[ti:On My Way To Harlem (LP版)] [ar:Coolio] [al:It Takes a Thief] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]On My Way To Harlem (LP版) - Coolio [00:10.44]I know a place where the trees don't grow [00:12.97]Just another place where n**gaz live low [00:15.45]I know a place where life is f**ked up [00:18.02]Make a wrong move and your a** get stuck up [00:20.57]Time ain't nothin but a frame of mind [00:22.97]And life is like a mountain or a steep a** climb [00:25.61]I've been lookin for a place to leave [00:28.09]The only free place is inside of me [00:30.57]So let's take a trip and you don't need a grip [00:32.92]But you better be equipped 'cause it might be some sh*t [00:35.87]African American nothin but a n**ga [00:38.08]Had our fingers on the trigger but I pulled mine quicker [00:40.91]I know a place where there ain't no calm and [00:43.35]You better stay away if you're soft like Charmin [00:45.65]South Central Los Angeles [00:47.32]Watts and Compton [00:48.39]A n**ga on the west coast on his way to Harlem [01:11.42]Now it's time to step into the light [01:13.60]Light [01:14.06]Put up your dukes there's gonna be a fight [01:16.16]Fight [01:16.41]And when it's time to fight [01:17.43]You better fight right [01:18.60]'Cause if it don't fight right [01:20.13]Out goes the light [01:21.57]Take a close look at what I'm freakin on [01:24.18]Niggaz think I'm tweekin [01:25.08]But I'm speakin on [01:26.61]Subject matter data [01:28.66]Information that I gather [01:30.15]Through my travels [01:31.47]'Cause the hardest of the hard [01:32.70]Hit hardcore killer [01:34.30]Can't stop the slug of a nine millimeter [01:36.58]Everybody thinks they know [01:37.87]But they know not [01:39.08]If they haven't caught [01:39.92]A cap on the block [01:41.56]So shine up your boots and pick up the pieces [01:44.14]Grab a fresh pair of khakis [01:45.44]With the sharp a** creases [01:47.01]Ring the alarm here comes the storm [01:49.49]I got a firearm on my way to Harlem [02:12.50]I know a place where the sun don't shine [02:14.71]Everybody is a victim of neighborhood crime [02:17.56]I know a place where niggaz walk the line [02:20.10]One false step and they must do time [02:22.39]Since I'm in the same boat [02:23.79]I must stay afloat [02:25.05]And sing every note [02:26.13]From the quotes that they wrote [02:27.50]So I look into the past [02:28.53]And walk the path of the greats [02:29.81]So I won't make the same mistakes [02:31.17]That sealed my ancestors fates [02:32.40]If I had to be a slave [02:33.60]I'd rather be in my grave [02:35.31]If I get in how many lives could I save [02:37.93]One two three [02:39.11]A hundred [02:39.74]A thousand [02:40.35]My heart is poundin the devil keeps soundin [02:42.83]But he don't want my money he wants my soul [02:45.15]So I reach like a tree and like a ** I grow [02:47.94]My stomach is full [02:49.05]But my mind is starvin [02:50.59]Rollin in a G ride on my way to Harlem