Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind JAY Z _ Alicia Keys [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

The speaker talks about their experiences in New York City, mentioning various locations and celebrities. They express their love for the city and its influence on them. The speaker highlights the diversity and energy of New York, and how it inspires and motivates them. They also mention the challenges and temptations present in the city. Overall, the speaker celebrates the uniqueness and vibrancy of New York City. Yeah, yeah I'm out back in Brooklyn Now I'm down in Tribeca, right next to De Niro But I'll be hood forever, I'm the new Sinatra And since I made it here, I can make it anywhere Yeah they love me everywhere, I use the cop in Harlem All of my vignette and condos right there up on Broadway Brought me back to that McDonald's, took it to my fast spot 560 State Street, catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whippin' pastry Cruisin' down 8th Street, off white Lexus Drivin' so slow, but BK is from Texas Me, I'm out there next stop, home of that boy Biggie Now I live on Billboard, and I brought my boys with me Say what up to T.I.T.O.P., still sippin' Montage Sittin' court side, niggas in that skimmy high five I'm just spiked out, I can trip a referee I can tell by my attitude, that I'm more desperate than he is New York, concrete jumpsuit with Jacob Bader There's nothing you can't do, down doors New York, these streets will make you feel brand new Lights will inspire you, and here is New York I'll make you know Catch me at the X with O.G. at a Yankee game That made the Yankee hat more famous than the Yankee cane You should know I bleed blue, but I ain't a crypto But I got a gang and, walk in with my clique so Welcome to the Melting Pot, corners where we sellin' Africa, been by the, home of the hip hop Yellow cap, jiffy cap, dollar cap, holla back For foreigners that ain't fit, they act like they forgot how to act Eight million stories, out there in the naked Pity, it's a pity, half of y'all won't make it Me, I got a blood special, but I got it made She be sayin' LeBron, I'm payin' Dwayne's wedding Three dice, CeeLo, three card, Marley Labor Day Parade, recipes for Marley Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade Long live the King, yo, I'm from the Empire State New York, concrete jumpsuit with Jacob Bader It's a thing you can't do, now you're in New York People think you can't win, no, big lights will inspire you It's here in New York, New York, New York Lights and blinding, girls need blinders But they could step out of bounds quick with slide liners Lined with casualties, stripped to life casually Then gradually become worse, don't fight the Applebee Bought up in the in crowd, now you're in style Enter the winter, gets cold, in vogue with your skin out City of sin, it's a pity on a whim Good girls goin' bad, your city's filled with them Mommy took a bus trip, now she got a bus out Everybody ride her, just like a bus route Hail Mary to the city, you're a virgin And Jesus can't save you, life starts when the church is Came here for school, graduated to the high life Ballplayers, rap stars, addicted to the limelight MCMA, got you feelin' like a champion The city never sleeps when it's lit, you a ambient It's New York, it's concrete jungle with trees of Bader It's a thing you can't do, now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York One hand in the air for the big city Streetlights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty No place in the world that could compare Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah It's New York, it's concrete jungle with trees of Bader It's a thing you can't do, now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new, big lights will inspire you Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York