Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z/Alicia Keys
Lyrics by：Shuckburgh/Sewell/Carter/Hunt/Augello/Keyes
Composed by：Shuckburgh/Sewell/Carter/Hunt/Augello/Keyes
JAY-Z：
Yeah
Yeah I'm out that Brooklyn now I'm down in Tribeca
我刚刚去了布鲁克林 现在来到了三角地（纽约时尚区）
Right next to De Niro but I'll be hood forever
现在的我身旁坐着DeNiro（知名演员）但是我永远不会忘记我的出身
I'm the new Sinatra and since I made it here
我是新一代的Sinatra（知名歌手）既然我已经征服了这里
I can make it anywhere yeah they love me everywhere
我就能征服世界各地 人们对我的爱无处不在
I used to cop in Harlem-hola my Dominicanos
我当年在哈雷区靠卖**度日 和那里同样贫穷的多美尼人打着招呼
Dimelo
Right there up on Broadway brought me back to that McDonald's
就在百老汇街那里 令我想起那家麦当劳
Took it to my stash spot 560 State Street
带到我在State Street 560号的藏匿之地
Catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons whippin' pastry
那时的我 制***就像Simmons做小蛋糕那样随意方便
Cruisin' down 8th Street off-white Lexus
驾驶我的白色雷克萨斯GS 300开过第八街
Drivin' so slow but BK is from Texas
车速很慢 但在我老婆碧昂斯老家德克萨斯 慢也是一种风格
Me I'm out that Bed-Stuy home of that boy Biggie
现在我来到Bed-Stuy（布鲁克林街区）这里可是The Notorious B.I.G.老家
Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
而现在 我能在Billboard榜上称王 朋友皆因我而飞黄腾达
Say what up to Ty Ty still sippin' Mai Tais
和Tyran Smith打个招呼 再喝一杯鸡尾酒
Sittin' courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives
坐在尼克斯与篮网队交战球场边 球员都会与我击掌
N***a I be spiked out I could trip a referee
老子我现在也能轻松算计裁判
Tell by my attitude that I'm most definitely from
看我如此狂妄态度 那只是因为我来自
Alicia Keys/Jay-Z：
In New York
纽约
Ayy aha
Uh yeah
Concrete jungle
这座水泥丛林
Yeah
Where dreams are made of
梦想的诞生之地
There's nothin' you can't do
你可以为所欲为
Yeah
Okay
Now you're in New York
身处纽约
Aha aha aha
Uh yeah
These streets will make you feel brand-new
街道会让你感觉焕然一新
New
焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you
耀眼街灯让你热血沸腾
Come on
Okay
Let's hear it for New York
快听 来自纽约的声音
You welcome OG
Uh
New York
纽约
Yeah
New York
纽约
Uh
I made you hot n***a
我让你成为了最热门人物
Jay-Z：
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
我和Juan Perez一起在纽约布朗克斯区观看洋基队比赛
S**t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
洋基队帽是因我而出名
You should know I bleed blue but I ain't a Crip though
你该知道我已是不赀之躯 但我不是混Crip帮派的
But I got a gang of n***as walkin' with my clique though
尽管如此 道上跟我混的兄弟也不少
Welcome to the meltin' pot corners where we sellin' rock
欢迎来到纽约这个大熔炉 街角正是我们贩*之地
Afrika Bambaataa s**t home of the hip-hop
Afrika Bambaataa 说唱音乐的奠基人
Yellow cab gypsy cab dollar cab holla back
黄色的士 黑的士 各式的士穿梭鸣笛
For foreigners it ain't fair they act like they forgot how to add
司机假装忘记打表坑骗外国佬
Eight million stories out there in the naked
纽约八百万居民 各有各的故事
City it's a pity half of y'all won't make it
论其尽头仅有少数能够成功
Me I gotta plug Special Ed "I Got It Made"
我就是真人版的Special Ed的那首“我能成功”
If Jeezy's payin' LeBron I'm payin' Dwyane Wade
如果说唱歌手Jeezy能为詹姆斯买单 我当然可以为韦德买单
Three dice cee-lo three-card Marley
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 I'm from the Empire State that's
流行之王永存 我来自帝国之州 即是
Alicia Keys/Jay-Z：
In New York
纽约
Ayy
Uh yeah
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
There's nothin' you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
That boy good
Okay
Now you're in New York
身处纽约
Uh yeah
Welcome to the bright lights baby
欢迎来到这灯红酒绿的城市
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
Okay
Let's hear it for New York
快听 来自纽约的声音
Uh
New York
纽约
Yeah
New York
纽约
Uh
Jay-Z：
Lights is blinding girls need blinders
灯光太过炫目 女孩儿们需要戴上护目镜
So they can step out of bounds quick the side lines is
才能步出奢靡浮华 康庄大道旁尽是经不住诱惑的牺牲品
Lined with casualties who sip the life casually
一旦涉足 生活只会渐渐沉沦
Then gradually become worse don't bite the apple Eve
不要轻易尝试诱惑
Caught up in the in-crowd now you're in-style
你混圈子赶潮流 自以为潮到爆棚
Into the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out
要风度不要温度假装自己是Vogue女郎
City of sin is a pity on a whim
这罪恶都市只是怜悯你的黄粱一梦
Good girls gone bad the city's filled with them
好女孩变坏的故事 全城上演
Mami 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
人人与之交合 好比公交载客
"Hail Mary" to the city you're a virgin
祈福圣母玛利亚保你处子之身
And Jesus can't save you life starts when the church end
自甘堕落 耶稣亦无可奈何
Came here for school graduated to the high life
原想学有所成 将来衣锦还乡
Ball players rap stars addicted to the limelight
正如球星说唱大佬们享受聚光灯的照耀
MDMA got you feelin' like a champion
***High到让你觉得我自成王
The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
都市夜夜笙歌 Ambien才能让你安然入睡
Alicia Keys/Jay-Z：
In New York
纽约
Ayy ow
Uh yeah
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
There's nothin' you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
Okay
Now you're in New York
身处纽约
Uh yeah
These streets will make you feel brand-new
街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you
耀眼街灯让你热血沸腾
Okay
Let's hear it for New York
快听 来自纽约的声音
Uh
New York
纽约
Yeah
New York
纽约
Uh
Alicia Keys：
One hand in the air for the big city
为这都市挥舞手臂
Oh
Street lights big dreams all lookin' pretty
华灯初上 幻想梦想 皆是美丽幻象
Oh
No place in the world that could compare
这座城市无与伦比
Nah
Put your lighters in the air everybody say
燃起火焰 大声呼啸
"Yeah yeah"
Come on come on
"Yeah yeah"
Come on
In New York
纽约
Uh yeah
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
There's nothin' you can't do
身处纽约自然无所不能
Okay
Now you're in New York
身处纽约
Uh yeah
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
Okay
Let's hear it for New York
快听 来自纽约的声音
Uh
New York
纽约
Yeah
New York
纽约
Uh
