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Ooh, New
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York
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Ooh, New
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York
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Grew up in a town that is fa - mous as the place of mov - ie scenes
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© 2009 Carter Boys Music, Lellow Productions, EMI April, J Sewell Publishing, Foray Music, Elshabazz MusicGlobal Talent Publishing Ltd., Sylvia Robinson and Burt Keyes Publishers Designee
All Rights for Carter Boys Music, Lellow Productions, and J Sewell Publishing administered by EMI April All Rights for Masani Elshabazz Music administered by Foray Music
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Words and Music byJANET SEWELL, ANGELA HUNTE, SHAWN CARTER
SYLVIA ROBINSON, BURT KEYES, ALICIA KEYSand ALEXANDER SHUCKBURGH
EMPIRE STATE OF MIND
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Noise is al - ways loud There are si - rens all a-round and the streets are
mean
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If I can make it here, I can
make it an - y - where, that’s what they say
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See-ing my face at nights or my name on mar - quees found donw on Broad
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- way
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E - ven if it ain’t all it seems, I got a
pock - et - ful of dreams Baby, I’m from New York
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Con -crete un - gle where dreams are made
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of There’s noth-ing you can’t
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do Now you’re in New
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York These streets will make you feel brand
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new Big lights will in - spire
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Ah
you Hear it for New
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York New York New York
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On the av - e - nue, there ain’t nev - er a cur - few La - dies work so
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hard
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Such a melt - ing pot, on the cor - ner sell - ing rock Preach-ers pray to
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God
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Hail a Gyp - sy Cab Takes me
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down from Har - lem to the Brook- lyn
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Bridge
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Some- one sleeps to - night with a hun - ger for more than an emp - ty
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fridge
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I’m gonna make it by an - y means I got a
pock - et - ful of dreams Baby, I’m from New York
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Con -crete un - gle where dreams are made
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of There’s noth-ing you can’t
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do Now you’re in New
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York These streets will make you feel brand
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new Big lights will in - spire
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you Hear it for New
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York New York New York
One hand in the air of the big cit - y Street-lights, big dreams all look-ing pret-ty
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No place in the world that can com - pare
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Put your light-ers in the air, ev-’ry bod-y say
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, New
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York Con-crete un - gle where dreams are made
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of There’s noth -ing you can’t
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do Now you’re in New
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York These streets will make you feel brand
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new Big lights will in - spire
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you Hear it for New
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York
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