Empire State Of Mind Part Ii Broken Down - Alicia Keys


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[Intro]

        
Ooooh New York


        
Ooooh New York




[Verse 1]

            
Grew up in a t

              
own that is fa

        
mous as the pl

              
ace of movie s

   
cenes
            
Noise is alway

              
s loud, there 

        
are sirens all

              
 around and th

              
e streets are 

    
mean
            
If I can make 

              
it here, I can

        
 make it anywh

              
ere, that's wh

           
at they say
            
Seeing my face

              
 in lights or 

        
my name in mar

              
quees found do

            
wn on Broadway


[Pre-chorus]


Even if it ain

’t all it seem

s, I got a poc

ketful of drea

ms baby, I'm f

rom


[Chorus]


New York
         
Concrete jungl

              
e where dreams

      
 are made of
              
There's nothin

      
g you can't do
              
Now you're in 

 
New York
              
These streets 

              
will make you 

      
feel brand new
              
Big lights wil

     
l inspire you
              
Let's hear it 

      
for New York, 

New York, New 

Yoooork!


[Verse 2]

            
On the avenue,

             
 there ain't n

#         
ever a curfew,

              
 ladies work s

   
o hard
            
Such a melting

              
 pot, on the c

        
orner selling 

              
rock, preacher

           
s pray to God
            
Hail a gypsy c

              
ab, takes me d

        
own from Harle

              
m to the Brook

       
lyn Bridge
            
Someone sleeps

              
 tonight with 

        
a hunger for m

              
ore than an em

        
pty fridge


[Pre-chorus]

            
I'm gonna make

              
 it by any mea

            
ns, I got a po

cketful of dre

ams Baby, I'm 

from 


[Chorus]


New York
         
Concrete jungl

              
e where dreams

           
 are made of
              
There's nothin

      
g you can't do
              
Now you're in 

     
New York
         
These street w

              
ill make you f

            
eel brand new
              
Big lights wil

      
l inspire you
              
Let's hear it 

        
for New York, 

New York, New 

Yoooork!


One hand in th

e air for the 

big city,

Street lights,

 big dreams al

l looking pret

ty
            
No place in th

              
e world that c

              
an com-pare
              
Put your light

              
ers in the air

              
, everybody sa

 
y yeah, yeah, 

yeah, yeah


[Chorus]

       
In New York
         
Concrete jungl

              
e where dreams

          
 are made of
              
There's nothin

      
g you can't do
              
Now you're in 

  
New York
         
These streets 

              
will make you 

  
feel brand new
              
Big lights wil

     
l inspire you
              
Let's hear it 

            
for New York, 

           
New York, New 

         
Yoooork!

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