Alvin Lewis - Some Seek Stardom lyrics

[Verse 1: Lauryn Hill] AhhhhhH! 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 left eye. Hi/I check Jimmy cuttin hair at the barbershop He plays the ba** 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 "Seek ye, 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 [Hook:] Some seek stardom, then they forget Harlem (3X) They/brothers/sisters/families/people/we/brothers Keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty [Verse 2: Lauryn Hill] Well aiyyo family I beseech you, in the hopes that I may reach you My mother taught me one day that Judgment Day would come someday Born a dark black child, with kinky hair grown wise And teachers disliked me, cause I knew where my culture be So now yeah mom I read history, I can't neglect my pa**ion, see Rockin's kind of new to me, cause my true love was poetry White was good and bad was black but black was just a ma**a 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 d**h 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 wrong with me that don't make you flee When I enter your vicinity You see my God ain't never asked of me So yo I be wised up with Greek To go and be But at last 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 has thou asked too much from thy To tell the truth and not to lie? Oh my... [Hook 2X] [Verse 3: Lauryn Hill] 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 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 ones that's left 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... [Hook 4X]