The Crown

People of the world wherever you be

Welcome to Cosmic YOUniversity

Where life is the journey and love is the trip

And the study of them will make you hip

I'm professor of the rap and when I speak

I guarantee that my lines will not be weak

They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste

That's why I'm here and on the case

Rapping up every mind with a special degree

In socio-psycholo G.B.E

The Gary Byrd Experience is my course

When you take my class you will feel the force

'Cause I know the roots that the rap is from

When I speak to you I am not dumb

Hear my rap and begin to dance

And I promise you this you will advance

You may have seen the Raiders of the Lost Ark

But you still left the theatre in the dark

So clap your hands to the beat as the Wonder sound

And the G.B.E. shine on the Crown

You wear the Crown

I wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, the Crown

I said a once upon a time in Alkebu

Lived the kings and queens who looked like you

It was a land of Sun with a golden shine

A place that once was yours and mine

Home of many great dynasties

Who created science and astronomy

Where the Romans came to study math

And the Greeks found out about the path

In case you wonder what else they did

The Alkebu-lans created the pyramids

And before Napoleon could even blink

In Alkebu there stood a giant Sphinx

Some say they came from outer space

But they are a part of the human race

If you know the place where they can be found

You may be the one who can wear the Crown

You wear the Crown

I wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, the Crown

I wear the Crown

You wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, get down

We wear the Crown

(Crystal Blake)

We wear the Crown

(Stevie Wonder)

Not the greatest dancer with the baddest shoe

Not the slickest rapper that you ever knew

Have worn the Crown though they wanted to

But they'll want to until they die

Not a man of science with a Ph. D

Not a lady of law Masters' Degree

Will wear the Crown unless they can see

A unique reality

You see when you say you wear the Crown

Make sure you know it is profound

In case it sounds like a mystery

I'm talking about our story

It can make Akhnaton nod to you

It can make Nefertiti beckon you

With the Crown you will begin to glow

When its secret you begin to know

Next time you feel like you're in a rut

Go see the mighty kingdom of King Tut

It will blow your mind no doubt it's true

'Cause guess what King Tut looks just like you

You were Cleopatra Queen of the Nile

The Sun would wink when it saw you smile

You were the Hannibal of the history book

And the earth would tremble at your very look

You were the builders of the pyramids

You were the face upon the Sphynx

You rode on the Nile in grace and style

Look at yourself today and think

See the hieroglyphics upon the wall

Like the dancers on the floor they will not fall

If you take one look it will astound

And then you will see who wears the Crown

You wear the Crown

I wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, the Crown

I wear the Crown

You wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, get down

I do recall so very well

When I was just a little boy

I used to hurry home from school

I used to always feel so blue

Because there was no mention in the books we read about my heritage

So therefore any information that I got was education

Bums, hobos at depot stations

I would listen with much patience

Or to relatives who told the tales that they were told to pass ahead

And then one day from someone old

I heard a story never told

Of all the kingdoms of my people

And then how we fought for our freedom

All about the many things we have unto the world contributed

You wear the Crown

We wear the Crown

(Crystal Blake)

We wear the Crown

(Stevie Wonder)

It's not Star Wars, it's not Superman

It's not the story of the Ku Klux Klan

The Crown will appear in the G.B.E

But it's never seen on your T. V

It's in black and white in your gold mine

A picture so old it defies time

Alex Haley drew it in his book

It's what Kunta kept in his other foot

Ghana Songhay and old Mali

They are the roots of your own family tree

Kingdoms so vast and knowledge wise

They removed cataracts from human eyes

And yet today some refuse to see

And live in fear of their discovery

Now in fourteen hundred and ninety-two

Columbus sailed the ocean... True

But years before in Alkebu

A ship set sail with a chocolate crew

2, 000 years before Columbo came

The Olmecs paid tribute to their fame

Stone heads with faces eight feet high

That the Hulk could not lift to his thigh

Though the facts historians avoid

First to arrive was the Africoid

It may shock the House and Shockley, too

And if you're not prepared it may shock you

While some had doubts that the world was round

In America guess who wore the Crown

You wear the Crown

I wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, the Crown

I wear the Crown

You wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, get down

When you wear the Crown you will not need

To smoke, to coke, to dust or speed

With the Crown you can become the high

And you will make it if you try

But don't you ever forget what it will take

To wear the Crown you cannot fake

If you gonna lead you got to be a king

And give the world your everything

Or be a man like Malcolm X

And demand for all the very best

Or conduct a railroad like Harriet

We all owe her a lifetime debt

If you gonna fight don't do it free

Make 'em pay to see just like Ali

Or sing like Ella and make them guess

Is it you or is it Memorex

If you play a sport become number one

Like Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson

Make Doctor J your shining star

Shoot like Magic, dunk with Jabbar

Or if you can write then write some books

Like Langston Hughes or Our Miss Brooks

And if you think you're smart

Don't deceive us be an Imhotep, be a genuis

And don't let anybody confuse the fact

You don't wear the crown just because you're black

Everybody in the world has a Crown and place

That becomes their culture and their face

And so it is, we will not deny

Our history or buy the lie

We have no claim to be renowned

When we were first to wear the Crown

You wear the Crown

I wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, the Crown

I wear the Crown

You wear the Crown

So proud to say that we all wear the Crown, get down