Lyrics
[Intro] Yeah Uh
Nile flow
Uh-huh
[Verse 1] Ra on the rise when the rooster ain't crow
Sand in my sandals I'm stomping through gold
Pharaoh in the mirror got a lion in his soul
Chisel to the stone let the dynasty know
Priests in the corner reading stars like a scroll
I was born in the delta where the river run cold
[Chorus] I am the king I am the king
Built my whole life on a pyramid dream
I am the king I am the king
Anubis gon' weigh what my heart really brings
[Post-Chorus] Nile flow Nile flow
(Nile flow Nile flow)
Gold glow gold glow
(Gold glow gold glow)
[Verse 2] Scribe with the reed dipping ink in the night
Hieroglyph talk but I keep it polite
Nubian guards at the gate on my right
Brother want the throne so he sharpened the knife
Scarab on my chest got the sun in a ring
Servants in linen they fanning the king
Flood season come and it cover the field
Every single harvest is signed and it's sealed
[Chorus] I am the king I am the king
Built my whole life on a pyramid dream
I am the king I am the king
Anubis gon' weigh what my heart really brings
[Post-Chorus] Nile flow Nile flow
(Nile flow Nile flow)
Gold glow gold glow
(Gold glow gold glow)
[Bridge] Ozymandias who
I don't answer to ruins
Cartouche on the tomb
Every name that I'm using
Death is a door and I walk through it cool
Ferryman row me across the blue pool
[Chorus] I am the king I am the king
Built my whole life on a pyramid dream
I am the king I am the king
Anubis gon' weigh what my heart really brings
[Post-Chorus] Nile flow Nile flow
(Nile flow Nile flow)
Gold glow gold glow
(Gold glow gold glow)
[Verse 3] Black land fertile when the river get high
Astronomers charting every star in the sky
I don't trust a vizier with a look in his eye
Keep a cobra on the crown for the day that I die
Built a temple at Abu where the pilgrims arrive
Forty seasons on the throne and the legend survive
Little brother want the title but he ain't got the spine
I was carving out a nation while he wasted his time
[Verse 4] Ramses in the bloodline Senusret in the bone
I don't build for the moment I be building for the throne
Hittite on the border want a piece of the stone
Sent 'em back to Anatolia with a treaty of their own
Kushite in the south and they paying in gold
Every rival kingdom got a story that I told
When the inundation drop and the harvest get sold
I'm the reason that the granaries is never getting cold
[Chorus] I am the king I am the king
Built my whole life on a pyramid dream
I am the king I am the king
Anubis gon' weigh what my heart really brings