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 (2)__________ up on broadway,
brought me back to that McDonalds,
took it to my stash spot,
Five Sixty Stage street,
catch me in the kitchen (3)________ 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 live on billboard,
and I brought my boys with me,
say wat up to Ty Ty, still (4)______________ Malta
sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
N-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee,
tell by my attitude that I (5)________ definitely from…

[Alicia Keys]
In New York,
Concrete (6)____________ where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these (7)______________ will make you feel brand new,
the lights (8)________ 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 with OG at a (9)____________ game,
sh-t I made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
you should know I (10)__________ Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas (11)______________ with my click though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
afrika (12)__________________ 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 (13)______________ stories out there and their naked,
cities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me I gotta plug a (14)______________ and I got it made,
If Jesus payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
three (15)________ cee-lo
three card marley,
labor day parade, (16)________ in peace Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
long (17)________ the king yo,
I’m (18)________ the empire state thats…

[Chorus]

In New York,
Concrete jungle (19)__________ (20)____________ are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these (21)______________ will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the (22)____________ light..

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can (23)________ out of bounds quick,
the side lines 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 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 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 (24)____________ when the church ends,
came here for school, graduated to the (25)________ 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 dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these (26)______________ will make you feel brand new,
the lights will (27)______________ 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 (28)________ of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these streets will make you (29)________ brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

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