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CROWN, a collaboration between God Knows and French producer/singer Awir Leon, is a song about shedding light, whether that's me pointing out what's happening in the country of my birth or paying homage to the current flourishing music scene here in Ireland. I see kings and queens of all walk of life, making moves, regardless of the cards they’ve been dealt and that’s inspiring. Power on!
lyrics
Chorus
Sometimes You gotta put the crown on ‘em
Let us see if it suits like the blonde on Em
Give ‘em a piece of the pie like juju on ‘em
Watch their reaction soon as the next round’s on ‘em
Ouf!!!
I love to drop the gold on ‘em
Let us see if they shine Mansa Musa on em
Million dollar babies, Eastwood on 'em
Watch their reaction soon as the next round’s on em
Verse 1 [God Knows]
Kojaque had deli-daydreams,
I got Hotel bathroom nightmares,
Uncle’s selling perfumes in the jaxx’s,
Not because he don’t know jack,
But because he don’t know Jack,
Just Baba Tunde
And he’s back home and he ain’t going back,
to Opioid addiction and unemployment,
That’s a bad concoction,
That’s just the motion when you are tossed in the ocean,
Brothers back home getting sold like an auction,
What am I talking about man,
Brothers back home getting sold at an auction
While I’m out here tryna function,
Gambino said This is America,
Nah fam this is the world
Mans need escape KMT in the world of littles,
I’m out there somewhere in the green like nettles,
Writing like I’ma be a spokesperson for Tesco’s
Every little helps every little helps, summertime barbecue vibes,
Tupac poetic justice I’m your cousin when I’m pulling up,
God Knows, real name no gimmicks
Obie Trice when they pull this up,
Bridge [AWIR Leon]
Before you put me on a pedestal laying all down,
Lay it all down for me... Mmmm
Verse 2 [God Knows]
Came in the game with a badman tune,
Then I came in again with a badman team, reloaded,
badman album still got the award to show dem,
big up all the man dem ah Clare,
Limerick, Cork City, South reppin,
Oh yeah mans still reppin,
rapping like I ain’t been rampin,
rampin like I ain’t been rapping,
With Rirá still snapping, how can I quit rapping,
With Mek still snapping how I can I quit rapping,
Wicked like Levy and them,
I’m the best rapper alive,
That’s what Kendrick said before we put him on a pedestal,
I’m the best rapper alive, I’m the beast rapper alive,
That’s what Weezy said before we put him on a pedestal,
Aaaaah but you're not though,
Cool story bro,
Man a eligible and doing it so that the youth you gotta be confident,
Nobody tells you that,
Keeping it real like Pauly Allwright, GI Costello JYellowL,
Jafaris, MuRli we ready for the freedom fight,
Same D4ence, Jonen Dekay, Spek, Respect,
It ain’t easy doing this every other day, half of us ain’t living from this,
Ain’t you noticed, 10 years in, still call me up and coming,
Like watch out for that boy he up to something few years later,
Thought he was on to something,
I digress, IDK,
And none of us would ever be here without the DJ,
Chorus
Sometimes You gotta put the crown on ‘em
Let us see if it suits like the blonde on Em
Give ‘em a piece of the pie like juju on ‘em
Watch their reaction soon as the next round’s on ‘em
Ouf!!!
I love to drop the gold on ‘em
Let us see if they shine Mansa Musa on em
Million dollar babies, Eastwood on 'em
Watch their reaction soon as the next round’s on 'em
Ahhhh
credits
Recorded at Funkhaus Studios, Berlin
Recorded by Awir Leon
Mixed by Mawuli Boevi
Mastered by John Flynn (Balance Mastering)
Artwork by Mark Logan
Press photography by Mark Logan (The Collective Dublin)
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