Check the man, sittin' in the church My hurts, flesh like me hits the dirt She's paralyzed her feet to her thighs And the man who pulled the trigger didn't even lose his I check cuttin' hair at the barbershop He plays the bass guitar, like David the harp His knowledge name is Greek, whenever he speaks He's got the wisdom of King Solomon bags in his eyes from no
Sometimes he thought of the fame in Square Garden So some seek stardom, but they Harlem But first of all the kingdom 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 Lord took my So side am I on? I'm on the righteous Always check the lyrics, no time to
Some seek stardom, then they forget seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem They keep their pockets full, but their souls run
Well aiyyo, family I beseech you, in the hopes I may reach you My mother me one day that this mid-day would come 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 neglect my passion see Rock it's kind of new to me, 'cause my true was poetry White was good and bad was but black was just a massa lackey Built for that B. Nimble Jack and I'd like to you from the wicked
D-Dog I wouldn't be wet the black to mourn, tomorrow's death The evil things, glad that I, while angels wrote this violence Help me make me comprehend my black bezerk and why it to blaze the angels nappy heads are braided that you make me See what's hard for me that make you flee
I enter your vicinity, you see my God ain't never after me So yo I be wised up with to go and be The last and 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 to much from thy To the truth and not to lie? Oh my
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom, then they Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Sisters keep their pockets full, but souls run empty
But as I grew, I knew the master told me From a baby to a woman from a 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 now won't you get yours? We open doors so we neglect And don't protect the that's not People never really seem to care and then cry out "My people! Why aren't we equal?" As we flee, we our own communities we leave our family in poverty And then we blame it on so family please recover Oh c'mon please come now you can come with me now And now if you want to, we're through
Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Families keep their full, but their souls run empty
seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem People keep their pockets full, but their souls run
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then forget Harlem We keep our pockets full, but our run empty
Some seek stardom, they forget Harlem seek stardom, then they forget Harlem Some seek stardom, then they forget Brothers keep pockets full, but their souls run empty