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Empire State Of Mind Lyrics By Glee Cast

    artie
    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

    finn
    i used to cop in harlem all of my dominicanos
    right there up on broadway pull me back to that mcdonald’s
    took it to my stash spot 560 state street
    catch me in the kitchen like a simmons with them pastries

    puck
    cruisin’ down 8th street offwhite lexus
    drivin’ so slow but bk is 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 ty ty still sippin’ mai tais
    sittin’ courtside knicks nets give me high five
    jigga i be spiked out i could trip a referee
    tell by my attitude that i’m most definitely from

    new directions rachel puck
    in new york ayy aha
    concrete jungle yeah where dreams are made of
    there’s nothin’ you can’t do yeah
    now you’re in new york you’re in new york aha aha aha
    these streets will make you feel brandnew new
    big lights will inspire you come on
    let’s hear it for new york you’re welcome og
    new york new york i made you hot jigga

    finn
    catch me at the x with og at a yankee game
    dude i made the yankee hat more famous then a yankee can
    you should know i bleed blue but i ain’t a crip though
    but i got a gang of brothers walkin’ with my clique though
    welcome to the meltin’ pot corners where we sellin’ rock
    afrika bambaataa home of the hiphop
    yellow cab gypsy cab dollar cab holla back
    for foreigners it ain’t for they act like they forgot how to act

    puck
    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’ dwayne wade
    three dice cee lo three card molly
    labor day parade rest in peace bob marley
    statue of liberty long live the world trade
    long live the kingdom i’m from the empire state that’s

    new directions rachel puck
    in new york ayy yeah
    concrete jungle where dreams are made of
    there’s nothin’ you can’t do that boy good you can’t do
    now you’re in new york you’re in new york
    welcome to the bright lights baby
    these streets will make you feel brandnew rachel new brandnew
    big lights will inspire you rachel oh oh
    let’s hear it for new york
    new york new york rachel yeah

    artie
    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 incrowd now you’re in style
    end of the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out
    city of sin is a pity on the whim
    good girls gone bad the city’s filled with them

    finn
    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
    dub mhs got you feelin’ like a champion
    the city never sleeps better slip you an ambien

    new directions rachel mercedes finn
    in new york in in uh mercedes yeah
    concrete jungle where dreams are made of mercedes made
    there’s nothin’ you can’t do mercedes you can’t do
    now you’re in new york rachel you’re in new york mercedes yeah yeah
    these streets will make you feel brandnew mercedes new
    big lights will inspire you mercedes you
    let’s hear it for new york
    new york mercedes new york new york rachel yeah

    mercedes
    one hand in the air for the big city
    street lights big dreams all lookin’ pretty
    no place in the world that could compare
    put your lighters in the air
    everybody say yeah yeah
    yeah yeah

    new directions mercedes
    in new york new york
    concrete jungle where dreams are made of oh yeah oh yeah
    there’s nothin’ you can’t do
    now you’re in new york new york new york
    these streets will make you feel brandnew brandnew
    big lights will inspire you inspire you
    let’s hear it for new york new york
    new york new york new york new york

    Artist: Glee Cast

    Year: 2010

    Decade: 10s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 492