Check the man, sittin' in the church My conscience hurts, flesh me hits the dirt paralyzed from her feet to her thighs And the man who the trigger didn't even lose his necktie I check Jimmy cuttin' hair at the He plays the bass guitar, like plays the harp His knowledge name is Greek, whenever he speaks He's got the wisdom of King Solomon in his eyes from no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the fame in Square Garden So seek stardom, but they forget Harlem But seeking first of all the kingdom of God is what my pops me So if I fall, could the choir me I away, on a mountain, got tempted by Satan Got bitten by a cobra, but the Lord took my So who's side am I on? I'm on the check the lyrics, no time to contradict
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem They keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
Well aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the that I may reach you My taught me one day that this mid-day would come someday to talk that jive, with peaky hair grown wild And teachers disliked me, 'cause I where my culture be So now mom I read history, I can't neglect my passion see Rock it's 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. Nimble Jack and I'd like to save you the wicked
D-Dog I wouldn't be wet the black to mourn, tomorrow's death The evil things, glad that I, angels wrote this violence why? Help me me comprehend my black bezerk and why cast it to blaze the angels nappy heads are braided that you make me See what's hard for me that don't make you
When I enter your vicinity, you see my God never after me So yo I be up with Greek to go and be The last and and see what's wrong with me And through your 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
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Brothers their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Sisters 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 Step in a coffin where the money's no the source
There we go, we go, there we go I got now won't you get yours? We never open so we neglect And protect the ones that's not People never seem to care and then 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 please come now with you can come with me now And blow now if you to, we're through
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Families keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem People keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem We keep our pockets full, but our run empty
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Brothers keep their pockets full, but their run empty