New York
can take your life
Big Apple makes you
pay the price
in New York
Yeah yeah
Walk down the avenue
Might as well
be on the moon
in New York
Yeah yeah
Oh look out
There's trouble in the dark
Look out
The trail of a shark
in New York
Yeah yeah
Oh look out
They know all the tricks
Look out
Better make it quick
You hear them laughin'
right behind you
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Harlem desire
Let our children
play with toys
and no more guns
for little boys
This is my
Harlem desire
Just one night
of peaceful sleep
and no more fightin'
in the streets
Yeah
Ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
Candy's kinda neat
but Sugar Hill
is bittersweet
in New York
Yeah yeah
So you cry out
and never leave
but Harlem Road's
a one way street
in New York
Yeah yeah
Oh look out
There's trouble in the dark
Look out
The trail of a shark
in New York
Yeah yeah
Oh look out
They know all the tricks
Look out
Better make it quick
You hear them laughin'
right behind you
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Harlem desire
Just one night
of peaceful sleep
and no more fightin'
in the streets
This is my
Harlem desire
Close this crazy
madhouse down
and build a
better part of town
Yeah
Ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Harlem desire
Let our children
play with toys
and no more guns
for little boys
This is my
Harlem desire
Just one night of
peaceful sleep
and no more fightin'
in the streets
Yeah
Ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem
Ha ha ha ha Harlem
in ha ha ha ha Harlem