1.empire state of mind  Jay-Z Alicia Keys

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2.Empire State of Mind（ part ii）   Alicia Keys

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3.Empire State of Mind   glee (翻唱版）

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歌词
empire state of mind （中英文对照）

Yeah,                                
Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn,
我从布鲁克林起家
now Im down in Tribeca,
现在我在翠贝卡
right next to DeNiro,
紧靠德尼罗旁边
But i’ll be hood forever,
但我永远属于街头
I’m the new Sinatra,
我是新生frank Sinatra（ 被称为流行音乐之父）
and since i made it here,
既然我可以在这里创造它
i can make it anywhere,
我就能在各地发展壮大
yeah they love me everywhere,
被各地的人们所喜爱
i used to cop in Harlem
（哈莱姆 美国纽约市的一个区, 居民大都为黑人)我以前混在黑人区
all of my dominicanos
（Dominicanos 中美洲加勒比海地区多米尼加和多米尼克居民的总称。）
和我的多米尼加兄弟一起
right there up on broadway,
现在到了百老汇
brought me back to that McDonalds,
想起了在麦当劳的时候
took it to my stash spot,
那时我的老窝
Five Sixty Stage street,
在560大道上
catch me in the kitchen like a simmons whipping pastry,
那时我在贩毒就像Simmons卖pastry鞋子
cruising down 8th street,
在8号大街上兜风
off white lexus,
开着白色雷克萨斯离开
driving so slow but BK is from Texas,
速度很慢，但碧昂斯来自德克萨斯
me I’m up at Bedsty,
而我来自Bedsty
home of that boy Biggie,
那些大人物的故乡
now i live on billboard,
现在我活跃在billboard
and i brought my boys with me,
和我的小弟们在一起
say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
跟美貌们打招呼，喝着Malta（鸡尾酒）
sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
坐在场边纽约尼克斯队新泽西篮网队都和我击掌
N-gga i be spiked out, i can trip a referee,
我说出N-gga，让裁判矢言
tell by my attitude that I most definitely from…
从我的态度你就能看出我来自于

[Alicia Keys]
In New York, 纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
编织梦想的混凝土世界
Theres nothing you can’t do,
在这里你能心想事成
Now you’re in New York,
现在你就在纽约
these streets will make you feel brand new
这里的街道能令你焕然一新,
big lights will inspire you,
巨大的霓虹灯能带给你启迪
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
让我们一起欢呼纽约 纽约 纽约

[Jay-Z]
I made you hot n-gga,)
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
我在布朗克斯和兄弟们要一起看纽约扬基队的比赛
sh-t i made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
操，我让扬基帽変得比扬基佬还要出名
you should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
你知道我虽然流着蓝色的血液，但我不是crips帮成员
but i got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
但是我有自己的帮派，她们走路都有我的腔调
welcome to the melting pot,
欢迎来到这大熔炉
corners where we selling rocks,
我们曾在这个街角贩毒
afrika bambaataa sh-t,
祖鲁帮首领的玩意
home of the hip hop,
嘻哈的家乡
yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cab, holla back,
黄出租车 红牌出租车 一元车 叫车
for foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
不习惯的外国人假装自己忘了该怎么做
8 million stories out there and their naked,
这个赤裸的城市有八百万个故事
cities is a pity half of y’all won’t make it,
可惜只有一半人能够把故事完成
me i gotta plug Special Ed "i got it made,"
我会献上一首Special Ed的《我成功了》
If Jeezy payin LeBron, I’m paying Dwayne Wade,
如果young jeezy为LeBron买单，那么我就在为Dwayne Wade买单
3 dice cee-lo
3骰子游戏
3 card monte,
3张牌游戏
labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
劳动节游行，其余人沉浸在Bob Marley的音乐里安享太平（ 雷鬼乐教父BOB.MARLEY）
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
自由女神像 世贸永存
long live the king yo, 流行之王MJ永存
I’m from the empire state thats…
我来自于帝国州

[Chorus]

In New York,
纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
编织梦想的混凝土世界
Theres nothing you can’t do,
在这里你能心想事成
Now you’re in New York,
现在你就在纽约
these streets will make you feel brand new
这里的街道能令你焕然一新,
big lights will inspire you,
巨大的霓虹灯能带给你启迪
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
让我们一起欢呼纽约 纽约 纽约
(Welcome to the bright light.. 欢迎来到这片闪耀的地带)

[Jay-Z]
Lights is blinding,
霓虹灯如此炫眼
girls need blinders
女孩们需要戴上护目镜
so they can step out of bounds quick,
她们才能迅速逃离诱惑之地
the side lines is blind with casualties,
有的人却无视前人得惨痛教训
who sipping life casually, then gradually become worse
先偶然品尝一小口 然后慢慢沉迷上瘾,
don’t bite the apple Eve,
不要咬夏娃的苹果
caught up in the in crowd,
成为那少数的异族
now your in-style,
现在你追求时髦
and in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
像《时尚》杂志的安娜。温图尔那样冬天还穿的那么少
the city of sin is a pity on a whim,
这个城市的罪孽就是对幻想家的怜悯
good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
好女孩变坏，城市里到处都在上演
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
女孩子坐巴士旅游，结果被人强暴
everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
每个人都上她，就像巴士过站
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
向圣母玛利亚祷告你还是处女
and Jesus can’t save you life starts when the church ends,
耶稣也救不了你，教堂灭亡生命才能开始
came here for school, graduated to the high life,
来这里上学，为享受优质生活而毕业
ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
球星，说唱明星，被名利牢牢吸引
MDMA got you feeling like a champion,
摇头丸让你觉得自己是个冠军
the city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
这个城市永不休眠，你最好来电安眠药

[Chorus]

In New York,
纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
编织梦想的混凝土世界
Theres nothing you can’t do,
在这里你能心想事成
Now you’re in New York,
现在你就在纽约
these streets will make you feel brand new
这里的街道能令你焕然一新,
big lights will inspire you,
巨大的霓虹灯能带给你启迪
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
让我们一起欢呼纽约 纽约 纽约

[Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city,
为了这座城市把手举到空中
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
霓虹 梦想 看上去是那么美丽
no place in the World that can compare,
这世上没有任何地方能够匹敌
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
点亮打火机在空中挥舞，大家一起说yeah
come on, come,
燃烧吧，燃烧吧
yeah,

[Chorus]

IIn New York, 纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,
编织梦想的混凝土世界
Theres nothing you can’t do,
在这里你能心想事成
Now you’re in New York,
现在你就在纽约
these streets will make you feel brand new
这里的街道能令你焕然一新,
big lights will inspire you,
巨大的霓虹灯能带给你启迪
lets here it for New York, New York, New York
让我们一起欢呼纽约 纽约 纽约

Empire State of Mind（ part ii）
歌词

Ooohh New York x2 “噢，纽约”“噢，纽约”
Grew up in a town that is famous as the place of movie scenes生长在一个作为电影场景而闻名的城镇
Noise was always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean周围都是喧闹声，警笛声，以及险恶的街道
If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say “如果我能在这儿立足，我可以在任何地方生存”，这是过来人所说的
Seeing my face in lights or my name on marquees found down on Broadway看到我的脸在聚光灯下出现，或者我的名字显示在百老汇剧院的滚动字幕上

Even if it ain't all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams即使它不如看来的美好，但我心中已装了一口袋的梦
Baby, I'm from New York亲爱的，我来自纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of 这造就梦想的混凝土密林
There's nothing you can't do在这没什么你不能做
Now you're in New York你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new这街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you灿烂的街灯会让你鼓舞
Hear it for New York, New York, New York! 倾听纽约，纽约，纽约吧！

On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard在大街上，从来没有宵禁，女士们卖力工作
Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God 如此一个大熔炉——传教士在卖摇滚音乐的街角里，向上帝祈祷 （纽约社会对各种文化兼收并蓄）
Hail a Gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge招呼一辆吉普赛人开的出租车，把我从哈莱姆送到布鲁克林大桥
（吉普赛是外来民族，哈莱姆区是非裔人聚居地，布鲁克林一带的多为上流社会的白人； 旨在说不同民族不同血统在纽约都能共处）
Some will sleep tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge 今晚有些人将带着精神上的饥饿感入睡，这远胜于和肉体产生的饥渴共度长夜
( 此处为意译，直译为“今晚有些人会带着渴望睡觉，远好过和空空如也的冰箱一起”；“hunger”两重意思，既可指身体上的饥饿，也可指精神上的渴望，此处取后者解释，与后文“an empty fridge”所指代的肉体饥饿作对比)

I'm gonna make it by any means, I got a pocketful of dreams我尽我所能在这里生存发展，我心中已装了一口袋的梦
Baby, I'm from New York亲爱的，我来自纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of ——造就梦想的混凝土密林
There's nothing you can't do在这没什么你不能做
Now you're in New York你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new这街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you灿烂的街灯会让你鼓舞
Hear it for New York, New York, New York! 倾听纽约，纽约，纽约吧！

One hand in the air for the big city, 手伸进空气中感受大城市的气息，
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty路灯和人们的梦想相映生辉No place in the world that can compare世界上没有一个地方能与这里比
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah把打火机高举在空中，大家一起唱 yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

In New York在纽约
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of 这造就梦想的混凝土密林
There's nothing you can't do没什么你不能做
Now you're in New York你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new这街道会让你感觉焕然一新
Big lights will inspire you灿烂的街灯会让你鼓舞
Now you're in New York! 你现在在纽约！