Harlem Lyrics

Riding through Harlem in my
Bulletproof car
Inside a glass shell you say
Keeps us from harm
My music's playing loudly
And people gather 'round
They wonder what we're doin'
In their part of town
I try to reach out, reach out
And touch my brother's hand
Walls are too thick Lord it just
Makes him mad
Everybody's yelling
There must be something wrong
If we'd just listen closer
We might just get along

So wake me from my sleep now
Take me from my dream
Don't leave me here in Harlem
You made the streets so mean
This ain't no revolution
This ain't no civil war
Riding through Harlem in my
Bulletproof car

Now the signals changing
They change from green to red
I see a confrontation
It's lying dead ahead
It all seems so familiar
Part of an endless scene
You find it's so peculiar
When you're the one in need
Now you're talking, saying
Now it's me versus him
But I don't pick the sides and
I don't want to win
So don't call my number
And ask to fall in line
When you don't have solutions
And you've run out of time

Wake me from my sleep now
Take me from my dream
I'll take you down to Harlem
You'll see just what I mean
This ain't no revolution
This ain't no civil war
Riding through Harlem in my
Bulletproof car

Wake me from my sleep now
Take me from my dream
Don't leave me here in Harlem
You made the streets so mean
This ain't no revolution
This ain't no civil war
Riding through Harlem gotta do it in a
Gotta do it in a bulletproof car
Wake me from my sleep now
Take me from my dream
I'll take you down to Harlem
Don't you see what I mean
This ain't no revolution
This ain't no civil war
Riding through Harlem in my
Bulletproof car