Hatshepsut

[Intro: Rapsody]

Yeah

[Verse 1: Rapsody]

You telling me this (You telling me this)

You telling me that (You telling me that)

I promise once you been with me baby you'll never go back (Never go back)

Queens'll always have your back (Always)

I'm thinking Roberta Flack (Yeah)

First time I ever saw your face I fell in love just like that (I fell in love)

I know your burden gets bad, you take and carry my bags

We cry together, hold you down the days you broken and sad

And I'ma always keep it real, no I don't care if you mad (I don't care)

I'm here to make you better, I'm just like Coretta in fact

See only Kings would understand just how that metaphor match (You dig)

Latifah still a Queen, I'm just tryna follow her path (You dig)

A long walk to freedom, Winnie fought through all of the wrath

I got a number if you want it, I got all of the math

All my hoodlums, I think all of us are good ones, Saint Claire

I see the God in you, even if we different than Claire

(Even if we different though)

I know we all different when we paid (Yeah)

Been through a lot, we got a lot still to repair

(We workin' on it)

Did it all with love, God, and Jesus (Amen)

World in his palms, Akeem still needed Lisa (He needed her)

I hope he treats her better than Tommy Boy treated Keisha (For sure)

You gotta love your Queen 'cause God knows that you need her, it's real (It's real)

U-N-I-T-Y

[Verse 2: Queen Latifah]

Even living single we connected by the tribe

Was raised by a Queen, know how to be one

And love one and raise a King

When he's older I'll describe how to love 'em

Queens come in all shapes and colors

Though we sit on thrones we don't look down on each other

I learned how to rule from my mother and my aunties

Got the blood of the Asante

I could be Cleo or Gandhi to protect mine

It's peace of mind, word to Jersey

I'm a giant, a Queen's pride stronger than the all lions

Connected by alliance, sisterhood

The day you try to test me, look homie I wish you would

Open doors for the ladies as a Queen like I should

That's why I'm Queen Latifah in every village, in every hood

And I'm good, and every city worldwide

And why I been reigning for the last twenty-five

So all hail the Queens and the next ones to arrive

Came out of Jersey with naughty dudes and hella drive

Just another day above ground working my thighs, we runnin' it

Member the days me and 'Pac, we had some fun with this

When I would bust you dead in your eye, that's called humblin'

Been holding the torch, I don't fumble it

I'm a child of God versus son of men, tellin' 'em

It's a clear shot to the top and I ain't talking guns and gin

Just so all the Queens know that every single one of them

Has a throne, spot, crown that I been proud to rock

All my blood royal and that's word to Lancelot

From the soil to the sun, you stunned, it ain't no shock

Another black reign, came to water and nourish the crop

That's why we flourish on top

Just call us Queens (Call us Queens)

Yeah, yeah, ha