Check the man, sittin' in the church My hurts, flesh like me hits the dirt She's paralyzed from her feet to her And the man who pulled the trigger even lose his necktie I check Jimmy cuttin' hair at the He plays the bass guitar, David plays the harp His knowledge is Greek, 'cause whenever he speaks He's got the wisdom of King Solomon bags in his from no sleep
Sometimes he of the fame in Madison Square Garden So seek stardom, but they forget Harlem But seeking first of all the kingdom of God is what my pops me So if I fall, could the choir me I away, on a mountain, got tempted by Satan Got bitten by a cobra, but the Lord took my So side am I on? I'm on the righteous Always check the lyrics, no to contradict
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem They keep their full, but their souls run empty
Well aiyyo, family I you, in the hopes that I may reach you My mother taught me one day this mid-day would come someday Born to talk that jive, with hair grown wild And teachers disliked me, I knew where my culture be So now yeah mom I history, I can't neglect my passion see Rock it's of new to me, 'cause my true love was poetry White was good and bad was black but black was just a massa Built for that B. Nimble Jack and I'd like to you from the wicked
clear I wouldn't be wet the black to mourn, tomorrow's death The evil things, glad that I, while wrote this violence why? Help me make me my black bezerk and why cast it Time to blaze the angels nappy are braided that 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 wised up with to go and be The last and good and see wrong with me And your insecurity of me and my ability So bredren won't you let me be or has asked to much from thy To tell the truth and not to Oh my
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Brothers keep their pockets full, but their run empty
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Sisters keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
But as I grew, I knew cause the master me From a to a woman from a woman to a baby Life is so short, hardcore hard-corpse in a coffin where the money's no longer the source
There we go, there we go, we go I got mine now you get yours? We open doors so we neglect And don't protect the ones not People never really seem to and then they cry out "My people! Why we treated equal?" As we flee, we flee our own we leave our family in poverty And then we blame it on another so please recover Oh c'mon please come now you can come with me now And blow now if you want to, we're
Some seek stardom, then they forget seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Families keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem People keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem We keep our full, but our souls run empty
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Brothers keep pockets full, but their souls run empty