jayz
yeah
jayz
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 dinero
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 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 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
alicia keys jayz
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 brandnew 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
jayz
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 hiphop
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 ceelo threecard marley
labor day paraderest in peace bob marley
statue of liberty long live the world trade
long live the king yoi’m from the empire state that’s
alicia keys jayz
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 brandnew
big lights will inspire you okay
let’s hear it for new york uh
new york yeah new york uh
jayz
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 instyle
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
alicia keys jayz
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 brandnew
big lights will inspire you okay
let’s hear it for new york uh
new york yeah new york uh
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
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 brandnew
big lights will inspire you okay
let’s hear it for new york uh
new york yeah new york uh
Artist: Jay Z Alicia Keys
Year: 2009
Decade: 00s
Language: en
Word Count: 476