Some Seek Stardom

I checked 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 left eye I check Jimmy cutting hair at the barber shop 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 then they forget harlem but seek ye first the kingdom of God that's 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 yo family I beseech you in the hopes that I may reach you. Cause mother told me one day, that judgement day would come someday Born a dark black child, with kinky hair grown wild some teachers Disliked me cause I knew where my culture be So now you've my brief history, I can't neglect my past you see rockin's kind of new to me cause my true love was poetry: White was good and bad was Black, Black was us a las a lack dorth the night resemble dread and light the savior from the wicked for we doth wear White when we wed but black to mourn, to mourn those dead - The evil being's clad in night while Angels robed in spotless White. Prithee make me comprehend, why Black must hurt and White transcend - time and place to ensure safety. Hastily I pray thee that you make me see what wrong with me that doth make you flee when I enter your vicinity. My God be never asked of me to show ID. While some where free to go and be. But Alas I clearly see what's wrong with me, it be your insecurity of me and my ability so prithee won't you let me be or hast thou asked to much from thy to tell the truth and not the 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 hardcorpse stiff 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 one's thats left people never really seem to care. then my people why ain't we treated equal as we flee, we flee our own community we leave our families in poverty then we blame it on another, my people please recover well Khalis you can come on and you can 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...