Fugeesare an American music group, popular during the mid-1990s, whose repertoire includes primarily hip hop, with elements of soul, and Caribbean music (particularly reggae). The members of the group are leader/rapper/producer Wyclef Jean, rapper/singer Lauryn Hill, and rapper PrasMichel. Both Jean and Michel are of Haitian heritage; Hill is an African American native of South Orange, New Jersey. Deriving their name from the term "refugee", the group is noted for the integration of soul and reggae into their work, and recorded three albums (Blunted on Reality, The Score and Bootleg Versions) —one of which, The Score, was a multi-platinum and Grammy-winning success—before going their separate ways after 1997. Hill and Jean each went on to successful solo recording careers, while Michel focused mainly on soundtrack recordings and acting.
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Some Seek Stardom Lyrics
Fugees
[lauryn hill]
Ahhhhhh!
Check the crippled man, sittin in the church
My conscience hurts, flesh like me hits the dirt
Shes paralyzed from her feet to her thighs
And the man who pulled the trigger didnt even lose his necktie
Hi/i check jimmy cuttin hair at the barbershop
He plays the bass guitar, like david plays the harp
His knowledge name is greek, cause whenever he speaks
Hes got the wisdom of king solomon bags in his eyes from no sleep
Sometimes he thought of the fame in madison square garden
So some seek stardom, but they forget harlem
But seeking first of all the kingdom of God is what my pops told me
So if I fall, could the choir catch me
I flew away, on a mountain, got tempted by satan
Got bitten by a cobra, but the lord took my venom
So whos side am I on? Im on the righteous
Always check the lyrics, no time to contradict
Chorus:
Some seek stardom, then they forget harlem (3x)
They/brothers/sisters/families/people/we/brothers
Keep their pockets full, but their souls run empty
Well aiyyo family I beseech you, in the hopes that I may reach you
My mother taught me one day that this mid-day would come someday
Born to talk that jive, with peaky hair grown wild
And teachers disliked me, cause I knew where my culture be
So now yeah mom I read history, I cant neglect my passion see
Rock its kind of new to me, cause my true love was poetry
White was good and bad was black but black was just a massa lackey
Built for that b. nimble jack and Id like to save you from the wicked
D-dog clear I wouldnt be wet
The black to mourn, tomorrows death
The evil things, glad that i, while angels wrote this violence why?
Help me make me comprehend my black bezerk and why cast it
Time to blaze the angels nappy heads are braided that you make me
See whats hard for me that dont make you flee
When I enter your vicinity, you see my God aint never after me
So yo I be wised up with greek
To go and be, the last and good and see whats wrong with me
And through your insecurity of me and my ability
So bredren wont you let me be or has thou asked to much from thy
To tell the truth and not to lie? oh my...
Chorus 2x
But as I grew, I knew cause the master told me
From a baby to a woman from a woman to a baby
Life is so short, hardcore becomes hard-corpse
Step in a coffin where the moneys no longer the source
*singing*
There we go, there we go, there we go
I got mine now wont you get yours, we never open doors
So we neglect, and dont protect the ones thats not
People never really seem to care
And then they cry out, my people! why arent we treated equal?
As we flee, we flee our own communities
We leave our family in poverty
And then we blame it on another, so family please recover
Oh cmon please come now with you can come with me now and blow now
If you want to, were through...
Chorus 4x