Empire State of Mind

Lyrics

[Intro: Maleah Joi Moon] Ooh, New York (They play these notes, and they play these notes, haha, and I play my notes) Ooh, New York (And from these basics, our melody can evolve) [Verse 1: Maleah Joi Moon] Grew up in a town that is famous as a place of movie scenes Noise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say Seein' my face in lights or my name on marquees found down on Broadway [Pre-Chorus: Shoshana Bean] Even if it ain't all it seems I got a pocketful of dreams [Chorus: Shoshana Bean, Maleah Joi Moon, Both] Baby, I'm from New York Concrеte jungle wherе dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York [Verse 2: Maleah Joi Moon, Maleah Joi Moon & Shoshana Bean, Shoshana Bean, Brandon Victor Dixon] On the avenue, there ain't ever a curfew, ladies work so hard Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God Hail a gypsy cab, take you down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge [Pre-Chorus: Brandon Victor Dixon, Hell's Kitchen Cast] I'ma make it by any means I got a pocketful of dreams [Chorus: Hell's Kitchen Cast] Baby, I'm from New York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Talkin' 'bout New York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York [Bridge: Hell's Kitchen Cast] One hand in the air for the big city Street lights, big dreams, all lookin' pretty No place in the world that can compare Put your lighters in the air Everybody say, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" [Chorus: Hell's Kitchen Cast] In New York Concrete jungle where dreams are made of There's nothin' you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you Hear it for New York, New York, New York [Outro: Hell's Kitchen Cast] She will psych out, she could juke a referee Hey, hey, hey (Come on) Tell by her attitude that she most definitely from, from (Come on) (Where she from?) Statue of Liberty, home of the World Trade (Come on) Hey, hey, hey Long live the queen, y'all, she's from the NY state (Come on) That's, that's, that's (Come on) In New York, New York, New York