(feat. Guru)



[Guru]

In the big apple, scars embedded like tattoos

Ghetto love, protection from what's coming at you

Keeping our heads up, maintaining self esteem

And reminiscing on the Harlem Nights scene

We used to party all night

We used to hang out all night like it was all right

Hoping we all might make it through

Doin what it takes to do to keep it true



[Luther]

I like to reminisce about that night we kissed

It was somewhere in Harlem

The nights were hot and bright

You could treat your honey right

Cuz Sylvia's would burn all night



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Remember the times we struggled and still held on

Remember the Nights in Harlem

Remember the times that we would dance all night long

Remember the Nights in Harlem



Big sister had a group 

And they'd sit out on the stoop

And Lordy could they harmonize (Oh yeah)

My cousin Joe could blow

Just like the radio

And he used to drove them "B" girls wild



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[Guru]

Hey, yo, the blocks are hot

Uptown you know the spots

Night life where this playa's game is quite tight

One two five where my name's inscribed

Sparkin' trees, avoiding felonies, keepin' it love

Headed for them riches, straight to stardom

Can't forget the struggle, all Brooklyn to Harlem

Dapper Dan's, shows at the Apollo

Harlem days, summertime is my rhyme ya follow

And through the pain, we held on

With more to obtain, more to gain 

Ya can't dwell on bad vibes and sad lives we encountered

Take care of self and family, that's what it amounts to

Inhale so you could feel this realness

In New York sound, down with more cats than Felix

Steal this?  Yeah, some they may wanna

You can't duplicate the great, I make it warmer

Just like the Harlem world streets we all knew

We coming up this time, we all flow, we all glow

Each one's gotta shing, a better life

That's what each one's gotta find



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