The Prince Lyrics

Cloud cover, the crowd huddled, the route muddy

They sound trumpets, and down coming, a proud brother

He's out front, but then out jumps a foul youngin'

Hounds running, a loud shudder, the crown plummets

Blood brings the young king a blunt sting

The sun lingers, eardrums ringing, so come, bringeth

A pen, paper, the men waiting, a message taken

Protection vacant, my breath is failing, let death take me

40,000 feet in the air, hear my confessions

On top the world, feeling the atmospheric pressure

Of expectation, worst of all, I'm the one expecting

The most of myself, gotta be selfish to be selfless sometimes

I gotta get it myself 'fore I can share it

Next time I'll bring my brothers when I go out to Paris

And no one will know love like the girl I marry

Greatness inherited is greatness inherent

On the run, I lost home base

I lost love, but not as much as the love gained

I lost friends, I'll see them again one day

I lost you, but never my faith in some day

I love to write in the air, for the perspective

Retrospective thinking 'bout you, I got your message

It don't sound as dry while flying over the Sahara

Like when I was on the Champs-Élysées and I passed Zara

It might've been cool to me in Denver or in Memphis

But a block from the Louis V flagship, it wasn't tempting

So it don't feel as shady, how you did me, when I'm under Rwandan banana trees

Calamities from home are just fantasies from distant galaxies

Imagine me, custom made fit, a matching tee

Still mad at thee, hurt that you weren't a match for me

Drinking passion tea, made from the leaves of damaged trees

You damaged me, no damage seen, it's damning, but I'm managing

If you think this song is 'bout you, you're imagining

An alternate reality where vanity is abandoning

The sanity was once attached, but now replaced by fantasy

You're one of many that followed the same script

A short film, the main role, the game ends

The metaphor didn't stay consistent, the rhyme changed

The same way that you did, it's mind games

But I been playing a long time, I'm a vet now

The seasons change, we let go of our let downs

Baby, life goes on, don't know the ending

I've seen (scene) it all, until the next film

Relationship blooming, but I can't spring for it

The ring important, one thing enduring, I can't ignore it

The family tree gon' add some leaves, but now it's cloudy

Can't be too busy picking her roses to smell the flowers

Yeah, Bad Boy on the mic (Mike), Lowry

They could never hold me down, but they like fouling

Burn scars, I'm well acquainted with hellfire

Nice guys finish last, but I'm an outlier

About time, the town crier, he shouts wide

Announces the crown fits the crown prince

We move on, a new dawn, a new day

The king lays, the prince gazes on kids playing

Legacy proud, the prince now has to uphold

The sun pressing down, not a cloud, but he feels cold

Wandering sounds, once lost, now found, his ears allow

The noise of the crowd starts to drown out the doubt

His rightful place, it's tied to fame, inside the gates

The light of day, the brightest rays, a prideful gaze

Ancestors smiling, the best that I am, preceded highly

The prince is crying, the tears will dry in a crypt of giants

Trials lie on horizons soon arriving

Stipulating 'bout tribulations still unabating

It's part of living, remain persistent, it takes and giveth

Punish impatience, rewarding greatness, ours for the taking

One of a kind, my brother in line

My lover a dime, others behind, lying under oath

Turnberry Drive, I learn from my trials

I yearn to be wise, burning with pride, it's mine inside, vying to be chosen

I been to the gates, I stood on the scale

Unworthy of hate, unburdened by rage

Unvisited by shame, but I lack balance

Pride and prejudice alike, but untainted by malice

Glory is yours, the story implores

History made, inhibiting fate

Held down and held back, but never backed down

Been to the ends of the earth but I'm back now

Cloud cover, the crowd huddled, the route muddy

They sound trumpets, and down coming, a proud brother

Was once a boy, no longer coy, amongst the noise

A stronger voice, along with poise, the one appointed

Elated tones belay the groans as he takes the throne

In lace of gold, his face controlled, the day is cold

A prince rising, full horizon bears a pearl dawn

Wind time, wolf time, ere the world falls