[00:00.300][Verse 1]
[00:19.709]Welcome to Harlem, the home of innovating
[00:22.426]Legacies, stories of Gods killing Satan
[00:25.430]Where they honor Harlem's father Philip Payton
[00:27.912]The renaissance in the making
[00:29.949]Ellington, Garvey, Joe Louis, Lena Horne
[00:32.509]Malcolm, Maya, Louis Armstrong
[00:35.304]But now crime is the new crave, so it's a new crusade
[00:38.361]So salute to Luke Cage
[00:40.059]Fight for the cause, all the way to the top Rivalry wars, life can be lost
[00:45.022]No time for remorse
[00:46.485]Forward, always for Pop, until the crown is rightfully yours
[00:49.959]But success brings sacrifice
[00:52.441]And knowing what's at stake
[00:53.616]The pressure could crack a pipe
[00:55.288]But everything has a price
[00:57.639]But you pay with your life in the King's Paradise
[00:59.938][Chrous]
[01:00.826]The king (king)
[01:02.655]The king (king)
[01:05.319]The king (king)
[01:06.260]The king's Luke Cage (king)
[01:08.976]Paradise
[01:11.223]The king (king)
[01:14.749]The king (king)
[01:16.604]The king (king)
[01:17.649]The king (king)
[01:19.112]The king
[01:20.131][Verse 2]
[01:20.548]This story gets complicated
[01:22.377]He got framed for a crime and incarcerated
[01:25.329]Locked up, his alter ego builds
[01:27.575]Experimented on, left him with superhero skills
[01:30.292]Now everyday he gets twice as strong
[01:32.826]Bulletproof skin, but his life is torn
[01:34.942]The only lady he ever loved in his life is gone
[01:37.659]Escaped prison, got to fight to right his wrong
[01:39.905]No question
[01:40.950]He gon' take on the whole hood in a hoodie
[01:43.092]No weapons and no cape on
[01:45.678]One by one and knock 'em out
[01:47.507]Until Cottonmouth is forgot about
[01:50.041]But success brings sacrifice
[01:52.183]And if you thinking it's a piece of cake, you can have a slice
[01:55.553]It's like gambling with a pair of dice
[01:57.538]But you pay with your life in the King's Paradise
[01:59.967][Chorus]
[02:01.012]The king (king)
[02:02.945]The king (king)
[02:05.192]The king (king)
[02:09.868]The king's Luke Cage (king)
[02:10.495]Superhero skills