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
Theres trouble in the dark
Look out
The trail of the shark
In New York yeah yeah
Oh look out
They know all the tricks
Look out
Better make it quick
You hear them laughing
Right behind you
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Harlem desire
Let our children play with toys
n no more guns for little boys
This is my harlem desire
Just one night of peaceful sleep
And no more fighting in the streets
Ha ha ha ha Harlem
In ha ha ha ha Harlem
Candys kinda neat
But Sugar Hill is bitter sweet
In New York yeah yeah
So you cry out n never leave
cause Harlem roads a oneway street
In New York yeah yeah
Oh look out
Theres trouble in the dark
Look out
The trail of the shark
In New York yeah yeah
Oh look out
They know all the tricks
Look out
Better make it quick
You hear them laughing
Right behind you
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
Harlem desire
Just one night of peaceful sleep
And no more fighting in the streets
This is my harlem desire
Close this crazy matters down
And build a better part of town
Ha ha ha ha Harlem
In ha ha ha ha Harlem