Check the crippled man, 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 cuttin' hair at the barbershop He plays the bass guitar, like plays the harp His knowledge name is Greek, 'cause he speaks He's got the of King Solomon bags 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 of God is what my pops told me So if I fall, could the catch me I away, on a mountain, got tempted by Satan Got bitten by a cobra, but the took my venom So side am I on? I'm on the righteous Always check the lyrics, no time to
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem They keep their full, but their souls run empty
Well aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the hopes that I may you My mother taught me one day that this mid-day come someday to talk that jive, with peaky hair grown wild And teachers disliked me, 'cause I where my culture be So now yeah mom I read history, I can't my passion see Rock it's kind of new to me, 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 from the
D-Dog clear I wouldn't be wet the to mourn, tomorrow's death The evil things, glad that I, while angels this violence why? Help me make me comprehend my black and why cast it Time to blaze the angels nappy are braided that you make me See hard for me that don't make you flee
When I enter your vicinity, you see my God ain't never me So yo I be up with Greek to go and be The last and good and see what's wrong me And through your insecurity of me and my So bredren won't you let me be or has thou to much from thy To tell the and not to lie? Oh my
Some seek stardom, then they forget seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Brothers keep their full, but their souls run empty
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
But as I grew, I cause the master told me From a baby to a 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, there we go, we go I got mine now you get yours? We never open so we neglect And don't protect the ones not People really seem to care and then they cry out "My people! Why aren't we equal?" As we flee, we flee our own communities we leave our family in 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
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Families keep their pockets full, but their run empty
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then they Harlem People keep pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget We keep our pockets full, but our run empty
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Brothers keep their full, but their souls run empty