[Guru]
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In the big apple, scars embedded like tattoos
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Ghetto love, protection from what's coming at you
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Keeping our heads up, maintaining self esteem
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And reminiscing on the Harlem Nights scene
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We used to party all night
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We used to hang out all night like it was all right
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Hoping we all might make it through
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Doin what it takes to do to keep it true
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[Luther]
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I like to reminisce about that night we kissed
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It was somewhere in Harlem
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The nights were hot and bright
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You could treat your honey right
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Cuz Sylvia's would burn all night
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[1:]
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Remember the times we struggled and still held on
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Remember the Nights in Harlem
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Remember the times that we would dance all night long
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Remember the Nights in Harlem
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Big sister had a group
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And they'd sit out on the stoop
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And Lordy could they harmonize (Oh yeah)
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My cousin Joe could blow
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Just like the radio
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And he used to drove them "B" girls wild
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[Repeat 1]
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[Repeat 1]
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[Guru]
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Hey, yo, the blocks are hot
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Uptown you know the spots
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Night life where this playa's game is quite tight
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One two five where my name's inscribed
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Sparkin' trees, avoiding felonies, keepin' it love
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Headed for them riches, straight to stardom
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Can't forget the struggle, all Brooklyn to Harlem
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Dapper Dan's, shows at the Apollo
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Harlem days, summertime is my rhyme ya follow
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And through the pain, we held on
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With more to obtain, more to gain
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Ya can't dwell on bad vibes and sad lives we encountered
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Take care of self and family, that's what it amounts to
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Inhale so you could feel this realness
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In New York sound, down with more cats than Felix
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Steal this? Yeah, some they may wanna
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You can't duplicate the great, I make it warmer
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Just like the Harlem world streets we all knew
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We coming up this time, we all flow, we all glow
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Each one's gotta shing, a better life
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That's what each one's gotta find
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[Repeat 1 until fade]
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Nights In Harlem (A Darkchild Extended Remix)
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| Luther Vandross |
