以下是Jay Z的《Empire State of Mind》的歌詞：
(feat Alicia Keys)
Uh, Empire State of Mind, yeah
Yeah, it's a New York thing
Everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah
It's a New York thing
Everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, I'm back with a vengeance
Got the keys to the city in my hand
I'm a New Yorker, I'm standing on the shoulders of giants
And I'm looking at you, and I'm thinking to myself
This is where we made it, this is where we landed
On the Statue of Liberty, Lady on the land
Ain't gonna be another place like New York City
Where dreams are made, so when you wake up, we in a New York state of mind
You gotta give the fans their props
Take them back to where it all began, when we had nothing and then some
In Brooklyn, standing on every word with Teflon paper plates
Rockin' Prada under a wig of may be rougher for less plastic,
Real Hustlers say a lotta New York Y-Y-Y's on 'em y'all it was through hell to get where we're at
Fallen, just for love we fall and if it don't feel right let 'em fall out
Yeah, but you can never forget where you came from or how you did it and we're on top of the world with a champagne problem
It's the greatest feeling that money can buy it ain't easy to define so you better believe it and make it a real New York minute before you die you better believe it's true cause we all here together on this New York journey with a twist of fate, this is where we make it and when you dreaming then you in a New York state of mind, yeah
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