Kurtis Blow — One-Two-Five Main Street Harlem USA

Come with me and let's take a trip Where the scene is tough and the folks are hip I can't tell a lie cause it ain't no myth I'm talking about a Hundred Twenty Fifth Foxy ladies everywhere Skin tight jeans and jazzy hair Clothes for the body, shoes for the feet And lots of tasty things to eat A Hundred and Twenty Fifth Street The people and the concrete The hottest spot to work and play Main Street, Harlem, USA! Original paintings on the walls Music stores and bingo halls Apollo's gone, but that's OK There's lots of music anyway The Baby Grand is still going strong Celebrity Club rocks all night long Sikulu Records is on the case And Bobby's chillin' out in the same old place Lots of folks have passed this way Malcolm X and Billie Holiday Fidel Castro, The Commodores Heads of State and troubadours The Count, The Duke, The Pres, The Bird Have bought music and that's my word Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder Have all come for Harlem's thunder Marcus Garvey and JFK Meadowlark Lemon and Doctor J And Doctor Martin Luther King All came to Harlem to do their thing Louis, Jack Johnson and Ali The heavyweight to name but three Bill Bojangles and James Brown Spent their time in Harlem Town Con-men, poets, saints and sinners Three time losers and all time winners Politicians, fools and sages Enough to fill a million pages So take the trip and come alive The A train stops at One-Twenty-Five Where I was born one August day On Main Street, Harlem, USA