Jay Z Empire State of mind Lights is blinding, ______ need blinders

_______ could step out of bounds quick, the sidelines is

Yeah _______ that Brooklyn, now ________ in Tribeca Lined with casualties, who sip to life casually
Right next to DeNiro, but I'll be hood _________ Then gradually become worse, _____ bite the _______,
________________ Sinatra, and since I made it here Eve
I can make it ______________, yeah, they love me Caught up in the in-crowd, now ____________ style
_____________ Anna Wintour _____________ in Vogue with your skin
I used to cop in Harlem, all of my Dominicanos out
_________________ up on Broadway, pull me back to ______ of sin, it's a pity on a whim
that McDonald's Good girls ____________, the city's filled with them
Took it to my stash spot, ____ State St. Mommy took a ______ trip, now she got her bust out
Catch me in the __________ like the Simmons' whipping _______________ ride her, just like a bus route
Pastry Hail Mary to the city, you're a virgin
Cruisin' down ___th St., off-white Lexus And Jesus ______ save you, life _____________ the
Drivin' so slow, but BK is from Texas church end
Me, I'm out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie Came here for _______, graduated to the high life
Now I ________ Billboard and I brought my boys with me Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
Say what up to TyTy, still sippin' Mai Tai's MDMA got you feelin' like a champion
Sittin' courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high _____ The city never ________, better slip you an Ambien
Nigga, I _____ spiked out, I could trip a referee
Tell by my attitude that _________ definitely from.... Chorus

Chorus ________________ in the air for the big city

New York, concrete jungle __________________ are Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' ________
made of No place ________________ that could compare
_____________________________________ Put your lighters in the air
Now you're in New York Everybody say "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" (c'mon, c'mon)
These _________________________ you feel brand new I'm from...
The lights will inspire you
Let's hear it for New York, New York, Chorus
New York

Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee _______

Shit, I made the Yankee _____ more famous then a
Yankee _____
You should know I bleed _____, but I ain't a Crip though
But I got a gang of niggas _________ with my clique
though
____________ to the melting pot, corners where we
sellin' rock
Afrika Bambataa shit, home of the hip-hop
_________ cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back
For foreigners it ain't fair, they act like they forgot how to
add
___ million stories, out there in the naked
City it's a pity, half of y'all won't _______ it
Me, I got a plug Special Ed "I Got It Made"
If Jeezy's playin/payin' LeBron, I'm playin/payin'
Dwyane Wade
Three dice Cee-lo, three Card Molly
Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley
Statue of Liberty, long live the _______ Trade
Long live the King yo, I'm from the Empire State that's

Chorus

(That boy good... welcome to the bright light, baby.)