"Up In The Streets Of Harlem" lyrics

Up in the streets of Harlem
110th and Park
That's where my baby waits for me
There, in the dark

And I'm goin', goin', goin', goin, goin'
Gonna tell her tonight

Oh, baby, don't wait for me, I've got to go now
Baby, don't you see we've got to show now
That this world is much too slow now?

Up in the streets of Harlem (Harlem)
125th
They say we always swing there
What a lie, what a myth

And I'm goin', goin', goin', goin, goin'
Gonna tell her tonight

Oh, baby, don't turn your back on me; I'm leavin'
I've got to fight for what I believe in
Don't want no more of hate and grievin'

You know that I love you
But I'm goin' away
From the streets, the streets of Harlem
From the streets, the streets of Harlem

Up in the streets of Harlem (Harlem)
The tenements and the dirt
I see my baby's face there
Full of shame, full of hurt

And I'm goin', goin', goin', goin, goin'
Gonna tell her tonight

Oh, baby, please let me go, my friends are dyin'
I can't sleep 'cause I know they're tryin'
To keep the little ones from cryin'

In the streets, the streets of Harlem
In the streets, the streets of Harlem
In the streets, the streets of Harlem
In the streets, the streets of Harlem