Some Seek Stardom (Album Version)

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Check the crippled man  sittin in the church
My conscience hurts  flesh like me hits the dirt
She's paralyzed from her feet to her thighs
And the man who pulled the trigger didn't even lose his necktie
Hi/I check Jimmy cuttin hair at the barbershop
He plays the bass guitar  like David plays the harp
His knowledge name is Greek  cause whenever he speaks
He's got the wisdom of King Solomon bags in his eyes from no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the fame in Madison Square Garden
So some seek stardom  but they forget Harlem
But seeking first of all the kingdom of God is what my pops told me
So if I fall  could the choir catch me
I flew away  on a mountain  got tempted by Satan
Got bitten by a cobra  but the Lord took my venom
So who's side am I on  I'm on the righteous
Always check the lyrics  no time to contradict
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
They
Keep their pockets full  but their souls run empty
Well aiyyo family I beseech you  in the hopes that I may reach you
My mother taught me one day that this mid-day would come someday
Born to talk that jive  with peaky hair grown wild
And teachers disliked me  cause I knew where my culture be
So now yeah mom I read history  I can't neglect my passion see
Rock 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 massa lackey
Built for that B  Nimble Jack and I'd like to save you from the wicked
D-Dog clear I wouldn't be wet
The black to mourn  tomorrow's death
The evil things  glad that I  while angels wrote this violence why
Help me make me comprehend my black bezerk and why cast it
Time to blaze the angels nappy heads are braided that you make me
See what's hard for me that don't make you flee
When I enter your vicinity  you see my God ain't never after me
So yo I be wised up with Greek
To go and be  the last and good and see what's wrong with me
And through your insecurity of me and my ability
So bredren won't you let me be or has thou asked to much from thy
To tell the truth and not to lie  Oh my
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
They keep their pockets full  but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
They keep their pockets full  but their souls run empty
But as I grew  I knew cause the master told me
From a baby to a woman from a woman to a baby
Life is so short  hardcore becomes hard-corpse
Step in a coffin where the money's no longer the source
There we go  there we go  there we go
I got mine now won't you get yours  we never open doors
So we neglect  and don't protect the ones that's not
People never really seem to care
And then they cry out  "My people  Why aren't we treated equal "
As we flee  we flee our own communities
We leave our family in poverty
And then we blame it on another  so family please recover
Oh c'mon please come now with you can come with me now and blow now
If you want to  we're through
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
They keep their pockets full  but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
They keep their pockets full  but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
They keep their pockets full  but their souls run empty
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem
Some seek stardom  then they forget Harlem