Check the man, sittin' in the church My conscience hurts, like me hits the dirt She's from her feet to her thighs And the man who pulled the trigger even lose his necktie I check Jimmy cuttin' at the barbershop He plays the guitar, like David plays the harp His knowledge name is Greek, whenever he speaks He's got the wisdom of King Solomon bags in his eyes no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the fame in Square Garden So some seek stardom, but forget Harlem But seeking first of all the of God is what my pops told me So if I fall, could the catch me I flew away, on a mountain, got tempted by Got bitten by a cobra, but the Lord my venom So who's side am I on? I'm on the check the lyrics, no time to contradict
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem They keep their full, but their souls run empty
Well aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the hopes that I may you My mother taught me one day that mid-day would come someday Born to talk that jive, with peaky grown wild And teachers disliked me, 'cause I knew my culture be So now yeah mom I read history, I can't neglect my see Rock it's kind of new to me, 'cause my 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 save you the wicked
D-Dog clear I be wet the black to mourn, tomorrow's death The evil things, glad that I, while angels wrote violence why? Help me me comprehend 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 vicinity, you see my God ain't never after me So yo I be wised up Greek to go and be The last and good and see what's wrong me And through your of me and my ability So bredren won't you let me be or has thou asked to much thy To the truth and not to lie? Oh my
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Brothers keep their pockets full, but their run empty
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Sisters keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
But as I grew, I knew cause the master me From a baby to a woman from a woman to a 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 never open doors so we And don't protect the that's not People never seem to care and then they cry out "My people! Why aren't we equal?" As we flee, we flee our own communities we leave our family in And then we blame it on another so please recover Oh c'mon please now with you can come with me now And blow now if you want to, through
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Families keep their full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem We keep our pockets full, but our run empty
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Brothers keep their pockets full, but souls run empty