Community song post

Empire state of mind lyrics:

Yeah, 
Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn, 
Now I'm down in Tribeca, 
Right next to DeNiro, 
But I'll be hood forever, 
I'm the new Sinatra, 
And since I made it here, 
I can make it anywhere, 
Yeah they love me everywhere, 
I used to cop in Harlem, 
All of my dominicanos
Right there up on broadway, 
Brought me back to that McDonalds, 
Took it to my stash spot, 
Five Sixty Stage street, 
Catch me in the kitchen like a simmons whipping pastry, 
Cruising down 8th street, 
Off white lexus, 
Driving so slow but BK is from Texas, 
Me I'm up at Bedsty, 
Home of that boy Biggie, 
Now I live on billboard, 
And I brought my boys with me, 
Say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives, 
N-gga I be spiked out, I can trip a referee, 
Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from... 

[Alicia Keys]
In New York, 
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, 
There's nothing you can't do, 
Now you're in New York, 
These streets will make you feel brand new, 
Big lights will inspire you, 
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
[ Lyrics from: http://www.lyricsmode.com/lyrics/j/jay_z/empire_state_of_mind.html ]
[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-ga, 
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game, 
S-t I made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can, 
You should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho, 
But I got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though, 
Welcome to the melting pot, 
Corners where we selling rocks, 
Afrika bambaataa s-t, 
Home of the hip hop, 
Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back, 
For foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act, 
8 million stories out there and their naked, 
Cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it, 
Me I gotta plug Special Ed "I got it made,"
If Jesus payin LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade, 
3 dice cee-lo
3 card marley, 
Labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley, 
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade, 
Long live the king yo, 
I'm from the empire state that's... 

[Chorus]

In New York, 
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, 
There's nothing you can't do, 
Now you're in New York, 
These streets will make you feel brand new, 
Big lights will inspire you, 
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
Welcome to the bright light... 

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding, 
Girls need blinders
So they can step out of bounds quick, 
The side lines is blind with casualties, 
Who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse, 
Don't bite the apple Eve, 
Caught up in the in crowd, 
Now your in-style, 
And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out, 
The city of sin is a pity on a whim, 
Good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them, 
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out, 
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route, 
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin, 
And Jesus can't save you life starts when the church ends, 
Came here for school, graduated to the high life, 
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight, 
MDMA got you feeling like a champion, 
The city never sleeps better slip you an Ambien

[Chorus]

In New York, 
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, 
There's nothing you can't do, 
Now you're in New York, 
These streets will make you feel brand new, 
Big lights will inspire you, 
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York


[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city, 
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty, 
No place in the World that can compare, 
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
Come on, come, 
Yeah, 

[Chorus]

In New York, 
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of, 
There's nothing you can't do, 
Now you're in New York, 
These streets will make you feel brand new, 
Big lights will inspire you, 
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York

       In this song, Jay Z  describes New York as a great urban city. As this song being an ode to the famous ‘New York state of mind’ song by Billy Joel he explains that he is in a "New York state of mind". Jay Z describes the famous neighborhoods as he takes us through his city. In the opening line “Yea im out that Brooklyn…but il be hood forever”  Jay Z gives the logic of even though he is no longer in his bad neighborhood he will always be a part of that community. From this line i understand that a community truly should be a somewhere where you shouldn't put behind you.By Jay mentioning the famous cuisines and luxuries he depicts New York as the place to be as well as a multicultural place. Listening to this song, i feel especially proud to be a New York-er being  the way it is defined as a place where one can be happy and  can also make dreams come true.