Lupe Fiasco - Kingdom Lyrics

The Marley family is amazing. From all generations they have proven that music just somehow flows through their blood. Even the younger nephews (e.g Skip) have shown that they can stand as individuals rather than just exploit the Marley name for fame and publicity.

My mind is an excellent weapon

I really needed this right now to feel better.. I think ill just keep it loop for an hour or so. +

Damian Marley 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 as usual

@ here is a Lupe Remix

Such a nice song!
God bless them both!

This song makes me so happy 😁💥❤️

Love it

That's funny as hell.Babylon ain't a kingdom..😂😂😂😂

lupe snapped differently on drogas wave

Anybody thinking Bone Thugs?

I love this song!! Hit a like if you feel the same🏝🙂😉

Lourd lourd , i like

First comment ever on YouTube. This song!

Incredible song...this da stank...🐶

I WOULD LIKE YO COMMENT AND SAY... Lupe has created art that I use to help me when I'm at my lowest. I love how smart he is with his lyrics, how poetic he is with his metaphors, and impacted full he is with his messages. I always feel confident and happy after listening to a Lupe song.

Like if you agree.

Well said and that's exactly why he is my favorite artist to listen to!

Lupe did it all
In between rhymes
Metaphors
Bars
Flow
Messages
Meaning
That is wat hip hop should b and sound like

Todays a good day I've been listening to Lupe for a min and been wishing he would come out with some more Knowledge bombs ha. Yeah today will be alright.

Vintage Lupe

i heve never felt my heart beating like this before after hearing this song!!! lupe lupe fiasco's of who i vibe with his songs the most!

Dis nigga named after the Mexican lunch lady in my 6th grade.... "Lupe."

jr gong always fire

Wow he's back touched my spirit

I feel so different about the black community after this song we all kings and queens I love lupe

@dave g What the fuck is that supposed to mean? "Nope" ? ? ?

This whole album is powerful

Lupe is a walking lyrical puzzle only a few will understand 7mile!

No way!!! I used to always listen to his songs during workouts now he comes out with more songs like this. I'm happy

All these rastas do is judge people and then talk about they kings and queens, and talk down on regular people like theyre better than the rest of us. Damian inherited his Dad’s legacy and now he try to act like he better than everyone.

As far as rastafari, what do you really know about him? Do some research son, he was embarrassed that reggae praised him and didnt really like the reggae movement. He was a racist oppressor who was killed by his own people and buried in a sewer. Sad but true. Know the truth hurts bruh

Everyone is royal heritage. We're all related... maybe if your white washed brain listened to some of his discography, you wouldn't be degrading a religion of peace.

Most people hate white people. We're historically tyrannical, and we're generalized because of it, and since we live in white wash America, we have a tendency to hate...we are taught to hate...that's why we're hated

Hey highschool learner - stfu. You tryin to sound smart but you aint sayin nothin.

You said some dumb shit. “Historically tyranical”!! Oh wow I guess African tribes who killed other africans arent considered “historically tyranical”! Lmao. We’re all royalty?? Gtfo and go play your video games son. Your not on my level

Ohh maan..Ridiculous verses from two top tier lyricists🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Damian Marley🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Man fuck Eminem! Lupe shooting for the top 5

DOPE track

More Fire.

This is what hip hop sounds like. 👍

Damian Marley automatically fire on any song.

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

REAL HIPHOP

Em Lu Ye and then Wayne. Rap is safe

@servasce P -__- ????huh

Fuck ye and Wayne they're the reason why hip hop has to fight to stay alive they shouldnt be in the same sentence as lu

@Krylonn Joel Wayne's a legend tho...

@servasce P thank for for pmo yo..Drogas Waves still AOTY rn

Lu b4 em
He b constantly spittin knowledge without being borin with his raps.
Honestly we need more content from em

When real kings collaborate.....
Big ups bless up🎧🎤👑🚀🛰

Lupe is too underrated for a rapper with three albums certified classic. I mean like not even Yasiin Bey has that...which makes me think that maybe the companies that publish these lists of "all time greats" are organizations from New York. Check them out. Busta Rhymes & Jadakiss maybe consistent but they don't have classic albums to back them up. With all the influence Snoop has had on artists such as Wiz & Curren$y would you say he had only one classic album.

Bhongo Nkumanda lupes problem is he doesn’t go recognized because he’s so inconsistent. So he gets written off as a “fell off”. The average listener has a very short attention span and you’re only as good as your last album. Look at his track record. Grabbed everyone’s attention with F&L and The Cool....then dropped Lasers. Made F&L2(Which was pretty good, but no where near as good as it should have been considering it’s a sequel to F&L). Then he drops T&Y which was amazing......then falls off again with Drogas Light. Once you’ve fallen off a certain number of times, people stop paying attention. His twitter antics don’t help his appeal much either

If your relying on companies that publish rankings then you already lost.

Black Star is a classic, Black on Both Sides is a classic, The Ecstatic is a classic

How y’all gonna ignore Damien Marley’s verse. Beautiful. Always hear him restoring people rather than boasting, staying true to his bloodline, that’s a true king.

Dave has good ears

Only about the song though

@dave g I'm Jamaican, and I'm not here to heighten Damian's verse because it wasn't all that, but at the same time I think you're degrading it... He wasn't just saying he's a king. He started off his verse saying that people should utilize their mind and be comfortable within their own skin, and not to be programmed by society, or let society dictate what you are, or how you should live. He's saying no matter where you reside, even if that be the ghetto, you should still brandish it as your kingdom no matter how bad it is. This was basically the focal point of his message, and he even follows it up with the hook "does a king make a kingdom, or does a kingdom make a king?" A rhetorical question, obviously that stresses the message he's sending. In my opinion, the verse wasn't special, but it provides a good message and it's far from being trash. I will make the assumption that you're not from the Caribbean, and you found Damian difficult to fully understand because he did mix a few words in patois.

Bob raised them boys right

I think some people in this thread are missing the message of the verse lol


The lyrics:


Well if man was meant to fly
Jah woulda made us all with wings
Well he made us all with crowns, that means seh every man a king
Your mind it is your castle, mankind govern how you think
The ghetto is a kingdom, care not how di gully stink (yute)
No one can change mi 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 mek out of zinc
So Jah bless the baby mother, wash her pitney inna sink
And ah the generation weh ah take it to the brink
Does the king make a kingdom?
Or does a kingdom make a king?
This hidden empire of kings and queens
That no one's noticing
Does the king make a kingdom?
Or does a kingdom make king?
This hidden empire of kings and queens
That no one's noticing (yute)

Hold the sword like a hand should
Write your passions 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 and they attack
Front of they frontline, out the plane
With no parachutes and they backpacks
Choppin' weed, and droppin' seeds
Them flowers grow where they land at
Properties on top of these
To make power flow from they handclaps
Suicide, it’s suicide
You and I wouldn't do divide
Who arrived to see you survive, it means
Two would die to make you alive, it means
You should write for the two that died, it means
You arrived with the youth inside, you're king
You align with the truth inside of things
Wise to the lies that the youth provide and bring
War

Straight up crazyyyyyy Lupe is the god

Better than eminem's album

Tbh why is eminem even mentioned under Lupe's Album? Let's respect both Artist because both have given us beautiful music.

Dis nigga named after the Mexican lunch lady in my 6th grade.... "Lupe."

Lol duhhh

Why can't you stfu and listen to music and quit compairing. ?

Hold up That sample is from a game

what game tho???

There's a Tetris sample and another sample I don't know what the game is

lol we need you to figure it out, man

space invaders?

I wrote this basically in 2011

Congrats

Lupe's journal entry brainstorm for this one dates back to 2003

And his friends inspired, collab'd, and supported him to tie it all together in 2018.

The power of love!

Aarthi Ithara I respect it . Just check me out too don’t sleep ...

The perfect hip hop album got so much soul

Tetsuo & Youth was one of the most underrated albums of the last 5 years

This one will be also

Lupe said this album is his best work on twitter.And because he said it it doesnt mean much tbh..Food and liquor is superior to both the albums mentioned.

Classic album

Correction: Tetsuo & Youth is the greatest rap album of all time, arguably the greatest across all genres.

I love you Lupe.

Lupe from day one!

Lupe transcends rap; the epitome of rap as an art form. #rhythmandpoetry #DrogasWav

Fire!!!!!!!!!!