Empire State Of Mind - Jay-Z
Yeah,
耶
Yeah, Imma up at Brooklyn,
耶 我刚刚去了布鲁克林
Now Im down in Tribeca,
现在来到了三角地
Right next to DeNiro,
然后将去德尼洛
But I'll be hood forever,
但是我会永远带着头巾
I'm the new Sinatra,
我是新一代的西纳特拉
And since i made it here,
既然我可以在这里创造它
I can make it anywhere,
我就能让它遍布世界各地
Yeah they love me everywhere,
他们对我的爱无处不在
I used to cop in Harlem,
我当年在哈雷区靠卖毒品度日
All of my dominicanos
和那里同样贫穷的多美尼人打着招呼
Right there up on broadway,
就在百老汇街那里
Brought me back to that McDonalds,
令我想起145街的麦当劳店
Took it to my stash spot,
那可是我的藏匿之地(藏毒)
Five Sixty Stage street,
还有560个州街的某个秘密角落
Catch me in the kitchen like a simmons whipping pastry,
那时的我,制毒贩毒就像西蒙斯做小蛋糕那样随意方便
Cruising down 8th street,
缓缓开过第八街
Off white lexus,
开着白色凌志
Driving so slow but BK is from Texas,
带着老婆碧昂斯
Me I'm up at Bedsty,
现在我来到贝德福郡
Home of that boy Biggie,
那可是声名狼藉先生的地盘
Now i live on billboard,
而现在,我能在广告牌榜上称王
And i brought my boys with me,
朋友皆因我而飞黄腾达
Say wat up to Ty Ty, still sipping Malta
怎么了,蒂兰史密斯,再喝一杯鸡尾酒如何
Sitting courtside Knicks and Nets give me high fives,
坐在尼克斯与网队交战球场边,球员都会与我击掌
N-gga i be spiked out, i can trip a referee,
老子我现在也能轻松算计裁判
Tell by my attitude that I most definitely from…
看我如此狂妄态度,那只是因为我来自
New York,
在纽约
I'm from where dreams are made of,
这个由梦筑城的钢筋混凝土的城市里
Theres nothing you can't do,
你可以为所欲为
Now you're in New York,
因为你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new,
街道会让你感觉焕然一新
The lights will inspire you,
霓虹让你热血沸腾
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
快听,来自纽约的声音
I made you hot n-gga,
我让你成为了最热门的梯度
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game,
我和胡安佩雷斯一起在布朗克斯观看洋基队比赛
Sh-t i made the yankee hat more famous than a yankee can,
洋基队帽是因我而出名
You should know I bleed Blue, but I aint a crip tho,
你该知道我已是不赀之躯,但我不是混工程的
But i got a gang of n-ggas walking with my click though,
尽管如此,道上跟我混的兄弟也不少
Welcome to the melting pot,
欢迎来到纽约这个大熔炉
Corners where we selling rocks,
街角正是我们贩毒之地
Afrika bambaataa sh-t,
鲁帮首领
Home of the hip hop,
说唱的故乡
Yellow cap, gypsy cap, dollar cap, holla back,
各式的士穿梭鸣笛
For foreigners it aint fitted they forgot how to act,
司机假装忘记打表坑骗外国佬
8 million stories out there and their naked,
九衢三市自是故事繁多
Cities is a pity half of y'all won't make it,
论其尽头仅有少数能够成功
Me i gotta plug a special and i got it made,
我就是真人版的特殊教育的那首“我能成功”
If Jesus payin LeBron, I'm paying Dwayne Wade,
如果说唱歌手杰伊·詹金斯能为詹姆斯买单,我当然可以为韦德买单
3 dice cee-lo
骰子摇出欲望
3 card marley,
纸牌变出沉迷
Labor day parade, rest in peace Bob Marley,
劳工示威游行,鲍勃马利千古
Statue of Liberty, long live the World trade,
自由女神像,世贸双子塔 永存
Long live the king yo,
流行之王永存
I'm from the empire state thats…
我来自帝国之州,即是
New York,
纽约
I'm from where dreams are made of,
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
Theres nothing you can't do,
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York,
因为你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new,
车水马龙让你脱胎换骨
The lights will inspire you,
灯红酒绿令你热血沸腾
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
快听,来自纽约的声音
Lights is blinding,
灯光太过炫目
Girls need blinders
女孩儿们需要带上护目镜
So they can step out of bounds quick,
才能步出奢靡浮华
The side lines is blind with casualties,
康庄大道旁尽是经不住诱惑的牺牲品
? casually, then gradually become worse,
一旦涉足,生活只会渐渐沉沦
Don't bite the apple Eve,
不要轻易尝试诱惑
Caught up in the in crowd,
你混圈子赶潮流
Now your in-style,
自以为潮到爆棚
And in the winter gets cold en vogue with your skin out,
要风度不要温度假装自己是时尚女郎
The city of sin is a pity of win,
这罪恶都市只是怜悯你的黄粱一梦
Good girls gone bad, the cities filled with them,
好女孩变坏的故事,全城上演
Mommy took a bus trip and now she got her bust out,
姑娘们欣喜而来,散尽钱财
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route,
人人与之交合,好比公交载客
Hail Mary to the city your a Virgin,
祈福圣母玛利亚保你处子之身
And Jesus can't save you like starts when the church ends,
自甘堕落,耶稣亦无可奈何
Came here for school, graduated to the high life,
原想学有所成,将来衣锦还乡
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight,
正如球星说唱大佬们享受聚光灯的照耀
Empty in May got you feeling like a champion,
摇头丸High到让你觉得我自成王
The city never sleeps better slip you a Ambien
都市夜夜笙歌,安眠药才能让你安然入睡
New York,
纽约
I'm from where dreams are made of,
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
Theres nothing you can't do,
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York,
因为你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new,
车水马龙让你脱胎换骨
The lights will inspire you,
灯红酒绿令你热血沸腾
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
快听,来自纽约的声音
One hand in the air for the big city,
为这都市挥舞手臂
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty,
华灯初上,幻想梦想,皆是美丽幻象
No place in the World that can compare,
这座城市无与伦比
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeaaahh
燃起火焰,大声呼啸
Come on, come,
来吧
New York,
在纽约
I'm from where dreams are made of,
高楼林立筑成辉煌梦想
Theres nothing you can't do,
身处纽约自然无所不能
Now you're in New York,
因为你现在在纽约
These streets will make you feel brand new,
车水马龙让你脱胎换骨
The lights will inspire you,
灯红酒绿令你热血沸腾
Lets here it for New York, New York, New York
快听,来自纽约的声音