Jay Z
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Empire State Of Mind ft Alicia Keys
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0Yeah, Yeah, Im'ma up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca
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2Right next to DeNiro, But I’ll be hood forever
Bmaj71
3I’m the new Sinatra, and since I made it here
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5I can make it anywhere, yeah they love me everywhere
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6I used to cop in Harlem, all of my dominicanos
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8Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's
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9Took it to my stash spot, Five Sixty Stage street
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11Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry
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12Cruising down 8th street, off white Lexus
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14Driving so slow but BK is from Texas
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15Me I’m up at Bedsty, home of that boy Biggie
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17Now i live on billboard, and i brought my boys with me
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18Say what up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
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20Sitting court-side Knicks and Nets give me high fives
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21N-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee
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23Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from
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25Chorus:
Bmaj78
26In New York
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27Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
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29There's nothing you can’t do
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30Now you’re in New York
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31These streets will make you feel brand new
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33The lights will inspire you
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34Let's here it for New York, New York, New York
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37I made you hot n-gga
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Catch me at the X with OG14 at a Yankee game
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39Sh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
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40You should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a crip tho
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42But I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though
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43welcome to the melting pot, corners where we selling rocks
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45Afrika Bambaataa sh-t, home of the hip hop
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46Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back
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48For foreigners it ain't fitted they forgot how to act
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49Eight million stories out there and their naked
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51Cities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it
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52Me I gotta plug a special and i got it made
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54If Jesus payin' LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade
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56Three dice Cee-Lo, three card marley
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58Labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
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59Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade
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61Long live the king yo, I’m from the Empire State that's
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63Chorus:
Bmaj721
64In New York
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65Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
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67There's nothing you can’t do
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68Now you’re in New York
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69These streets will make you feel brand new
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71The lights will inspire you
Bmaj725
72Let's here it for New York, New York, New York
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75Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
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77So they can step out of bounds quick, the side lines is
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78Blind with casualties,who sipping life casually
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80Then gradually become worse, don’t bite the apple Eve
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81Caught up in the in crowd, now your in-style
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83And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out
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84The city of sin is a pity on a whim
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86Good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them
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87Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out
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89Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
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90Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin
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92And Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends
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93Came here for school, graduated to the high life
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95Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
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MDMA34 got you feeling like a champion
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97The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
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99Chorus:
Bmaj735
100In New York
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101Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
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103There's nothing you can’t do
Bmaj737
104Now you’re in New York
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105These streets will make you feel brand new
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107The lights will inspire you
Bmaj739
108Let's here it for New York, New York, New York
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111One hand in the air for the big city
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113Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
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114No place in the World that can compare
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115Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah
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117Come on, come, yeah
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119Chorus:
Bmaj744
120In New York
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121Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
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123There's nothing you can’t do
Bmaj746
124Now you’re in New York
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125These streets will make you feel brand new
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127The lights will inspire you
Bmaj748
128Let's here it for New York, New York, New York