new inventions It took a few years 'fore the day had come But I was ruler of the world ranked number one So I headed towards Washington to claim the crown
] Escuchela.. la ciudad respirando (translation of spanish: Listen to it.. the city breathing) * woman repeats 3X * [spanish speaking woman] Escuchela.. [Mos Def] The new moon rode high in the crown
speeds before winds High currents, {?} places we formin wings Kings offering, thrones was there Man with the 7 crowns on his dome was near Feet walked over rose
is madness, niggas runnin up the block, duckin shots Cop cars swervin, niggas squirtin, the ghetto's burnin Hell's season, the soul's returnin We live like crows
in your kingdom, oh lordy.. oh lordy, that's alright) Watch your back {*gunshots*} {*beat kicks in*} [Intro Pt. II: (singer) Daddy Rose ] (Tell me
nothing to plunder, corporations drowned Waves clapped like thunder and stormed the gates with sound Forming a new nation now As the icecaps melted water levels rose
wide when I roll close [Chorus] I'm like what?, when he pointed to the T on my hat My Hoo-Bangin' medallion, Long Beach shirt after that As I went down, I rose
braids, bitchmade Faggots, my shit's changed, my cabbage is picked man Rollin' twenties up like Snoop Doggy dog's crip game But I'm out for the crown
they toes When I done clean a home full of bitch Made into a half suit on the toilet puttin' you piss ass nigga, froze Countin' Crows, foes, blew his head, casket Black rose
all her lipstick, pearls and clothes Come falling down Come falling at her feet Got a knife and a spoon And a rose on my suit Mother-son Dark as crows
all of them I'm tearing down your hollow heart And all of that All the flags that I rose That I hung out of windows And stuck on the sky like crows
Send me a dozen long stem roses I tell you what I will do I'll bend them into a crown of thorns And send it right back to you Your love, love, love Don
plays as if in the key of C using the following chords]: [C] Oh, I'll twine with my mingles And [G] waving black [C] hair With the roses so red And
eating slop and a big black spook you know it, 'cuz I show it like a barnyard rooster I crow it and the NAACP would sure like to get a hold of nigger hatin' me. roses
got the cop third time she crows And the love you found danger of losing Who knows? Who knows? Gone tomorrow, depending on the weather Smelled like rain as you rose
comes a soul And the stones grow up like trees From the mountain comes a soul And the stones grow up like trees All blues hail Mary with her roses But
I cry, and I'm haunted by Things I never meant nor wished to say The midnight rain follows the train We all wear the same thorny crown Soul to soul,
place instead? Did they speak out against Him, did they dare? Did they speak out against Him, did they dare? When He rose from the dead, did they believe? When He rose