[Intro: Jussie Smollet & Yazz]
La-da, da-da-da-da
Empire state of mind
Lets go

[Verse 1: Jussie Smollet]
Things are lookin' up, I'm ready for the night
I feel good, real good, can't nobody hold me down
Gonna take advantage of all these flashin' lights
'Cause it's the best time the best time for it
We can do it all right now
Can't nobody tie me down
If you want it, I got it
Tomorrow's not promised

[Chorus: Jussie Smollet]
So live inside the moment (Oh, no)
Tell me, what are we waitin' for? (Oh, oh)
What the hell are waitin' for?
I wanna live inside the moment (Yeah)
Tell me, what are we waitin' for?
What the hell are waitin' for?

[Post-Chorus: Jussie Smollet & Yazz]
I wanna live inside the moment, mo–, moment
Moment
I wanna live inside the moment (Uh), moment (Hakeem)
I wanna live inside the moment (Yo, 'Mal)
[Verse 2: Yazz, Yazz & Jussie Smollet]
Yo, when I was five years old
I realized there was a road at the end
Pretty girls, cars and bank rolls
Gold and platinum plaques, a couple million sold
Fans screamin' they love me, sellin' out my shows
I put in hard work (Hard work)
If you don't give your all then it won't work (Won't work)
Been waitin' on this day since Lucious gave me birth
Gotta believe in yourself and gotta know your worth
I did it clean as a whistle, stayed away from dirt (Ah)
I told you I'ma get it
Everybody, they're talkin', I dreamt about how I'm livin'
Reality was written, I put effort in my vision (Woo)
That's why I hustle so hard to be the best that ever did it, oh