Yeah! Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to De Niro, 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
Yeah! Yeah, I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca
Right next to De Niro, 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 – hola, my Dominicanos (Dimelo!)
Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald's
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? I'm 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, I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from
[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
In New York (Ayy, aha) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle (Yeah) where dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do (Yeah) (Okay)
Now you're 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)
Let's hear it for New York (You welcome, OG) (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh) (I made you hot, nigga)
[Verse 2: Jay-Z]
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 ain't 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 ain't fair, they act like they forgot how to add
Eight million stories out there in the naked
City, it's a pity half of y'all won't make it
Me? I gotta plug Special Ed, "I Got It Made"
If Jeezy's payin' LeBron, I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
Three dice cee-lo, three-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, that's
[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
In New York (Ayy) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do (That boy good) (Okay)
Now you're in New York (Welcome to the bright lights, baby) (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
So they can step out of bounds quick, the side lines is
Lined with casualties who sip the life casually
Then gradually become worse – don't bite the apple, Eve!
Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're 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 city's 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, you're a virgin
And Jesus can't 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 got you feelin' like a champion
The city never sleeps, better slip you a Ambien
[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
In New York (Ayy, ow) (Uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do (Okay)
Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
Let's 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)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
There's nothin' you can't do (Okay)
Now you're in New York (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
Let's hear it for New York (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
Da! Da, ja sam van tog Brooklyna, sada sam u Tribeci
Upravo pored de niro, ali ja ću biti poklopac zauvijek
Ja sam nova Sinatra i otkad sam stigao ovdje
Mogu to učiniti bilo gdje, da, oni me vole svugdje
Nekad sam policajac u Harlemu - Hola, mojim Dominikakovima (Dimelo!)
Upravo tamo na Broadwayu, vratio me natrag u taj McDonald's
Uzeo ga je na moje mjesto, 560 države ulice
Uhvatite me u kuhinji, kao šarenje simmona
Kruisin 'down 8th ulica, off-bijela lexus
Drivin 'tako spor, ali bk je iz Teksasa
Mi? Ja sam iz tog kreveta, dom tog dječaka Biggie
Sada živim na Billboardu i donio sam momke sa mnom
Reći što do ty ty, još uvijek sipin 'mai tais
Sittin 'Courtside, Knicks i Nets Daju mi visoke pečenice
Nigga, ja sam spiked van, mogao bih putovati sudac
Recite mojim stavom da sam definitivno od toga
[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
U New Yorku (Ayy, Aha) (uh, da)
Betonska džungla (yeah) gdje su snovi napravljeni
Ne možete ništa učiniti (da) (u redu)
Sada ste u New Yorku (AHA, AHA, AHA) (Uh, yeah)
Te će ulice učiniti da se osjećate potpuno novi (novi)
Velika svjetla će vas inspirirati (u redu)
Čujmo ga za New York (dobrodošli, OG) (uh)
New York (yeah), New York (Uh) (učinio sam te vrućim, niggi)
[Stih 2: Jay-Z]
Uhvatite me na x s og na Yankee igri
Sranje, napravio sam Yankee šešir poznat od Yankee
Trebao bi znati da krvarim plavim, ali nisam ipak
Ali sam dobio bandu niggas hodanje s mojom klipom
Dobro došli u toplinski lonac, uglovi gdje se prodajemo
Afrika Bambaataa sranje, dom hip-hop
Žuta kabina, Ciganska kabina, Kabina dolara, Holla natrag
Za strance, nije pošteno, djeluju kao da su zaboravili dodati
Osam milijuna priča tamo u golu
Grad, to je šteta pola y'all neće uspjeti
Mi? Moram priključiti posebnu ed, "dobio sam to"
Ako je Jeezy plativ lebron, plaćam Dwyane Wade
Tri kocke CEE-LO, Marley s tri kartice
Dan rada parade-odmor u miru, Bob Marley
Kip slobode, dugo živi svjetska trgovina
Dugo živi kralj, yo-ja sam iz carstva, to je
[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
U New Yorku (Ayy) (uh, da)
Betonska džungla u kojoj su napravljeni snovi
Ne možete ništa učiniti (u redu)
Sada ste u New Yorku (dobrodošli na svijetle svjetla, beba) (uh, yeah)
Ove ulice učinit će da se osjećate potpuno novo
Big svjetla će vas inspirirati (u redu)
Čujmo ga za New York (Uh)
New York (yeah), New York (Uh)
[Stih 3: Jay-Z]
Svjetla su zasljepljujuće, djevojke trebaju sjenila
Tako da mogu brzo izaći iz granica, bočne linije su
Obložene žrtvama koji ležerno guraju život
Zatim se postupno postane gore - ne grizite jabuku, Evu!
Uhvaćen u gomili, sada ste u stilu
U zimu se hladi, en moda s vašim kožom
Grad grijeha je sažaljenje na hir
Dobre djevojke su otišle loše, grad je ispunjen njima
Mami, uzeo je izlet autobusom, sada je dobila svoju poprsje
Svi se voziju, baš kao i autobusna ruta
Zdravo Marije u grad, vi ste djevica
I Isus vas ne može spasiti, život počinje kad se crkva završi
Došao ovdje za školu, diplomirao na visoki život
Igrači kugle, rap zvijezde, ovisnici o središtu pozornosti
MDMA je ugledao kao prvak
Grad nikada ne spava, bolje vam klizi Ambien
[Chorus: Alicia Keys & Jay-Z]
U New Yorku (Ayy, ow) (uh, da)
Betonska džungla u kojoj su napravljeni snovi
Ne možete ništa učiniti (u redu)
Sada ste u New Yorku (uh, yeah)
Ove ulice učinit će da se osjećate potpuno novo
Big svjetla će vas inspirirati (u redu)
Čujmo ga za New York (Uh)
New York (yeah), New York (Uh)
[Most: Alicia Keys]
Jedna ruka u zraku za veliki grad (oh)
Ulična svjetla, veliki snovi, svi gledaju lijepe (oh)
Nema mjesta na svijetu koji bi mogao usporediti (NAH)
Stavite svoje upaljače u zrak, svi kažu
Da, da (hajde, hajde)
Da, da (hajde)
[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
U New Yorku (uh, yeah)
Betonska džungla u kojoj su napravljeni snovi
Ne možete ništa učiniti (u redu)
Sada ste u New Yorku (uh, yeah)
Ove ulice učinit će da se osjećate potpuno novo
Big svjetla će vas inspirirati (u redu)
Čujmo ga za New York (Uh)
New York (yeah), New York (Uh)