Empire State Of Mind - Future Hit Makers/Alicia Keys (艾莉西亚·凯斯)
Yeah yeah I'ma up at Brooklyn now I'm down in Tribeca
是的 我出现在了Brooklyn 现在我又来到了Tribeca
Right next to De Niro but I'll be hood forever
紧靠着De Niro 但是我会一直罩着这里
I'm the new Sinatra and since I made it here
自从我来到这里 我是新一代的Sinatra
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 all of my Dominicanos
我曾是Harlem的警察 所有那些听从我的多米尼加人
Right there up on Broadway brought me back to that McDonald's
都出现在了百老汇 把我带到了麦当劳里
Took it to my stash spot 560 State Street
把它带到了我的藏身处 那是在国家街560号
Catch me in the Kitchen like a Simmons whipping pastry
在厨房里面抓住了我 就像Simons在做酥油点心一样
Cruising down 8th Street off-white Lexus
巡游到第八街区 从白色的雷克萨斯上面下来
Driving so slow but BK is from Texas
车开得很慢 但是BK是来自Texas的家伙
Me I'm up at Bed-Stuy home of that boy Biggie
现在我来到Bed-Stuy 那是个大人物的家乡
Now I live on Billboards and I brought my boys with me
现在我进入了畅销榜 我带着我的兄弟们一起来
Say what up to Ty Ty still sipping mai tai
对Ty Ty说怎么了 还在喝着鸡尾酒
Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives
坐在球场边 尼克斯和网队让我兴奋
Ni**a I be spiked out I can trip a referee
兄弟 我把球打出了界 我甚至可以绊倒裁判
Tell by my attitude that I am most definitely from
从我的态度可以看出 我肯定是来自纽约
In New York concrete jungle where dreams are made oh
那里高楼林立 是梦想开始的地方
There's nothing you can't do now you're in New York
在那里你什么都可以做 现在你就站在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new
这些街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you let's hear it for New York
灿烂的街灯会将你鼓舞 让我们一起倾听纽约
New York New York
纽约
(I made you hot ni**a)
我让你充满激情 兄弟
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
被乐团和美国的帮派分子所深深吸引
Sh*t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
我让洋基队的帽子比罐头更有名
You should know I bleed blue but I ain't a Crip though
你应该知道我会为蓝调而流血 可是我不过是个瘸子而已
But I got a gang of niggas walking with my clique though
但我有一群伙伴和我同行
Welcome to the melting pot corners where we selling rock
欢迎来到纽约这个大熔炉 在角落里我们推销着摇滚乐
Afrika Bambaataa sh*t home of the hip hop
这是非洲祖鲁帮的首领 这里是说唱的故乡
Yellow Cab Gypsy Cab Dollar Cab holla back
各种颜色的出租汽车 尖叫声在回荡
For foreigners that ain't fifty they act like they forgot how to act
外国人都不适应这些 因为他们忘记了该如何表演
Eight million stories out there and they're naked
无数的流言从这里传出 赤裸裸而毫无掩饰
Cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it
这个城市为此而遗憾
Me I gotta plug Special Ed"I Got It Made"
我将要来首最特别的结尾曲 我要完成它
If Jeezy payin' LeBron I'm paying Dwyane Wade
如果上帝为LeBron买单 那么我就在为Dwayne Wade买单
Three dice Cee-lo three-card Monte
用上三个骰子 再来三张扑克牌
Labor Day Parade rest in peace Bob Marley
劳动节的游行 其余人沉浸在Bob Marley的音乐里安享太平
Statue of Liberty long live the World Trade
自由女神与世贸大厦万岁
Long live the king yo I'm from the Empire State that's
国王万岁 我来自帝国
In New York concrete jungle where dreams are made oh
纽约那里高楼林立 是梦想开始的地方
There's nothing you can't do now you're in New York
在这里你什么都可以做 现在你就站在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new
这些街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you let's hear it for New York
灿烂的街灯会将你鼓舞 让我们一起倾听纽约
New York New York
纽约
Lights is blinding 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
她们跳着快速的舞蹈
The sidelines is blind with casualties
边界线被伤亡的人们弄得模糊不清
Who sipping life casually then gradually become worse
她们在随便地浪费生命 然后慢慢变坏
Don't bite the apple Eve caught up in the in crowd
不要咬夏娃的苹果 不要沉湎于人群中
Now you're in style end of the winter gets cold
此刻就是你的风格 冬天要结束的时候也很寒冷
En vogue with your skin out the city of sin is a pity on a whim
在寒冷的冬天露出皮肤就是时髦 城市里充斥的罪恶只是一时的遗憾
Good girls gone bad the cities filled with them
好女孩变坏了 然后充斥在整个城市中
Mommy took a bus trip now she got her bust out
美女进行了一次汽车旅行 现在她坦胸露乳
Everybody ride her just like a bus route
所有人都嘲弄她 就像嘲弄公交路线图一样
Hail Mary to the city you're a virgin
圣母玛利亚为这个城市带来了圣洁
And Jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends
礼拜结束后 上帝不能拯救你的生命
Came here for school graduated to the high life
来到学校 为享受优质生活而毕业
Ball players rap stars addicted to the limelight
球星和说唱明星 都致力于成为万众的焦点
MDMA got you feeling like a champion
***让你感觉自己是冠军
The city never sleeps better slip you an Ambien
在安眠药的作用下 你感觉这个城市睡得如此香甜
In New York concrete jungle where dreams are made of
纽约这里高楼林立 是梦想开始的地方
There's nothing you can't do now you're in New York
在这里你什么都可以做 现在你就站在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new
这些街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you let's hear it for New York
灿烂的街灯会将你鼓舞 让我们一起倾听纽约
New York New York
纽约
One hand in the air for the big city
为了这个伟大的城市 举起手在空中挥舞
Street lights big dreams all looking pretty
街灯和伟大的梦想 看起来都很美
No place in the world that can compare
世界上没有任何地方可以和这里相比
Put your lighters in the air everybody say yeah yeah yeah yeah
把你的打火机抛向天空 每个人都呐喊着
In New York concrete jungle where dreams are made oh
纽约这里高楼林立 是梦想开始的地方
There's nothing you can't do now you're in New York
在这里你什么都可以做 现在你就站在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new
这些街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you let's hear it for New York
灿烂的街灯会将你鼓舞 让我们一起倾听纽约
New York New York
纽约