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Welcome to Harlem, the home of innovating |
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Legacies, stories of Gods killing Satan |
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Where they honor Harlem's father Philip Payton |
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The renaissance in the making |
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Ellington, Garvey, Joe Louis, Lena Horne |
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Malcolm, Maya, Louis Armstrong |
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But now crime is the new crave, so it's a new crusade |
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So salute to Luke Cage |
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Fight for the cause, all the way to the top Rivalry wars, life can be lost |
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No time for remorse |
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Forward, always for Pop, until the crown is rightfully yours |
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But success brings sacrifice |
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And knowing what's at stake |
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The pressure could crack a pipe |
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But everything has a price |
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But you pay with your life in the King's Paradise |
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The king (king) |
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The king (king) |
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The king (king) |
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The king's Luke Cage (king) |
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Paradise |
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The king (king) |
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The king (king) |
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The king (king) |
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The king (king) |
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The king |
| [01:20.131][Verse 2] |
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This story gets complicated |
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He got framed for a crime and incarcerated |
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Locked up, his alter ego builds |
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Experimented on, left him with superhero skills |
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Now everyday he gets twice as strong |
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Bulletproof skin, but his life is torn |
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The only lady he ever loved in his life is gone |
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Escaped prison, got to fight to right his wrong |
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No question |
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He gon' take on the whole hood in a hoodie |
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No weapons and no cape on |
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One by one and knock 'em out |
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Until Cottonmouth is forgot about |
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But success brings sacrifice |
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And if you thinking it's a piece of cake, you can have a slice |
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It's like gambling with a pair of dice |
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But you pay with your life in the King's Paradise |
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The king (king) |
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The king (king) |
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The king (king) |
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The king's Luke Cage (king) |
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Superhero skills |
