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Empire State Of Mind Part 2 Broken Down by Alicia Keys, Music Lyrics and Video
Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down is a song performed by Alicia Keys, from her fourth studio album “The Element of Freedom“. The song is an answer song to the Billboard Hot 100 number-one “Empire State of Mind” by Jay-Z, on which Keys featured.
Here you can listen to Alicia Keys performing Empire State of Mind part 2, the new single from “The Element of Freedom”. This is a live performance for iHeartRadio.
Alicia Keys - Empire State Of Mind Part 2 Lyrics
Oooh oooh, New York (2x)
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 could 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 Broadway
Even if it ain’t all it seems
I got a pocketful of dreams
Baby, I’m from
Chorus
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 a hunger
For 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
Chorus
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
Chorus
One hand in the air for the big city
Street lights, big dreams, all looking pretty
No place in the world that can compared
Put your lighters in the air
Everybody say yeah, yeah yeah
Chorus
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
Song Information
Before the song’s official release date, the song has so far reached #7 on the UK Singles Chart on downloads alone, leading to the song being announced as the second single from The Element of Freedom in the UK.
Released February 22, 2010 (UK)
Recorded 2009
Genre R&B, soul, jazz
Length 3:36
Label J
Writers Alicia Keys, Al Shuckburgh, Shawn Carter, Jane’t Sewell-Ulepic, Angela Hunte, Bert Keyes, Sylvia Robinson
Producer Al Shux, Alicia Keys
January 23rd, 2010 at 3:05 pm
I wont to marry you
January 30th, 2010 at 4:29 pm
you are a awsome singer i love this song in my music class we are singing it for our concert i’m a really good singer but honestly this song is hard to sing
January 31st, 2010 at 8:02 am
hello i realy like this song but can i buy the single?
February 2nd, 2010 at 4:57 am
this is a great performance , i love u Alicia <3
February 9th, 2010 at 7:10 pm
this absolutely fantastic!!!! brought tears, must have listened to it 25 times over non stop. fab x
February 11th, 2010 at 8:39 pm
Nice song and lyrics love you alicia <3
February 12th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
I so love this song can’t stop playing (or singing it badly!)
February 13th, 2010 at 7:23 am
I’m so proud for you girl! I wish to be that talent as u! Love ur songs, lyrics, music!! U r the BEST! Rgds from Riga , EU
February 13th, 2010 at 10:45 am
You can download on Itunes now
February 15th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
I think this song is simply amazing :}
February 17th, 2010 at 9:22 am
Absolutamente brutal, sonora, perfecta! Gracias por esta canción. Transmite la misma vitalidad fuerza y optimismo que NY. En este momento me parece hasta tan buena como la interpretación de Sinatra.
February 18th, 2010 at 9:34 am
u r so talented girl u r wicked and totally fabulous i wish i could be you. i think u r simply amazing and this song is amzing
February 19th, 2010 at 9:40 am
This is too good to be true am pretty jelouse of her
February 25th, 2010 at 7:00 pm
First truly great song of the new decade. It’s gonna take something special to beat this. Alicia you are up there with the best now.
February 26th, 2010 at 8:33 pm
idola total!!!!! hermosa cancion!! no puedo parar de escucharla una y otra vez!!! divino :)
February 27th, 2010 at 5:18 pm
You are the best! You just get better and better!
Loadsa Love & Blessings to you and yours
March 2nd, 2010 at 6:38 pm
you are amazing i am going to sing your son for the talent show…..write more songs rock on girls!!!!!!!!!
March 2nd, 2010 at 9:48 pm
wow what a beautiful song sung by a beautiful lady. Your voice is amazing and i have the song in my head 24-7 I play it every day at least 5 times, The live version is awesome as well. xxx
March 3rd, 2010 at 12:46 am
Amazing song! I am delighted you changed some of the words from the original song with Jay-Z. Good for you .
March 3rd, 2010 at 10:07 am
I’m from romania, and one of my dreams is to visit NY…but, I don’t know when :( Everytime I listen this awsome song…I dream …:D
March 4th, 2010 at 1:46 pm
Oh My God How good is that………..
March 12th, 2010 at 12:20 am
hi alicia…i just wanted to say that im a fan of yours and i love this song so much…when i first heard it i got really inspired…gudluck and make more great songs..love yah!!!
March 12th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
All I can say is WOW! I heard this song this morning for the first time.. I don’t listen to radio much since I rock the IPOD often. I love this song, the voice, the lyrics, the music.. Simply awesome.
March 13th, 2010 at 5:53 pm
This song sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it. It reminds me of the buzz you only get when you are in New York. I’m lucky enough to have visited twice, once in my 20s and once in my 30s - now I can’t wait to visit again in my 40s. Thank you Alicia.
March 14th, 2010 at 9:25 am
I LOVE you Alicia…..
March 16th, 2010 at 3:12 pm
Beautiful song! I always dreamed about visiting New York, but now, when I hear that song, I feel like my dreams are comming true and it gives me an assuarance that once I´ll stand in the streets of NY and hear this song somewhere in my head…
March 18th, 2010 at 9:14 pm
Empire State of Mind is quite simply the best song (ballad) since
Sting wrote Fields of Gold.If there is a better current female
R&B singer anywhere then I haven’t heard her!! It also perfectly
epitomises New York as the greatest city on Earth, pre and post
9/11!!!
March 19th, 2010 at 2:57 pm
i love you Alicia keys. you are my inspiration, one day i hope to meet you or see you.love you!!!!!!!!
March 20th, 2010 at 12:18 am
I ran the streets of the city when I was a kid, I am 49 now. This song should be an anthem and it is mine. I remember my childhood very well when I hear this and I smile. Thank You Alicia for this heartfelt song. You are fantastic, beautiful and very talented. Please keep these meaningful songs coming.
March 22nd, 2010 at 7:28 am
any related with movie new york i love you??
March 28th, 2010 at 3:20 am
This song is so great I really like it I listen to it nearly everyday.
April 1st, 2010 at 9:23 am
can’t stop myself from listening to this! is very awesome! I love you and I want to marry you Alicia!
April 4th, 2010 at 6:19 am
this song is going to go down as legandry xx love you alicia keys ur so hot
April 6th, 2010 at 8:56 am
Ur so good at doing what YOU do.U don’t need a boost from JZ and the person behind him(with two corns). Your fans will always love you and don’t deceive us. Please
April 6th, 2010 at 11:59 am
i love it :) and she sings it so well
April 7th, 2010 at 4:31 am
it’s a pity i hvn’t he’rd ‘e song yet but readin from this lyrics sends me shivers, its great. and the fact that i really admire you sincely Mrs. Keys, i trust your voice hv made miracles on it since it has made wonders on that J-Z version. keep rockin and may GOD showers you abundantly. you hv my lov on ur work lady…IT’S A MUST I LESSON TO IT
April 10th, 2010 at 12:52 am
You are better than any of the hoolywood singers.. more power to you alicia keys!!! im from Philippines and we are really proud of you!! our number idol!!! More great songs to come!! love yah!!! :))
April 11th, 2010 at 3:39 pm
What a song!!!! Not very often a song ticks all the right boxes but this is awesome!! I cant get it out of my head, and what a voice she has. x
April 17th, 2010 at 12:52 pm
the more you listen to the song the more you love it.absolutely great.
April 21st, 2010 at 12:01 am
Gives me the goosebumps… what a powerful song! Alicia Keys never fails to surprise me.
April 28th, 2010 at 2:57 am
what a voice. awesome. thank you for letting us sharing ur voice and music
April 29th, 2010 at 9:57 pm
I love the song. nice music! …nice voice.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:21 am
<3 alicia! is the best
May 4th, 2010 at 11:41 am
I adore alicia’s songs and her voice!!!!! im a girl and i wanna be like her but so do boys!! xxx =D
May 5th, 2010 at 7:31 pm
great voice, great song, you are the best…!
May 19th, 2010 at 6:40 am
Wow! This is better than the first Empire State Of Mind.. It was really awesome! I <3 Alicia Keys! I really adore her. I’m hoping there will be Empire State Of Mind Part 3!! :))
May 21st, 2010 at 4:31 pm
awesome, u r blessed Alicia and we too to listen to your voice
May 23rd, 2010 at 2:59 pm
je voudrais tout simplement te dire alicia t es la meilleure tout en vous demandant quelquefois de penser à ces milliers de fans du coté de l’afrique qui vous adorent.
May 26th, 2010 at 6:21 am
Best song this year, absolutely amazing. I can’t stop listening to it.
May 27th, 2010 at 1:42 pm
wow. That was amazing !!! You are a fabby singer alicia. luv ya x
May 29th, 2010 at 9:37 pm
big thanks for this song of alicia, made me pick up broken pieces of me… in a year tym, il be there in that concrete jungle.. maybe i can make my dream…, big lights will surely inspire me… i can make it there!!!!
May 30th, 2010 at 12:56 pm
Wau!!! huge song I want to dedicate it to the woman that change my live Jacky
June 1st, 2010 at 8:18 am
EVERYTIME I LISTEN TO THIS SONG I CRY BECAUSE IT REMINDS ME OF SO MANY THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN MY LIFE BEFORE BUT STILL I SURVIVED ALL THE HARDSHIP I WAS FACING…STAY BLESSED AND KNOW THAT I LOVE YOU
June 1st, 2010 at 12:35 pm
Your voice in amaizing, I love listening to this song, and you are very beautiful! Bless you! Geetings from Poland :)
June 2nd, 2010 at 10:01 am
your voice is amaizing i love this song so much i play it over and over again you ae truly blessed i like your version better than jzs version i love you alicia.
June 11th, 2010 at 5:26 am
this is a great song and meaningful, love it so much, can’t stop singing and listening…ur voice is amazing…love u
June 13th, 2010 at 11:42 pm
great piece…more reason why i won’t die without living the American life.
June 18th, 2010 at 3:21 am
hi sista…
i love this song so much much much :)
n it make me wanna go to New York before i’ll meet my God…
June 19th, 2010 at 12:21 pm
Dis song made my year.I always listen to it continuously,I wish God could give me enough nerves to listen to million times a day
June 19th, 2010 at 1:27 pm
Alicia i watched you perfoming that song in my country SA ,i almost cried. I love it.so much
July 24th, 2010 at 9:51 pm
It’s very nice, she is beautiful, we are the world, i wish very happy, i never forget
August 10th, 2010 at 9:47 am
ang galing galing..ang ganda ganda!
Love it! Love the lyrics, Love the Face and the voice …i love it!
August 29th, 2010 at 12:29 pm
Everynite b4 i sleep never mis a moment tinking of my Ms Alicia…come visit my country….Borneo…realy Jungle…
August 31st, 2010 at 11:53 am
when u hear it it is so touching way to go alicia keys
September 7th, 2010 at 7:05 pm
Esta canción es tan buena que se convertirá en el himno del siglo XXI para la ciudad de Nueva York. Se aprecia en el sentimiento volcado en estas notas, que Alicia es de la ciudad que nunca duerme, “si puedes hacerlo aquí puedes hacerlo en cualquier parte” recoge del temazo de Sinatra logrando lo casi imposible; superar al mito.
September 10th, 2010 at 6:47 am
PRECIOSA CANCIÓN!! ^_^
Cada vez que la escucho mi mente vuela a New York, es imposible no soñar despierta cada vez que suena su melodía.
Gracias por esta canción, es auténtica, gracias, THANKS YOU!!!!
The best song!!!!!
September 21st, 2010 at 12:18 am
Never liked Alicia Keys, till now; can’t get enough of this song; true theme song for New York; or should i say, “The New new york”; rising from the old, to become the best again. This song gives soul, back into the Big Apple, very powerful song of all time!!!
Helps heal the wounds of 9/11, breathes life back into the city, thank you so much Alicia, we all can believe again; anything is possible.
September 25th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
love u alicia… beautiful song.
October 14th, 2010 at 2:09 pm
Stunning! Indescribable! Thank you!
December 7th, 2010 at 2:12 am
wow, not a big fan of u till now, lyrics, vocals, music is just perfect…… it made me wanna go to New York, and this song made me as if i am already there.. U rock……
December 18th, 2010 at 9:44 am
absolutely lovely and flowless song made and sung.
excellent
January 13th, 2011 at 8:14 pm
dis song is 1 of doz 1s wat stay in ur head!!
alica is 2nd favourite singa!
rihanna is my 1st
January 17th, 2011 at 11:48 pm
This song will make you feel brand new, Alicia Keys will inspire you!
January 25th, 2011 at 6:35 pm
Who can tell me, where I can buy this “Iheart” version in particular…??please, please, please….
February 8th, 2011 at 9:30 pm
Dammmmnn… electrifying, uplifting, gut-wrenchingly great song! Rips a maelstrom of emotions right out of their comfort zones…
February 12th, 2011 at 5:56 am
mint song + Your Beautiful I Hope Baby Eqypt Is Doinggg Welll <3 xxx
February 21st, 2011 at 12:45 pm
your number one alisha because your the one who know this song.can you be my idol in this song?i request can you be?thanks for your support.
March 7th, 2011 at 11:47 am
I took my daughter to New York for her 21st birthday, she loved it . This song brings back so many wonderful memories it makes me cry when i listen to you … thank you Alicia
March 11th, 2011 at 9:08 pm
OMG!!!! i am tryin to sing this song it is soooo hard i take my hat off to you alica!!!!
March 26th, 2011 at 6:39 pm
I love this song, it reminds me of when I lived and worked in Queens, N.Y. It brings tears to my eyes everytime I hear this song. You have to have the NYC experience to know what I’m talking about.
April 22nd, 2011 at 10:40 pm
As the lyrics say: big lights will inspire you and theres nothing you can’t do.
Everything in the song is a fact of life and many, many people identify themselves with this, be in New York , London, Tokyo or were ever. Alicia sings this ever so well !!!
September 18th, 2011 at 10:20 am
was a little drunk when i heard this song in bangkok this song gets into your head .[jon you a bang on about this song ] this song is forever WELL DONE ALICIA