[Intro: Puff Daddy]
Hmm, yeah
The year is 1997
The place: New York, New York, big city of dreams
Harlem U.S.A., hundred and tenth street, 1-25th, 8th Avenue
7th Avenue, Lenox, Polo Grounds
Hundred 45th street,Hundred 12th street, Hun' 35th street
This is the birthplace, of that n***a, they call Mase
This is where he resides at
This is his world
Harlem World
And this is his story
A story of... life, death, sex, drugs, happiness, jealousy, envy, reality
This is his world... Harlem World...
Harlem World...
Harlem World...