Empire State of Mind - Jay-Z

Lyrics by：Shawn C. Carter/Sylvia Robinson/Jane'T. Sewell/Alexander William Shuckburgh/Bert Keyes Sylvia/Angela Ann Hunte/Alicia J. Augello Cook/Janette Sewell

Composed by：Shawn C. Carter/Sylvia Robinson/Jane'T. Sewell/Alexander William Shuckburgh/Bert Keyes Sylvia/Angela Ann Hunte/Alicia J. Augello Cook/Janette Sewell

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

Right next to De Niro but I'll be hood forever

然后将去DeNiro 但是我会永远带着头巾

I'm the new Sinatra and since I made it here

我是新一代的Sinatra 既然我可以在这里创造它

I can make it anywhere yeah they love me everywhere

我就能让它遍布世界各地 他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145街的麦当劳店

Took it to my stash spot 560 State Street

那可是我的藏匿之地（藏*）还有560state街的某个秘密角落

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

缓缓开过第八街

Drivin' so slow but BK is from Texas

开着白色凌志 带着老婆碧昂斯

Me I'm out that Bed-Stuy home of that boy Biggie

现在我来到Bedsty 那可是The Notorious B

Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me

而现在，我能在Billboard榜上称王

Say what up to Ty Ty still sippin' Mai Tais

朋友皆因我而飞黄腾达 怎么了，Tyran Smith，再喝一杯鸡尾酒如何

Sittin' courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives

坐在尼克斯与网队交战球场边，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 看我如此狂妄态度

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

这个由梦筑城的

Yeah

Where dreams are made of

钢筋混凝土的城市里

There's nothin' you can't do

你可以为所欲为

Yeah

Okay

Now you're in New York

因为你现在在纽约

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

霓虹让你热血沸腾

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Bronx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

鲁帮首领 说唱的故乡

Yellow cab gypsy cab dollar cab holla back

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

九衢三市自是故事繁多

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

因为你现在在纽约

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，女孩儿们需要带上护目镜

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

因为你现在在纽约

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

霓虹让你热血沸腾

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

因为你现在在纽约

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