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Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down Lyrics By Alicia Keys

    ooooh new york
    ooooh new york

    grew up in a town that is famous as a place of movie scenes
    noise is always loud there are sirens all around and the streets are mean
    if i can make it here i can make it anywhere that’s what they say
    seeing my face in lights or my name in marquees found down on broadway

    hook
    even if it ain’t all it seems i got a pocketful of dreams
    baby i’m from 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
    big lights will inspire you
    hear it for new york new york new york

    on the avenue there ain’t never a curfew ladies work so hard
    such a melting pot on the corner selling rock preachers pray to god
    hail a gypsy cab takes me down from harlem to the brooklyn
    someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge

    hook
    i’mma make it by any means i got a pocketful of dreams
    baby i’m from 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
    big lights will inspire you
    hear it for new york new york new york

    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
    yeah yeah yeah yeah

    hook
    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
    big lights will inspire you
    hear it from new york

    Artist: Alicia Keys

    Year: 2010

    Decade: 10s

    Language: en

    Word Count: 175