King's Paradise - Rakim, Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad

Welcome to Harlem, the home of innovating

Legacies, stories of Gods killing Satan

Where they honor Harlem’s father Philip Payton

The renaissance in the making

Ellington, Garvey, Joe Louis, Lena Horne

Malcolm, Maya, Louis Armstrong

But now crime is the new crave, so it’s a new crusade

So salute to Luke Cage

Fight for the cause, all the way to the top Rivalry wars, life can be lost

No time for remorse

Forward, always for Pop, until the crown is rightfully yours

But success brings sacrifice

And knowing what’s at stake

The pressure could crack a pipe

But everything has a price

But you pay with your life in the King’s Paradise

The king (king)

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The king’s Luke Cage (king)

Paradise

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The king

This story gets complicated

He got framed for a crime and incarcerated

Locked up, his alter ego builds

Experimented on, left him with superhero skills

Now everyday he gets twice as strong

Bulletproof skin, but his life is torn

The only lady he ever loved in his life is gone

Escaped prison, got to fight to right his wrong

No question

He gon' take on the whole hood in a hoodie

No weapons and no cape on

One by one and knock 'em out

Until Cottonmouth is forgot about

But success brings sacrifice

And if you thinking it’s a piece of cake, you can have a slice

It’s like gambling with a pair of dice

But you pay with your life in the King’s Paradise

The king (king)

The king (king)

The king (king)

The king’s Luke Cage (king)

Superhero skills

The king