Crown

Hey, hey you there
Where's your crown?
You didn't leave the house without your crown did you?
Just as sure as the earth is round we bounce back up when they throw us down
So don't forget your crown
And hold your head high, like you caught a glimpse of
God through the clouds and you stuck in awe
Don't worry we got y'all
Mind and body, body and mind, tell 'em homies
The world is bigger than your street and mine and that colour and this
And every shade of our skin is rich
Knowing your future depends on our involvement
So, block boys, block boys, it's in our hands more than Parliament
The gun can kill or the gun can save, rather congratulate a stage than carry him to a grave
That's responsibility, my brother's keeper, my sister's big sister
Life full of limits we just gotta add a little sugar to, to those sweet dreams
You can be anything, go further than me, be better than him, climb higher than her
And never ever let em knock your crown, that's my word
All hands on deck
Making queens and kings of all cards we delt
Jam, Roc Nation
Let's go

I lied to momma one time when I was eleven
Riding in the car she told me "Summer won't forget it
Truth 'gon chase the light no matter what night that you set it"
It make me feel so low she peeled my feelings back like lettuce
With no salad told me save all of the carriage for the ballads
Now I'm dropping jewels as if we gave up on the marriage
I know it's hard to handle we ain't came here in no carriage
The hood is for the rain and where they throw us is the barracks
Where we learn to master beats without a panther or a ferret
It came out in the '80s same as me I was a baby
And what I learned 'bout life is: Lord is sure is not the fairest
If your skin ain't as fair as all the Beckys, Tiffanys, and Sarahs
Black don't crack, Obama ain't flinch
I sat inside The White House having conversations
How boys turn to men if we show 'em more than the rims
If they jumping high for the rims, ain't a goal that we cannot win
I'm setting peaks for you and them I hope you roll off
Million black graduates, woo! Just go and show off
Reaching out to everyone from the top of the block y'all
Eliminate pitchers we grew up with, what's the curve ball?
I made something out of nothing, better out of worse
Take care of your own I know I gotta do that first
I know there's power in my time I know there's power in a verse
Tell a kid good job and tell him go hard on the work
You know the world you grew up in is very small compared to Earth
It's the worst they lied and told you your limits on the future
Y'all can brush it off though, came back around and groom ya
Me, Alicia, Talib, Busta, everyone and you ya, agh!
If life ain't a ruse, rule whatever you dream you can do, do
They tell me I'm a king!
They tell me I'm a queen!
If life ain't a ruse, rule whatever you dream you can do, do
They tell me I'm a king!
They tell me I'm a queen!