[Hook]
Not a hero, but a king, b*tch
Not a hero, but a king, b*tch
Not a hero, but a king, b*tch
Not a hero, but a king, b*tch
[Verse 1]
Everybody think we don't need heroes
'Least that's what I'm told everyday
But if I'm real if we were to have a king
Then just maybe some people would stay
But if the city falls into an age
Where there's no one to save them all
Sure we would have a leader
But no one to answer the call
All I really wanna do is prevent King Kong
Or Godzilla, we're gone, you're wrong, oh God
Man, I been right
And with this fight
Comes a great cost, when you'll be lost, and I'm
Going out strong
You already know what I'm on
And there's panic in the streets
Issa knife, Laurent Don
Blood on the lawn
Riot the top
Cars on their side
It will never stop
It's a cycle, man
Hope you're listening
Because without me this city would've already been dead
A splattered brain, with some bullet lead
And we all remember what they said
We need a king, so the streets don't run red
Not a hero, so our kids are safe in their bed
So you better not bite the hand that fed
Because we don't got time, we'll be gone in the end
[Hook]
Not a hero, but a king, b*tch
Not a hero, but a king, b*tch
Not a hero, but a king, b*tch
Not a hero, but a king, b*tch
[Outro: Luke Cage Netflix Clip]
"What are you doing here, n*gga? I'm not gon' ask you again."
"Young man... I've had a long day. I'm tired. But not tired enough to ever let nobody call me that word. You see a n*gga standing in front of you? Across the street from a building named after one of our greatest heroes?"
"Yeah... a dead one."
"Do you even know who Crispus Attucks was? A free black man. The first man to die for what became America. He could've acted scared when those rich raised their guns... blended in in the crowd. But he stepped up! He paid with his life... but he started somethin'. That's what Pop did, not me. I laid in the cut until he stepped up. And it cost him his life too. I ain't layin' back no more! You wanna shoot me? Do it. Pull the trigger, n*gga! I ain't got all night! Do it! What... you scared? Fine... I'll do it for you."
[Gunshot]
[Instrumental]