America the beautiful, gangsta’s paradiseFor a black man to be rich, you say we sacrifice our own family membersLike we’re not savvy enough to make outstanding figuresAnd ain’t nobody in no cultI give so much, financially give awayBut there’s an aspect of that that’s crippling to us todayStill coping and dealing with my environment as a kidI trust no one today because what someone in my past didKing, gotta learn to let it go and move forwardKing, you should learn to say no, keep all your dough inKing, Michael Jordan gives back and you didn’t know itLike LeBron does, but it’s just seldomly shownKing, get ten points from one bird doin’ your thingKing, ’til one of your homies decide to singKing, I started sayin’ “Peace King” on my song “The Flyest”And after that, it took off like fire, peace, KingTook it from a street dude, you don’t need to be a street dudeGet a lawyer, read your contract, and eat foodBecome a Bird, a Flack, a LionelWhen you catch flack, that mean they got they eye on youProduce great results, they start to lie on youIs it love for a Queens dude in Supreme shoesOr did the street code expire with these dudes?Especially now, I don’t expect you to bow, but standCreating jobs, named my venture from after the landI came from, that’s unheard ofA hood that’s known for murder now doing mergers
The streets is a lie, don’t believe these dudes, jail or death is all you getThey tell you never move, but when they get money, they splitKing, gotta learn to let it go and move forwardKing, you should learn to say no, keep all your dough inKing, Michael Jordan gives back and you didn’t know itLike LeBron does, but it’s just seldomly shownKing, get ten points from one bird doin’ your thingKing, ’til one of your homies decide to singKing, I started saying “Peace King” on my song “The Flyest” (Peace King)And after that, it took off like fireThey hardly happy for you, keep doing what you doYou can’t please everybody, and not everybody is youDon’t try to force a square peg in a round circle, that shit’ll hurt youDon’t try to fit in either, you’re better off with neitherFew veteran speakers get medicine when you need itEspecially when we all need knowledge instead of sneakersStop hangin’ on to childhood trauma, it defeats usOur challenge is holding ourselves back, I hope you felt thatQueen, gotta learn to let it go and move forwardKing, you should learn to say no, keep all your dough inKing, Michael Jordan gives back and you didn’t know itLike LeBron does, but it’s just seldomly shownKing, get ten points from one bird doin’ your thingKing, ’til one of your homies decide to singKing, I started saying “Peace King” on my song “The Flyest”And after that, it took off like fire, peace, King
