Check the crippled man, in the church My conscience hurts, like me hits the dirt paralyzed from her feet to her thighs And the man who pulled the 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 he speaks 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, the choir catch me I flew away, on a mountain, got tempted by Got bitten by a cobra, but the took my venom So who's am I on? I'm on the righteous Always check the lyrics, no time to
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem They keep pockets full, but their souls run empty
Well aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the hopes I may reach you My mother taught me one day that this mid-day would come Born to talk that jive, peaky hair grown wild And teachers disliked me, 'cause I knew where my be So now mom I read history, I can't neglect my passion see Rock kind of new to me, 'cause my true love was poetry was good and bad was black but black was just a massa lackey Built for that B. Nimble Jack and I'd like to save you the wicked
D-Dog clear I wouldn't be wet the black to mourn, tomorrow's The evil things, glad that I, while wrote this violence why? Help me make me comprehend my black bezerk and why it Time to blaze the angels nappy are braided that you make me See what's hard for me that make you flee
I enter your vicinity, you see my God ain't never after me So yo I be wised up with to go and be The and good and see what's 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 tell the and not to lie? Oh my
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty
But as I grew, I knew cause the told me a baby to a woman from a woman to a baby Life is so short, becomes hard-corpse in a coffin where the money's no longer the source
There we go, we go, there we go I got mine now you get yours? We never doors so we neglect And don't the ones that's not People never really seem to care and 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 it on another 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
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Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem People their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem We keep our pockets full, but our souls run
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Brothers their pockets full, but their souls run empty