Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys is featured in Audition, the first episode of Season Two. It is sung by the New Directio...
Empire State of Mind by Jay-Z featuring Alicia Keys is featured in Audition, the first episode of Season Two. It is sung by the New Directions in an attempt to recruit new members, after Matt transferred, as well as learning that Nationals will be held in New York.nnTheir intent is to tell the school that they can sing popular songs and not just the old songs. However, only future New Directions member Sam and Sunshine seem to acknowledge them.nnLYRICS:nn[Artie]nYeahnYeah I'm out that Brooklyn.nNow I'm down in Tribeca.nRight next to DeNironBut I'll be hood forevernI'm the new SinatranAnd since I made it herenI can make it anywheren(Yeah they love me everywhere)nn[Finn]nI used to cop in HarlemnAll of my Dominicanos (Hey yo)nRight there off of BroadwaynBrought me back to that McDonaldsnTook it to my stash spotn560 State StreetnCatch me in the kitchen like Simmons whipping Pastrynn[Puck]nCruising down 8th streetnOff-white LexusnDriving so slow n(but BK, it's from Texas!!) nMe I'm out that BedStuynHome of that boy Biggiennow I live on Billboardnand I brought my boys with menSay what up to Ta-tanStill sipping Mai TaisnSitting courtsidenKnicks and Nets give me high-5nN**ga, I be Spiked outnI could trip a refereen...tell by my attitude that I'm MOST DEFINITELYnFROM...nn[Chorus]nNew York!!!!nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of,nThere's nothing you can't do,nNow you're in New York!!!nThese streets will make you feel brand new,nthe lights will inspire you,nLet's hear it for New York, New York, New Yorknn[Finn]nI made you hot n-gga,nCatch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,nSh-t I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can,nYou should know I bleed Blue, but I ain't a crip tho,nYut I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my clique though,nWelcome to the melting pot,nCorners where we selling rocks,nAfrika bambaataa sh-t,nHome of the hip hop,nYellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back,nFor foreigners it ain't fitted act like they forgot how to act,nn[Puck]n8 million stories out there and they're naked,ncity it's a pity half of y'all won't make it,nme I gotta plug a special and I got it made,nIf Jeezy's payin LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade,n3 dice cee-lon3 card marley,nLabor Day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,nStatue of Liberty, long live the World Trade,nlong live the king yo,nI'm from the Empire State that's...nn[Chorus]nIn New York!!!!nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of,nThere's nothing you can't do,nNow you're in New York!!!nThese streets will make you feel brand new,nthe lights will inspire you,nLet's hear it for New York, New York, New Yorknn[Finn]nWelcome to the bright light..nn[Artie]nLights is blinding,ngirls need blindersnso they can step out of bounds quick,nthe side lines is blind with casualties,nwho sip the lite casually, then gradually become worse,ndon't bite the apple Eve,ncaught up in the in crowd,nnow you're in-style,nand in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,nthe city of sin is a pity on a whim.ngood girls gone bad, the city's filled with them,nn[Puck]nMommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,neverybody ride her, just like a bus route,nHail Mary to the city your a Virgin,nand Jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends,ncame here for school, graduated to the high life,nball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,nMDMA got you feeling like a champion,nthe city never sleeps better slip you a Ambiennn[Chorus]nNew York!!!!nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of,nThere's nothing you can't do,nNow you're in New York!!!nThese streets will make you feel brand new,nthe lights will inspire you,nLet's hear it for New York, New York, New Yorknn[Mercedes]nOne hand in the air for the big city,nStreet lights, big dreams all looking pretty,nno place in the World that can compare,nPut your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahhncome on, come, yeah,nn[Chorus]nNew York!!!!nConcrete jungle where dreams are made of,nThere's nothing you can't do,nNow you're in New York!!!nThese streets will make you feel brand new,nthe lights will inspire you,nLet's hear it for New York, New York, New York Less
