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Step 1 / 25Position: 11

1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

If simplification desired (basic major/minor)
each main riff repeat
 G#m| |  C#|  D#m|
transition into chorus
 G#m| |  C#|  D#m   E#|
                 ^ enharmonic with F
each chorus section
 A#m|  D#| x4
^ may be easiest with capo 4, transpose down 4 half-steps (first chord Em)
  alternatively, capo 1, transpose down 1 half-step (first chord Am - all chords with removed sharps)
ORDER: I V1 C1 V2  C2INT1 V3  C3   C4   BINT2 V4  C5V5 FC
[INTRO]
n.c. | |
(keyboard shapes to be repeated)
e|-11----------------------11----11-------------9--|----9--9-----6-----6-----9--------6--------------|
B|-12----------12----------12----12-12----------7--|----7--7-----7-----7-----7--------7--------------|
G|-11----------11----------11----11-11-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------13-------------------13----------8--|----8--8-----------------8-----------------------|
A|-11----------11----------11----11-11-------------|-------------6-----6--------------6--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
   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
e|-6-----------------------6--------------------4--|----4--4-----1-----1--4-----4--4--1--------------|
B|-7-----------7-----------7--------7-----------2--|----2--2-----2-----2--2-----2--2--2--------------|
G|-8-----------8-----------8--------8--------------|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------9--------------------9-----------3--|----3--3--------------3-----3--3-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------1-----1--------------1--------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
   1  e  +  a  2  e  +  a  3  e  +  a  4  e  +  a    1  e  +  a  2  e  +  a  3  e  +  a  4  e  +  a
   Bmaj7                                        A#m7                                              G#m7
(continue keyboard shapes)
(  G#m7)       G#9sus4|    G#9sus4   Bmaj7/C#|
(  Bmaj7/C#)   D#9sus4|             D#9sus4|
(add rhythm guitar)
(  G#m7)       G#9sus4|    G#9sus4    C#9sus4|
       C#9sus4   D#9sus4|             D#9sus4|
(  G#m7)       G#9sus4|    G#9sus4    C#9sus4|
       C#9sus4   D#9sus4|             D#9sus4|
[VERSE 1]
 People    G#m7of the world wherever you be,
 welcome       G#9sus4to Cosmic YOUniversity.
 Where life       C#9sus4is the journey and love is the trip
 And the D#9sus4stu  -  dy of them will make you hip.
 I'm proG#m7fessor of the rap and when I speak
 I guaranG#9sus4tee    that my lines will not be weak.
 They say a C#9sus4mind   is a terrible thing to waste.
 That's why I'm D#9sus4here   and on the case.
 Rapping G#m7up  every mind with a special degree
 In sociG#9sus4o   -   psycholo-G.B.E.
 The Gary C#9sus4Byrd   Experience is my course.
 When you D#9sus4take   my class, you will feel the force.
'Cause I G#m7know the roots that the rap is from.
 When I G#9sus4speak  to you I am not dumb.
 C#9sus4Hear   my rap and begin to dance
 and I D#9sus4pro  -  mise you this: you will advance.
 You may have G#m7seen the Raiders of the Lost Ark,
 but you G#9sus4still  left the theatre in the dark.
 So clap your C#9sus4hands  to the beat as the Wondersound
 And the D#9sus4G.     B.  E. shine E#7sus2on     the crown.
[CHORUS 1]
      A#m7You wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7I wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, the D#6crown.
[VERSE 2]
I said G#m7once upon a time in Alkebu
Lived the G#9sus4kings  and queens who looked like you.
It was a C#9sus4land   of sun with a golden shine,
A D#9sus4place that once was yours and mine.
G#m7Home of a-many great dynasties
Who creG#9sus4a   -   ted science and astronomy.
Where the C#9sus4Ro  -  mans came to study math
And the D#9sus4Greeks found out about the path.
In G#m7case you wonder what else they did,
The AlkeG#9sus4bu  -  lans created the pyramids.
And beC#9sus4fore   Napoleon could even blink,
In AlkeD#9sus4bu     there stood a giant sphinx.
G#m7Some say they came from outer space,
But they       G#9sus4are a part of the human race.
If you C#9sus4know   the place where they can be found
You D#9sus4may    be the one who can E#7sus2wear   the crown.
[CHORUS 2]
      A#m7You wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7I wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, the D#6crown.
      A#m7I wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7you wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, Get D#6down!
[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]
 Not the G#m7greatest dancer with the baddest shoe,
 Not the G#9sus4slic - kest rapper that you ever knew
 have C#9sus4worn   the crown though they wanted to
 And they'll D#9sus4want   to until they die.
 Not a G#m7man of science with a PHD.,
 Not a G#9sus4la  -  dy of law, master's degree
 Will C#9sus4wear   the crown unless they can see
 A uD#9sus4nique  reality.
 You see, G#m7when you say you wear the crown
 You make G#9sus4sure   you know it is profound.
 In C#9sus4case   it sounds like a mystery
 I'm a-D#sus4tal - king about our story.
 It can G#m7make Agamemnon nodd to you,
 It can G#9sus4make   Nefertiti beckon you.
 With the C#9sus4crown  you will begin to glow
 When its D#9sus4se  -  cret you begin to know.
 Next G#m7time you feel like you're in a rut
 Go G#9sus4see    the mighty kingdom of King Tut.
 It'll C#9sus4blow   your mind, no doubt, it's true
'Cause, guess D#9sus4what,  King Tut looks just like you.
 You were G#m7Cleopatra, Queen of the Nile.
 The G#9sus4sun    would wink when it saw your smile.
 You were the C#9sus4Han  -  nibal of the history book
 And the D#9sus4Earth  would tremble at your very look.
 You were the G#m7builders of the pyramids,
 You were the G#9sus4face   upon the sphinx.
 You C#9sus4rode   on the Nile in grace and style.
 Look at yourD#9sus4self   today and think.
 See the G#m7hieroglyphics upon the wall;
 like the dan   G#9sus4-   cers on the floor they will not fall.
 If you C#9sus4take   one look, it will astound
 And then D#9sus4you    will see who D#/E#wears the crown.E#7sus2  
[CHORUS 3]
      A#m7You wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7I wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, the D#6crown.
      A#m7I wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7you wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, Get D#6down!
[CHORUS 4]
(guitar/drums/vox only)
      A#m7You wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7I wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, the D#6crown.
      A#m7I wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7you wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
               (bass in)
      A#m7wear the crown, Get D#6down!
[BRIDGE]
I do recall    A#m7so very well, when I was just   D#6a little boy.
I used to hur  A#m7-  ry home from school, I used to D#6al - ways feel so blue
Because there A#m7was no mention in the books we read   D#6about my heritage.A#m7  D#6  
So therefore a  A#m7-  ny information that I got   D#6was education.
Bums, hobos    A#m7at depot stations, I would li D#6- sten with much patience
Or to A#m7re - latives who told the tales that they   D#6were told to pass ahead.A#m7  D#6  
Ah, but then one day    A#m7from someone old, I heard a sto D#6- ry never told
Of all the king  A#m7-  doms of my people and then D#6how we fought for freedom.
All aA#m7bout the many things we have unto   D#6the world contributed...
     A#m7     D#6You wear the crown.
[INTERLUDE 2]
(  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 4]
It's not G#m7Star Wars, it's not Superman,
It's not the G#9sus4sto  -  ry of the Ku-Klux-Klan.
The crown C#9sus4will   appear in the G.B.E.,
But it's D#9sus4ne  -  ver seen on your TV.
It's in G#m7black and white in your gold mine,
A picG#9sus4ture   so old it defies time.
C#9sus4A   -   lex Haley drew it in his book
It's what D#9sus4Kun  -  ta kept in his other foot.
Ghana    G#m7Songhay and old Mali,
They are the G#9sus4roots  of your own family tree.
KingC#9sus4dom    so vast and knowledge wise
They reD#9sus4moved  cataracts from human eyes.
And G#m7yet today, some refuse to see
and G#9sus4live   in fear of their discovery.
Now in C#9sus4four - teen-hundred and ninety-two
CoD#9sus4lum  -  bus sailed the ocean - true.
But G#m7years before in Alkebu,
A ship       G#9sus4set sail with a chocolate crew.
Two C#9sus4thou - sand years before Columbo came,
The OlD#9sus4mecs   built tributes to their fame.
Stone G#m7heads with faces eight feet high
that the G#9sus4Hulk   could not lift to his thigh.
Though the C#9sus4facts  historians avoid
First D#9sus4to     arrive was the Africoid.
It may G#m7shock the House and Shockley too
And if you're G#9sus4not    prepared, it may shock you.
While C#9sus4some   had doubts that the world was round
In AD#9sus4me  -  rica, guess who E#7sus2wore   the crown?
[CHORUS 5]
      A#m7You wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7I wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, Get D#6down!
[VERSE 5]
When you G#m7wear the crown you will not need
to G#9sus4smoke, to coke, to dust, or speed.
With the C#9sus4crown, you can become the high
And D#9sus4you    will make it if you try.
But don't you G#m7ever forget what it will take;
to G#9sus4wear   the crown you cannot fake.
If you're C#9sus4gon  -  na lead, you gotta be a king
And D#9sus4give   the world your everything.
Or G#m7be  a man like Malcolm X
And deG#9sus4mand   for all the very best,
Or conC#9sus4duct   a railroad like Harriet;
We D#9sus4all    owe her a lifetime debt.
If you're G#m7gon - na fight, don't do it free,
make 'em G#9sus4pay    to see just like Ali.
Or C#9sus4sing   like Ella and make them guess
Is it D#9sus4you    or is it Memorex?
If you G#m7play a sport, become number one
like G#9sus4Joe    Louis and Jackie Robinson.
Make C#9sus4Doc - tor J. your shining star
Shoot D#9sus4like   Magic, dunk with Jabbar.
Or if G#m7you can write, then write some books
like G#9sus4Lang - ston Hughes or our Ms. Brooks.
If you C#9sus4think  you're smart, don't deceive us,
Be an D#9sus4Im  -  hotep, be a genius.
And don't G#m7let anybody confuse the fact.
You don't G#9sus4wear   the crown just because you're black.
EveryC#9sus4bo  -  dy in the world has a crown in place
That beD#9sus4comes  their culture and their face.
And G#m7so  it is, we will not deny
Our G#9sus4hi  -  story or buy the lie.
We C#9sus4have   no claim to be renowned
When D#9sus4we     were first to E#7sus2wear   the crown.
[FINAL CHORUS]
      A#m7You wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7I wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, the D#6crown.
      A#m7I wear the crown,D#6  
      A#m7you wear the crown.D#6  
      A#m7So proud to say   D#6that we all
      A#m7wear the crown, Get D#6down!
(repeat to fade)

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The Crown

by Gary Byrd & The G.B. Experience

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

G#m

D#m

A#m

G#m7

D#m7

Bmaj7

A#m7

G#9sus4

Bmaj7/C#

D#9sus4

C#9sus4

D#6

D#sus4

D#/E#

If simplification desired (basic major/minor)

each main riff repeat

G#m C# D#m

| | | |

transition into chorus

G#m C# D#m E#

| | | |

^ enharmonic with F

each chorus section

A#m D#

| | x4

^ may be easiest with capo 4, transpose down 4 half-steps (first chord Em)

alternatively, capo 1, transpose down 1 half-step (first chord Am - all chords with removed sharps)

C2 C3 C4 B C5

ORDER: I V1 C1 V2 INT1 V3 INT2 V4 V5 FC

[INTRO]

n.c. | |

(keyboard shapes to be repeated)

e|-11----------------------11----11-------------9--|----9--9-----6-----6-----9--------6--------------|

B|-12----------12----------12----12-12----------7--|----7--7-----7-----7-----7--------7--------------|

G|-11----------11----------11----11-11-------------|-------------------------------------------------|

D|-------------13-------------------13----------8--|----8--8-----------------8-----------------------|

A|-11----------11----------11----11-11-------------|-------------6-----6--------------6--------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

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

e|-6-----------------------6--------------------4--|----4--4-----1-----1--4-----4--4--1--------------|

B|-7-----------7-----------7--------7-----------2--|----2--2-----2-----2--2-----2--2--2--------------|

G|-8-----------8-----------8--------8--------------|-------------------------------------------------|

D|-------------9--------------------9-----------3--|----3--3--------------3-----3--3-----------------|

A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------1-----1--------------1--------------|

E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|

1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a

Bmaj7 A#m7 G#m7

(continue keyboard shapes)

G#m7 G#9sus4 G#9sus4 Bmaj7/C#

( ) | |

Bmaj7/C# D#9sus4 D#9sus4

( ) | |

(add rhythm guitar)

G#m7 G#9sus4 G#9sus4 C#9sus4

( ) | |

C#9sus4 D#9sus4 D#9sus4

| |

G#m7 G#9sus4 G#9sus4 C#9sus4

( ) | |

C#9sus4 D#9sus4 D#9sus4

| |

[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-G.B.E.

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]

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 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 G.B.E.,

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]

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!

(repeat to fade)

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