Beijing State of Mind is arranged from Empire State of Mind. This is a special song talks about more stories by an American who live in Beijing for more than 10 years. He is an American Mark Griffith.《老外眼中的北京》改编自《Empire State of Mind》，一个在北京生活超过十年的美国人所看到的北京的状态。《老外眼中的北京》改编自《Empire State of Mind》，一个在北京生活超过十年的美国人所看到的北京的状态。
VERSE 1
Yeah, yeah I’m up at Beida, now I’m down in Guomao
Started as a student, but I run the show now
I’m the nouveau expat, livin’ in the CBD,
Ridin’ on my dianpingche（电瓶车diàn pínɡ chē：electric vehicle ）, everybody stares at me.
Ain’t because I’m laowai, probably cause I’m handsome,
Yeah I’m the only pimp wearin’ seer-sucker pants, and,
Did my share of modeling, acted with Ge You（葛优）.
Droppin’ mad tracks I be hotter than Jay Chou（周杰伦）.
Cruisin’ down to Houhai, people drivin’ slow I
Can’t believe the traffic or the awful drivin’ so I
Hop onto the subway, the smell it ain’t so lovely,
But at just 2 kuai I don’t mind gettin’ cuddly.
Say what up to Jintao, Hu defines the in crowd,
But don’t forget Jiabao, Wen he goin’ change his hairstyle?
My boys be chillin’, over there in Zhongnanhai,
When I get an invite, then I’ll know that I’ve arrived in, in, in…
CHORUS
In Beijing, commie jungle where dreams are made of
There’s nothing you can do now you’re in Beijing.
Taiqi will make you feel brand new
The sights will inspire you, let’s hear it for Beijing, Beijing, Beijing.
VERSE 2
Catch me wid my boys at Gongti at a Guo’an game
I made the Guo’an shirt more famous than the Guo’an can.
Yeah I watch the Dragons, courtside at the Ducks
Even though the halftime dancing show really sucks.
But that ain’t important, that ain’t why I came here.
I came for the history, like the Tiananmen Square.
Forbidden City, hutongs always gritty,
Tiantan is hoppin’, dancin’ like P. Diddy.
15 million people, half the dudes are naked,
Pullin’ up their shirts cause the summers they can’t take it.
Long fingernail, pinky on the right hand,
Cause the left won’t pick your ears（挖耳洞wā ěrdònɡ） as well as the right one can
Babies on the prowl, defecating on the pavement
I just wanna scowl, sayin’, “Son, why don’t you save it?”
But that’s the way it is, that’s how we do it here,
If you don’t like it, you’re welcome to steer clear of, of, of
CHORUS
VERSE 3
Migrants come here, kids are shunned here,
Can’t get a hukou, outta pocket health care,
No fear, they leave the kids for the year,
Grandparents take care, no one sheds a tear.
Gaokao’s over, pressure done abated,
Off to university, to get educated.
But he becomes jaded, after’s graduated,
Cause he can’t find a job that’s well compensated.
So he hops on renren（人人网）, he surfs kaixin wang（开心网）
And he gets on Baidu, to download my song.
Head to Dongdan, hoop it up, forget your problems
A plate of hot jiaozi on the corner might solve them.
We come here with dreams, then reality hits us,
Bendi（本地běn dì：this locality）, waidi（外地wài dì：foreign lands）, laowai（老外lǎo wài：foreigner）,drifters（北漂běi piāo）,
But we love the energy, that’s why this city’s great,
So we all work late to “protect the Eight” (保八bǎo bā) in, in, in…
CHORUS
BRIDGE
One hand in the air for the old city
Gugong, Bird’s Nest（鸟巢niǎo cháo） all looking pretty.
No place in the world that can compare,
Fly your kites in the air,
Everybody say yeah, yeah…
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