Luther Vandross (featuring Guru) - Nights In Harlem (Remix) lyrics

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There's a party in Harlem, come on<br />

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I like to reminisce about that night we kissed<br />

It was somewhere one night in Harlem<br />

The nights were hot and bright<br />

You could treat your honey right<br />

'Cuz Sylvia's would burn all night<br />

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The people there were really something<br />

(You know that's right)<br />

The music always kept us jumping<br />

And it used to knock me down<br />

When Smokey came to town<br />

And the miracles, please<br />

(My favorite song was 'Tears Of A Clown', oh yeah)<br />

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There ain't nothing like them nights in Harlem<br />

They really shake the funk up there<br />

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem<br />

And I'm gonna take my baby back<br />

To the heart of Harlem<br />

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Big sister had a group<br />

And they'd sit out on the stoop<br />

And Lordy could they harmonize, oh yeah<br />

My cousin Joe could blow just like the radio<br />

And he used to drive them 'B' girls wild<br />

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But when grandma started happy dancing<br />

(Oh, she gon' break somethin')<br />

She really turned the mother out<br />

I like the way they do it up in Harlem<br />

When there's a party up in Harlem<br />

That's what it's all about<br />

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Ain't nothing like them nights in Harlem<br />

They never fake the funk up there<br />

I met my Cherie Amour in Harlem<br />

Tonight I'm gonna take her back to the Apollo<br />

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There's a party in Harlem<br />

They say that all the stars will be there<br />

Everyone is going to Harlem<br />

Harlem is a party and everybody's going there<br />

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Follow me visually 'cuz I usually be all around<br />

Originally everybody headed uptown<br />

Finessing the fly, way you cruisin' in your car<br />

On the West Side to the highway, East Side D R<br />

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And yes, we are about to set it<br />

Forget it, I thought you knew<br />

The Apollo is where I had to go with my crew<br />

From BMW's to my daddy's Cadillac<br />

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He had the sunroof top wit the diamond in the back<br />

Check the ambiance, the place a renaissance<br />

Who frontin' nonchalant up in the restaurant<br />

What you really, really want, we grabbin' by the clutch<br />

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Precise can flaunt with this and never too much<br />

It's such a love flow, high but natural<br />

The thug's a no-show and drugs a no, no<br />

The only thing that they was shootin' was pool<br />

While Harlem nights was right, the party was cool<br />

<br />

Nothing like them nights in Harlem<br />

They really shake the funk up there<br />

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem<br />

I'm gonna take my baby back to the heart of Harlem<br />

<br />

Nights in Harlem<br />

They never fake the funk up there<br />

I met my Cherie Amour in Harlem<br />

Tonight I'm gonna take her back to the Harlem Apollo<br />

<br />

Nights in Harlem<br />

They don't let you fake the funk up there<br />

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem<br />

I'm gonna take my honey<br />

Back to the heart of Harlem<br />

<br />

Nights in Harlem<br />

They really shake the funk up there<br />

Tonight I'm gonna stomp in Harlem<br />

I'm gonna take my baby<br />

Back to the heart of Harlem