Kingdom

## Song by Lupe Fiasco featuring Damian Marley

"**Kingdom**" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, released as the 16th track from his seventh studio album, *Drogas Wave* (2018). It features Damian Marley and interpolates Just-Ice's "Moshitup".

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco, *Damian Marley*]

Facts from the 'Raq

*Yout!*

[Chorus: Lupe Fiasco, *Damian Marley*]

Port-au-Prince is a kingdom, Kingston is a kingdom

New Orleans is a kingdom, South Central is a kingdom, yah

Freedom, free men without freedom

Black life is a kingdom, why kill yourself for no reason, for?

(*Facts from the 'Raq*)

Why kill yourself for no reason, for?

(*Yout*) Chat to dem with no meaning, fa

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

Hold the sword like a hand should

Rights of passage into manhood

Heightened malice in the land, look

Like the lights of havoc do no damn good

Half sleep from being overpreached

The other half sleep cause the Xan good

A chief would take his hand like a thief

And make him stand like a man would

In the face of an ambush

To the back of they attack

Front of they frontline, out the plane

With no parachutes in they backpacks

Choppin' weed then droppin' seeds

Then flowers grow where they land at

Proper deeds on top of these

To make power flow from they handclaps

Suicide, it's a suicide

You and I, we're the new divide

Who arrived to see you survive, that means

Two would die to make you alive, it means

You should ride for the two that died, that means

You will ride with the youth inside your king

You are lying with the truth beside the things

Wise to the lies that the youth provide and bring war

[Pre-Chorus: Lupe Fiasco]

Does a king make a kingdom, or the kingdom make a king?

Is it free when it's freedom, or being dumb mean you free?

Does a king make a kingdom, or the kingdom make a king?

Is it free when it's freedom, or being dumb mean you free?

[Chorus: Lupe Fiasco, *Damian Marley*]

Port-au-Prince is a kingdom, Kingston is a kingdom

New Orleans is a kingdom, South Central is a kingdom, yah

Freedom, free men without freedom

Black life is a kingdom, why kill yourself for no reason, for?

(Babylon ain't no kingdom)

Why kill yourself for no reason, for?

(Babylon ain't no kingdom)

(*Yout*) Chat to dem with no meaning, fam

[Verse 2: Damian Marley]

Well if man was meant to fly, Jah woulda made us all with wings

Well he made us all with crowns, that mean seh every man a king

Your mind it is your castle, mind cyan govern how you think

The ghetto is a kingdom, care not how the gully stink

No one can change my mind, no I am thoroughly convinced

My woman is a queen that bring forth more princess and prince

And if you add up the equation, it must mean I'm royal since

Everyone in my surroundings is of royal heritage

Not everyone of royal blood dress up in a mink

Whole heap of king and queen with dem roof make out of zinc

So Jah bless the baby mother washing nappy in a sink

And ah raise the generation weh ah take it to the brink

[Pre-Chorus: Damian Marley]

Does the king make a kingdom, or does a kingdom make a king?

This hidden empire have kings and queens that no one's noticing

Does a king make a kingdom, or does a kingdom make a king?

This hidden empire have kings and queens that no one's noticing

[Chorus: Lupe Fiasco, *Damian Marley*]

Port-au-Prince is a kingdom, Kingston is a kingdom

New Orleans is a kingdom, South Central is a kingdom, yah

Freedom, free men without freedom

Black life is a kingdom, why kill yourself for no reason, for?

(Babylon ain't no kingdom)

Why kill yourself for no reason, for?

(Babylon ain't no kingdom)

(*Yout*) Chat to dem with no meaning, fam

[Outro: Lupe Fiasco, *Damian Marley*]

Only fools would feel proud of a dead man

My mind is an excellent weapon

I will not die for a label, let's come to the table

And put together all our blessings

Our blessings religious, our blessings ability

Our blessings materially, identify enemy

Disconnect from the mentally

Put all of our energy into the kingdom

Back to the front on my way now

God has to show you your way 'round

Tired, I watch while you lay down

You go while I sleep, I put heart to the beat

Take a part of my piece and inherit the heritage

We're not American dreamin'

We're realizing a kingdom

*Only fools would feel proud of a dead man*

*My mind is an excellent weapon*

*I will not die for a label, let's come to the table*

*And put together all our blessings*

*Our blessings religious, our blessings ability*

*Our blessings materially, identify enemy*

*Disconnect from the mentally*

*Put all of our energy into the kingdom*

*Back to the front on my way now*

*God has to show you your way 'round*

*Tired, I watch while you lay down*

*You go while I sleep, I put heart to the beat*

*Take a part of my piece and inherit the heritage*

*We're not American dreamin'*

*We're realizing a kingdom*