Kings lyrics

[Hook:]

In the darkest of days

Men become kings and still die of old age

While the children become gods

At last the whole world begins to play

/V. 1: Pearl Dragon/

My body is adorned with thorns

King with a crown of thorns

I wash my feet and kiss the ground I'm on

I wash my feet kiss the ground I'm on, I'm on

Jump niggas ( = niggardly) cause they thought I was a pawn

But knowin' I'm a king I'm about to get on

This the sirens for the quiet of the storm

Ring that alarm, R-r-ring that alarm

Yo her body was adorn adorned,

And I adored her, so much that I had to ignore her

Her body I explored it, like an explor-her

Her first name was Dora, her first name was Dora

I opened up the door and saw

My queen getting raw, getting raw

So like me beatin Resevoir Dog

Had to hit it raw, no not raw dog

I was a, hog, but I don't eat the pork

She was a swine, crippling' my time

On the cast of my pearl, yo she wasn't my girl

This wasn't reality, this wasn't my world

Like Jimi or Kurt before

King with a crown I shall be adored

Even if I have, always been ignored

I was not the norm I will not be ignored

[Hook]

/V. 2: Thomas Gray/

Young world this the story of the kings

A nigga ( = niggardly) couldn't decide should I rap or should I sing

And since God blessed me with my wings

I'm like a lil' nappy-head Bill Russell with the rings, feel me?

Lately globetrottin' through a lotta traps

Friends become rats, I'm talkin Judas in expensive slacks

Fuck em, to tell the truth now I'm over that

Sucker 'I'll be suckers, it don't matter that you roll with pack

I steady grab my nuts and you can roll with that

Pardon my back, and the weight on my shoulders black

History's on my side, these niggas hard in they cars

But in the streets they can't look me in the eye

(Look me in the eye, look me in the eye)

(Champagne Champagne)

/V. 3: Macklemore/

(Can I get em?)

Stand like a man, move like a legend

Talk but with action, that's how you'll be remembered

The greats learned that humility is a weapon

Sever ties with the part of you too big to learn a lesson

Sit in silence, to fight the mind and try to find the present

Cause we only get a couple chances to be epic

And I'm connected, like God plugged my headphones

Directly into heaven and told me to go and get em with this

Mic cord, I am, nothing you can tell me

They bark when they talk but they walk like the legless

The purpose of my art, is for people to respect me

I'm not a king I'm a servant to the desires that tempt me

Only way to escape the cage in a valley of roots

Be a mirror to the people when they're searchin for truth

Only way to escape the cage in a valley of roots

Claim the mirror, my people, keep searchin for you

[Hook]

• Artist:Macklemore
• Album:The Vs. EP