"Now normally I wouldn't do this..."
I've never seen one of these specific to Harlem before, so eh...
You Know you from HARLEM if you...
1) Know about the Rucker/Kingdome
2) A white tee, jeans, and AF1s or MJs is your usual outfit [not me, but I know a lot of fools who do]
3) Like the OLD MA$E
4) Wish that MA$E would have never got back on [I wish he'd've never got a deal at all]
5) Refer to 125th street as 2 fifth [furthermore, if you refer to everything above 110th by only the last two numbers (like 35th instead of 135th)]
6) Hate the express Mcdonalds on 2 fifth [most UNexpress thing of LIFE]
7) Used to work @the Mcdonalds on 2 fifth
8) Been to the apollo
9) Watch 106-n-park to see someone you know
10) Get a wash-n-set for 12$(ladies)
11) Know what:"thats crack!" means
12) Replaced the word"nigga" with "my dude"
13) You know someone you know went to IS 43/127
14) Go to 2 fifth to chill not shop
15) Remember when 2 fifth was a local spot and we didnt have a starbucks
16) Replaced the word "girlfriend" with "joint" [If I even hear someone refer to a woman as their "joint" I think I will go off]
17) Remember always saying "true story!"
18) Ever been down with crews like:MH,GFC,TBO,FSU
19) Chill on 145th
20) Ever had/went to a BBQ @ RIVER BANK
21) Have spanish friends who are hood [though wtf is "hood?"]
22) Know people who went to:Brandeis,Park-West,FDA,
Thurgood,Randolph,Choir Academy or Wadliegh
23) If you rep dipset/know dipset members
24) Own every pair of J's
25) Don't like going to Brooklyn
26) Ever chilled in: Polo Grounds, Drew, Foster or St.Nicholas projects[Munchie lives in Foster. I practically lived there in high school]
27) Know how to do the toe-whop/Al-b, Harlem Shake [wow, the Al B... memories...]
28) Know how to do the LEAN to "Gangsta Music"-Juelz Santana
29) Iron your white tee
30) Throw away your white tee after you wear it
31) Know drug dealers on your block and you think that they are actually decent people [lol@"actually decent people" as if they are all walking around with devil horns on their heads]
32) Ever brought something from pricemart
33) Were happy when they opened pathmark on 145th/125th [not quite happy, but yeah]
34) Look forward to the "black" parade
35) Wish they never closed HMV
36) Hate African hair braiders (of course i don't hate african hair braiders...but them knockin at the window chicks are annoying as hell) [<--- what Ice said]
I would add
-You use "yo" almost as much as you use "the,"
-You look forward to Harlem week (actually,,, do they still do Harlem Week?)
-You've gotten into a "Harlem vs. Brooklyn" argument with someone from BK
-You refused to date someone from BK or Queens because they lived "too far."
-You used to randomly yell out "Aaaaaaa-yoo" to see who would say "aight" back.
You Know you from HARLEM if you...
1) Know about the Rucker/Kingdome
2) A white tee, jeans, and AF1s or MJs is your usual outfit [not me, but I know a lot of fools who do]
3) Like the OLD MA$E
4) Wish that MA$E would have never got back on [I wish he'd've never got a deal at all]
5) Refer to 125th street as 2 fifth [furthermore, if you refer to everything above 110th by only the last two numbers (like 35th instead of 135th)]
6) Hate the express Mcdonalds on 2 fifth [most UNexpress thing of LIFE]
7) Used to work @the Mcdonalds on 2 fifth
8) Been to the apollo
9) Watch 106-n-park to see someone you know
10) Get a wash-n-set for 12$(ladies)
11) Know what:"thats crack!" means
12) Replaced the word"nigga" with "my dude"
13) You know someone you know went to IS 43/127
14) Go to 2 fifth to chill not shop
15) Remember when 2 fifth was a local spot and we didnt have a starbucks
16) Replaced the word "girlfriend" with "joint" [If I even hear someone refer to a woman as their "joint" I think I will go off]
17) Remember always saying "true story!"
18) Ever been down with crews like:MH,GFC,TBO,FSU
19) Chill on 145th
20) Ever had/went to a BBQ @ RIVER BANK
21) Have spanish friends who are hood [though wtf is "hood?"]
22) Know people who went to:Brandeis,Park-West,FDA,
Thurgood,Randolph,Choir Academy or Wadliegh
23) If you rep dipset/know dipset members
24) Own every pair of J's
25) Don't like going to Brooklyn
26) Ever chilled in: Polo Grounds, Drew, Foster or St.Nicholas projects[Munchie lives in Foster. I practically lived there in high school]
27) Know how to do the toe-whop/Al-b, Harlem Shake [wow, the Al B... memories...]
28) Know how to do the LEAN to "Gangsta Music"-Juelz Santana
29) Iron your white tee
30) Throw away your white tee after you wear it
31) Know drug dealers on your block and you think that they are actually decent people [lol@"actually decent people" as if they are all walking around with devil horns on their heads]
32) Ever brought something from pricemart
33) Were happy when they opened pathmark on 145th/125th [not quite happy, but yeah]
34) Look forward to the "black" parade
35) Wish they never closed HMV
36) Hate African hair braiders (of course i don't hate african hair braiders...but them knockin at the window chicks are annoying as hell) [<--- what Ice said]
I would add
-You use "yo" almost as much as you use "the,"
-You look forward to Harlem week (actually,,, do they still do Harlem Week?)
-You've gotten into a "Harlem vs. Brooklyn" argument with someone from BK
-You refused to date someone from BK or Queens because they lived "too far."
-You used to randomly yell out "Aaaaaaa-yoo" to see who would say "aight" back.