Nights In Harlem

There's a party in Harlem, come on I like to reminisce about that night we kissed It was somewhere one night in Harlem The nights were hot and bright You could treat your honey right Cuz Sylvia's would burn all night The people there were really something (You know that's right) The music always kept us jumping And it used to knock me down When Smokey came to town (And the miracles, please) My favorite song was "Tears Of A Clown", oh yeah There ain't nothing like them nights in Harlem They really shake the funk up there Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem And I'm gonna take my baby back To the heart of Harlem Big sister had a group And they'd sit out on the stoop And Lordy could they harmonize (Oh yeah) My cousin Joe could blow Just like the radio And he used to drove them "B" girls wild But when grandma started happy dancing (Oh, she gon' break somethin') She really turned the mother out I like the way they do it up in Harlem When there's a party up in Harlem That's what it's all about Ain't nothing like them nights in Harlem They never fake the funk up there I met my Cherie Amour in Harlem And tonight I'm gonna take her back to the 'pollo There's a party in Harlem They say that all the stars will be there Everyone is going to Harlem Harlem is a party and everybody's going there [Precise] Follow me visually, cuz I usually be all around Originallly everybody headed uptown Finessing the fly way you crisin in your car On the West Side to the highway, East Side D-R And yes, we are about to set it Forget it, I thought you knew The Apollo is where I had to go with my crew From BMW's to my daddy's Cadillac He had the sunroof top wit the diamond in the back Check the ambiance, the place a renaissance Who frontin' nonchallant up in the restaurant What you really really want, we grabbin by the clutch Precise can flaunt with this and never too much It's such a love flow, high but natural The thug's a no-show, and drugs a no-no The only thing that they was shootin' was pool While Harlem nights was right, the party was cool Nothing like them nights in Harlem They really shake the funk up there Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem I'm gonna take my baby back to the heart of Harlem Nights in Harlem They never fake the funk up there I met my Cherie Amour in Harlem Back to the Harlem Apollo Nights in Harlem They don't let you fake the funk up there Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem I'm gonna take my honey Back to the Harlem Apollow Nights in Harlem They really shake the funk up there Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem I'm gonna take my baby Back to the Harlem Apollo