Harlem Lyrics - Ian Moore

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 doing 

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 just listen closer 

We might just get along 

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 

An' how the signal's 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 so peculiar 

When you're the one in need 

Now you're talking, saying 

Now it's me verses him 

Well, I don't pick the sides 

And I don't wanna win 

So don't call my number 

And ask to fall in line 

When you don't have solutions 

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 

Riding through in 

Riding through in a bulletproof car 

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