Jay-Z and Alicia Keys take on Frank Sinatra's Big Apple anthem, "New York, New York," with "Empire State of Mind." And even composer John Kander, who wrote Sinatra's song, thinks its pretty darn Complex placed the song at number nine on its list of "The 100 Best Jay-Z Songs" and on number four on its list of "The 25 Best Alicia Keys Songs", noting that the song "has replaced Frank Sinatra's "New York, New York" as the city's go-to anthem, and remains one of Keys' greatest contributions to pop culture". Nasty, yeah, yeah (New York, New York) Hey yo black it's time again, yeah, yeah (New York, New York) Come here, yeah, yeah (New York, New York) Hey yo black it's time If you knew my streets You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef Who snitchin', who told police Who came home, who still gone, who restin' in peace Now they killin JAY-Z - Empire State of Mind ft. Alicia Keys (Tradução em Português) Lyrics: Yeah / Yeah, eu tô fora do Brooklyn, agora tô em Tribeca / Bem ao lado do De Niro, mas eu vou ser de lá pra Track 5 on The Blueprint 3. Featuring. Alicia Keys. Produced by. Janet Sewell, Angela Hunte &. 1. The Blueprint 3's third single is a love song to Jay-Z and Alicia Keys' home city of New York Jay-Z sounds at ease, unruffled by the star power of his collaborators and casually dismissive of everyone else. "Can't teach you my swag," he raps. "You can pay for school, but you can Artist: Jay-z ft. Alicia Keys Song: Empire State of Mind Album: The Blueprint 3 Capo 2 [Verse] E Yeah, Yeah, Im'ma up at Brooklyn, now I'm down in Tribeca Right next to DeNiro, But I'll be hood forever Amaj7 I'm the new Sinatra, and since I made it here I can make it anywhere, yeah they love me everywhere E I used to cop in Harlem, all of my dominicanos Right there up on Broadway, brought qgDS7VI.

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