empire state of mind

Yeah,
耶
Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn,
雖自布魯克林貧民區長大
Now Im down in Tribeca,
如今我也將Tribeca踩在腳下
Right next to DeNiro,
早已比鄰Robert DeNiro
But Ill be hood forever,
但我永遠是那個街頭小子
Im the new Sinatra,
自比Frank Sinatra
And since i made it here,
我是紐約之王
I can make it anywhere,
自可到處稱皇
Yeah they love me everywhere,
是啊，處處皆是膜拜之聲
I used to cop in Harlem,
曾在Harlem區偷盜販毒
All of my dominicanos
與多米尼加朋友們共High
Right there up on broadway,
就在百老匯那邊
Brought me back to that McDonalds,
令我想起那家麥當勞店
Took it to my stash spot,
那可是我的藏匿之地
Five Sixty Stage street,
自然還有560 大道
Catch me in the kitchen like a simmons whipping pastry,
那時的我，制毒販毒就像Simmons做小蛋糕那樣隨意方便
Cruising down 8th street,
現如今我照樣開著“白色”凌志
Off white lexus,
悠閒駛過第八大道
Driving so slow but BK is from Texas,
香車自有碧人陪伴她自德州來
Me Im up at Bedsty,
而我自Bed-stuy起家
Home of that boy Biggie,
那可是The Notorious B.I.G的地盤
Now i live on billboard,
而現在，我能在Billboard榜上稱王
And i brought my boys with me,
朋友皆因我而飛黃騰達
Say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
怎麼了Tyran Smith，再喝一杯雞尾酒如何
Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
坐在尼克斯與網隊交戰球場邊，球員都會與我擊掌
N -gga i be spiked out, i can trip a referee,
老子我現在也能輕鬆算計裁判
Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from…
看我如此狂妄態度，那自是因為我來自

紐約
New York,
高樓林立築成輝煌夢想
Im from where dreams are made of,
哪裡隨心所欲無所不能
Theres nothing you cant do,
現在你正身處紐約之城
Now youre in New York,
車水馬龍讓你脫胎換骨
These streets will make you feel brand new,
燈紅酒綠令你熱血沸騰
The lights will inspire you,
快聽，來自紐約的聲音
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
我讓你成為火熱的黑人

我和Juan Perez一起在Bronx觀看洋基隊比賽
I made you hot n-gga,
洋基隊帽是因我而出名
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
你該知道我已是不貲之軀，但我不是混Crip的
Sh-t i made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
儘管如此，道上跟我混的兄弟也不少
You should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
歡迎光臨紐約大熔爐
But i got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
街角正是我們販毒之地
Welcome to the melting pot,
Afrika Bambaataa統治這裡
Corners where we selling rocks,
這裡亦是hip hop發源地
Afrika bambaataa sh- t,
各式的士穿梭鳴笛
Home of the hip hop,
司機假裝忘記打表坑騙外國佬
Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cap, holla back,
九衢三市自是故事繁多
For foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
論其盡頭僅有少數能夠成功
8 million stories out there and their naked,
就是真人版的Special Ed的那首“我能成功”
Cities is a pity half of yall wont make it,
如果你Jeezy能為詹姆斯買單，我當然可以為韋德買單
Me i gotta plug a special and i got it made,
骰子搖出慾望
If Jesus payin LeBron, Im paying Dwayne Wade,
紙牌變出沉迷
3 dice cee-lo
勞工示威遊行，鮑勃馬利千古
3 card marley,
自由女神常在，世貿雙子永存
Labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
流行之王Biggie（一說MJ）永生
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
我來自帝國之州，即是
Long live the king yo,
紐約
Im from the empire state thats…
高樓林立築成輝煌夢想

那裡隨心所欲無所不能
New York,
現在你正身處紐約之城
Im from where dreams are made of,
車水馬龍讓你脫胎換骨
Theres nothing you cant do,
燈紅酒綠令你熱血沸騰
Now youre in New York,
快聽，來自紐約的聲音
Thesestreets will make you feel brand new,
燈光魅惑攝人心魄
The lights will inspire you,
女孩需要遮蔽雙眼
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
才能步出奢靡浮華

康莊大道旁盡是經不住誘惑的犧牲品
Lights is blinding,
一旦涉足，生活只會漸漸沉淪
Girls need blinders
不要輕易嘗試誘惑
So they can step out of bounds quick,
你混圈子趕潮流
The side lines is blind with casualties,
自以為潮到爆棚
? casually, then gradually become worse ,
要風度不要溫度假裝自己是Vogue女郎
Dont bite the apple Eve,
這罪惡都市只是憐憫你的黃粱一夢
Caught up in the in crowd,
好女孩變壞的故事，全城上演
Now your in-style,
姑娘們欣喜而來，散盡錢財
And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
人人與之交合，好比公交載客
The city of sin is a pity of win,
祈福聖母瑪利亞保你處子之身
Good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
自甘墮落，耶穌亦無可奈何
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
原想學有所成，將來衣錦還鄉
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
正如球星說唱大佬們享受聚光燈的照耀
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
搖頭丸High到讓你覺得我自成王
And Jesus cant save you like starts when the church ends,
都市夜夜笙歌，Ambien才能讓你安然入睡
Came here for school, graduated to the high life,
紐約
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
高樓林立築成輝煌夢想
Empty in May got you feeling like a champion,
那裡隨心所欲無所不能
The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
現在你正身處紐約之城

車水馬龍讓你脫胎換骨
New York,
燈紅酒綠令你熱血沸騰
Im from where dreams are made of,
快聽，來自紐約的聲音
Theres nothing you cant do,
為這都市揮舞手臂
Now youre in New York,
華燈初上，幻想夢想，皆是美麗幻象
These streets will make you feel brand new,
這座城市無與倫比
The lights will inspire you,
燃起火焰，大聲呼嘯
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
來吧，來吧

紐約
One hand in the air for the big city,
高樓林立築成輝煌夢想
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
那裡隨心所欲無所不能
No place in the World that can compare,
現在你正身處紐約之城
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
車水馬龍讓你脫胎換骨
Come on, come,
燈紅酒綠令你熱血沸騰

快聽，來自紐約的聲音
New York,
Im from where dreams are made of,
Theres nothing you cant do,
Now youre in New York,
These streets will make you feel brand new ,
The lights will inspire you,
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York