《On My Way To Harlem》歌词

[00:00:00] On My Way To Harlem (LP版) - Coolio

[00:00:10] I know a place where the trees don't grow

[00:00:12] Just another place where n**gaz live low

[00:00:15] I know a place where life is f**ked up

[00:00:18] Make a wrong move and your a** get stuck up

[00:00:20] Time ain't nothin but a frame of mind

[00:00:22] And life is like a mountain or a steep a** climb

[00:00:25] I've been lookin for a place to leave

[00:00:28] The only free place is inside of me

[00:00:30] So let's take a trip and you don't need a grip

[00:00:32] But you better be equipped 'cause it might be some sh*t

[00:00:35] African American nothin but a n**ga

[00:00:38] Had our fingers on the trigger but I pulled mine quicker

[00:00:40] I know a place where there ain't no calm and

[00:00:43] You better stay away if you're soft like Charmin

[00:00:45] South Central Los Angeles

[00:00:47] Watts and Compton

[00:00:48] A n**ga on the west coast on his way to Harlem

[00:01:11] Now it's time to step into the light

[00:01:13] Light

[00:01:14] Put up your dukes there's gonna be a fight

[00:01:16] Fight

[00:01:16] And when it's time to fight

[00:01:17] You better fight right

[00:01:18] 'Cause if it don't fight right

[00:01:20] Out goes the light

[00:01:21] Take a close look at what I'm freakin on

[00:01:24] Niggaz think I'm tweekin

[00:01:25] But I'm speakin on

[00:01:26] Subject matter data

[00:01:28] Information that I gather

[00:01:30] Through my travels

[00:01:31] 'Cause the hardest of the hard

[00:01:32] Hit hardcore killer

[00:01:34] Can't stop the slug of a nine millimeter

[00:01:36] Everybody thinks they know

[00:01:37] But they know not

[00:01:39] If they haven't caught

[00:01:39] A cap on the block

[00:01:41] So shine up your boots and pick up the pieces

[00:01:44] Grab a fresh pair of khakis

[00:01:45] With the sharp a** creases

[00:01:47] Ring the alarm here comes the storm

[00:01:49] I got a firearm on my way to Harlem

[00:02:12] I know a place where the sun don't shine

[00:02:14] Everybody is a victim of neighborhood crime

[00:02:17] I know a place where niggaz walk the line

[00:02:20] One false step and they must do time

[00:02:22] Since I'm in the same boat

[00:02:23] I must stay afloat

[00:02:25] And sing every note

[00:02:26] From the quotes that they wrote

[00:02:27] So I look into the past

[00:02:28] And walk the path of the greats

[00:02:29] So I won't make the same mistakes

[00:02:31] That sealed my ancestors fates

[00:02:32] If I had to be a slave

[00:02:33] I'd rather be in my grave

[00:02:35] If I get in how many lives could I save

[00:02:37] One two three

[00:02:39] A hundred

[00:02:39] A thousand

[00:02:40] My heart is poundin the devil keeps soundin

[00:02:42] But he don't want my money he wants my soul

[00:02:45] So I reach like a tree and like a weed I grow

[00:02:47] My stomach is full

[00:02:49] But my mind is starvin

[00:02:50] Rollin in a G ride on my way to Harlem