[Intro: JAY-Z]
Yeah
[Verse 1: JAY-Z Alicia Keys]
Yeah, Im out that Brooklyn, now Im down in Tribeca
Right next to De Niro, but Ill be hood forever
Im 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, hola, my Dominicanos ( Dmelo )
Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot, 560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen, like a Simmons whippin pastry
Cruisin down 8th Street, off-white Lexus
Drivin so slow, but BK is from Texas
Me? Im out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
Say What up? to Ty Ty, still sippin Mai Tais
Sittin courtside, Knicks and Nets give me high fives
Nigga, I be spiked out ( Come on ), I could trip a referee ( Come on )
Tell by my attitude (Come on) that Im most definitely from
[Chorus: Alicia Keys JAY-Z ]
In New York ( Ayy , uh, yeah; aha )
Concrete jungle ( Yeah ) where dreams are made of
Theres nothin you cant do ( Yeah , okay)
Now youre in New York ( Aha, aha, aha ; uh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new ( New )
Big lights will inspire you ( Come on , okay)
Lets hear it for New York ( You welcome, OG ; uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh, I made you hot, nigga )
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[Verse 2: JAY-Z Alicia Keys]
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
You should know I bleed blue, but I aint a Crip though
But I got a gang of niggas walkin with my clique though
Welcome to the meltin pot, corners where we sellin rock
Afrika Bambaataa shit, home of the hip-hop
Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back
For foreigners, it aint fair, they act like they forgot how to add
Eight million stories out there in the naked
City, its a pity half of yall wont make it
Me? I gotta plug Special Ed, I Got It Made
If Jeezys payin LeBron, Im payin Dwyane Wade
Three dice, Cee-lo, Three Card Monte
Labor Day Parade, rest in peace, Bob Marley
Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade(Come on, come on)
Long live the king, yo ( Come on ), Im from the Empire State, thats
[Chorus: Alicia Keys JAY-Z ]
In New York ( Ayy ; uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
Theres nothin you cant do ( That boy good , okay)
Now youre in New York (Uh, yeah, welcome to the bright lights, baby )
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
Lets hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
[Verse 3: JAY-Z Alicia Keys ]
Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
Or they could step out of bounds quick, the side lines is
Lined with casualties who sip the life casually
Then gradually become worse, dont bite the apple, Eve
Caught up in the in-crowd, now youre in-style
Into the winter gets cold, en vogue with your skin out
City of sin is a pity on a whim
Good girls gone bad, the citys filled with them
Mami took a bus trip, now she got her bust out
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
Hail Mary to the city, youre a virgin
And Jesus cant save you, life starts when the church end
Came here for school, graduated to the high life
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
MDMA ( Come on ) got you feelin like a champion ( Come on )
The city never sleeps ( Come on ), better slip you a Ambien
[Chorus: Alicia Keys JAY-Z ]
In New York ( Ayy, ow , uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
Theres nothin you cant do (Okay)
Now youre in New York (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
Lets hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
[Bridge: Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city (Oh)
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin pretty (Oh)
No place in the world that could compare (Nah)
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say
Yeah, yeah (Come on, come on)
Yeah, yeah (Come on)
[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
In New York (Uh, yeah, oh)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
Theres nothin you cant do (Okay)
Now youre in New York (Uh, yeah, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
Lets hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)