The Empire State Building [VS] Why this title?
With "Empire State of Mind," Jay-Z makes an obvious allusion to the Empire State Building , a symbol of New York, one of the landmarks of his skyline and a place worth visiting. The skyscraper was built in the early 1930s at the height of the Depression, in an Art Deco style. Towering over 380 feet, it again became the tallest building in the city after the 2001 attacks against the World Trade Center (3rd U.S. 
s behind the towers are Willis and Trump Chicago ). Jay-Z therefore chooses to describe his "state of mind" by letting us visit New York by taking the height while remaining " hood" and keeping your feet on the asphalt ... Two songs in different styles have certainly inspired in his choice of title, Billy Joel "New York State of Mind" and Nas (despite the "diss" What were the two famous TM) "New York State of Mind ", a title produced by DJ Premier. I propose an end of the article playlist some one of many titles that talk of NY. 
"Empire State of Mind" could be just a song about New York, without doubt one of the cities that has most inspired musicians (and filmmakers). Yet it was a great success that is as much due to the personality of the interpreter that she is talking to New Yorkers and the world. When he travels with us "his" NY, Shawn Carter aka Jay-Z also talks one of the most known and loved worldwide . Over 40 million tourists visit the city in effect each year. Apart from Staten Island, Jay-Z takes us through all the boroughs of the city. Follow the guide ... [Photos of New York that accompany this article I have received by Veronica and Sara. Photo-cons taken in the interpretation of the song before a final matches of the 2009 Base-Ball championship, won by the Yankees]
The Brooklyn Bridge [VS]
New York, a portrait
Must present New York ...
New York's 1.5 million people in Manhattan, 8 million throughout the city, 18.5 million 
in metropolitan and 22 million if one takes into account the metropolitan area that spans multiple states. is the most populous city in the United States to Los Angeles and Chicago. She was even the capital for five years from 1785 to 1790.
Precisely, let a little behind ...
Algonquin inhabited by Indians, the site was first spotted by Verrazzano (the bridge of the city bears his name) and named for the French New Angoulême in 1524. The Dutch and their allies (Hudson, Midnight and Stuyvesant who gave its name to Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Bed-Stuy or Brooklyn speaks Jay-Z) are masters of the house in the early seventeenth century and founded Nieuw Amsterdam in 1625. see on this map what looked like Manhattan beginning of this century. Then the English took possession of the premises in 1664. Thus was born New York .
South Manhattan from the Empire State Building [VS]
The city grows, more than a million inhabitants in the 1850s, 5 million in 1910. It is then the most populous city World . After peaking at nearly $ 8 million in the 1950s, she began a decline, as economic and demographic tax, before resuming its rise from the 1980 and exceed $ 8 million. The urban area of New York is currently third in the world by population (although this classification is difficult to establish). The city is one of the most dense (more than 10 000 inhabitants per km2, up more than 25 000 in Manhattan) and most diverse U.S. and the world.
New York has many nicknames as Big Apple, the "city that never sleeps" (two references used by Jay-Z), Gotham (in reference to Batman), or "the city up."
New York has five boroughs which are also counties. Manhattan (New York County) has 1,629,054 inhabitants, 1,397,287 Bronx, Brooklyn (Kings County) 2567098, 2306712 the Queens and Staten Island (Richmond County) is the least populated with 491.730 inhabitants.
Times Square "Light is blinding" [SK] New York City World
For specific functions, New York has a radiation across the planet that makes a global city or world. Since the nineteenth century,
she became one of the most attractive cities. diversity of its population is a reflection of the attraction. Gateway, the island Ellis Island in the Bay (near the Statue of Liberty, a gift from France in 1886, photo: VS), hosted more than 12 million immigrants between 1892 and 1954. In the census of 2000, 35.9% of the population was of NY born abroad cons 11.1% for the entire country. Nearly half of New Yorkers (47.6%) speak a language other than English at home against 17.9% for the entire country. For two centuries, the world will meet you in New York, both low-skilled migrants that the brains of South and North, especially Asians (Indians, Koreans, Chinese) and Europeans.
Today, the communities most represented in the city are diverse and vary by district. The African Americans , only part of which is foreign born, representing over a quarter of the population of the city (higher proportion in the Bronx and Brooklyn). The Hispanics are about as likely as African-Americans (they account for nearly half the population of the Bronx) [Recall that those who call themselves Latinos or Hispanics in the census can also be classified in any other 'race or ethnic group "]. At the 
siatiques represent New Yorkers in ten but are more numerous in Queens. Locally, many neighborhoods have a community course overrepresented as Haitians in Brooklyn (I think Wyclef Jean), the Chinese and the Italians in East Manhattan [Photo Little Italy ; VS].
siatiques represent New Yorkers in ten but are more numerous in Queens. Locally, many neighborhoods have a community course overrepresented as Haitians in Brooklyn (I think Wyclef Jean), the Chinese and the Italians in East Manhattan [Photo Little Italy ; VS]. The foreign nationalities most represented in the city are the Dominicans (that greets Jay-Z), Chinese, Jamaicans, nationals of Guyana, Mexicans, Ecuadorians, Haitians, Trinidadians , Colombians and Russians. By region, 30% from the Caribbean, 24% Asian (including 4 in 10 of China), 19% from Europe, 9% of Central America and Mexico and 3% from Africa.
Madison Square Garden venue and place of meetings Basketball played by the New York Knicks. Jay-Z also has a share capital of the New Jersey Nets. "Sittin 'courtside, Knicks & Nets give me high five" [SK]
Most rankings by economists and geographers (such as project GaWC or Mastercard ranking ) from the specific functions of large cities put New York ahead or in very early. Some elements of this radiation on a global scale:
- First global financial marketplace with the NYSE and NASDAQ combined to Wall Street.
- UN Headquarters .
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Many headquarters of transnational companies (ABC, Colgate, American Express, Pfizer, Merrill Lynch, Time Warner ...). - Of prestigious cultural institutions and places whose cultural influence is global: The MoMA, Broadway plays and musicals, Harlem and the Bronx for black music, jazz [here the cons Apollo Theater; VS] in Rap. NY is the capital of the world art market.
- Of prestigious universities (Columbia)
[VS]
All ingredients are present for New York is "The City That never sleeps."
New York City fragmented
The city is still very fragmented and highly unequal . One in five New Yorkers is poor while the house prices, inflated by the status of world city, is very high. The 20% richest and earn the equivalent of 50 times the income of the poorest 20% . The city has tens of thousands homeless. NY is also one of the cities (with Chicago) where the separation between whites and blacks is most pronounced. 85% of blacks would have to relocate to live in a racially mixed neighborhood (87% in Chicago. This is the index of dissimilarity Black-White).
Households who are getting richer, regardless of their ethnic group, tend to move farther into the suburbs. This does not facilitate the financing of public policy development and welfare. The city was even brink of bankruptcy during the 1970s. And renovation is a tendency to cause the departure or exclusion of the poorest neighborhoods. This gentrification affects many parts of Manhattan, particularly Harlem. This applies also to Tribeca, downtown Manhattan neighborhood inhabited now Jay-Z. In the "Triangle Below Canal," the old industrial buildings have become very popular lofts, leading to a strong recovery in real estate. The
inner city areas like the Bronx birthplace of rap , part of Queens and Brooklyn remain in ghettos which are concentrated the poor and minorities (African Americans and Hispanics). This is true of Marcy Projects, where the HLM grew Jay-Z, like Bed-Stuy, the city of Notorious BIG
The New York Jay-Z [Aug]
Jay-Z: the small dealer in Marcy New Sinatra
Who is Jay-Z? It is both an astute businessman, a founder and leader of label and one of the rappers selling the most records for over a decade.
Photomontage for a mixtape: Jay-Z and Notorious BIG died in 1999 Born Shawn Corey Carter in Brooklyn in 1969, he grew up in the Marcy Projects of public housing with his mother, his brother and two sisters. His father left the family home in the early 1980s. It is sometimes nicknamed "Jazzy." In high school (Westinghouse High School), he meets one Christopher Wallace, better known then as the Notorious BIG . But his adolescence is mainly occupied by the deal crack. The song tells us that he bought in Harlem for Sale in Marcy. Yet in the late 1980s, he tried to rap, most notably with rapper Big Jaz . He toured with him, especially in England. He participated in the album of it: Word To The Jaz in 1989. He 
then part of a group, Original Flavor, in the early 1990s. Despite the failure of their second album Beyond Flavor (1994), Shawne's talent is evident in the title "Can I Get Open".
"Yellow cab gypsy cab, cab dollar, holla back" [VS]
then part of a group, Original Flavor, in the early 1990s. Despite the failure of their second album Beyond Flavor (1994), Shawne's talent is evident in the title "Can I Get Open". "Yellow cab gypsy cab, cab dollar, holla back" [VS]
After the band split, Jay-Z went solo and decided to create his own label Roc- A-Fella with friends Damon Dash and Kareem "Biggs" Burke. After a few singles like "In My Lifetime," the first album released in 1996: Reasonable Doubt who immediately becomes a classic. His flow specific, very nasal voice and his words searched quickly make a master among MCs, like BIG The years that followed saw scroll as many albums and success. After My Lifetime, Vol. 1 (1997) and Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life (1998) is Vol. 3 Life and Times of S. Carter in 1999. In 2000, he delivered Dynasty Roc-A-Fella Familia. Then in September 2001, The Blueprint where he started, the song "Takeover" his argument, his "diss " with Nas, another figure of NY (Prodigy of Mobb Deep and Jayo Felony are also in their degree). Albums continue to chain themselves until 2003 when the Black Album seems to pause in his career. It has indeed reached some kind of maturity and authority over the rap game New York who actually one of the most important and most influential rap east coast.
"right there up on Broadway, pull me back to McDonald's That" [SK] We see so many in the business category (it has a share capital of the New Jersey Nets that would relocate to Brooklyn) or the Peoples of since it is the companion of singer R 'n B Beyoncé. At that time, he became the leader of the prestigious label Def Jam Russell Simmons founded by in 1980 (affiliated to Universal since). He has since taken a step back in this area is returned to rap with success by recording his 11th album, The Blueprint 3 which include "Empire State of Mind". As is the case since 2001, he works primarily with producer rapper became Kanye West , but also with other producers such as No ID and The Neptunes.
Alicia Keys, Jay-Z that accompanies this song is also from New York. She was born in Harlem in 1981. She sings, composes and plays piano in various styles, with a strong soul influence and R'n B. His debut album Songs in A Minor was released in 2001 and was a resounding success. She has since recorded three more albums. Personally, I like the title "Superwoman" contained in As I Am (2007)
But enough words for the music! Here's the clip, also very successful, we have very Times Square and other places mentioned by Jay-Z. I propose then the lyrics with a translation and details of some places.
Yea I'm Out That Brooklyn, now I'm down in TriBeCa I'm from Brooklyn but now I'm in Tribeca
right next to De Niro, goal I'll be forever hood Right next to De Niro, but I remain "hood" for ever [in my neighborhood] I'm the new
Sinatra and ... Since I made it here I am new Sinatra, and ... since I got here
I Can Make It Anywhere, yea, They love me everywhere I can do it anywhere else, yeah, they love me everywhere
I Used to cop In Harlem, my Hola Dominicanos I used to buy drugs in Harlem, Dominicans Hi all my
up right there on Broadway, pull me back to McDonald's That Up there on Broadway [probably not the Broadway Manhattan but in the heart of Washington Heights neighborhood with many Dominicans], bring me back to McDonald's [There must be a McDonald's "at will"]
Took it to my Stashbox, 560 State St. The report in my stash, 560 State Street [ Brooklyn ]
catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons With Them Pastry's Bookmark me preparing crack like Simmons with their Pastry [Reference to the mark Shoes Girls Run of Run-DMC group ]
Cruisin 'down 8th St., off white Lexus off the 8th Street [Manhattan, East Village] from a white Lexus
drivin' so slow, goal IS BK Driving from Texas so gently, but BK is Texas [Many references here: Beyonce Knowles (BK) is his companion. She is from Texas and is going slowly is a reference rap "crunk & screwed" Houston is slowed to the point that a person in full trip codeine can follow]
Me, I'm Out That Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie Me, I go out Bed-Stuy, city of origin of this guy Biggie [As the famous and the deceased Notorious BIG (Biggie) with whom he has already begun, it comes from the city of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn]
now I live Billboard is my boys and I Brought with me Now I live on the Billboard and I brought my friends with me [He prances in the rankings, billboards, and his proteges as he headed the label Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam]
Say what's up to Ty-Ty, Still sippin 'mai tais with Ty Ty Discusses while sipping Mai Tais [His best friend is a mai tai cocktail]
sittin' Courtside, Knicks & Nets GIVE I high five M'asseoit on the pitch, the NY Knicks and NJ Nets in hand patting me [Both basketball teams from NY, Jay-Z co-owns the Nets] Nigga I Be
Spike ' d out, a trip I Could referee Nigga I'm attired like Spike, I could lose my calm after the referee
Tell by my attitude That I'm definitely from MOST .... Revealing by my attitude that I am no doubt ....
[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
New York concrete jungle Where Dreams Are Made of New York, a concrete jungle where it makes the dreams
There's nothin 'you can not do There is nothing you can do
Now you're in New York Now you're in New York
These Streets Will make you feel brand new These streets will make you feel brand new lights
Big Will inspires you Large lights will inspire you [referring to the lights of Times Square at night] Let's hear
it for New York, New York, Listen to this New York New York
[Verse 2: Jay-Z] Catch me at
With the X OG at a Yankee game Finds me in the Bronx [the X ] with OG [Original Gangster, but not his friend Juan OG Perez] to a Yankee game [their stadium is located in the South Bronx]
Shit, I Made The Yankee hat is more famous Yankee Cdn Than Shit I made the Yankees' hat more famous than [a buttock Yankee? Here I have a doubt ...]
You Should Know I bleed blue, goal though I is not a Crip You should know that I bleed blue, yet I'm not a Crip [allusion to the color the Crips gang in Los Angeles and his nickname "King of NY" makes him say he has "blue blood" that is to say aristocratic. Blue is also the color of the Yankees]
goal I got a gang of niggas walkin 'with my clique though But I have a band that works with my niggas clicks
Welcome to the melting pot, corner Where we sellin 'rock Welcome to the crucible of the corners where they sell Coke [The melting pot or crucible is a usual symbol of integration in the U.S. is also a container for melting ingredients that mix as for the Coke]
Afrika Bambataa shit, Home of the hip-hop The music of Afrika Bambaataa, the home of hip-hop [allusion and word play with the tube Bambaataa "Planet Rock" which refers to "rock" of the previous sentence. To this tube, Bam has also mixed a lot of different sounds ...]
Yellow cab gypsy cab, cab dollar, holla back Taxis Yellow taxis illegal, the longer
for foreigners for It Is not, They act like THEY forgot how to act It's not for outsiders, they act as if they knew what to do [an allusion to the practices of drivers who pay more to foreigners]
8 million stories, out there in it naked City, it's a pity, half of y'all Will not make it There are 8 million stories in the naked city, what a pity that half did not take place [referring to the sentence pronounced by the narrator in a film noir of the 1940s Naked City ]
Me, I got a plug, Special Ed " I Got It Made " I provider, Special Ed
If Jeezy's payin 'LeBron, I'm payin' Dwyane Wade If Jeezy "pays" LeBron, I " pays "Dwyane Wade [Perhaps an allusion to pdésrix cocaine corresponding to the numbers of players listed, 23 to LeBron James and Dwyane Wade for the 3. Both players are now reunited and are playing for the Miami Heat]
Three dice cee-lo, Three Card Marley [to dice games and card and Marley Marl, a pioneer of rap in Brooklyn. a famous beef has objected to BDP in the 1980s ]
Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley Parade Labour Day [In early September the United States, during a Caribbean carnival Crown Heights, Brooklyn], Bob Marley, rest in peace
Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade Statue of Liberty, long life at the World Trade Center
Long live the King yo, I'm From The Empire State that's Long live the King, yo, I'm from the Empire State [The Notorious BIG KING]
[Chorus:]
[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
Light is blinding, girls blinders The Need light is blinding, the girls need giant sunglasses (or blinders)
So They CAN step out of bounds quick, tea sidelines IS To be able to disentangle the links quickly, the sideline
is lined With Casualties, Who casually sip to Life littered with losses of life casually sip
Become Worse Then gradually, Do not Bite the apple Eve then progressively worsening, ne mords pas la pomme Eve [La pomme est considérée à tort comme le fruit défendu offert à Eve par le tentateur dans la Genèse. C'est aussi un des surnoms de ... NY, the Big Apple ]
Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in style Attrapé par les initiés, maintenant tu es in style [Sans doute état après fumette]
And in the winter gets cold, in Vogue with your skin out Et pendant l'hiver [ And in the winter s'entend comme Anna Wintour rédactrice-en-chef de Vogue] attrape froid, dans Vogue avec ta peau retournée
City of sin, it's a pity on a whim Ville du péché, What a pity for a fancy
Good Girl Gone Bad, The City's Filled With Them Good girls gone wrong, the city is filled [ reference ?]
Mami Took a bus trip, now she got Her bust out Mom took the bus, now she has more money and a prostitute [ bust out, both broke and out (about his chest)] Everybody
Her ride, just like a bus Everyone road riding, like a bus
Hail Mary to the City, you're a virgin Praise Mary, you are a virgin
And Jesus can not save you, Life Starts When The Church End Jesus not can save you, if your life begins when you leave the church
Came here for school, Graduated To The High Life I came here for school, I graduated to the high life
Ball players, rap stars, Addicted To The limelight Base Ball Launchers, rap stars, junkies spotlights
MDMA got you feelin 'like a champion Ecstasy makes you feel like a champion
The city never sleeps, Better slip you an Ambien The city never sleeps, you better take a sleeping pill
[Chorus:]
[Bridge: Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city A Hand air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin 'pretty The city lights, big dreams, all beautiful
No place in the World That Could compares No place in the world suffering comparison
Put your lighters in the air Put your lighters air
Everybody say "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" Everyone says "yeah"
[Chorus:]
Sinatra and ... Since I made it here I am new Sinatra, and ... since I got here
I Can Make It Anywhere, yea, They love me everywhere I can do it anywhere else, yeah, they love me everywhere
I Used to cop In Harlem, my Hola Dominicanos I used to buy drugs in Harlem, Dominicans Hi all my
up right there on Broadway, pull me back to McDonald's That Up there on Broadway [probably not the Broadway Manhattan but in the heart of Washington Heights neighborhood with many Dominicans], bring me back to McDonald's [There must be a McDonald's "at will"]
Took it to my Stashbox, 560 State St. The report in my stash, 560 State Street [ Brooklyn ]
catch me in the kitchen like a Simmons With Them Pastry's Bookmark me preparing crack like Simmons with their Pastry [Reference to the mark Shoes Girls Run of Run-DMC group ]
Cruisin 'down 8th St., off white Lexus off the 8th Street [Manhattan, East Village] from a white Lexus
drivin' so slow, goal IS BK Driving from Texas so gently, but BK is Texas [Many references here: Beyonce Knowles (BK) is his companion. She is from Texas and is going slowly is a reference rap "crunk & screwed" Houston is slowed to the point that a person in full trip codeine can follow]
Me, I'm Out That Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie Me, I go out Bed-Stuy, city of origin of this guy Biggie [As the famous and the deceased Notorious BIG (Biggie) with whom he has already begun, it comes from the city of Bedford-Stuyvesant in Brooklyn]
now I live Billboard is my boys and I Brought with me Now I live on the Billboard and I brought my friends with me [He prances in the rankings, billboards, and his proteges as he headed the label Roc-a-Fella/Def Jam]
Say what's up to Ty-Ty, Still sippin 'mai tais with Ty Ty Discusses while sipping Mai Tais [His best friend is a mai tai cocktail]
sittin' Courtside, Knicks & Nets GIVE I high five M'asseoit on the pitch, the NY Knicks and NJ Nets in hand patting me [Both basketball teams from NY, Jay-Z co-owns the Nets] Nigga I Be
Spike ' d out, a trip I Could referee Nigga I'm attired like Spike, I could lose my calm after the referee
Tell by my attitude That I'm definitely from MOST .... Revealing by my attitude that I am no doubt ....
Times Square "Street lights, big dreams, all lookin 'pretty" [SK]
[Chorus: Alicia Keys]
New York concrete jungle Where Dreams Are Made of New York, a concrete jungle where it makes the dreams
There's nothin 'you can not do There is nothing you can do
Now you're in New York Now you're in New York
These Streets Will make you feel brand new These streets will make you feel brand new lights
Big Will inspires you Large lights will inspire you [referring to the lights of Times Square at night] Let's hear
it for New York, New York, Listen to this New York New York
[Verse 2: Jay-Z] Catch me at
With the X OG at a Yankee game Finds me in the Bronx [the X ] with OG [Original Gangster, but not his friend Juan OG Perez] to a Yankee game [their stadium is located in the South Bronx]
Shit, I Made The Yankee hat is more famous Yankee Cdn Than Shit I made the Yankees' hat more famous than [a buttock Yankee? Here I have a doubt ...]
You Should Know I bleed blue, goal though I is not a Crip You should know that I bleed blue, yet I'm not a Crip [allusion to the color the Crips gang in Los Angeles and his nickname "King of NY" makes him say he has "blue blood" that is to say aristocratic. Blue is also the color of the Yankees]
goal I got a gang of niggas walkin 'with my clique though But I have a band that works with my niggas clicks
Welcome to the melting pot, corner Where we sellin 'rock Welcome to the crucible of the corners where they sell Coke [The melting pot or crucible is a usual symbol of integration in the U.S. is also a container for melting ingredients that mix as for the Coke]
Afrika Bambataa shit, Home of the hip-hop The music of Afrika Bambaataa, the home of hip-hop [allusion and word play with the tube Bambaataa "Planet Rock" which refers to "rock" of the previous sentence. To this tube, Bam has also mixed a lot of different sounds ...]
Yellow cab gypsy cab, cab dollar, holla back Taxis Yellow taxis illegal, the longer
for foreigners for It Is not, They act like THEY forgot how to act It's not for outsiders, they act as if they knew what to do [an allusion to the practices of drivers who pay more to foreigners]
8 million stories, out there in it naked City, it's a pity, half of y'all Will not make it There are 8 million stories in the naked city, what a pity that half did not take place [referring to the sentence pronounced by the narrator in a film noir of the 1940s Naked City ]
Me, I got a plug, Special Ed " I Got It Made " I provider, Special Ed
If Jeezy's payin 'LeBron, I'm payin' Dwyane Wade If Jeezy "pays" LeBron, I " pays "Dwyane Wade [Perhaps an allusion to pdésrix cocaine corresponding to the numbers of players listed, 23 to LeBron James and Dwyane Wade for the 3. Both players are now reunited and are playing for the Miami Heat]
Three dice cee-lo, Three Card Marley [to dice games and card and Marley Marl, a pioneer of rap in Brooklyn. a famous beef has objected to BDP in the 1980s ]
Labor Day Parade, rest in peace Bob Marley Parade Labour Day [In early September the United States, during a Caribbean carnival Crown Heights, Brooklyn], Bob Marley, rest in peace
Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade Statue of Liberty, long life at the World Trade Center
Long live the King yo, I'm From The Empire State that's Long live the King, yo, I'm from the Empire State [The Notorious BIG KING] [Chorus:]
[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
Light is blinding, girls blinders The Need light is blinding, the girls need giant sunglasses (or blinders)
So They CAN step out of bounds quick, tea sidelines IS To be able to disentangle the links quickly, the sideline
is lined With Casualties, Who casually sip to Life littered with losses of life casually sip
Become Worse Then gradually, Do not Bite the apple Eve then progressively worsening, ne mords pas la pomme Eve [La pomme est considérée à tort comme le fruit défendu offert à Eve par le tentateur dans la Genèse. C'est aussi un des surnoms de ... NY, the Big Apple ]
Caught up in the in-crowd, now you're in style Attrapé par les initiés, maintenant tu es in style [Sans doute état après fumette]
And in the winter gets cold, in Vogue with your skin out Et pendant l'hiver [ And in the winter s'entend comme Anna Wintour rédactrice-en-chef de Vogue] attrape froid, dans Vogue avec ta peau retournée
City of sin, it's a pity on a whim Ville du péché, What a pity for a fancy
Good Girl Gone Bad, The City's Filled With Them Good girls gone wrong, the city is filled [ reference ?]
Mami Took a bus trip, now she got Her bust out Mom took the bus, now she has more money and a prostitute [ bust out, both broke and out (about his chest)] Everybody
Her ride, just like a bus Everyone road riding, like a bus
Hail Mary to the City, you're a virgin Praise Mary, you are a virgin
And Jesus can not save you, Life Starts When The Church End Jesus not can save you, if your life begins when you leave the church
Came here for school, Graduated To The High Life I came here for school, I graduated to the high life
Ball players, rap stars, Addicted To The limelight Base Ball Launchers, rap stars, junkies spotlights
MDMA got you feelin 'like a champion Ecstasy makes you feel like a champion
The city never sleeps, Better slip you an Ambien The city never sleeps, you better take a sleeping pill
[Chorus:]
[Bridge: Alicia Keys]
One hand in the air for the big city A Hand air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin 'pretty The city lights, big dreams, all beautiful
No place in the World That Could compares No place in the world suffering comparison
Put your lighters in the air Put your lighters air
Everybody say "yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah" Everyone says "yeah"
[Chorus:]
very imperfect but adjusted according to any remarks. I used a lot the indispensable site RapGenius and Urban Dictionary .
Playlist Discover New York with Phone
Thanks to Emmanuel, Virginia and Peter for their suggestions for titles.
Source and Links:
- Photographs of New York graciously made available by Sara and Veronica . A big thank you to both!
- Goix Renaud, Atlas of New York, Otherwise 2009
- Yvonne Bynoe, Encyclopedia of Rap and Hip Hop Culture , Greenwood Press, Westport, 2006
On our blogs:
- In 1982, one of the first conscious raps called "The Message" by GrandmasterFlash & The Furious Five and the Bronx described the Annne Reagan. Read the article I dedicated the song on histgeobox.
- Another example is Long Island in the eastern suburbs of New York , which is from the legendary group Public Enemy, I suggest you learn more about how this segregation discovering the origins of the group .
- Analysis of a title that Jay-Z has recorded with Kanye West: "Diamonds From Sierra Leone" .
- map Rap and Hip-Hop world
- Our dossier on the history and geography of Rap and Hip-Hop
On the web:
- A very interesting project lists all the sites throughout the city mentioned in songs, the Music Project of New York Post Hufftington , a real mine gold!
- Jay-Z and Alicia Keys perform their title in the final Baseball 2009 (World Series) won by the Yankees. Alicia Keys has a second part enrtegistré also called "Empire State of Mind".
8 million [more] stories, out there in it Naked City, it's a pity, half of y'all Will not Make It ....
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