Check the crippled man, in the church My hurts, flesh 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 check cuttin' hair at the barbershop He plays the bass guitar, David plays the harp His knowledge name is Greek, 'cause whenever he He's got the wisdom of Solomon bags in his eyes from no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the in Madison Square Garden So some stardom, but they forget Harlem But seeking first of all the kingdom of God is my pops told me So if I fall, could the choir me I flew away, on a mountain, got tempted by Got bitten by a cobra, but the Lord took my So who's am I on? I'm on the righteous Always the lyrics, no time to contradict
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem They keep pockets full, but their souls run empty
Well aiyyo, I beseech you, in the hopes that I may reach you My taught me one day that this mid-day would come someday Born to that jive, with peaky hair grown wild And disliked 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 massa Built for that B. Jack and I'd like to save you from the wicked
clear I wouldn't be wet the black to mourn, tomorrow's death The evil things, glad that I, while angels this violence why? Help me me comprehend my black bezerk and why cast it Time to blaze the nappy heads are braided that you make me See what's for me that don't make you flee
I enter your 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 wrong with me And through your insecurity of me and my So bredren won't you let me be or has thou asked to from thy To the truth and not to lie? Oh my
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Brothers their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some 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 from a woman to a baby is so short, hardcore becomes hard-corpse Step in a coffin where the money's no longer the
There we go, there we go, we go I got mine now won't you get We open doors so we neglect And don't the ones that's not People never really seem to care and then cry out "My people! Why aren't we equal?" As we flee, we flee our own communities we our family in poverty And then we blame it on another so family recover Oh c'mon come now with you can come with me now And now if you want to, we're through
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem People keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem We our pockets full, but our souls run empty
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Brothers keep their pockets full, but souls run empty