The Crown Chords - Gary Byrd & The G.B. Experience

INTRO

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1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a G#m7 D#m7

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VERSE 1

G#m7 People of the world wherever you be, G#9sus4 welcome to Cosmic YOUniversity. C#9sus4 Where life is the journey and love is the trip D#9sus4 And the stu - dy of them will make you hip. G#m7 I'm professor of the rap and when I speak G#9sus4 I guarantee that my lines will not be weak. C#9sus4 They say a mind is a terrible thing to waste. D#9sus4 That's why I'm here and on the case. G#m7 Rapping up every mind with a special degree G#9sus4 In socio - psycholo-GBE C#9sus4 The Gary Byrd Experience is my course. D#9sus4 When you take my class, you will feel the force. G#m7 'Cause I know the roots that the rap is from. G#9sus4 When I speak to you I am not dumb. C#9sus4 Hear my rap and begin to dance D#9sus4 and I pro - mise you this: you will advance. G#m7 You may have seen the Raiders of the Lost Ark, G#9sus4 but you still left the theatre in the dark. C#9sus4 So clap your hands to the beat as the Wondersound D#9sus4 E#7sus2 And the G B E shine on the crown.

CHORUS 1

A#m7 D#6 You wear the crown, A#m7 D#6 I wear the crown. A#m7 D#6 So proud to say that we all A#m7 D#6 wear the crown, the crown.

VERSE 2

G#m7 I said once upon a time in Alkebu G#9sus4 Lived the kings and queens who looked like you. C#9sus4 It was a land of sun with a golden shine, D#9sus4 A place that once was yours and mine. G#m7 Home of a-many great dynasties G#9sus4 Who crea - ted science and astronomy. C#9sus4 Where the Ro - mans came to study math D#9sus4 And the Greeks found out about the path. G#m7 In case you wonder what else they did, G#9sus4 The Alkebu - lans created the pyramids. C#9sus4 And before Napoleon could even blink, D#9sus4 In Alkebu there stood a giant sphinx. G#m7 Some say they came from outer space, G#9sus4 But they are a part of the human race. C#9sus4 If you know the place where they can be found D#9sus4 E#7sus2 You may be the one who can wear the crown.

CHORUS 2

A#m7 D#6 You wear the crown, A#m7 D#6 I wear the crown. A#m7 D#6 So proud to say that we all A#m7 D#6 wear the crown, the crown. A#m7 D#6 I wear the crown, A#m7 D#6 you wear the crown. A#m7 D#6 So proud to say that we all A#m7 D#6 wear the crown, Get down! INTERLUDE 1 G#m7 G#9sus4 | G#9sus4 C#9sus4 | C#9sus4 D#9sus4 | D#9sus4 | We wear the crown G#m7 G#9sus4 | G#9sus4 C#9sus4 | we wear the crown C#9sus4 D#9sus4 | D#9sus4 |

VERSE 3

G#m7 Not the greatest dancer with the baddest shoe, G#9sus4 Not the slic - kest rapper that you ever knew C#9sus4 have worn the crown though they wanted to D#9sus4 And they'll want to until they die. G#m7 Not a man of science with a PHD., G#9sus4 Not a la - dy of law, master's degree C#9sus4 Will wear the crown unless they can see D#9sus4 A unique reality. G#m7 You see, when you say you wear the crown G#9sus4 You make sure you know it is profound. C#9sus4 In case it sounds like a mystery D#sus4 I'm a-tal - king about our story. G#m7 It can make Agamemnon nodd to you, G#9sus4 It can make Nefertiti beckon you. C#9sus4 With the crown you will begin to glow D#9sus4 When its se - cret you begin to know. G#m7 Next time you feel like you're in a rut G#9sus4 Go see the mighty kingdom of King Tut. C#9sus4 It'll blow your mind, no doubt, it's true D#9sus4 'Cause, guess what, King Tut looks just like you. G#m7 You were Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile. G#9sus4 The sun would wink when it saw your smile. C#9sus4 You were the Han - nibal of the history book D#9sus4 And the Earth would tremble at your very look. G#m7 You were the builders of the pyramids, G#9sus4 You were the face upon the sphinx. C#9sus4 You rode on the Nile in grace and style. D#9sus4 Look at yourself today and think. G#m7 See the hieroglyphics upon the wall; G#9sus4 like the dan - cers on the floor they will not fall. C#9sus4 If you take one look, it will astound D#9sus4 D#/E# E#7sus2 And then you will see who wears the crown.

CHORUS 3

A#m7 D#6 You wear the crown, A#m7 D#6 I wear the crown. A#m7 D#6 So proud to say that we all A#m7 D#6 wear the crown, the crown. A#m7 D#6 I wear the crown, A#m7 D#6 you wear the crown. A#m7 D#6 So proud to say that we all A#m7 D#6 wear the crown, Get down! CHORUS 4 (guitar/drums/vox only) A#m7 D#6 You wear the crown, A#m7 D#6 I wear the crown. A#m7 D#6 So proud to say that we all A#m7 D#6 wear the crown, the crown. A#m7 D#6 I wear the crown, A#m7 D#6 you wear the crown. A#m7 D#6 So proud to say that we all (bass in) A#m7 D#6 wear the crown, Get down!

BRIDGE

A#m7 D#6 I do recall so very well, when I was just a little boy. A#m7 D#6 I used to hur - ry home from school, I used to al - ways feel so blue A#m7 D#6 A#m7 D#6 Because there was no mention in the books we read about my heritage. A#m7 D#6 So therefore a - ny information that I got was education. A#m7 D#6 Bums, hobos at depot stations, I would li - sten with much patience A#m7 D#6 A#m7 D#6 Or to re - latives who told the tales that they were told to pass ahead. A#m7 D#6 Ah, but then one day from someone old, I heard a sto - ry never told A#m7 D#6 Of all the king - doms of my people and then how we fought for freedom. A#m7 D#6 All about the many things we have unto the world contributed... A#m7 D#6 You wear the crown.

INTERLUDE 2

VERSE 4

G#m7 It's not Star Wars, it's not Superman, G#9sus4 It's not the sto - ry of the Ku-Klux-Klan. C#9sus4 The crown will appear in the GBE, D#9sus4 But it's ne - ver seen on your TV. G#m7 It's in black and white in your gold mine, G#9sus4 A picture so old it defies time. C#9sus4 A - lex Haley drew it in his book D#9sus4 It's what Kun - ta kept in his other foot. G#m7 Ghana Songhay and old Mali, G#9sus4 They are the roots of your own family tree. C#9sus4 Kingdom so vast and knowledge wise D#9sus4 They removed cataracts from human eyes. G#m7 And yet today, some refuse to see G#9sus4 and live in fear of their discovery. C#9sus4 Now in four - teen-hundred and ninety-two D#9sus4 Colum - bus sailed the ocean - true. G#m7 But years before in Alkebu, G#9sus4 A ship set sail with a chocolate crew. C#9sus4 Two thou - sand years before Columbo came, D#9sus4 The Olmecs built tributes to their fame. G#m7 Stone heads with faces eight feet high G#9sus4 that the Hulk could not lift to his thigh. C#9sus4 Though the facts historians avoid D#9sus4 First to arrive was the Africoid. G#m7 It may shock the House and Shockley too G#9sus4 And if you're not prepared, it may shock you. C#9sus4 While some had doubts that the world was round D#9sus4 E#7sus2 In Ame - rica, guess who wore the crown? CHORUS 5 A#m7 D#6 You wear the crown, A#m7 D#6 I wear the crown. A#m7 D#6 So proud to say that we all A#m7 D#6 wear the crown, Get down!

VERSE 5

G#m7 When you wear the crown you will not need G#9sus4 to smoke, to coke, to dust, or speed. C#9sus4 With the crown, you can become the high D#9sus4 And you will make it if you try. G#m7 But don't you ever forget what it will take; G#9sus4 to wear the crown you cannot fake. C#9sus4 If you're gon - na lead, you gotta be a king D#9sus4 And give the world your everything. G#m7 Or be a man like Malcolm X G#9sus4 And demand for all the very best, C#9sus4 Or conduct a railroad like Harriet; D#9sus4 We all owe her a lifetime debt. G#m7 If you're gon - na fight, don't do it free, G#9sus4 make 'em pay to see just like Ali. C#9sus4 Or sing like Ella and make them guess D#9sus4 Is it you or is it Memorex? G#m7 If you play a sport, become number one G#9sus4 like Joe Louis and Jackie Robinson. C#9sus4 Make Doc - tor J. your shining star D#9sus4 Shoot like Magic, dunk with Jabbar. G#m7 Or if you can write, then write some books G#9sus4 like Lang - ston Hughes or our Ms. Brooks. C#9sus4 If you think you're smart, don't deceive us, D#9sus4 Be an Im - hotep, be a genius. G#m7 And don't let anybody confuse the fact. G#9sus4 You don't wear the crown just because you're black. C#9sus4 Everybo - dy in the world has a crown in place D#9sus4 That becomes their culture and their face. G#m7 And so it is, we will not deny G#9sus4 Our hi - story or buy the lie. C#9sus4 We have no claim to be renowned D#9sus4 E#7sus2 When we were first to wear the crown.

FINAL CHORUS