Empire State of Mind

Jay-Z：
Yeah yeah I'm out that Brooklyn now I'm down in Tribeca
我刚刚去了布鲁克林 现在来到了三角地
Right next to DeNiro but I'll be hood forever
然后将去DeNiro 但是我会永远带着头巾
I'm the new Sinatra and since I made it here
我是新一代的Sinatra 既然我可以在这里创造它
I can make it anywhere yeah they love me everywhere
我就能让它遍布世界各地 他们对我的爱无处不在
I used to cop in Harlem hola my Dominicanos
我当年在哈雷区靠卖**度日 和那里同样贫穷的多美尼人打着招呼
Right there up on Broadway
就在百老汇街那里
Brought me back to that McDonalds
令我想起145街的麦当劳店
Took it to my stash spot 560 State Street
那可是我的藏匿之地（藏毒）
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whippin' pastry
还有560state街的某个秘密角落
Cruising down 8th street off white Lexus
那时的我，制**毒就像Simmons做小蛋糕那样随意方便
Driving so slow but BK is from Texas
缓缓开过第八街 开着白色凌志 带着老婆碧昂斯
Me I'm out that Bed Stuy home of that boy Biggie
现在我来到Bedsty 那可是The Notorious B
Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
而现在，我能在Billboard榜上称王
Say what up to Ty Ty still sipping Mai Tais
朋友皆因我而飞黄腾达 怎么了，Tyran Smith，再喝一杯鸡尾酒如何
Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives
坐在尼克斯与网队交战球场边，球员都会与我击掌
Ni**a I be Spiked out I can trip a referee
老子我现在也能轻松算计裁判 看我如此狂妄态度
Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from
那只是因为我来自
Alicia Keys：
New York concrete jungle
在纽约
Where dreams are made of
这个由梦筑城的钢筋混凝土的城市里
There's nothing you can't do
你可以为所欲为
Now you're in New York
因为你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new
街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you
霓虹让你热血沸腾
Let's hear it for New York
快听，来自纽约的声音
New York New York
纽约
Jay-Z：
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
我让你成为了最热门的n-gga 我和Juan Perez一起在Bronx观看洋基队比赛
Sh*t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
洋基队帽是因我而出名
You should know I bleed Blue but I ain't a Crip though
你该知道我已是不赀之躯，但我不是混Crip的
But I got a gang of niggas walking with my clique though
尽管如此，道上跟我混的兄弟也不少
Welcome to the melting pot corners where we sellin' rocks
欢迎来到纽约这个大熔炉
Afrika Bambaataa sh*t home of the hip hop
街角正是我们贩毒之地
Yellow cab gypsy cab dollar cab holla back
鲁帮首领 说唱的故乡
For foreigners it ain't fair they act like they forgot how to add
各式的士穿梭鸣笛 司机假装忘记打表坑骗外国佬
Eight million stories out there in the naked city
九衢三市自是故事繁多
It's a pity half of y'all won't make it
论其尽头仅有少数能够成功
Me I gotta plug special Ed I got it made
我就是真人版的Special Ed的那首“我能成功”
If Jeezy's paying LeBron I'm paying Dwyane Wade
如果说唱歌手Jeezy能为詹姆斯买单，我当然可以为韦德买单
Three dice Cee lo three card Monte
骰子摇出欲望，纸牌变出沉迷
Labor Day Parade rest in peace Bob Marley
劳工示威游行，鲍勃马利千古
Statue of Liberty long live the World Trade
自由女神像，世贸双子塔 永存
Long live the king yo I'm from the Empire State that's
流行之王永存，我来自帝国之州，即是
Alicia Keys：
New York concrete jungle
纽约
Where dreams are made of
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
There's nothing you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York
因为你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new
车水马龙让你脱胎换骨
Big lights will inspire you
灯红酒绿令你热血沸腾
Let's hear it for New York
快听，来自纽约的声音
New York New York
纽约
Jay-Z：
Lights is blindin' girls need blinders
灯光太过炫目，女孩儿们需要带上护目镜
So they can step out of bounds quick the side lines is
才能步出奢靡浮华，康庄大道旁尽是经不住诱惑的牺牲品
Lined with casualties who sip the life casually
一旦涉足，生活只会渐渐沉沦
Then gradually become worse don't bite the apple eve
不要轻易尝试诱惑
Caught up in the in crowd now you're in style
你混圈子赶潮流，自以为潮到爆棚
And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out
要风度不要温度假装自己是Vogue女郎
The city of sin is a pity on a whim
这罪恶都市只是怜悯你的黄粱一梦
Good girls gone bad the city's filled with 'em
好女孩变坏的故事，全城上演
Mami took a bus trip and now she got her bust out
姑娘们欣喜而来，散尽钱财
Everybody ride her just like a bus route
人人与之交合，好比公交载客
Hail Mary to the city you're a virgin
祈福圣母玛利亚保你处子之身
And Jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends
自甘堕落，耶稣亦无可奈何
Came here for school graduated to the high life
原想学有所成，将来衣锦还乡
Ball players rap stars addicted to the limelight
正如球星说唱大佬们享受聚光灯的照耀
MDMA got you feeling like a champion
***High到让你觉得我自成王
The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
都市夜夜笙歌，Ambien才能让你安然入睡
Alicia Keys：
New York concrete jungle
纽约
Where dreams are made of
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
There's nothing you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York
因为你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new
车水马龙让你脱胎换骨
Big lights will inspire you
灯红酒绿令你热血沸腾
Let's hear it for New York
快听，来自纽约的声音
New York New York
纽约
One hand in the air for the big city
为这都市挥舞手臂
Street lights big dreams all looking pretty
华灯初上，幻想梦想，皆是美丽幻象
No place in the world that can compare
这座城市无与伦比
Put your lighters in the air
燃起火焰，大声呼啸
Everybody say yeah
大家一起呼喊
Come on yeah come on
来吧
New York concrete jungle
在纽约
Where dreams are made of
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
There's nothing you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York
因为你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new
车水马龙让你脱胎换骨
Big lights will inspire you
灯红酒绿令你热血沸腾
Let's hear it for New York
快听，来自纽约的声音
New York New York
纽约