Still Kings - Delta

Long time since red hens, a trail of dead pens

Release meant rest in peace for some best friends

Met Mojo and the Duj through T1

Laced a track in Queens Modells had begun

Last day for London my bag was packed

But I swore, we’ll record many more when I’m back

Met Mark B droppin' frees at Vadim’s Shack

For Thing and Kela’s mixtape, had bangers and mash

And discussed wax we dug for, culture we loved more

Than life itself, before it became a drug war

Foundations for my records in '04

At the corner formed that Nuffsaid onslaught

Met Prowla, made a connect

Backstage at LC’s launch for stage is set

Staen 1 made the plan be paid respect

We rep Adelaide to death from a to z

Menace worked like a madman not takin' a breath

Tore truth from the books 'til no pages were left

Let no man kill a legacy remaining a threat

Chess game, check mate in this playground of death

We still kings, every piece had to play a role

Refused to play pawn, we saw the majors fold

Kids in the street don’t care what your label sold

They want it real from the heart and displaying soul

Culture of Kings got album of the week

We Built This and my track were both four spins deep

Everyday when it played, I saw my friend Josh weep

Tears of joy for the boy he’d seen fiend for these beats

Since second grade Kool Herc, Melle Mel, Busy Bee

Rock Steady Frees by Rammellzee

Cold Crush, Bambaataa and the Treacherous Three

Vaughn Bode, Skeme, See, Frank Frazetta and Lee

These kings reigned from LA to NYC

But back home mad pioneers taking the lead

Hype Magazine readers, RIP chrome pieces

73A, RCE, TDC Heaters

AKA Brothers, Rise and Tarkee

The Almighty Def Wish, Die C and Unique

Puzle Burners had a kid too impressed to speak

Voices from the underground when our culture was free

Many see it now as rotten beef vultures will eat

And hyenas guard the carcass of an MPC

If you need good times, I’ve got double of chic

Need hood rhymes?

Parkside by Schoolly D

Respect my history livin' in the here and now

I pray the youth are gonna take the time to hear me out

Infinite people out there owed props and clout

So if I missed you out, next time I’ll give you a shout

We still kings, every piece had to play a role

Refused to play pawn, we saw the majors fold

Kids in the street don’t care what your label sold

They want it real from the heart and displaying soul

I know a king without a fam will die a lonely man

I owe my clan a flamboyant holler wavin' my hands

Four in a Home, thousand round the globe

7 warriors in Harlem, DTA, Ayo, Milano

Wax Po, Mas D on Lennox and Two Fifth

My home away from home, Buddy, Rheturik and Jig

BX connects Ready Cee and DJ Mixx

The Beatnuts, The Dapkings, peace Akir we rebellious

Big Jeff, DP One, Murs and Seam

Will tell on the boards recorded verses for Mean

Strong Hold, Atoms Fam, The Plague and FT

Z Trip, Marvellous Flowz RIP

USN, Planetrock, Tomkat, The A Team

Motion, D&D, Terra Firma, BG

My Oz Japanese Leo bro Matty Biz

Quilly, P-Torx and Bhaev what it is

Cake, Carlisle Clique, Ahska, The Mud Fam

Without all you kings I was just one man

In an hourglass clutchin' at the sand

You expanded my mind and you made me what I am

Now I do it for the kings

We still kings, every piece had to play a role

Refused to play pawn, we saw the majors fold

Kids in the street don’t care what your label sold

They want it real from the heart and displaying soul