- Yeah,
- Yeah, Imma up 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 they love me everywhere,
- I used 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 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 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 that I most definitely from…
- New York,
- I'm from 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 lights will inspire you,
- Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
- 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 should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
- But i got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
- Welcome to the melting pot,
- Corners where we selling rocks,
- Afrika bambaataa sh-t,
- Home of the hip hop,
- Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cap, holla back,
- For foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
- 8 million stories out there and their naked,
- Cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it,
- Me i gotta plug a special and i got it made,
- If Jesus payin LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade,
- 3 dice cee-lo
- 3 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 thats…
- New York,
- I'm from 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 lights will inspire you,
- Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
- Lights is blinding,
- Girls need blinders
- So they can step out of bounds quick,
- The side lines is blind with casualties,
- ? 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 of win,
- 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 like starts when the church ends,
- Came here for school, graduated to the high life,
- Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
- Empty in May got you feeling like a champion,
- The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
- New York,
- I'm from 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 lights will inspire you,
- Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
- 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,
- New York,
- I'm from 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 lights will inspire you,
- Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
- [00:-7.52]Empire State of Mind
- [00:-5.52]Jay-Z
- [00:00.00]
- [00:09.79]Yeah,
- [00:10.77]Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn,
- [00:12.10]Now Im down in Tribeca,
- [00:13.40]Right next to DeNiro,
- [00:14.74]But I'll be hood forever,
- [00:16.19]I'm the new Sinatra,
- [00:17.50]And since i made it here,
- [00:18.93]I can make it anywhere,
- [00:20.26]Yeah they love me everywhere,
- [00:21.67]I used to cop in Harlem,
- [00:23.05]All of my dominicanos
- [00:24.44]Right there up on broadway,
- [00:25.75]Brought me back to that McDonalds,
- [00:27.21]Took it to my stash spot,
- [00:28.56]Five Sixty Stage street,
- [00:29.90]Catch me in the kitchen like a simmons whipping pastry,
- [00:32.71]Cruising down 8th street,
- [00:34.10]Off white lexus,
- [00:35.45]Driving so slow but BK is from Texas,
- [00:38.25]Me I'm up at Bedsty,
- [00:39.64]Home of that boy Biggie,
- [00:41.05]Now i live on billboard,
- [00:42.33]And i brought my boys with me,
- [00:43.84]Say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
- [00:46.49]Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
- [00:49.26]N-gga i be spiked out, i can trip a referee,
- [00:52.05]Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from…
- [00:54.15]
- [00:55.15]New York,
- [00:58.17]I'm from where dreams are made of,
- [01:02.67]Theres nothing you can't do,
- [01:05.42]Now you're in New York,
- [01:09.96]These streets will make you feel brand new,
- [01:13.35]The lights will inspire you,
- [01:16.25]Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
- [01:19.93]
- [01:20.93]I made you hot n-gga,
- [01:22.85]Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
- [01:25.53]Sh-t i made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
- [01:28.29]You should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
- [01:30.98]But i got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
- [01:33.73]Welcome to the melting pot,
- [01:35.12]Corners where we selling rocks,
- [01:36.50]Afrika bambaataa sh-t,
- [01:37.77]Home of the hip hop,
- [01:39.23]Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cap, holla back,
- [01:41.95]For foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
- [01:44.79]8 million stories out there and their naked,
- [01:47.84]Cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it,
- [01:50.32]Me i gotta plug a special and i got it made,
- [01:52.95]If Jesus payin LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade,
- [01:55.87]3 dice cee-lo
- [01:57.25]3 card marley,
- [01:58.60]Labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
- [02:01.39]Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
- [02:04.16]Long live the king yo,
- [02:05.56]I'm from the empire state thats…
- [02:06.39]
- [02:07.39]New York,
- [02:10.38]I'm from where dreams are made of,
- [02:14.58]Theres nothing you can't do,
- [02:17.37]Now you're in New York,
- [02:22.22]These streets will make you feel brand new,
- [02:25.30]The lights will inspire you,
- [02:28.16]Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
- [02:34.54]
- [02:35.54]Lights is blinding,
- [02:36.69]Girls need blinders
- [02:38.06]So they can step out of bounds quick,
- [02:39.94]The side lines is blind with casualties,
- [02:42.27]? casually, then gradually become worse,
- [02:45.14]Don't bite the apple Eve,
- [02:46.44]Caught up in the in crowd,
- [02:47.86]Now your in-style,
- [02:48.98]And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
- [02:51.94]The city of sin is a pity of win,
- [02:54.38]Good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
- [02:57.48]Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
- [03:00.32]Everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
- [03:03.42]Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
- [03:05.77]And Jesus can't save you like starts when the church ends,
- [03:08.77]Came here for school, graduated to the high life,
- [03:11.24]Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
- [03:14.16]Empty in May got you feeling like a champion,
- [03:16.68]The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
- [03:18.42]
- [03:19.42]New York,
- [03:22.35]I'm from where dreams are made of,
- [03:26.56]Theres nothing you can't do,
- [03:29.35]Now you're in New York,
- [03:33.94]These streets will make you feel brand new,
- [03:37.25]The lights will inspire you,
- [03:40.20]Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
- [03:46.81]
- [03:47.81]One hand in the air for the big city,
- [03:50.34]Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
- [03:53.11]No place in the World that can compare,
- [03:55.82]Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
- [04:00.87]Come on, come,
- [04:03.35]
- [04:03.85]New York,
- [04:06.96]I'm from where dreams are made of,
- [04:10.95]Theres nothing you can't do,
- [04:13.62]Now you're in New York,
- [04:18.27]These streets will make you feel brand new,
- [04:21.58]The lights will inspire you,
- [04:24.59]Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
- [04:32.59]