Empire State of Mind Lyrics

Empire State of Mind Text

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Ooh, New York!
Ooh, 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

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 Bridge
Someone sleeps tonight
With a hunger far more
Than an empty fridge

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!

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