Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Lyrics » Alicia Keys : The Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Lyrics / Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Song Lyrics by Alicia Keys is from The Album The Element of Freedom (2009). The Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Song is Sung by Alicia Keys. The Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Song Music is Produced by Alicia Keys & Al Shux. The Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Song Lyrics is Written by Alicia Keys, JAY-Z, Al Shux, Angela Hunte, Bert Keyes, Janet Sewell & Sylvia Robinson. The Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Song is Released on Feb. 22, 2010. The Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Song is Presented by J Records.
Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Song Details :
| Song | Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) |
| Singer | Alicia Keys |
| Music | Alicia Keys & Al Shux |
| Lyrics | Alicia Keys, JAY-Z, Al Shux, Angela Hunte, Bert Keyes, Janet Sewell & Sylvia Robinson |
| Release Date | Feb. 22, 2010 |
| Label | J Records |
| Album | The Element of Freedom (2009) |
Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) Lyrics » Alicia Keys
[Intro]
Ooh, New York
Ooh, 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
Seein’ my face in lights or my name on marquees found down on Broadway
[Pre-Chorus]
Even if it ain’t all it seems (Come on)
I got a pocketful of dreams (Come on)
[Chorus]
Baby, I’m from New York (Oh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of (Oh, come on)
There’s nothin’ you can’t do (Come on)
Now you’re in New York (Oh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new (Oh, come on)
Big lights will inspire you (Big shine)
Hear it for New York (Uh), New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
[Verse 2]
On the avenue, there ain’t ever a curfew, ladies work so hard
Such a meltin’ pot, on the corner sellin’ rock, preachers pray to God
Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge
Someone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridge
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About Alicia Keys’s Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down) from The Element of Freedom (2009)
“Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down” is the second single from
The Element Of Freedom
. The song is an
answer song
to the commercially successful hit single
“Empire State of Mind”
by
Jay Z
, which also features Keys.
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FAQs About Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down)
What did Alicia Keys say about “Empire State of Mind, Part II (Broken Down)”?
I definitely wanted to give my version of it and my vision of how I see New York and how it feels to me. I wanted to do it for my style—more broken down, more on piano, more voice and intimacy—so that’s what I did. I imagined, ‘If I was able to sing this whole song, how would I do it?’ So I just sat down at my piano and I kind of broke it down and started singing about New York as I see it, and it turned out great.
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