[Chorus]

Ain't it hell?

Said ain't it hell

Hell up in Harlem? (Harlem, hell up in Harlem)

Yeah, oh yeah

Ain't it hell (Ain't it hell)

I said, ain't it hell

Hell up in Harlem, oh? (Harlem, hell up in Harlem)

Oh

[Verse]

There are two million names

But few know the games

And those few decide who lives

And who's gonna die

[Bridge]

(Hell, up in Harlem) My lord, yeah

Wheelin', dealin', pushin', hookin' night and day

(Ain't it hell up in Harlem?)

Cops and robbers, sometimes they all look the same, ow!

(Ain't it hеll (Hell) up in Harlem?)

Runnin', duckin', dodgin', tryin' to stay afloat

(Ain't it hell (Hеll) up in Harlem?)

(If you don't know what's up, then) You don't need to go

(Ain't it hell?)

[Chorus]

Oh, ain't it hell?

I said, ain't it hell?

Hell up in Harlem, oh (Harlem, hell up in Harlem)

(Ain't it hell)

If you don't live there, lawd, it's hell

Hell up in Harlem, yeah, yeah (Harlem, hell up in Harlem)

Oh

[Outro]

Ain't it hell?