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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
De La Soul
Performer
Dave West
Drums
Davey Chegwidden
Percussion
Elizabeth Lea
Trombone
Gina Loring
Vocals
Jordan Katz
Trumpet
Kaveh Rastagar
Bass
Okorie Johnson
Cello
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
David Jude Jolicoeur
Composer
Vincent Mason
Composer
Kelvin Mercer
Composer
D. West
Composer
Davey Chegwidden
Composer
K. Rastegar
Arranger
Jennifer Lopez
Composer
PALMER DANIEL AARON
Arranger
J. Katz
Composer
M. Demeritt
Arranger
Davey Chegwidden
Arranger
Jordan Katz
Arranger
Matt DeMerritt
Horn Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Davey Chegwidden
Producer
Ethan Phillips
Engineer
Josh Lopez
Engineer
Masahiro Tsuzuki
Engineer
Matt DeMerritt
Engineer
Morgan Garcia
Engineer
Lyrics
(It's the flies)
(They are so annoying)
(Shh, shut up you fool, she's here)
(Oh, oh)
Ladies and Gents
Crystal carrying pixie peasants and warriors
Elders, ancestors, sons and daughters
Lion-hearted kings and everything in between
Take a seat, be witness
You consider 'em kings, about to icing on cakes
Chariots cruise at tortoise speeds
Lay your bifocals on royalty
Longer than Sears catalogue
Stern like matadors and factual, actual LPs
Mirror the crimson tide
The color of the Rubics
Them duplex views got your nose up
But cozy up to this warmth though
That long term froze is up
The jawn is up
I get swallowed by the barracuda
Androids read raps off iPhones
I choke the blood out of felt tips
Heavy weights up to the front if the belt fits
The wealth is like ivory toothpicks
One out of each tusk
And must gets bust for each and every hiccup
Salute life when dawn breaks
Fawn colored faux mink lapels on these royalty capes
I repeat, salute life when dawn breaks
Fawn colored faux mink lapels around royalty capes
Royalty
Behold, this divine alignment
Scrolled secretly in cloud formations
Waterfall rhythms from crowns containing galaxies
Gems from past dimensions
A bond so strong it has unbreakable status
Spits hieroglyphic scripture
Like a god from Atlantis
(From Atlantis, from Atlantis, from Atlantis)
(From Atlantis, from Atlantis, from Atlantis)
Us, three be the omega like fish oil
This royal right we own, no rentals
Owners of the cape express
He went fresh from the mind
You ate off the plate of fundamentals
Knocked on every door of the country's red rugs
We'll lay on floors
We walk and etched in like testament
And find the atomic number 79
On Vernon's periodic table we dine upon
Sittin' on thrones, gettin' blown to bits
By our royal dime, fillet of fine dinin'
News from the east sire
Them East coast kings
Are still findin' ways to stay on
On for play on, like a damn disease
Spread the word of Ramses
And fry up a pan of these
Salute dawn when day breaks
And give me my checks
With the same first name as my cape
I repeat, salute dawn when day breaks
And give me my checks
With the same first name as the capes
Royalty
We are an army of stars unleashed
The sky takes notes when we speak
Our capes move with the wind
Because of the wings beneath
This is royalty
The sky takes notes when we speak
Our capes move with the wind
Because of the wings beneath
This is royalty
The sky takes notes when we speak
Our capes move with the wind
Because of the wings beneath
This is royalty
(This is royalty, this is royalty, this royalty)
(This is royalty, this is royalty, this royalty)
Written by: D. West, Davey Chegwidden, David Jude Jolicoeur, J. Katz, Jennifer Lopez, K. Rastegar, Kelvin Mercer, M. Demeritt, PALMER DANIEL AARON, Vincent Mason