| 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 | 
| 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 |