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 make it anywhere,
yeah (1)________ love me everywhere,
I (2)________ 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 whipping pastry,
cruising down 8th street,
off (3)__________ 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 spiked out, I can trip a referee,
tell by my attitude (4)________ I most definitely from…

[Alicia Keys]
In New York,
Concrete (5)____________ where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you can’t do,
Now you’re in New York,
these (6)______________ will make you (7)________ brand new,
the lights will (8)______________ 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 Yankee game,
sh-t I made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
you (9)____________ know I bleed Blue, but I aint a (10)________ tho,
but I got a (11)________ of n-ggas walking (12)________ my click though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
afrika bambaataa sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
yellow cap, (13)__________ cap, dollar cab, holla back,
for foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
eight million stories out there and their naked,
cities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me I (14)__________ plug a special and I got it made,
If Jesus payin LeBron, I’m (15)____________ Dwayne Wade,
three (16)________ cee-lo
three card marley,
labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
long (17)________ 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)____________ (19)________ inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the (20)____________ light..

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is blind with casualties,
who sipping life casually, then (21)__________________ 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 (22)____________ 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 (23)________ 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 streets (24)________ make you feel brand new,
the lights (25)________ 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 (26)____________ will inspire you,
lets here it for New York, New York, New York

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