' m down in Tribeca |
[00:13.020] | Right next to DeNiro |
[00:14.360] | But I' ll be hood forever |
[00:15.960] | I' m the new Sinatra |
[00:17.190] | And since I made it here |
[00:18.350] | I can make it anywhere |
[00:20.270] | Yeah, they love me everywhere |
[00:21.460] | I used to cop in Harlem |
[00:22.740] | Hola my Dominicanos |
[00:24.140] | Right there up on Broadway |
[00:25.740] | Brought me back to that McDonalds |
[00:26.990] | Took it to my stash spot |
[00:28.210] | 560 State street |
[00:29.550] | Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry |
[00:32.520] | Cruising down 8th street |
[00:33.810] | Offwhite Lexus |
[00:35.300] | Driving so slow but BK is from Texas |
[00:38.020] | Me I' m out that BedStuy |
[00:39.350] | Home of that boy Biggie |
[00:40.700] | Now I live on Billboard |
[00:42.130] | And I brought my boys with me |
[00:43.700] | Say what up to Ty Ty, still sipping mai tais |
[00:46.510] | Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives |
[00:49.200] | Nigga I be Spiked out, I can trip a referee |
[00:51.890] | Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from |
[00:55.220] | New York |
[00:57.950] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[01:01.830] | There' s nothing you can' t do |
[01:04.880] | Now you' re in New York |
[01:09.670] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[01:13.110] | Big lights will inspire you |
[01:15.930] | Let' s hear it for New York |
[01:22.500] | Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game |
[01:25.110] | Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can |
[01:28.080] | You should know I bleed Blue, but I ain' t a Crip, though |
[01:30.850] | But I got a gang of niggas walking with my clique though |
[01:33.560] | Welcome to the melting pot |
[01:34.910] | Corners where we selling rocks |
[01:36.320] | Afrika Bambaataa shit |
[01:37.690] | Home of the hiphop |
[01:39.120] | Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back |
[01:41.690] | For foreigners it ain' t fair, they act like they forgot how to add |
[01:44.480] | 8 million stories out there in the naked |
[01:47.220] | City, it' s a pity half of y' all won' t make it |
[01:50.020] | Me I gotta plug Special Ed " I Got It Made" |
[01:52.690] | If Jeezy' s paying LeBron, I' m paying Dwyane Wade |
[01:55.720] | 3 dice Ceelo, 3 card Monte |
[01:58.420] | Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley |
[02:01.200] | Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade |
[02:03.830] | Long live the king yo |
[02:05.330] | I' m from the Empire State, that' s: |
[02:07.280] | New York |
[02:10.010] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[02:13.840] | There' s nothing you can' t do |
[02:17.070] | Now you' re in New York |
[02:21.730] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[02:24.910] | Big lights will inspire you |
[02:27.800] | Let' s hear it for New York |
[02:35.230] | Lights is blinding |
[02:36.580] | Girls need blinders |
[02:37.750] | So they can step out of bounds quick |
[02:39.450] | The side lines is lined with casualties |
[02:41.970] | Who sip the life casually, then gradually become worse |
[02:44.970] | Don' t bite the apple, Eve |
[02:46.460] | Caught up in the incrowd |
[02:47.770] | Now you' re instyle |
[02:48.680] | And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out |
[02:51.550] | The city of sin is a pity on a whim |
[02:54.080] | Good girls gone bad, the city' s filled with ' em |
[02:57.420] | Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out |
[02:59.940] | Everybody ride her, just like a bus route |
[03:02.970] | " Hail Mary" to the city, you' re a virgin |
[03:05.470] | And Jesus can' t save you, life starts when the church ends |
[03:08.380] | Came here for school, graduated to the high life |
[03:11.170] | Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight |
[03:14.070] | MDMA got you feeling like a champion |
[03:16.460] | The city never sleeps, better slip you a Ambien |
[03:19.180] | New York |
[03:22.040] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[03:25.750] | There' s nothing you can' t do |
[03:29.050] | Now you' re in New York |
[03:33.630] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[03:36.970] | Big lights will inspire you |
[03:39.890] | Let' s hear it for New York |
[03:47.590] | One hand in the air for the big city |
[03:50.110] | Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty |
[03:52.800] | No place in the world that can compare |
[03:55.720] | Put your lighters in the air, everybody say " yea!" |
[04:03.120] | New York |
[04:06.260] | Concrete jungle where dreams are made of |
[04:10.120] | There' s nothing you can' t do |
[04:13.400] | Now you' re in New York |
[04:18.010] | These streets will make you feel brand new |
[04:21.340] | Big lights will inspire you |
[04:24.260] | Let' s hear it for New York |
[04:31.020] |