Check the crippled man, in the church My conscience hurts, like me hits the dirt She's 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 the harp His name is Greek, 'cause whenever he speaks got the wisdom of King Solomon bags in his eyes from no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the in Madison Square Garden So some seek stardom, but they Harlem But seeking first of all the kingdom of God is my pops told me So if I fall, the choir catch me I away, on a mountain, got tempted by Satan Got bitten by a cobra, but the took my venom So side am I on? I'm on the righteous check the lyrics, no time to contradict
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then they Harlem They keep their pockets full, but their run empty
Well aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the hopes that I may you My mother taught me one day this mid-day would come someday Born to talk jive, with peaky hair grown wild And teachers disliked me, I knew where my culture be So now mom I read history, I can't neglect my passion see Rock it's kind of new to me, 'cause my true was poetry White was and bad was black but black was just a massa 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 that I, while angels wrote this violence Help me make me my black bezerk and why cast it Time to blaze the angels nappy heads are braided that you me See what's hard for me that don't you flee
When I enter your vicinity, you see my God ain't never 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 to much from thy To tell the and not to lie? Oh my
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Brothers keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Sisters keep pockets full, but their 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 Step in a coffin where the no longer the source
There we go, we go, there we go I got mine now won't you get We open doors so we neglect And protect the ones that's not never really seem to care 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 it on another so family please recover Oh c'mon please come now with you can with me now And now if you want to, we're through
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Families keep pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem People their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem We keep our pockets full, but our run empty
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Brothers keep their pockets full, but their souls run