Alicia Augello Cook, better known as Alicia Keys, was born on Jan. 25, 1981 in New York City. At 16, Keys graduated a year early from the Professional Performing Arts School as valedictorian and
No doubt, when you’re in the heart of New York City — in the middle of the Great Lawn of Central Park, on the perfect summer evening — it’s going to be hard to beat Alicia Keys doing her
But all I know is everything's gonna be alright. [Chorus] No one, no one, no one. Can get in the way of what I'm feelin'. No one, no one, no one. Can get in the way of what I feel for you, you
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Kathryn Milewski February 07, 2023. An upcoming musical featuring the music and lyrics of Alicia Keys – and allegedly based on the R&B singer's younger years – is currently in development at New York’s Off Broadway Public Theater. Titled Hell’s Kitchen after the Manhattan neighborhood where Keys was raised, the production has director
vvfWfL1. [Chorus: Alicia Keys & Playboi Carti] New York City, please go easy on me tonight New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine (What?) [Verse 1: Fivio Foreign & Playboi Carti] Yeah, look, huh, nigga, this is my shit Welcome to the city of Gods (What?) Pop was the king of New York, now I'm the nigga in charge Only the drillers, the city is ours We found out the opps and we pick 'em apart I give 'em my time so I give 'em my heart If the city love me, then I'm really a star (What?) [Chorus: Alicia Keys] New York City, please go easy on me tonight New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another New York City, please go easy on me [Verse 2: Fivio Foreign & Playboi Carti] Yeah, look, this is the city of money and violence Same thing you do is gonna come with a challenge Every bitch you fuck is gonna come with a balance (What?) Every shooter with me is coming in silence (What?) And you niggas better pick a side (Better pick a side), you niggas side hoppers (You niggas side hoppers) If I want 'em to not let you come into the city, it's my option (Bow) This is the home of the fly Shaka (Yeah) This where the bitches gon' watch pockets (Yeah) When I'm on TV, I gotta look good, 'cause I know the whole block watchin' We chill with the opps, we is not violent If I see 'em in person, we Fox 5 'em Yeah, the police was on us, we not stoppin' (Yeah, the police was on us, we not stoppin', no) This is the turn of the big drip (Big drip), smooth talk (Smooth talk, ha) Milly Rock (Milly Rock), Shmoney Dance (Shmoney Dance), Woo Walk (Woo) You will not survive being too soft (No) Been a long time, we took a new law (No) Shooters shoot so we got a new cause (Bow) If we stuck then we lettin' it cool off (Bow, boom) [Chorus: Alicia Keys] New York City, please go easy on me tonight New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another New York City, please go easy on me [Verse 3: Kanye West & Playboi Carti] We went off the grid (What?) We ain't watch the throne, we took it We went viral on 'em, they lookin' It's a Sunday Service in Brooklyn (What?) It's the city that come with the lights I'm with the drillers that come with the night They ain't do four years in college, but they'll do twenty five to life We make money every night (What?) Never too big of a price (What?) After I buy the Chicago Bulls (What?), I'ma go link with Mike (What?) And if I let 'em have my wife, niggas should thank me With this Balenciaga and Balenci' boots and a new blue Yankee This is Ye, I'm so focused, throw on a mask, no COVID I'ma turn your life to a meme, let Justin LaBoy post it You got an album, postpone it I drop two and they both going I got a feeling they in they feelings They filmin' a show, but won't show it You gotta watch me in slow motion, I'm in a wide-body Benz I go back to college, do an album and then drop out again It took a minute to get here, my vision is crystal clear Ayy, Fivi', excuse me, but this the feature of the year I feel like Sinatra in these streets, me and Drizzy, we at peace This the backpack with the Polo and the first Jesus piece I'm from the Chi' but I'm always New York The city that treat me like Jesus is walkin' I been through the pain and all of the torment I'm sayin' His name, I make it important (What?) Now it's time to give 'em hell Ask my staff, I pay 'em well This afternoon, a hundred goons pullin' up to SNL (What?) When I pull up, it's dead on arrival They act like they love you, they don't even like you They throw a party, won't even invite you I seen the same thing happen to Michael You black and you rich, they sayin' you psycho (What?), it's like a cycle If you text me anything hype you better text back and say it's a typo The city of Gods, no city is like you This the new New York, Ye is the goat Fivi' is viral and this is the (What?) [Chorus: Alicia Keys & Playboi Carti] New York City, please go easy on me tonight (What the fuck?, the fuck?) (What, the fuck?) New York City, please go easy on this heart of mine 'Cause I'm losing my lover to the arms of another New York City, please go easy on me [Outro: Alicia Keys] Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy Don't leave me, go easy, go easy, go easy New York City, please go easy on me
[Intro] Ooooh, New York! Ooooh, New York! [Verse 1] 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 Seeing my face in lights or my name in marquees found down on Broadway [Hook 1] Even if it ain't all it seems, I got a pocketful full of dreams Baby I'm from 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 Hear it for New York, New York, New Yooork! [Verse 2] On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge Some will sleep tonight with a hunger for more than an empty fridge [Hook 2] I'mma make it by any means, I got a pocketful full of dreams Baby I'm from 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 Hear it for New York, New York, New Yooork! [Bridge] 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 Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! [Hook 3] 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 Hear it from New York
[Nas] (Alicia Keys) Nasty, yeah, yeah (New York, New York) Hey yo black it's time again, yeah, yeah (New York, New York) Come here, yeah, yeah (New York, New York) Hey yo black it's time (*"yeah, yeah, hey yo black it's time" - continues throughout song*) [Nas] If you knew my streets You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef Who snitchin, who told police Who came home, who still gone, who restin in peace Now they killin over music money, not drugs, rap replaced it Cause thugs with no brains got no patience New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin Musician and flatten composition Of pain, I'm like Saddam Hussein Still alive lookin at his dead children's burnt remains I burnt the game, learnt you lames a new lesson Your crew's soft man, ya'll need some new weapons The P's breed Warriorz in skullies and timmies Around micks, spics, niggas and guineas For my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink But don't think we wastin our time It's a New York state of mind [Hook #1 - Alicia Keys] New York, New York, New York, New York City, whoa ohh New York, New York, New York, New York City, gritty [Alicia Keys] It's like a jungle out here So much struggle out here And my dreams steal my rest Sleep's still the cousin of death Always feels like a race against father time In the Streets of New York (New York state of mind, New York state of mind) [Alicia Keys] All I see is street hoes And bullet holes in our people Only crime fills the brain Feels like I'm going insane The revolution has to start, don't waste no time In the Streets of New York New York state of mind (New York state of mind) C'mon [Hook #2 - Alicia Keys] New York, New York, New York, New York ohh State of mind (New York City) New York, New York, New York, New York ohh State of crime (New York City) New York, New York, New York, New York ohh Big dreams (New York City) New York, New York, New York, New York ohh Big schemes [Alicia Keys] Oh, it's like the game Just ain't the same Baby thugs and girls with no shame Can't get away (get away), epidemic plague Every hood in every state Don't have no reasons cause believin's hard to find [Break - Alicia Keys] In the streets of New York (New York state of mind) - 4X (*"New York state of mind" is also repeated in background*) [Rakim] I'm from the home of a million legends and trend settin A lot of footsteps to follow, I've been steppin Mind stressin tryin to find direction, crime spreading Time precious, I ain't have rest since 9/11 I live fast, hustle like today is my last I get cash, the struggle's like a day on the Ave Crack, D and raw, gats squeezin off Manhattan streets in awe from casualties of war The eve of the Apocalypse, evil people in politics Every block is at risk, the metropolitan metropolis The opposite of Liza Minelli and Frank Sinatra Alicia Keys, Nas and Ra the gangsta's opera So New York City walk with me, talk gritty It's up to us New York it's our city Here the man come with the anthem, hands up It's time the thrill is back New York, let's stand up [Hook] - w/ ad libs [Rakim - talking behind Hook] Oh yeah, crucial Keys And your God Rakim Allah New York City, Nasty Nas A. Keys, yeah, c'mon
Alicia Keys to pseudonim artystyczny Alicii Augello Cook, córki Terii Augello, pochodzącej z włosko-irlandzkiej rodziny i Craig'a Cook'a - afroamerykańskiego stewarda. Urodzona w Nowym Jorku w 1981 roku dziewczynka od najmłodszych lat przejawiała talent do muzyki - śpiewać zaczęła niedługo po tym jak nauczyła się mówić. W wieku 9 lat mała Alicia potrafiła już zagrać na fortepianie sonaty Chopina. Pięć lat później rozpoczęła naukę w New York's Professional Performing Arts School w klasach śpiewu Read more on
Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind, Pt. 2 12 jaar geleden toegevoegd door Marrrk Oooh, New York Oooh, New York Grew up in a town That is famous as a place of movie scenes Noise is always loud There are sirenes all around And the streets are mean If I can make it here I could make it anywhere That's what they say Seeing my face in lights Or my name in marquees Found down on Broadway Even if it ain't all it seems I got a pocketful of dreams Baby, I'm from... 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 Hear it for New York, New York, New York On the avenue There ain't never a curfew Ladies work so hard Such a melting pot On the corner selling rock Preachers pray to God Hail a gypsy cab Takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge Someone sleeps tonight With the hunger far more Than from an empty fridge I'm going to make it by any means I got a pocketful of dreams Baby, I'm from... 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 Hear it for New York, New York, New York 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 yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah 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 Hear it for New York 10 jaar geleden voor het laatst gewijzigd heeft toestemming van Stichting FEMU om deze songtekst te tonen. De songteksten mogen niet anders dan voor privedoeleinden gebruikt worden, iedere andere verspreiding van de songteksten is niet toegestaan.
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