Check the crippled man, sittin' in the My hurts, flesh like me hits the dirt She's paralyzed her feet to her thighs And the man who pulled the trigger even lose his necktie I check Jimmy hair at the barbershop He plays the bass guitar, like David plays the His name is Greek, 'cause whenever he speaks He's got the wisdom of King Solomon in his eyes from no sleep
he thought of the fame in Madison Square Garden So some seek stardom, but 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 away, on a mountain, got tempted by Satan Got bitten by a cobra, but the Lord 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 forget Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem They their pockets full, but their souls run empty
aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the hopes that I may reach you My mother taught me one day this mid-day would come someday to talk that jive, with peaky hair grown wild And teachers disliked me, 'cause I knew my culture be So now yeah mom I read history, I can't neglect my 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 massa 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, death The things, glad that I, while angels wrote this violence why? Help me make me comprehend my black and why cast it Time to blaze the angels nappy heads are 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 up with Greek to go and be The last and good and see what's with me And your insecurity of me and my ability So won't you let me be or has thou asked to much from thy To the truth and not to lie? Oh my
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Brothers their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Sisters keep their pockets full, but their souls run
But as I grew, I knew cause the master me From a baby to a from a woman to a baby Life is so short, becomes 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 protect the ones that's not People never really to care and then they 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 please come now with you can with me now And blow now if you to, we're through
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Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem People keep pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then they Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem We keep our full, but our souls run empty
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Brothers keep their pockets full, but their souls run