Streets Of New York - Alicia Keys

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link for the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=Yo30YqEdQi8


[Intro]
          x2

      
Ooh... New Yor

k
        
  Ooh... New Y

ork


[Verse 1]
             
  Grew up in a

              
 town that is 

              
famous as a pl

             
ace of movie s

cenes
             
    Noise is a

              
lways loud, th

              
ere are sirens

              
 all around an

              
d the streets 

    
are mean
             
    If I can m

              
ake it here, I

              
 can make it a

              
nywhere, that'

             
s what they sa

y
             
  Seeing my fa

              
ce in lights o

              
r my name on m

              
arquees found 

              
down on Broad-

    
way

  Even if it a

in't all it se

ems, I got a p

ocket full of 

dreams


[Chorus]
           
Baby, I'm from

 New York
            
 Concrete jung

             
le where dream

      
s 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
             
Hear it from N

              
ew York, New Y

     
ork, New York


[Verse 2]
             
  On the avenu

              
e, there ain't

              
 never a curfe

              
w, ladies work

         
 so 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 far 

              
more than an e

           
mpty fridge

  I'm gonna ma

ke it by any m

eans, I got a 

pocket full of

 dreams


[Chorus]
             
Baby, I'm from

     
 New York
             
  Concrete jun

              
gle where drea

       
ms 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
             
Hear it from N

ew York, New Y

ork, New York!


[Verse 3]

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


[Outro]

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
             
Hear it from N

ew 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
             
Hear it from N

ew York

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