"King's Paradise" is a song recorded and performed by Rakim and written by William Griffin, Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad for the television series Luke Cage. It was released on June 22, 2018.[1]
Lyrics
- Welcome to Harlem, the home of innovating
- Legacies and stories of Gods killing Satan
- Where they honor Harlem's father Philip Payton
- The renaissance in the making
- Ellington, Garvey, Joe Louis, Lena Horne
- Malcolm, Maya, Louis Armstrong
- But now crime is the new crave
- So it's a new crusade, so salute to Luke Cage
- Fight for the cause
- All the way to the top, rivalry wars, life can be lost
- No type of remorse
- Forward always for Pop, until the crown is rightfully yours
- But success brings sacrifice
- And no one was at stake, the pressure could crack a pipe
- Where everything has a price
- But you pay with your life in the King's Paradise
- The king (king)
- The king (king)
- The king (king)
- The king's Luke Cage (king)
- Paradise
- The king (king)
- The king (king)
- The king (king)
- The king (king)
- The king
- His story is complicated
- He got framed for a crime and incarcerated
- Locked up his alter ego
- Experimented on, nothing but superhero skills
- But everyday, he get twice as strong
- Bulletproof skin but his life is torn
- The only lady he ever loved in his life is gone
- Escaped prison, got to fight to right his wrong
- No question, he gon' take on the whole hood in a hoodie
- No weapons, and no cape on
- One by one and knock 'em out
- Until Cottonmouth is forgot about
- But success brings sacrifice
- And if you thinking it's a piece of cake, you can have a slice
- It's like gambling with a pair of dice
- But you can pay with your life in the King's Paradise
- The king (king)
- The king (king)
- The king (king)
- The king's Luke Cage (king)
- Superhero skills
- The king
Video
Marvel's Luke Cage Rakim - “Kings Paradise” HD Netflix