Harlem

Riding through Harlem

In my bulletproof car

Inside a glass shell you say

Keeps us from harmMy music's playing loudly

And people gather round

They wonder what we're doing

In their part of townI try to reach out, reach out

And touch my brother's hand

Walls are too thick, Lord

It just makes him madEverybody's yelling

There must be something wrong

If we just listen closer

We might just get alongWake me from my sleep now

Take me from my dream

Don't leave me here in Harlem

You made the streets so meanThis ain't no revolution

This ain't no civil war

Riding through Harlem

In my bulletproof carAn how the signal's changing

They change from green to red

I see a confrontation

It's lying dead aheadIt all seems so familiar

Part of an endless scene

You find it so peculiar

When you're the one in needNow you're talking, saying

Now it's me verses him

Well, I don't pick the sides

And I don't wanna winSo don't call my number

And ask to fall in line

When you don't have solutions

You've run out of timeWake me from my sleep now

Take me from my dream

Ill take you down to Harlem

Youll see just what I meanThis ain't no revolution

This ain't no civil war

Riding through Harlem

In my bulletproof carWake me from my sleep now

Take me from my dream

Don't leave me here in Harlem

You made the streets so meanThis ain't no revolution

This ain't no civil war

Riding through Harlem

Riding through in

Riding through in a bulletproof carWake me from my sleep now

Take me from my dream

Ill take you down to Harlem

Youll see just what I meanThis ain't no revolution

This ain't no civil war

Riding through Harlem

In my bulletproof car