empire state of mind

yeah,
耶，
yeah,i'm a up at brooklyn,
耶，雖自布魯克林貧民區長大
now i'm down in tribeca,
如今我也將Tribeca踩在腳下
right next to deniro,
早已比鄰Robert DeNiro
but i'll be hood forever,
但我永遠是那個街頭小子
i'm 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（藏毒）
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（駕馭白色人種）
off white lexus,
悠閒駛過第八大道（徹底洗白）
driving so slow but bk is from texas,
香車自有碧人陪伴她自德州來（Beyonce）
me i'm 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
in new york,
紐約
concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
高樓林立築成輝煌夢想
there's nothing you can't do,
身處紐約
now you're in new york,
自然無所不能
these streets will make you feel brand new,
車水馬龍讓你脫胎換骨
the lights will inspire you,
燈紅酒綠令你熱血沸騰
let's here it for new york,new york,new york
快聽，來自紐約的聲音紐約時代廣場紐約時代廣場
（jay-z:）
（jay-z:）
i made you hot n-gga,
我讓你成為了最熱門的n-gga
catch me at the x with og at a yankee game,
我和Juan Perez一起在Bronx觀看洋基隊比賽
sh-t i made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
洋基隊帽是因我而出名
you should know i bleed blue,but i ain't a crip tho,
你該知道我已是不貲之軀，但我不是混Crip的
but i got a gang of n- ggas walking with my click though,
儘管如此，道上跟我混的兄弟也不少
welcome to the melting pot,
歡迎光臨紐約大熔爐
corners where we selling rocks,
街角正是我們販毒之地
afrika bambaataa sh-t,
Afrika Bambaataa統治這裡
home of the hip hop,
這裡亦是hip hop發源地
yellow cap,gypsy cap,dollar cab,holla back,
各式的士穿梭鳴笛
for foreigners it ain't fitted they forgot how to act,
司機假裝忘記打表坑騙外國佬
8million stories out there and their naked,
九衢三市自是故事繁多
cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it,
論其盡頭僅有少數能夠成功
me i gotta plug a special and i got it made,
我就是真人版的Special Ed的那首“我能成功”
if jesus payin lebron,i'm paying dwayne wade,
如果你Jeezy能為詹姆斯買單，我當然可以為韋德買單
3dice cee-lo
骰子搖出慾望
3card marley,
紙牌變出沉迷
labor day parade,rest in peace bob marley,
勞工示威遊行，鮑勃馬利千古
statue of liberty,long live the world trade,
自由女神像，世貿雙子塔永存
long live the king yo,
流行之王Biggie（一說MJ）永存
i'm from the empire state that's...
我來自帝國之州，即是
in new york,
紐約
concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
高樓林立築成輝煌夢想
there's nothing you can't do,
身處紐約
now you're in new york,
自然無所不能
these streets will make you feel brand new,
車水馬龍讓你脫胎換骨
the lights will inspire you,
燈紅酒綠令你熱血沸騰
let's here it for new york,new york,new york
快聽，來自紐約的聲音
lights is blinding,
燈光魅惑攝人心魄
girls need blinders
女孩需要遮蔽雙眼
so they can step out of bounds quick,
才能步出奢靡浮華
the side lines is blind with casualties,
康莊大道旁盡是經不住誘惑的犧牲品
who sipping life casually,then gradually become worse,
一旦涉足，生活只會漸漸沉淪
don't bite the apple eve,
不要輕易嘗試誘惑
caught up in the in crowd,
你混圈子趕潮流
now your in-style,
自以為潮到爆棚
and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
要風度不要溫度假裝自己是Vogue女郎
the city of sin is a pity on a whim,
這罪惡都市只是憐憫你的黃粱一夢
good girls gone bad,the cities filled with them,
好女孩變壞的故事，全城上演
mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
姑娘們欣喜而來，散盡錢財
everybody ride her,just like a bus route,
人人與之交合，好比公交載客
hail mary to the city your a virgin,
祈福聖母瑪利亞保你處子之身
and jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends,
自甘墮落，耶穌亦無可奈何
came here for school,gra
原想學有所成，將來衣錦還鄉