Empire State Of Mind

artist : jay - z ft . alicia keys song : empire state of mind album : the blueprint 3 F# yeah , yeah , im’ma up at brooklyn , now im down in tribeca right next to deniro , but ill be hood forever bmaaj7 im the new sinatra , and since i made it here i can make it anywhere , yeah they love me everywhere F# i used to cop in harlem , all of my dominicanos right there up on broadway , brought me back to that mcdonalds Bmaj7 took it to my stash spot , five sixty stage street catch me in the kitchen like a simmons whipping pastry F# cruising down 8th street , off white lexus driving so slow but bk is from texas Bmaj7 me im up at bedsty , home of that boy biggie now i live on billboard , and i brought my boys with me F# say wat up to ty ty , still sipping malta sitting courtside knicks and nets give me high fives A# n - gga i be spiked out , i can trip a referee tell by my attitude that i most definitely from Chorus : Bmaj7 in new york F# concrete jungle where dreams are made of theres nothing you cant do , Bmaj7 now youre in new york , F# these streets will make you feel brand new , the lights will inspire you , Bmaj7 let’s here it for new york , new york , new york i made you hot n - gga F# catch me at the x with og at a yankee game sh - t i made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can Bmaj7 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 F# welcome to the melting pot , corners where we selling rocks afrika bambaataa sh - t , home of the hip hop Bmaj7 yellow cap , gypsy cap , dollar cab , holla back for foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act F# eight million stories out there and their naked cities is a pity half of yall wont make it Bmaj7 me i gotta plug a special and i got it made if jesus payin lebron , im paying dwayne wade three dice cee - lo , three card marley labor day parade , rest in peace bob marley , A# statue of liberty , long live the world trade long live the king yo , im from the empire state that’s Chorus F# lights is blinding , girls need blinders so they can step out of bounds quick , the side lines is Bmaj7 blind with casualties , who sipping life casually then gradually become worse , dont bite the apple eve F# caught up in the in crowd , now your in - style and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out Bmaj7 the city of sin is a pity on a whim good girls gone bad , the cities filled with them F# mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out everybody ride her , just like a bus route Bmaj7 hail mary to the city your a virgin and jesus cant save you life starts when the church ends F# came here for school , graduated to the high life ball players , rap stars , addicted to the limelight A# mdma got you feeling like a champion the city never sleeps better slip you a ambien Chorus B one hand in the air for the big city street lights , big dreams all looking pretty C# no place in the world that can compare D#m A# put your lighters in the air , everybody say yeah come on , come , yeah Chorus