Womback states, “Because of how the situation was for black people in America at that time, there were a lot of struggle songs around. It seemed to be something that really moved the people around me. I felt the power of music to raise people up; to make them angry or proud.”. This song, and Womack, has a vision to highlight what Harlem was and may always be regardless of the movements it may undergo. In the song it notes,

Across 110th Street
Pimps trying to catch a woman that’s weak
Across 110th Street
Pushers won’t let the junkie go free
Across 110th Street
Woman trying to catch a trick on the street
Across 110th Street
You can find it all in the street

This form of visualization Womack provides is what many assume Harlem truly is.  With “Woman trying to catch a trick on the street”, Harlem is shone under a negative light, one that is engrained in American’s minds whether gentrification succeeds or not. Womack, however, accepts this image and embraces what it represents. He confirms that Harlem’s negatives exists and it shaped Harlem and its citizens in to what they are now.

The Weary Blues exposes another, more heart wrenching view on the people of Harlem. It states, “With his ebony hands on each ivory key. He made that poor piano moan with melody.” Hughes displays the extreme pain these people go through using a medium that captures their gloom well. With the melancholy sounds of Jazz, it gives Harlem a softer edge; that not every one is a criminal, but people in torment.