Kingdom

[00:03.32] Facts, from the 'Raq
[00:12.58] Yuh
[00:14.04] Port-au-Prince is a kingdom, Kingston is a kingdom
[00:17.37] New Orleans is a kingdom, South Central is a kingdom
[00:21.07] Freedom, free men are freedom
[00:23.94] Black life is a kingdom, why kill yourself for no reason for
[00:28.85] (Facts from the rack!) Why kill yourself for no reason for
[00:36.54] (Yuh) Chat to dem with no meaning for
[00:42.02] Hold the sword like a hand should
[00:43.85] Write your passions into manhood
[00:45.36] Heightened malice in the land, look
[00:47.52] Like the lights of havoc do no damn good
[00:48.86] Half sleep from being overpreached
[00:50.62] The other half sleep 'cause the xan good
[00:52.58] A chief would take his hand like a thief
[00:54.45] And make him stand like a man would
[00:56.24] In the face of an ambush
[00:57.92] To the back of they attack
[00:59.67] Front of they frontline, out the plane
[01:01.26] With no parachutes in they backpacks
[01:03.59] Choppin' weed, and droppin' seeds
[01:05.04] Them flowers grow where they land at
[01:06.69] Properties on top of these
[01:08.58] To make power flow from they handclaps
[01:10.44] Suicide, it's suicide
[01:12.34] You and I wouldn't do divide
[01:13.82] Who arrived to see you survive, it means
[01:15.76] Two would die to make you alive, it means
[01:17.75] You should write for the two that died, it means
[01:19.35] You arrived with the youth inside, you're king
[01:21.77] You align with the truth inside of things
[01:22.92] Wise to the lies that the youth provide and bring
[01:24.43] War
[01:25.43] Does the king make a kingdom?
[01:27.25] Or the kingdom make the king?
[01:28.41] Is it free when it's freedom?
[01:30.23] Or being dumb being free?
[01:31.68] Does the king make a kingdom?
[01:33.74] Or the kingdom make the king?
[01:35.46] Is it free when it's freedom?
[01:37.27] Or being dumb being free?
[01:39.04] Port-au-Prince is a kingdom, Kingston is a kingdom
[01:41.55] New Orleans is a kingdom, South Central is a kingdom, yuh
[01:46.25] Freedom, free men are freedom
[01:48.74] Black life is a kingdom, why kill yourself for no reason for
[01:52.87] (Babylon, ayy)
[01:56.34] Why kill yourself for no reason, fam
[01:58.01] (Babylon, ayy)
[02:03.56] (Yuh) Chat to dem with no meaning, fam
[02:06.28] Well if man was meant to fly, Jah woulda made us all with wings
[02:09.95] Well he made us all with crowns, that mean seh every man a king
[02:13.44] Your mind it is your castle, mind can govern how you think
[02:16.85] The ghetto is a kingdom, cure not all the gully stink
[02:20.64] No one can change mi mind, no I am thoroughly convinced
[02:23.82] My woman is a queen that bring forth more princess and prince
[02:27.31] And if you add up the equation it must mean I'm royal since
[02:30.85] Everyone in my surroundings is of royal heritage
[02:34.50] Not everyone of royal blood dress up in a mink
[02:38.46] Whole heap of king and queen with dem roof make out of zinc
[02:41.81] So Jah bless the baby mother washing nappy in a sink
[02:45.28] And ah raise the generation weh ah take it to the brink
[02:48.83] Does the king make a kingdom?
[02:50.33] Or does a kingdom make a king?
[02:52.04] This hidden empire of kings and queens, that no one's noticing
[02:56.12] Does a king make a kingdom?
[02:57.44] Or does a kingdom make a king?
[02:59.12] This hidden empire of kings and queens, that no one's noticing
[03:03.05] Port-au-Prince is a kingdom, Kingston is a kingdom
[03:06.63] New Orleans is a kingdom, South Central is a kingdom, yuh
[03:11.04] Freedom, free men are freedom
[03:13.87] Black life is a kingdom, why kill yourself for no reason for
[03:18.66] (Babylon, ain't no king)
[03:22.56] Why kill yourself for no reason for
[03:25.78] (Babylon, ain't no king)
[03:29.77] (Yuh) Chat to dem with no meaning for
[03:36.15] Chat to dem with no meaning for
[03:44.86] Only fools would run from a dead man
[03:46.77] My mind is an excellent weapon
[03:48.75] I will not die for a label, let's come to the table
[03:50.55] And put together all our blessings
[03:52.46] Our blessings religious, our blessings ability
[03:54.24] Our blessings materially, identify enemy
[03:56.13] Disconnect from the mentally
[03:57.38] Put all of our energy into the kingdom
[04:00.77] Back to the front on my way now
[04:03.43] God has to show you your way 'round
[04:04.87] Tired, I watch while you lay down
[04:06.66] You lie while I sleep and you are out like aleag
[04:08.44] Take a part of my piece and inherit the heritage
[04:10.64] We're not American dreamin'
[04:12.04] We're realizing a kingdom
[04:13.82] Only fools would run from a dead man
[04:15.78] My mind is an excellent weapon
[04:17.24] I will not die for a label, let's come to the table
[04:19.03] And put together all our blessings
[04:20.63] Our blessings religious, our blessings ability
[04:22.47] Our blessings materially, identify enemy
[04:24.14] Disconnect from the mentally
[04:25.68] Put all of our energy into the kingdom
[04:29.57] Back to the front on my way now
[04:31.69] God has to show you your way 'round
[04:33.37] Tired, I watch while you lay down
[04:35.22] You lie while I sleep and you are out like a leaf
[04:36.84] Take a part of my piece and inherit the heritage
[04:38.67] We're not American dreamin'
[04:40.56] We're realizing a kingdom
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