[Verse 1: Jay-Z] Yea I'm out that Brooklyn, now I'm down in TriBeCa right next to Deniro, but I'll be hood forever I'm the new Sinatra, and... since I made it here I can make it anywhere, yea, they love me everywhere I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicano's right there up on Broadway, pull me back to that McDonald's Took it to my stashbox, 560 State St. catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons with them Pastry's Cruisin' down 8th St., off white Lexus drivin' so slow, but BK is from Texas Me, I'm out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me Say what's up to Ty-Ty, still sippin' mai tai's sittin' courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high five Nigga I be Spike'd out, I could trip a referee Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from....
[Chorus: Alicia Keys] New York, concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do out of New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
[Jay-Z:] Lights is blinding, Girls need blinders So they can step out of bounds quick, The side lines is blind with casualties, Who sip the lite casually, then gradually become worse, Don’t bite the apple Eve, Caught up in the in crowd, Now you're in-style, And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out The city of sin is a pity on a whim. Good girls gone bad, the city's filled with them 8 million stories out there and they're naked, City it's a pity half of y’all won’t make it, Me i gotta plug a special and i got it made, If Jeezy's payin LeBron, i’m paying Dwayne Wade, 3 dice cee-lo 3 card Marley, Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley, Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade, Long live the king yo, I’m from the Empire State that's…
[Chorus:] In New York!!!! Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, There's nothing you can’t do, Now you're in New York!!! These streets will make you feel brand new, The lights will inspire you, Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York Welcome to the bright light..
[Bridge:] One hand in the air for the big city, Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty, No place in the world that can compare, Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh Come on, come, yeah,