Nights in Harlem

There's a party in Harlem

C'mon

Uh, ya-yeah

Oh, yeah

Uh-uh-uh, yeah, yeah, wassup

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

'Cause Sylvia's would burn all night

The people there were really somethin'

You know that's right

The music always kept us jumpin'

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

(Ooh)

There ain't nothin' like the nights in Harlem

Ooh

They really shake the funk up there

Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Tonight, I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

Yeah

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-dancin'

Ooh, she gonna break somethin'

She really turned the volume up

Ooh, yeah

Like the way they do it up in Harlem

When there's a party up in Harlem

That's what it's all about

(Ooh)

Ain't nothin' like them nights in Harlem

Yeah

They never fake the funk up there

Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

I met my cherie amour in Harlem

Ooh, yeah-yeah

Tonight I'm gonna take her

Back to Apollo

There's a party in Harlem

Yeah

They say that all the stars will be there

Ooh, yeah

Everyone is goin' to Harlem

Harlem is a party that everybody's goin' to

Follow me visually, 'cause I usually be all around

Originally, everybody headed uptown

Finessing the fly way, you cruisin' 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 BMWs to my daddy's Cadillac

He had the sunroof top with the diamond in the back

Check the ambiance, the place a renaissance

Who frontin' nonchalant up in the restaurant?

What you really really want, we grabbin' by the clutch

Precise can flaunt with this and never too much

(Ooh)

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

Ooh

Nothin' like them nights in Harlem

Oh-no

They really shake the funk up there

Yeah-yeah-yeah-yeah

Shake the funk, yeah

Tonight, I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

Tonight, I'm gonna stomp, stomp, stomp

Yeah

I'm gonna take my baby

Back to the heart of Harlem

Yeah

Nights in Harlem

Let's go

Mm, yeah

They never fake the funk up there

No, no, no

I met my cherie amour in Harlem

Uh, yeah

Tonight I'm gonna take her

Back to the heart of Harlem

Come on

Nights in Harlem

Yeah

Let's go

Yeah-yeah

They don't let you fake the funk up there

Ah-na-na-na-na

Tonight, I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

Uh, yeah

Yeah-yeah-yeah

I'm gonna take my party there

Back to the heart of Harlem

To the heart

Nights in Harlem

Let's go

Oh, yeah-yeah

They really shake the funk up there

Really, really, really, really

Tonight, I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

Now, now, now

Oh, yeah

I'm gonna take my baby

Back to the heart of Harlem