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Empire State Of Mind*
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Jay-Z
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[feat. Alicia Keys]
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Yeah
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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Yea I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in TriBeCa
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right next to Deniro, but I'll be hood forever
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I'm the new Sinatra, and... since I made it here
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I can make it anywhere, yea, they love me everywhere
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I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano's
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right there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald's
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Took it to my stashbox, 560 State St.
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catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them Pastry's
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Cruisin' down 8th St., off white Lexus
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drivin' so slow, but BK is from Texas
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Me, I'm out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
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now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
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Say what's up to Ty-Ty, still sippin' mai tai's
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sittin' courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high five
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Nigga I be Spike'd out, I could trip a referee
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Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from....
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[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
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New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of
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There's nothin' you can't do
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Now you're in New York
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These streets will make you feel brand new
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Big lights will inspire you
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Let's hear it for New York, New York,
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New York
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[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
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Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous then a Yankee can
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You should know I bleed blue, but I ain't a Crip though
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but I got a gang of niggas walkin' with my clique though
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Welcome to the melting pot, corners where we sellin' rock
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Afrika Bambataa shit, home of the hip-hop
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Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back
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for foreigners it ain't for, they act like they forgot how to act
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8 million stories, out there in it naked
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City, it's a pity, half of y'all won't make it
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Me, I got a plug, Special Ed "I Got It Made"
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If Jeezy's payin' LeBron, I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
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Three dice cee-lo, three Card Monty
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Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley
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Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade
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Long live the King yo, I'm from the Empire State that's
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[Chorus:]
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[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
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Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
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so they can step out of bounds quick, the sidelines is
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lined with casualties, who sip to life casually
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then gradually become worse, don't bite the apple eve
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Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in style
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Anna Wintour gets cold, in Vogue with your skin out
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City of sin, it's a pity on the wind
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Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them
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Mami took a bus trip, now she got her bust out
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Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
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Hail Mary to the city, you're a virgin
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And Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church end
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Came here for school, graduated to the high life
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Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
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MDMA got you feelin' like a champion
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The city never sleeps, better slip you an Ambien
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[Chorus:]
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[Bridge: Alicia Keys]
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One hand in the air for the big city
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Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty
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No place in the world that could compare
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Put your lighters in the air
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Everybody say "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah"
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[Chorus:]
JAY-Z - Empire State Of Mind ft. Alicia ...
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