Check the crippled man, sittin' in the My conscience hurts, flesh me hits the dirt She's paralyzed from her to her thighs And the man who pulled the didn't even lose his necktie I Jimmy cuttin' hair at the barbershop He plays the bass guitar, like David plays the His knowledge name is Greek, 'cause he speaks got the wisdom of King Solomon bags in his eyes from no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the in Madison Square Garden So some seek stardom, but forget Harlem But first of all the kingdom of God is what 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 took my venom So side am I on? I'm on the righteous check the lyrics, no time to contradict
Some seek stardom, then forget 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 you, in the hopes that I may reach you My mother taught me one day that this mid-day would someday Born to talk that jive, with peaky hair wild And disliked me, 'cause I knew 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 good and bad was black but black was just a lackey Built for that B. Jack and I'd like to save you from the wicked
D-Dog clear I wouldn't be wet the black to mourn, death The evil things, glad that I, while wrote this violence why? Help me make me comprehend my black 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 you flee
When I your 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 your insecurity of me and my ability So won't you let me be or has thou asked to much from thy To tell the and not to lie? Oh my
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Brothers their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Sisters keep their full, but their souls run empty
But as I grew, I knew the master told me a baby to a woman from a woman to a baby Life is so short, becomes hard-corpse Step in a where the money's no longer the source
There we go, we go, there we go I got now won't you get yours? We open doors 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 it on another so family please recover Oh c'mon please come now with you can come me now And blow now if you want to, we're
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget 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 People keep pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then they forget We keep our pockets full, but our souls run
Some seek stardom, then they forget Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Brothers keep their pockets full, but their souls run