[Nas] (Alicia Keys)
New York, New York, New York, New York City (1)
Nasty, yeah, yeah (New York, New York)
Whoa
Hey yo black it's time again, yeah, yeah
New York, New York, New York, New York City
Come here, yeah, yeah
Ici c'est comme une jungle dehors
(New York, New York)
Ici tant de lutte dehors
Hey yo black it's time
Et mes rêves volent mon reste
Il dort le cousin de la mort
(*"yeah, yeah, hey yo black it's time" - continues throughout song*)
Se sentant toujours comme dans une course contre le temps du père
Dans les rues de New York
If you knew my streets
Tout ce que je vois est la houe des rues
You would know all everybody talk about is who got beef
Et la balle troue mes personnes
Who snitchin, who told police
Seul le crime remplit le cerveau
Who came home, who still gone, who restin in peace
Me sentant comme si je devenais folle
Now they killin over music money, not drugs, rap replaced it
La révolution doit commencer ne perds pas de temps
Cause thugs with no brains got no patience
Dans les rues de New York
New jacks I pistol whip 'em with the funky rhythm I be kickin
New York, New York, New York, New York, oh
Musician and flatten composition
Etat d'esprit
A pain, I'm like Saddam Hussein
New York, New York, New York, New York, oh
Still alive lookin at his dead children's burnt remains
Etat du crime
I burnt the game, learnt you lames a new lesson
New York, New York, New York, New York, oh
Your crew's soft man, ya'll need some new weapons
Grands rêves
The P's breathe Warriorz and skullies and Timmies
New York, New York, New York, New York, oh
Around mixed, spics, niggaz and giddies
Gros arrangements
From my ghetto kings in deep thought we don't blink
But don't think we wastin our time
Oh c'est comme le jeu
It's a New York State of Mind
N'est pas juste le même
Bébé voyous et fille avec aucune honte
[Alicia Keys]
Ne peuvent éloigner le fléau épidémique
New York, New York, New York
Chaque gangster dans tout l'état
New York City, whoa oh
N'ont aucune raison car une croyance est dure à trouver
New York, New York, New York
Dans les rues de New York
[Alicia Keys]
New York état d'esprit
It's like a jungle, out here
Dans les rues de New York
So much struggle, out here
New York état d'esprit
And my dream's still unphased
Dans les rues de New York
Greed still the cousin of death
New York état d'esprit
Always feels like always somethin farther time
Dans les rues de New York
In the Streets of New York
New York état d'esprit
(New York state of mind, New York State of mind)
New York, New York, New York, New York City
All I see is street homes
New York, New York, New York, New York City, City
And who it's holdin, our people
Oh
Only comforts the brain
New York, New York, New York, New York City
It's like I'm going insane
Whoa
The revolution has to start, don't waste no time
New York, New York, New York, New York City, City
In the Streets of New York
(New York state of mind, New York state of mind)
(1) New York City est le nom entier de la ville ! ! Même en français nous l'appellons comme ça ! ! Ou alors la traduction serait New York cité ce qui enleverrait tout son charme n'est-ce pas ?
New York, New York, New York, New York oh
State of mind (New York City)
New York, New York, New York, New York oh
State of crime (New York City)
New York, New York, New York, New York oh
Big dreams (New York City)
New York, New York, New York, New York oh
Baby loves and girls with no shame
Can't get away (get away), epidemic plague
Every hood in every state
Don't have no reasons cause relieve is hard to find
In the streets of New York (New York state of mind) -
(*"New York state of mind" is also repeated in background*)
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 a record crime shreddin
Time precious, I ain't have rest since nine eleven
I live fast, hustle like today is my last
I get cash, the struggle's like a day on the Ave.
Crack bein raw, gats squeezin off
Manhattan squeezin off, from cats who tease with war
The eve of the Apocalypse, evil keep movin 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
[Rakim - talking behind Chorus]