Empire State Of Mind Part Ii Broken Down - Alicia Keys


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[Intro]

        
Ooohh New York

  x2


[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


[Chorus]

              
Baby, I'm from

 
 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
             
Some will slee

              
p tonight with

              
 a hunger for 

              
more than an e

          
mpty fridge


[Pre-chorus]


I'm gonna make

 it by any mea

ns, I got a po

cketful of dre

ams


[Chorus]

              
Baby, I'm from

     
 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 compare
              
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!