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Empire State of Mind (Live) - Jay-Z
Yeah
Yeah I'm up at Brooklyn now I'm down in Tribeca
虽自布鲁克林贫民区长大 如今我也将Tribeca踩在脚下
Right next to DeNiro
早已比邻Robert DeNiro
But I'll be hood forever
但我永远是那个街头小子
I'm the new Sinatra
我是新一代的Sinatra
And since I made it here
既然我可以在这里创造它
I can make it anywhere
我就能让它遍布世界各地
Yeah they love me everywhere
他们对我的爱无处不在
I used to cop in Harlem
曾在Harlem区偷盗贩毒
All of my Dominicanos
与多米尼加朋友们共High
Right there up on Broadway
就在百老汇那边
Brought me back to that McDonald's
我想起那家麦当劳
Took it to my stash spot: 560 State Street
那是我的私人领地，还有560大道
Catch me in the kitchen
那时的我
Like the Simmons whippin' pastry
制毒就像Simmons做蛋糕一样随意
Cruising down 8th Street off-white Lexus
如今照样开着白色凌志，悠闲驶过第八大道
Driving so slow but B K is from Texas
香车自有美人相伴，她来自德州
Now I'm up at Bed-Stuy home of that boy Biggie
我在Bed-Stuy起家，那可是Biggie的地盘
Now I live on billboard
现在我称霸Billboard
And I brought my boys with me
朋友皆因我而飞黄腾达
Say what up to Ty Ty still sippin' Mai Tais
怎么了Ty 再喝一杯鸡尾酒如何
Sittin' courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives
坐在尼克斯与网队的赛场边为胜利击掌吧
Ni**a I be spiked out
老子我现在也能
I can trip a referee
轻松算计裁判
Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from
看我如此狂妄态度，那自是因为我来自
In New York
纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made
这个由梦筑成的钢筋混凝土的城市里
Oh there's nothing you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York
现在你在纽约
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 New York New York
快听，来自纽约的声音
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
我在X和OG观看洋基队比赛
Sh*t I made the Yankee hat
我带着洋基队帽
More famous than a Yankee can
让它出名
You should know I bleed blue
你该知道我已是不赀之躯
But I ain't a Crip though
但我不是混Crip的
But I got a gang of niggas
尽管如此
Walkin' with my clique though
道上跟我混的兄弟也不少
Welcome to the melting pot
欢迎来到纽约这个大熔炉
Corners where we selling rock
街角正是我们贩毒之地
Afrika Bambaataa sh*t home of the hip-hop
Afrika Bambaataa统治这里，说唱的故乡
Yellow cab gypsy cab dollar cab holla back
各式的士穿梭鸣笛
For foreigners it ain't fair
司机坑骗外国佬
They act like they forgot how to add
总是假装忘了打表
Eight million stories out there in the naked
这里故事繁多
City it's a pity half of y'all won't make it
但是仅有少数能够成功
Me I gotta plug Special Ed "I got it made"
我是真人版的special Ed，我能成功
If Jeezy's payin' LeBron I'm payin' Dwayne Wade
如果Jeezy能为詹姆斯买单，我当然也可以为韦德买单
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:
国王万岁
I'm from the Empire State that's
我来自帝国之州，即是
In New York
纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made oh
这个由梦筑成的钢筋混凝土的城市里
There's nothing you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York
现在你在纽约
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 New York New York
快听，来自纽约的声音
Lights is blinding: girls need blinders
灯光魅惑摄人心魄，女孩需要遮蔽双眼
Or they can step out of bounds quick
才能走出奢靡浮华
The sidelines is lined with casualties
康庄大道总是充满诱惑
Who sipping life casually then gradually become worse
一旦陷入，便会沉沦
Don't bite the apple Eve 'caught up in the in-crowd
不要轻易尝试诱惑，混圈子赶潮流
Now you're in-style
以为你很潮流
And in the winter gets cold en
要风度不要温度
Vogue with your skin out
裸露着皮肤以为自己是vogue女郎
The city of sin is a pity on a whim
这罪恶都市只是怜悯你的梦想
Good girls gone bad the city's filled with them
城市里到处上演着好女孩变坏的故事
Mommy took a bus trip 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
人人与之亲热，好比公交载客
Hail Mary to the city you're a virgin
圣母玛利亚为这个城市带来圣洁
And Jesus can't save you
耶稣也无可奈何
Life starts when the church ends
当你自甘堕落
Came here for school graduated to the high life
原想学有所成，将来衣锦还乡
Ballplayers rap stars addicted to the limelight
正如球星说唱大佬们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 a Ambien
都市夜夜笙歌，只有安眠药能让你安然入睡
In New York
在纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made
这个由梦筑成的钢筋混凝土的城市里
Oh there's nothing you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York
现在你在纽约
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 New York New York
快听，来自纽约的声音
One hand in the air for the big city
为这城市振臂挥舞
Street lights big dreams all looking pretty
华灯初上，雄伟梦想，皆是美丽幻象
No place in the world that can compare
这城市无与伦比
Put your lighters in the air everybody say yeaaahh
燃起火焰，大声呼喊
Yeah
In New York
在纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made
这个由梦筑成的钢筋混凝土的城市里
Oh there's nothing you can't do
你可以为所欲为
Now you're in New York
现在你在纽约
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 New York New York
快听，来自纽约的声音