I seen Jesus in Harlem (Joy to the World)

What!

I seen Jesus in Harlem

Yes!

The Son of the Father

Walkin down 125th and Saint Nic

Floating on Desperate prayers and soul claps

The Son of Man Had rust colored dreads

And a triple black leather trenchcoat

Performing major miracles 

Turning water into pinot grigio

Inside a feast for the forgotten

Made a blind man see the error in his ways

Uptown Jesus versus

Downtown Judas

A night light living in dark rooms

Calling down evil upon

The proverty pimps

Political simps

And cash cows slaughterd for the few

Blessing the Damned

The Doomed

The Defeated

Jesus died in the book

He was resurrected in Harlem

Down the street from hoodlums

A prophet of rubble and renewal

A king dwells with the incarcerated

A king dwells with hated

I seen Jesus in Harlem

Joy to the world...