Empire State of Mind歌詞
Empire State of Mind歌詞lyrics《Empire State of Mind》是美國說唱大佬Jay-Z新專輯《The Blueprint 3》的第二隻單曲，同R&B天后Alicia Keys合唱。
這首歌在9月8日通過iTune發行，不久專輯《The Blueprint 3》就登上了冠軍寶座，而這首歌也空降了單曲榜第50位，大概有超過40000次的下載量。而在不久前舉行的VMA上，Jay-Z作爲壓軸演出嘉賓同Alicia Keys現場表演了這首歌，令人爭議的是說唱少女Lil MaMa在演出結束時登上了Jay-Z的舞臺，她的舉動也被媒體視爲極不禮貌，這也是Kanye West之外的另一個話題。
這首《Empire State of Mind》採樣了The Moments的經典名曲《Love on a Two-Way Street》，融入了電子以及管絃的元素，歌詞內容主要爲Jay-Z對其家鄉——紐約的讚頌，再次表達了King of New York對家鄉的熱愛。姓名：Shawn Carter
yeah
Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn.
Now I'm 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 (Hey yo)
Right there off of Broadway
Brought me back to that McDonalds
Took it to my stash spot
560 State Street
Catch me in the kitchen like Simmons whipping Pastry
Cruising down 8th street
Off-white Lexus
Driving so slow
(but BK, it's from Texas!!)
Me I'm out that BedStuy
Home of that boy Biggie
now I live on Billboard
and I brought my boys with me
Say what up to Ta-ta
Still sipping Mai Tais
Sitting courtside
Knicks and Nets give me high-5
N**ga, I be Spiked out
I could trip a referee
by my attitude that I'm MOST DEFINITELY FROM...
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Jay-Z]
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 ain't a crip tho,
but I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my clique though,
welcome to the melting pot,
corners where we selling rocks,
Afrika bambaataa sh-t,
home of the hip hop,
yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back,
for foreigners it ain't fitted act like they forgot how to act,
8 million stories out there and they're naked,
city it's a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
me I gotta plug a special and I got it made,
If Jeezy's 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…
[Alicia Keys]
In New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the bright light..
[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
girls need blinders
so they can step out of bounds quick,
the side lines is blind with casualties,
who sip the lite casually, then 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 en vogue with your skin out,
the city of sin is a pity on a whim.
good girls gone bad, the city's 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 life starts when the church ends,
came here for school, graduated to the high life,
ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
MDMA got you feeling like a champion,
the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Alicia Keys]
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,
yeah,
[Alicia Keys]
New York!!!!
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
There's nothing you can’t do,
Now you're in New York!!!
These streets will make you feel brand new,
the lights will inspire you,
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
[End]
專輯名：The Blueprint 3
演唱者 Jay-Z
語種 英語
唱片公司 Roc Nation
發行時間 2009年09月
專輯介紹： 期待已久的Jay-Z 最新音樂大碟 The Blueprint 3 (藍曬圖3) 預計於2009年9月11日正式發售。由 先前 我們介紹過的 Jay-Z嘲諷流行音樂過多電子音效的D.O.A 單曲之外, 還有和 Kanye West 與 Rihanna 三方合唱的Run This Town 單曲都將收錄於其中, 值得期待。
MTV新聞已經證實Jay的新專輯《The Blueprint 3》，會在他的超白金專輯 《Blueprint》發行的8週年紀念日9月11日推出，專輯會由Atlantic發行。
01 What We Talkin’ About Jay-Z;Luke Steele of Empire of the Sun
02 Thank You
03 D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)
04 Run This Town Jay-Z;Kanye West and Rihanna
05 Empire State of Mind Jay-Z;Alicia Keys
06 Real As it Gets Jay-Z;Young Jeezy
07 On to the Next One Jay-Z;Swizz Beatz
08 Off That Jay-Z;Drake
09 A Star is Born Jay-Z;J. Cole
10 Venus vs. Mars
11 Already Home Jay-Z;Kid Cudi
12 Hate Jay-Z;Kanye West
13 Reminder
14 So Ambitious Jay-Z;Pharrell
15 Young Forever Jay-Z;Mr Hudson
