now i just 
i just got home 
one evening 
and i um 
i was just walking home 
and it was really horrible 
snowing 
cause I lived on riverside drive 
in harlem 
in harlem 
in harlem 
i had this dream to [bad word] a dancer 
in harlem 
and nobody was there and nobody was nowhere 
it was really horrible 
snowing 
in harlem 
in harlem  [bad word] to my flat 
and [bad word] phrase that may or may not be essential for the understanding of the song] 
and all of a sudden 
somebody points a knife at my throat 
and then it was like ‘whoops’ 
i had only fifty dollars to survive because I was so poor 
in harlem 
in harlem 
i was just actually like thinking about my fifty dollars 
all i had to survive 
in harlem 
in harlem 
and then [another [bad word] phrase that may or may not be essential for the understanding of the song]  [bad word] you