Sons (Young Kings)

Yeah, Young Kings, it all starts, humble beginnings Young Kings, Young, Young Kings, yeah Head on a swivel, loaded lead in the nickel The devil holding a sickle wanna sever your tissue That's forever the issue, then candlelight at a vigil They say jail is both a rehab center and homeless shelter And life and death is close as a tonic and seltzer Never fold under pressure, give you my manifesto Every man is a vessel, my son is my reflection He from the highest heaven, I try not to possess him Allow him to be tested One day the words may come out the mouth of a reverend By the power vested in me, loud at his wedding Give flowers while you can smell them, I try to tell him All the diamonds and foreigns, all the finest of garments It's really how it ends and not how it started Filthy rich scuba diving in your wealthy pockets Louie, Prada, but health is my most valuable stock tip Y'all about to run things to my young kings To my brothas with sons, let 'em run To my brothas with sons, so fun I pray y'all both share the most powerful bond A little different from him and his mom To my sistas with boys, the joy To my sistas with boys, enjoy Tell him stand tall, know he should go for it all He's a glorious king Plenty stuff I used to see I often thought was a image of us Getting off the city bus, all the memories rush I used to look up at the crossing sign A child with a grown up holding his arm While I was walking with my mom I pointed at it, automatic I saw it as a little boy who was the baddest Like don't let 'im run in traffic I really thought the crossing sign was me and my mom Like who thought we was that important for a street sign One year she told me that sign was for everybody I'm like we ain't everybody, nah we special mommy Playin' with toys, yo she got us Atari Those is Miss Anne's boys, Nasir and Jabari Our youth was constantly fighting institutional racism In school we questioned the bias Two little future lions Haile Selasie's in training Y chromosome, in no time they grown First born be like the mom Second born is usually like dad Then you add the other siblings Hold each other down cause love brings The world at your feet, my young kings To my brothas with sons, let 'em run To my brothas with sons, so fun I pray y'all both share the most powerful bond A little different from him and his mom To my sistas with boys, the joy To my sistas with boys, enjoy Tell him stand tall, know he should go for it all He's a glorious king