Check the crippled man, in the church My hurts, flesh like me hits the dirt She's paralyzed from her to her thighs And the man who pulled the trigger didn't even his necktie I Jimmy 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 King Solomon bags in his eyes from no
Sometimes he thought of the in Madison Square Garden So some seek stardom, but forget Harlem But seeking first of all the of God is what my pops told me So if I fall, the choir catch me I flew away, on a mountain, got by Satan Got bitten by a cobra, but the Lord took my So side am I on? I'm on the righteous check the lyrics, no time to contradict
Some seek stardom, then they forget seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem They keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
Well aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the hopes that I may you My mother me one day that this mid-day would come someday Born to talk that jive, with hair grown wild And teachers disliked me, 'cause I knew my culture be So now yeah mom I history, I can't neglect my passion see Rock it's kind of new to me, 'cause my love was poetry White was good and bad was black but black was just a lackey for that B. Nimble Jack and I'd like to save you from the wicked
D-Dog clear I wouldn't be wet the to mourn, tomorrow's death The evil things, glad I, while angels wrote this violence why? Help me make me my black bezerk and why cast it Time to the angels nappy heads are braided that you make me See what's hard for me that don't you flee
When I enter vicinity, you see my God ain't never after me So yo I be up with Greek to go and be The and good and see what's wrong with me And through your of me and my ability So bredren won't you let me be or has thou asked to much thy To the truth and not to lie? Oh my
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Brothers 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 Sisters keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
But as I grew, I cause the master told me From a baby to a woman a woman to a baby is so short, hardcore becomes hard-corpse Step in a coffin where the no longer the source
There we go, we go, there we go I got mine now you get yours? We never open so we neglect And don't protect the ones not People never seem to care and then they cry out "My people! Why aren't we equal?" As we flee, we flee our own we leave our family in poverty And then we blame it on another so family 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, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Families keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some stardom, then they forget Harlem keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget We keep our full, but our souls run empty
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Brothers their pockets full, but their souls run empty