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Yeah
– Yeah
Yeah, I’m out that Brooklyn, now I’m down in Tribeca
– Yeah, im ‘ ex illo Brooklyn, nunc Ego Sum Usque In Tribeca
Right next to De Niro, but I’ll be hood forever
– Apud Nicolaum, sed ego semper fui
I’m the new Sinatra, and since I made it here
– Ego Sum Nova Sinatra, et quia hic feci
I can make it anywhere, yeah, they love me everywhere
– Possum facere usquam, yeah, amant me undique
I used to cop in Harlem, hola, my Dominicanos (Dímelo)
– Ego iam Habito in Harlema, hola, meus Dominicanos (Dímelo)
Right there up on Broadway, brought me back to that McDonald’s
– In via Portat. ‘[748] fatuae sunt McDonald ‘ s
Took it to my stash spot, 560 State Street
– Tulit eam mihi latesco macula, 560 Vicum Civitatis
Catch me in the kitchen, like a Simmons whippin’ pastry
– Accipe me in culina, sicut simmons whippin’ opus pistorium valentissimum
Cruisin’ down 8th Street, off-white Lexus
– Cruisin ‘ 8 Platea, off-alba Lexus
Drivin’ so slow, but BK is from Texas
– Drivin’ Ita tardus, sed bk est A Texas
Me? I’m out that Bed-Stuy, home of that boy Biggie
– Me? Im ‘ sicco Quod Lecto-Studium, domum illius Pueri Biggie
Now I live on Billboard and I brought my boys with me
– Nunc in Billboard vivo et pueros meos mecum adduxi
Say “What up?” to Ty Ty, still sippin’ Mai Tais
– Dicite mihi: “quid sursum?et, si ita est, etiam sippin ‘ Mai Tais
Sittin’ courtside, Knicks and Nets give me high fives
– Sittin courtside, Knicks et Retia mihi quinque altas dant
Nigga, I be spiked out (Come on), I could trip a referee (Come on)
– Am ante me, vel [am] o, si occurrit.
Tell by my attitude (Come on) that I’m most definitely from
– Am Ante me, vel [am] o, si occurrit.
In New York (Ayy, uh, yeah; aha)
– Novi Eboraci (Ayy, uh, yeah, aha)
Concrete jungle (Yeah) where dreams are made of
– Concretum saltu (Yeah) inter quas somnia
There’s nothin’ you can’t do (Yeah, okay)
– In tutto il mondo ci sono milioni (sì, milioni!)
Now you’re in New York (Aha, aha, aha; uh, yeah)
– Nunc novi Eboraci Es (Eha, eha, eha, eha)
These streets will make you feel brand-new (New)
– Hae plateae te sentiunt novam (Novam)
Big lights will inspire you (Come on, okay)
– Lumina magna tibi inspirabunt (Veni, Bene)
Let’s hear it for New York (You welcome, OG; uh)
– New York, vorrei assicurarlo, A Nome Di tutti i presenti, che gli
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh, I made you hot, nigga)
– Novi Eboraci (Yeah), Novi Eboraci (Uh, calidum te feci, nigga)
Catch me at the X with OG at a Yankee game
– A me servirebbe Uguale alla Mia xxv og ad Ludum Yankee
Shit, I made the Yankee hat more famous than a Yankee can
– Shit, yankee petasum clariorem feci quam yankee potest
You should know I bleed blue, but I ain’t a Crip though
– Vos should sciunt sanguinem caeruleum, Sed Etsi Non Claudunt
But I got a gang of niggas walkin’ with my clique though
– Sed ego got a cohors niggas walkin ‘ quamquam cum mihi clique
Welcome to the meltin’ pot, corners where we sellin’ rock
– Grata ad meltin ‘ollam, angulis ubi nos sellin’ petram
Afrika Bambaataa shit, home of the hip-hop
– Afrika Bambaataa stercore, coxae-saliunt in domum suam
Yellow cab, gypsy cab, dollar cab, holla back
– Flavus cab, gypsy cab, pupa cab, holla dorsum
For foreigners, it ain’t fair, they act like they forgot how to add
– Externi enim, non aequum est, agunt sicut obliti sunt quomodo addere
Eight million stories out there in the naked
– Octo decies fabulas sicco illic in nudus
City, it’s a pity half of y’all won’t make it
– Urbs, suus ‘ a dimidium misericordia et non faciam illud
Me? I gotta plug Special Ed, “I Got It Made”
– Me? Redditus Sum Obturaculum Speciale Ed, ” Ego Got Factum”
If Jeezy’s payin’ LeBron, I’m payin’ Dwyane Wade
– Si jeezy scriptor payin ‘LeBron, ego sum payin’ Dwyane Wade
Three dice, Cee-lo, Three Card Monte
– Tres dice, Cee-lo, Tres Chartae Montis
Labor Day Parade, rest in peace, Bob Marley
– Trabalhamos com As Mais conceituadas marcus
Statue of Liberty, long live the World Trade (Come on, come on)
– Statua libertatis, vivat Mundus Commercium (Veni, veni)
Long live the king, yo (Come on), I’m from the Empire State, that’s
– Vivat rex, io( Veni), ego sum De Statu Imperii, quod suus
In New York (Ayy; uh, yeah)
– Novi Eboraci (Ayy; uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
– Unde dicunt impii, sap
There’s nothin’ you can’t do (That boy good, okay)
– Nihil est, non potes facere (quod puer bonum, bene)
Now you’re in New York (Uh, yeah, welcome to the bright lights, baby)
– Nunc Novi Eboraci es (Uh, yeah, grata ad lumina clara, infantem)
These streets will make you feel brand-new
– Hae plateae notam novam sentias faciet
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
– Magna lumina inspirabit tibi (Bene)
Let’s hear it for New York (Uh)
– Audiamus eam Novi Eboraci (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
– Novi Eboraci (Yeah), Novi Eboraci (Uh)
Lights is blinding, girls need blinders
– Lumina caeca est, puellae excaecantes indigent
Or they could step out of bounds quick, the side lines is
– Vel poterant step ex terminis velox, latus lineae est
Lined with casualties who sip the life casually
– Derecta casibus qui vitam casualiter sorbent
Then gradually become worse, don’t bite the apple, Eve
– Tunc paulatim deteriores fiunt, pomum Ne mordeas, Eva
Caught up in the in-crowd, now you’re in-style
– Captus in turba, nunc in stilo es
Into the winter gets cold, en vogue with your skin out
– In hieme frigidum accipit, viget cum cute tua
City of sin is a pity on a whim
– Urbs peccati est misericordia in arbitrio
Good girls gone bad, the city’s filled with them
– Bonae puellae malae abeunt, urbs illis repleta est
Mami took a bus trip, now she got her bust out
– Mami took iter sumpsit, nunc imaginem suam obtinuit
Everybody ride her, just like a bus route
– Omnes equitare eam, sicut a iter
“Hail Mary” to the city, you’re a virgin
– “Ave maria” si daca sunt virgina
And Jesus can’t save you, life starts when the church end
– Sed Deus non potest salvare, quando ecclesia inceperit
Came here for school, graduated to the high life
– Huc ad scholam venit, lectus ad altam vitam
Ball players, rap stars, addicted to the limelight
– Pila histriones, rap stellae, deditus ad lectus
MDMA (Come on) got you feelin’ like a champion (Come on)
– MDMA (Veni) obtinuit te sentiin ‘ sicut propugnator (Veni)
The city never sleeps (Come on), better slip you a Ambien
– Urbs numquam dormit (Veni), melius Labi Te ambien
In New York (Ayy, ow, uh, yeah)
– Novi eboraci (Ayy, ow, uh, yeah)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
– Unde dicunt impii, sap
There’s nothin’ you can’t do (Okay)
– Nihil est quod non possis [Okay]
Now you’re in New York (Uh, yeah)
– Nunc Novi Eboraci (Uh, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new
– Hae plateae notam novam sentias faciet
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
– Magna lumina inspirabit tibi (Bene)
Let’s hear it for New York (Uh)
– Audiamus eam Novi Eboraci (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
– Novi Eboraci (Yeah), Novi Eboraci (Uh)
One hand in the air for the big city (Oh)
– Una manus in aere propter urbem magnam (Oh)
Street lights, big dreams, all lookin’ pretty (Oh)
– Platea luminaria, magna somnia, omnes lookin’ pulchra (O)
No place in the world that could compare (Nah)
– Non potest esse in mundo qui non potest comparari (vel: Non potest non esse)
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say
– Leviores in aere pone, omnes dicunt
“Yeah, yeah” (Come on, come on)
– (Io li ho risparmiati, perché ci fossero quelli che mi avrebbero ucciso)”.
“Yeah, yeah” (Come on)
– (Io li ho risparmiati, perché ci fossero quelli che …
In New York (Uh, yeah, oh)
– Novi Eboraci (Uh, yeah, oh)
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
– Unde dicunt impii, sap
There’s nothin’ you can’t do (Okay)
– Nihil est quod non possis [Okay]
Now you’re in New York (Uh, yeah, yeah)
– Nunc Novi eboraci (Uh, yeah, yeah)
These streets will make you feel brand-new
– Hae plateae notam novam sentias faciet
Big lights will inspire you (Okay)
– Magna lumina inspirabit tibi (Bene)
Let’s hear it for New York (Uh)
– Audiamus eam Novi Eboraci (Uh)
New York (Yeah), New York (Uh)
– Novi Eboraci (Yeah), Novi Eboraci (Uh)
