There's a party in Harlem, come on



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

Cuz Sylvia's would burn all night



The people there were really something

(You know that's right)

The music always kept us jumping

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



There ain't nothing like them nights in Harlem

They really shake the funk up there

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

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 dancing

(Oh, she gon' break somethin')

She really turned the mother out

I like the way they do it up in Harlem

When there's a party up in Harlem

That's what it's all about



Ain't nothing like them nights in Harlem

They never fake the funk up there

I met my Cherie Amour in Harlem

And tonight I'm gonna take her back to the 'pollo



There's a party in Harlem

They say that all the stars will be there

Everyone is going to Harlem

Harlem is a party and everybody's going there



[Precise]

Follow me visually, cuz I usually be all around

Originallly everybody headed uptown

Finessing the fly way you crisin 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 BMW's to my daddy's Cadillac

He had the sunroof top wit the diamond in the back

Check the ambiance, the place a renaissance

Who frontin' nonchallant up in the restaurant

What you really really want, we grabbin by the clutch

Precise can flaunt with this and never too much

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 cool



Nothing like them nights in Harlem

They really shake the funk up there

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

I'm gonna take my baby back to the heart of Harlem



Nights in Harlem

They never fake the funk up there

I met my Cherie Amour in Harlem

Back to the Harlem Apollo



Nights in Harlem

They don't let you fake the funk up there

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

I'm gonna take my honey

Back to the Harlem Apollow



Nights in Harlem

They really shake the funk up there

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem

I'm gonna take my baby

Back to the Harlem Apollo