Check the crippled man, in the church My hurts, flesh like me hits the dirt paralyzed from her feet to her thighs And the man who the trigger didn't even lose his necktie I Jimmy cuttin' hair at the barbershop He plays the bass guitar, like David plays the His knowledge name is Greek, whenever he speaks He's got the wisdom of King Solomon in his eyes from no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the in Madison Square Garden So seek stardom, but they forget Harlem But first of all the kingdom of God is what my pops told me So if I fall, could the choir me I flew away, on a mountain, got by Satan Got by a cobra, but the Lord took my venom So who's am I on? I'm on the righteous check the lyrics, no time to contradict
Some seek stardom, then they forget seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Well aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the that I may reach you My mother me one day that this mid-day would come someday Born to talk that jive, with hair grown wild And teachers me, 'cause I knew where my culture be So now yeah mom I history, I can't neglect my passion see it's kind of new to me, 'cause my true love was poetry White was good and bad was black but black was just a lackey Built for B. Nimble Jack and I'd like to save you from the wicked
D-Dog clear I wouldn't be wet the black to mourn, death The evil things, glad I, while angels wrote this violence why? Help me me comprehend my black bezerk and why cast it Time to blaze the angels nappy heads are braided you make me See what's hard for me that don't make you
When I enter your vicinity, you see my God never after me So yo I be up with Greek to go and be The and good and see what's wrong with me And through your insecurity of me and my So bredren you let me be or has thou asked to much from thy To the truth and not to lie? Oh my
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then they forget Brothers keep their pockets full, but their souls run
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Sisters keep pockets full, but their souls run empty
But as I grew, I knew cause the told me From a baby to a from a woman to a baby Life is so short, hardcore hard-corpse Step in a coffin where the money's no the source
we go, there we go, there we go I got now won't you get yours? We never open so we neglect And don't protect the ones not People never really to care and then they cry out "My people! Why we treated equal?" As we flee, we flee our own communities we our family in poverty And then we blame it on so family please recover Oh c'mon please now with you can come with me now And now if you want to, we're through
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Families keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem People their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem We keep our pockets full, but our souls run
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Brothers keep their pockets full, but their souls run