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T.I.

King

Release date: 21st October 2014

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"King" is a track by T.I., from the album Paperwork (Deluxe Version), released 21st October 2014. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

T.I.

T.I.

Lyrics

King

[Intro]

You know, may no man, woman, child, nor animal

Walk a lifetime on God green Earth and not expect to be tested

Just observe and acknowledge when the occasion is risen to by champions

You know what I'm sayin'?

Let this speak for itself and handle me accordingly

When you see me nigga, it ain't no secret, you know what's happenin'

No fake, no flaw, man. Straight like that. It's the king, bitch

[Hook: Sample]

You lay it down, lay it down, you lay it down (tell em what)

I'm a king

Make no mistake of it, nigga, real as it get

A1 for day one accept no substitution

[Verse 1]

Play around if you want and get hammered, leave you on your dick

I come from Atlanta, the '80s and '90s but we was as real as it gets

And that's why we still here

You best watch what you say, you could pay with your life tonight

Fuck around and get killed

As I pray to the Lord, tell him if I should die tonight

First let me put up a mil'

Inside of the hands of one of the men

Who's gonna go kill or go to the pen

If ever should blood out my body may spill

The nigga, their partner, their family, they're killed

I'm talkin' for real, you kickin' that rah-rah to me

I LOL, shit's haha to me

Nigga ever disrespect, I wave bye bye to him

Got a Maybach, it's just like a Mazda to him

Chew him up like the mouth in the teeth

Or you drop to beneath the belly of the beast

Geesh, call me the chief

The capo, capisce? Got the streets on a leash

The way that I walk it, exactly the way that I talk it

One took a hit and he rest in a coffin

Forever for all of that shit he was talkin'

You go against me, what you better do, shawty, is

[Hook]

You lay it down, lay it down, you lay it down (tell em what homie)

I'm a king

(Real talk, its the king bitch turn it)

You lay it down, lay it down, you lay it down (tell em doug)

I'm a king

[Verse 2]

Despicable me, I'm no typical G, got your bitch on her knees

When I skeet in her tree

Only came in here for what I wanted and shit that I don't

If you have it, you keep

I'm so diabolical, dick hard enough to cut molecules

You say she wifey, I say she a party girl

Type to eat bitches out when she on molly

You'll never know, which is to me that shit's obvious

She say you're pitiful, they think you're popular

That ain't gon' keep my lil' partner from poppin' yah

Take it, you droppin', you cement your bottle

So won't be no poppin' up, body's erased

No weapon, no charge, no witness, no questions

No stressin', no body, no case

Errbody okay, I will off that guy with my chopper, I throw it away

You can just buy me a cake

And most of the niggas you see standin' by me today

Were trappin' with me in the A

And down here we always three bitches, Rodeo, LA

And killers who do what we say

This could be the end of you today

My gunner run into you today

Here's what I suggest you do when they spray

[Hook]

You lay it down, lay it down, you lay it down

I'm a king

Yeah nigga the strong way nothing wrong way nigga

It's the king bitch, aha

Turn it, turn it

Turn it, turn it

Turn it, turn it

Turn it, turn it

Turn it, turn it

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Track details

From Paperwork (Deluxe Version)

2014
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Paperwork (Deluxe Version)
Paperwork (Deluxe Version)
T.I.
Release year
2014
  1. 1King
    3:06
  2. 2G' Shit (feat. Young Jeezy & WatchTheDuck)
    3:44
  3. 3About the Money (feat. Young Thug)
    5:03
  4. 4New National Anthem (feat. Skylar Grey)
    4:17
  5. 5Oh Yeah (feat. Pharrell)
    3:55
  6. 6Private Show (feat. Chris Brown)
    4:20
  7. 7No Mediocre (feat. Iggy Azalea)
    3:22
  8. 8Jet Fuel (feat. Boosie Badazz)
    5:03
  9. 9Paperwork (feat. Pharrell)
    3:40
  10. 10Stay (feat. Victoria Monet)
    3:50
  11. 11About My Issue (feat. Victoria Monet & Nipsey Hussle)
    4:25
  12. 12At Ya' Own Risk (feat. Usher)
    4:28
  13. 13On Doe, On Phil (feat. Trae the Truth)
    5:24
  14. 14Light Em Up (RIP Doe B) [feat. Pharrell & WatchTheDuck]
    3:40
  15. 15Let Your Heart Go (Break My Soul) [feat. The-Dream]
    4:23
  16. 16Sugar Cane
    3:42
  17. 17I Don't Know
    4:13
  18. 18You Can Tell How I Walk (feat. Rick Ross)
    4:07
  19. —At Ya' Own Risk
  20. —About My Issue
  21. —Jet Fuel
  22. —Light Em Up (RIP Doe B)
  23. —On Doe, On Phil
  24. —Private Show
  25. —Oh Yeah
  26. —Sugar Cane
  27. —Let Your Heart Go (Break My Soul)
  28. —Stay
  29. —You Can Tell How I Walk
  30. —G' Shit
  31. —I Don't Know
  32. —King
  33. —Turn It

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer
Gareth Dunlop, J Keys, Michael Ray Cox Jr., MyGuyMars, T.I.
Producer
Mike & Keys, MyGuyMars
Additional Vocals
Gareth Dunlop
Assistant Engineer
Thomas Cullison
Executive Producer
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Mastering Engineer
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Mixing Engineer
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