Hatshepsut

[00:16.75] Yeah
[00:18.44] You telling me this (You telling me this)
[00:19.72] You telling me that (You telling me that)
[00:21.06] I promise once you been with me baby you'll never go back (Never go back)
[00:23.58] Queens'll always have your back (Always)
[00:25.16] I'm thinking Roberta Flack (Yeah)
[00:26.59] First time I ever saw your face I fell in love just like that (I fell in love)
[00:29.27] I know your burden gets bad, you take and carry my bags
[00:32.16] We cry together, hold you down the days you broken and sad
[00:35.08] And I'ma always keep it real, no I don't care if you mad (I don't care)
[00:37.84] I'm here to make you better, I'm just like Coretta in fact
[00:40.72] See only Kings would understand just how that metaphor match (You dig)
[00:43.82] Latifah still a Queen, I'm just tryna follow her path (You dig)
[00:46.58] A long walk to freedom, Winnie fought through all of the wrath
[00:49.27] I got a number if you want it, I got all of the math
[00:52.04] All my hoodlums, I think all of us are good ones, Saint Claire
[00:54.76] I see the God in you, even if we different than Claire
[00:57.85] (Even if we different though)
[00:58.64] I know we all different when we paid (Yeah)
[01:01.00] Been through a lot, we got a lot still to repair
[01:03.26] (We workin' on it)
[01:04.41] Did it all with love, God, and Jesus (Amen)
[01:06.77] World in his palms, Akeem still needed Lisa (He needed her)
[01:09.24] I hope he treats her better than Tommy Boy treated Keisha (For sure)
[01:12.29] You gotta love your Queen 'cause God knows that you need her, it's real (It's real)
[01:15.91] U-N-I-T-Y
[01:17.94] Even living single we connected by the tribe
[01:20.52] Was raised by a Queen, know how to be one
[01:22.81] And love one and raise a King
[01:24.66] When he's older I'll describe how to love 'em
[01:27.06] Queens come in all shapes and colors
[01:29.15] Though we sit on thrones we don't look down on each other
[01:31.81] I learned how to rule from my mother and my aunties
[01:34.47] Got the blood of the Asante
[01:35.92] I could be Cleo or Ghandi to protect mine
[01:38.59] It's peace of mind, word to Jersey
[01:40.13] I'm a giant, a Queen's pride stronger than the lions
[01:43.12] Connected by alliance, sisterhood
[01:45.97] The day you try to test me, look homie I wish you would
[01:48.79] Open doors for the ladies as a Queen like I should
[01:51.50] That's why I'm Queen Latifah in every village, every hood
[01:54.41] And I'm good, and every city worldwide
[01:57.22] And why I been reigning for the last twenty five
[02:00.02] So all hail the Queens and the next ones to arrive
[02:02.90] Came out of Jersey with naughty dudes and hella drive
[02:05.49] Just another day above ground working my thighs, we runnin' it
[02:09.06] Member the days me and 'Pac, we had some fun with this
[02:11.46] When I would bust you dead in your eye, that's called humblin'
[02:14.24] Been holding the torch, I don't fumble it
[02:16.31] I'm a child of God versus son of men, tellin' 'em
[02:19.17] It's a clear shot to the top and I ain't talking guns and gin
[02:22.12] Just so all the Queens know that every single one of them
[02:25.13] Has a throne, spot, crown that I been proud to rock
[02:28.04] All my blood royal and that's word to Lancelot
[02:30.84] From the soil to the sun, you stunned, it ain't no shock
[02:33.61] Another black reign, came to water and nourish the crop
[02:36.75] That's why we flourish on top
[02:38.48] Just call us Queens (Call us Queens)
[02:40.63] Yeah, yeah, ha
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