Song lyrics downloaded from: https://www.albumsongandlyrics.com ------------------------------------------ Fugees - Some seek stardom ------------------------------------------ [Lauryn Hill] AhhhhhH! Check the crippled man, sittin in the church My conscience hurts, flesh like me hits the dirt Sheīs paralyzed from her feet to her thighs And the man who pulled the trigger didnīt 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 Heīs 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 whoīs side am I on? Iīm on the righteous Always check the lyrics, no time to contradict [Chorus:] Some seek stardom, then they forget Harlem (3X) They/brothers/sisters/families/people/we/brothers 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 canīt neglect my passion see Rock itīs 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 Iīd like to save you from the wicked D-Dog clear I wouldnīt be wet The black to mourn, tomorrowīs 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 whatīs hard for me that donīt make you flee when I enter your vicinity, you see my God ainīt never after me So yo I be wised up with Greek To go and be, the last and good and see whatīs wrong with me and through your insecurity of me and my ability So bredren wonīt you let me be or has thou asked to much from thy to tell the truth and not to lie? Oh my... [Chorus 2X] 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 moneyīs no longer the source *singing* There we go, there we go, there we go I got mine now wonīt you get yours, we never open doors so we neglect, and donīt protect the ones thatīs not people never really seem to care And then they cry out, "My people! Why arenīt 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 cīmon please come now with you can come with me now and blow now if you want to, weīre through... [Chorus 4x]