Empire State Of Mind (Explicit)
Jay-Z, Alicia Keys"Empire State Of Mind (Explicit)" is a song by Jay-Z, Alicia Keys, released in 2010 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:29 long and contains 144 lines and 739 words.
0:09Yeah
0:10Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn now I'm down in Tribeca
0:13Right next to De Niro but I'll be hood forever
0:16I'm the new Sinatra and since I made it here
0:18I can make it anywhere yeah they love me everywhere
0:21I used to cop in Harlem-hola my Dominicanos
0:24Dimelo
0:24Right there up on Broadway brought me back to that McDonald's
0:27Took it to my stash spot 560 State Street
0:29Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whippin' pastry
0:32Cruisin' down 8th Street off-white Lexus
0:35Drivin' so slow but BK is from Texas
0:38Me I'm out that Bed-Stuy home of that boy Biggie
0:41Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
0:43Say what up to Ty Ty still sippin' Mai Tais
0:46Sittin' courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives
0:49N***a I be spiked out I could trip a referee
0:52Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from
0:55Alicia Keys/Jay-Z：
0:55In New York
0:56Ayy aha
0:58Uh yeah
0:58Concrete jungle
0:59Yeah
0:59Where dreams are made of
1:02There's nothin' you can't do
1:04Yeah
1:05Okay
1:05Now you're in New York
1:07Aha aha aha
1:09Uh yeah
1:09These streets will make you feel brand-new
1:13New
1:13Big lights will inspire you
1:15Come on
1:16Okay
1:16Let's hear it for New York
1:17You welcome OG
1:18Uh
1:18New York
1:19Yeah
1:20New York
1:20Uh
1:21I made you hot n***a
1:22Jay-Z：
1:22Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
1:25S**t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
1:28You should know I bleed blue but I ain't a Crip though
1:30But I got a gang of n***as walkin' with my clique though
1:33Welcome to the meltin' pot corners where we sellin' rock
1:36Afrika Bambaataa s**t home of the hip-hop
1:39Yellow cab gypsy cab dollar cab holla back
1:41For foreigners it ain't fair they act like they forgot how to add
1:44Eight million stories out there in the naked
1:47City it's a pity half of y'all won't make it
1:50Me I gotta plug Special Ed "I Got It Made"
1:52If Jeezy's payin' LeBron I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
1:55Three dice cee-lo three-card Marley
1:58Labor Day Parade rest in peace Bob Marley
2:01Statue of Liberty long live the World Trade
2:04Long live the king yo I'm from the Empire State that's
2:07Alicia Keys/Jay-Z：
2:07In New York
2:08Ayy
2:09Uh yeah
2:10Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
2:14There's nothin' you can't do
2:15That boy good
2:16Okay
2:17Now you're in New York
2:20Uh yeah
2:21Welcome to the bright lights baby
2:22These streets will make you feel brand-new
2:25Big lights will inspire you
2:28Okay
2:28Let's hear it for New York
2:30Uh
2:30New York
2:31Yeah
2:32New York
2:33Uh
2:34Jay-Z：
2:35Lights is blinding girls need blinders
2:38So they can step out of bounds quick the side lines is
2:41Lined with casualties who sip the life casually
2:43Then gradually become worse don't bite the apple Eve
2:46Caught up in the in-crowd now you're in-style
2:48Into the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out
2:51City of sin is a pity on a whim
2:54Good girls gone bad the city's filled with them
2:57Mami took a bus trip now she got her bust out
3:00Everybody ride her just like a bus route
3:03"Hail Mary" to the city you're a virgin
3:05And Jesus can't save you life starts when the church end
3:08Came here for school graduated to the high life
3:11Ball players rap stars addicted to the limelight
3:14MDMA got you feelin' like a champion
3:16The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
3:19Alicia Keys/Jay-Z：
3:19In New York
3:20Ayy ow
3:21Uh yeah
3:22Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
3:26There's nothin' you can't do
3:29Okay
3:29Now you're in New York
3:32Uh yeah
3:33These streets will make you feel brand-new
3:37Big lights will inspire you
3:40Okay
3:40Let's hear it for New York
3:42Uh
3:42New York
3:43Yeah
3:44New York
3:45Uh
3:46Alicia Keys：
3:47One hand in the air for the big city
3:49Oh
3:50Street lights big dreams all lookin' pretty
3:52Oh
3:53No place in the world that could compare
3:55Nah
3:55Put your lighters in the air everybody say
3:58"Yeah yeah"
3:59Come on come on
4:01"Yeah yeah"
4:02Come on
4:03In New York
4:05Uh yeah
4:06Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
4:10There's nothin' you can't do
4:13Okay
4:13Now you're in New York
4:16Uh yeah
4:17These streets will make you feel brand-new
4:21Big lights will inspire you
4:24Okay
4:24Let's hear it for New York
4:26Uh
4:27New York
4:28Yeah
4:28New York
4:29Uh
Yeah Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn now I'm down in Tribeca Right next to De Niro but I'll be hood 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-hola my Dominicanos Dimelo Right there up on Broadway brought me back to that McDonald's Took it to my stash spot 560 State Street Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whippin' pastry Cruisin' down 8th Street off-white Lexus Drivin' so slow but BK is from Texas Me I'm out that Bed-Stuy home of that boy Biggie Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me Say what up to Ty Ty still sippin' Mai Tais Sittin' courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives N***a I be spiked out I could trip a referee Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from Alicia Keys/Jay-Z： In New York Ayy aha Uh yeah Concrete jungle Yeah Where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Yeah Okay Now you're in New York Aha aha aha Uh yeah These streets will make you feel brand-new New Big lights will inspire you Come on Okay Let's hear it for New York You welcome OG Uh New York Yeah New York Uh I made you hot n***a Jay-Z： Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game S**t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can You should know I bleed blue but I ain't a Crip though But I got a gang of n***as walkin' with my clique though Welcome to the meltin' pot corners where we sellin' rock Afrika Bambaataa s**t home of the hip-hop Yellow cab gypsy cab dollar cab holla back For foreigners it ain't fair they act like they forgot how to add Eight million stories out there in the naked City it's a pity half of y'all won't make it Me I gotta plug Special Ed "I Got It Made" If Jeezy's payin' LeBron I'm payin' Dwyane 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 that's Alicia Keys/Jay-Z： In New York Ayy Uh yeah Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do That boy good Okay Now you're in New York Uh yeah Welcome to the bright lights baby These streets will make you feel brand-new Big lights will inspire you Okay Let's hear it for New York Uh New York Yeah New York Uh Jay-Z： Lights is blinding girls need blinders So they can step out of bounds quick the side lines is Lined with casualties who sip the life casually Then gradually become worse don't bite the apple Eve Caught up in the in-crowd now you're in-style Into the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out City of sin is a pity on a whim Good girls gone bad the city's filled with them Mami took a bus trip now she got her bust out Everybody ride her just like a bus route "Hail Mary" to the city you're a virgin And Jesus can't save you life starts when the church end Came here for school graduated to the high life Ball players rap stars addicted to the limelight MDMA got you feelin' like a champion The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien Alicia Keys/Jay-Z： In New York Ayy ow Uh yeah Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Okay Now you're in New York Uh yeah These streets will make you feel brand-new Big lights will inspire you Okay Let's hear it for New York Uh New York Yeah New York Uh Alicia Keys： One hand in the air for the big city Oh Street lights big dreams all lookin' pretty Oh No place in the world that could compare Nah Put your lighters in the air everybody say "Yeah yeah" Come on come on "Yeah yeah" Come on In New York Uh yeah Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Okay Now you're in New York Uh yeah These streets will make you feel brand-new Big lights will inspire you Okay Let's hear it for New York Uh New York Yeah New York Uh
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