Empire State Of Mind

Yeah, I'm out at Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca, right next to the Nero, 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
All of my Dominicanos right there up on Broadway
Pull me back to that McDonald's
Took it to my stash spot, 5 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry
Cruisin' down A Street
Off-White Lexus, drivin' so slow
But BK is from Texas
Me, I'm off that bed stop, home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard
And I brought my boys with me, say what up to Tata
Still sittin' my time, sittin' courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high five
I be spiked out, I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from New York
I'm beatin' New York
These streets will make you feel brand new
These lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
I made the Yankee hat more famous than the Yankee king
You should know I bleed blue, but I ain't a crypto
But I got a gang of walking with my click though
Welcome to the melting pot
Corners where we selling
Africa been by the
Home of the hip hop
Yellow cap
Gypsy cap
Dollar cap
Holler back
For foreigners it ain't fair
They act like they forgot how to act
Eight million stories
Out there in the naked
City is a pity
Half of y'all won't make it
Me, I got a plug, special ed, I got it made
If Jesus paying LeBron, I'm paying to Wayne Bwayne
Three dice, CeeLo
Three cards, 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 That boy good
That boy good
Welcome to the bright life, baby
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Lights is blinding, girls need blinders, so they can step out of bounds quick
The sidelines is lined with casualties, who sip the life casually
Gradually become worse
Don't bite the apple
Eve caught up in the in crowd
Now you're in style and in the winter gets cold
In vogue with your skin out
City of sin
It's a pity
On the whim
Good girls going bad
The city's filled with them
Mommy took a bus trip, now she got a bust out
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
Hell married to the city, you're a virgin
And Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church in
Came here for school, graduated to the high life
Ballplayers, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
MDMA got you feeling like a champion
The city never sleep, better slip you an amb new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
One hand in the air for the big city
Streetlights, big dreams, all looking pretty
No place in the world that could compare
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah
Come on
Yeah, yeah
In New York
Come on
There's nothing you can't do York
These streets will make you feel brand new
Big lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York
New York, New York
New York, New York, New York