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 pulled the didn't even lose his necktie I check Jimmy cuttin' at the barbershop He plays the bass guitar, like David plays the His knowledge name is Greek, whenever he speaks He's got the wisdom of Solomon bags in his eyes from no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the fame in Madison Garden So seek stardom, but they forget Harlem But first of all the kingdom of God is what 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 took 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 Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem They keep their pockets full, but their run empty
Well aiyyo, I beseech you, in the hopes that I may reach you My mother me one day that this mid-day would come someday Born to talk that jive, with peaky hair grown And teachers disliked me, 'cause I where my culture be So now yeah mom I read history, I can't neglect my see it's kind of new to me, 'cause my true love was poetry White was and bad was black but black was just a massa lackey Built for that B. Nimble and I'd like to save you from 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 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 make you flee
When I enter your vicinity, you see my God ain't after me So yo I be wised up Greek to go and be The last and and see what's wrong with me And through insecurity of me and my ability So bredren you let me be or has thou asked to much from thy To the truth and not to lie? Oh my
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Brothers keep their full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Sisters keep their pockets full, but their souls run
But as I grew, I cause the master told me From a baby to a woman from a woman to a Life is so short, hardcore hard-corpse Step in a coffin 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 so we neglect And don't the ones that's not People really seem to care and then they cry out "My people! Why we treated equal?" As we flee, we our own communities we leave our family in poverty And we blame it on another so family please recover Oh c'mon come now with you can come with me now And blow now if you want to, through
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Families keep their pockets full, but their run empty
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem People keep their full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some stardom, then they forget Harlem We keep our pockets full, but our souls run
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Brothers their pockets full, but their souls run empty