Leaders of History

Yeah (Yeah)

They see my legionnaires and my eagle's bared on my flier

Go ask my captives, say a price, I gon' tell them higher (Tell them higher, yah)

My name in months and titles, know I'm the man they admire (They admire, yeah)

I gon' forge the flames of empires

Don't wanna fuck with a Caesar (Yeah)

Big leader (Ayy), Res Publica, I'm consul and speaker (Yeah)

Coliseum, 'cause I'm deciding fates (Ayy)

I do it centre stage (Ayy), but they all stuck in the bleachers (Yeah)

Ain't your teacher, so go learn some etiquette (Yeah)

And they play like Shakespeare, every verse a rhetoric (Haha)

Got Pompey talkin' till he hurt his head a bit(Yeah)

Turn a king to a slave, like they Vercingetorix (Yah)

Never did it easy

I be coming into battle like it's veni, vidi, vici (Yeah)

Bello on the commentarii, I got records written neatly

Got the money like I'm Crassus

Hittin' London to Damascus, they gon' call me a dictator 'cause the senate getting needy

Even better when you see me

Leave 'em sectioned like a C (Yah)

These other members of the consulate (Ayy) ain't getting it like me (Yeah)

Be hittin' Cleo down in Egypt (Ha)

In my bed like Nefertiti, I'm that Gaius back in BC

When I was at war

I was outflanked, caught by the ranked forces of a mad horde

And I still left every man more stamped on than the passport for my wrapped corpse, now my back's sore

Ooh, and my body aches 'cause I'm soon to hit ninety

And you and my hundred of wives are invited

And by then I might've just flooded the Nile with how long I reigned

Hence the growth I made for the betterment of Egypt

Every enemy that threatened me is said to be defeated

Muwatalli, you could tally up your dead hitters

Don't need evidence on Amun, I swear this happened, 'cause I said it did

God to amateurs, there's none this grand, you've put among your pantheon Ozymandias only stands next to fucking Ra

You'll never cook as hard as Gordon Ramesses could (Ayy)

Watch yo mouth with the king of kings, step in this bitch (Ayy, ayy)

I done conquered Lydia, Egypt, and shit (Let's go)

I heard ya was talkin', y'all babble on and on

Call your army, let's get this shit (Brrt)

I pull up to your border and cause a disturbance

They shakin', I'm makin' 'em nervous (Ayy)

Really the greatest, my servants, they worship

I can't get no blood on this shirt, man, it's Persian

I could conquer your bitch, that's for certain (Ayy)

Top five, I'm gettin' her vote (Yeah)

My drip so deep, my fit's on fleek

My flow like water, y'all seen my mote (Goddamn)

Don't make me breach, stop gettin' so close

They all rejoice, just to look upon me (Ayy)

Get on yo knees, it's CTG, 600 BC

Still an OG (It's the), what?

Greatest, make way for him

Sayin' make way, or paint in the namesake's sentiment

I'm leavin' no terrain that is safe for them

Made to lay waste, take 'em to pave great

Benefit raid, the Achaemenid, I commit the campaign, sit the naysayers, grippin' the reins, show me

The mane's glistening clip in a quiver, they quiver in fates, immanence

Ain't cuttin' close, facin' a low-taper fade difference

Ayy, pain-driven Mayn, pages stay fillin'

They get in my way, fatally slay 'em in a minute

See the KDA changing the game or no gains given

When you're faced with the greatest to date, I stay winnin'

His status acclaimed, embedded in my survival

Conquest, baby, stand ready for my arrival

Concept and principal, I'm just invincible

Y'all couldn't fit in my title (The Great)

(Ayy) Make way for the wise and generous (Uh)

Switching minds like they stuck on a pendulum (Yeah)

Hate a woman so much they plan to set me up (What?)

Love a queen so much I'm makin' them combust (Ayy)

Like a 지귀

I'm the 음 to their 양 (Yeah), the woman to their death (Yeah)

They don't know that they need me, nah

별들과 유성을 볼 수 있게 첨성대 내가 만들었지, nah (Ayy)

반란을 거쳐 즉위하는 덕만

Laid the foundation of a unified comeback

신라의 제 27대, 선덕여왕

여주불능선리 가 헛소리

Focus on my people and all their stories

정녕 향기가 없는 꽃이

I don't need a man taking all my glory (Ayy)

Praying for my downfall, got 'em star searching

Buildin' up the towers that they're using for observing

'Cause I'm buried in the country that I helped in making flourish (Yeah)

See them read my name at the temples they worship

The one and only empress, ruthless, and I had to be (Yah)

You think men are impressive, have them try it as ladies

When I took over the court, then I took over the country

China grew, econ' boomed, but they judged me as cruel

Not ready for the fist that I ruled with (Nah)

Prejudice, scared of this new movement

无情武招 (Woo), watch out

Crown myself now (Ayy), so bow

Down on your knees (Yeah), I've seized

My dynasty, 这是我的时代

Threaten me, you all die

The first and I'm the last matriarch

Call me holy and divine

竹千代 was born 泰平を渇望

三河の国から日ノ本が脱帽

ずんぐりむっくり抜け目ないタヌキが

サルから奪い取る関ケ原バトル

東西 天下の分け目

張り切った闘志 燃え盛り戦果を挙げて

ただ勝つだけじゃなく

ただ継ぐだけじゃなく

荒れ果てたこの国にもたらすは peace

今も尚まさしく将軍の鑑

肥やす真っ青な空と緑の田園風景

風光明媚

聳える天守閣から見下ろす城下町

御開帳 大江戸幕府

御来光 大手を振って歩く

(Khan) Carvin' paths and cartilage

Carnage, wrath incarnate

Tried to pull the rug, left wrapped in carpet

Fates in the Jami' al-tawarikh (What?)

Leave the battlefield covered in crimson (Yo, yo)

Break necks while I build my kingdom (Uh, uh)

You claim that you wouldn't do the same, but

Everybody's got a little bit of me in them (What?)

Go, gung-ho, cutthroat, blood soaked, where'd your guts go? (Wow)

Did your gusto jump boat?

Front row to your home becoming a dust bowl

And it only gets worse if you run slow

Big strides, Mongolian steppes

Spearheadin' a raid, now there's a hole in your chest

I'm posin' a threat to the whole of the West

And the rest of the world will still know me in death

(Ayy) Alfred the great

Son of the wolf, wields power and grace

Show you how learned and the merciful men make a kingdom from ashes and scour the Danes (Woo)

I was the fifth in line and the last one left

Still poker facin', though they stacked my deck (Huh?)

Goddamn life was a trial by death

But by God's good light, man, I passed that test (Yeah)

Only English monarch to have earned "The Great"

Made the Pagans vacate and learn their place

Showed a monster mercy and I turned their faith

Might've won the battle, but I burned the cakes

Met the Pope in Rome, and God spoke

Said, "My man Alfie's a top bloke" (Yeah, yeah)

When it comes to the art of war, I'm ahead of my time, like crossbows (Brrt)

See, I'm movin' bardic, so damn charmin', loyal men, I got those (Got those)

King of the Anglo-Saxons, might have lost fights, but you'll never hear he lost hope

Hello, I'm Gorm's son, Harold Gormsson

Thyra's vagina is where I was born from

I'm well respected in the runic who's who

If you're connected, you could call me "Bluetooth"

I majored in sailin', invadin', and raidin'

Rearrangin' the brains of the pagan, and reignin'

Behold, he's a man for all seasons

Whether you're Norwegian or even more old Zealand

I culled heathens in cold zeal, and

Your boy Harald, he done brought peace to the whole region

Oh, Jesus

You reckon you're bringin' the heavy bars and hard lines?

You wrote yours, I took a stone and carved mine

Inscribe it in runes (I live on a landmark)

Your life is in ruins

It's Carolus Magnus Charlemagne

Takin' over your homeland's charred remains (Ayy)

Got Bavaria, Saxony, part of Spain

And nobody's ever walked that path again

And you could hardly name a place, a nation

A state ungraced by the great that Charles became

Left the past in flames to kickstart the arts from the heart of Aachen, I command my reign

Brought systems into existence

Missi Dominici, for instance

Schmoozed the Pope, and bigged up the Christians

There ain't no resistin' my influence

Pilgrims flock where I bid them go

Plus, I got that Holy Roman diplomacy

God knows when I grip that rosary

First Mr Worldwide, godsent globally

तुम्हें पता नहीं होता क्या है शासक

होती क्या है इज़्ज़त, होती क्या है ताक़त

होता क्या है शून्य से शुरू का वो बात

होता क्या है चक्रवर्ती सम्राट

मैंने यहाँ नया साम्राज्य बनाया

धनानंद का पूरा कहर मिटाया

मैंने रखी नींव उस साम्राज्य की

जिसने अखंड भारत पाया

शीश झुका बस गुरु के ही आगे

मानी मैंने सदा यहाँ गुरु की ही बातें

युद्धकला से राजनीति तक

ज्ञान ग्रहण किया गुरु के ही द्वारे

जानु पूरा शाम दाम दंड भेद

पाऊँ पूरी भूमि रख दूँ जहाँ पैर

बचेगा ना जो रखेगा मुझसे बैर

बना नहीं चंद्रगुप्त जैसा शेर

Now when it comes to pesos, don't ever mention me with Musk or Bezos

I'm black as they soul

Paid in straight gold, encouraged trade goals we used today, so (La-la-la-la)

(Don't you ever) Disrespect a Mali king

A check is not a thing, I boomed economies

Like boom-a-bada-bing

Or 'cause inflation by givin' to the poor, too many donations (La-la-la-la)

Mansa Musa, the mass producer

Cash influence, left a path to do stuff

Big in architecture, who need to protect us?

Just check the neck, bruh, necklace collector (La-la-la-la)

السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ, ride from my location

Sixty thousand deep, and nobody could take us

Mecca where I pray to, Muslim too

Without me there would be there would be no Timbuktu (La-la-la-la)

It's crazy if you ain't heard of me

I'm responsible for many universities

So say what you want, ain't no burnin' me

When I provided too many people's first degree (La-la-la-la)

I love to see their armies scatter

(Who's that?) Shaka

Toe tagger, the best villager ransacker

Zulu banner, short spear stabber

Coming like Caesar, but blacker, rah

Who else could make a Zulu nation?

Make a tribe train like a choo-choo station

In a war, recognize who you facing

Pin your crew down like a voodoo patient

Beetle will beat all with no sweat

Turning people to peaceful, they all dead

The elite call me lethal, we all set

To be regal, I lead all when I step

I'm an African warrior

Hit your rank wit' the flank, but the loins stay tucked

Grab the bull by the horns and you'll still get– (Well, you know)

Omnipotence

Payin' dividends

Now you listenin' (Oh-ah)

I'm magnificent

They say it's a small world

Well, not to me, bitch, my kingdom just blossoms

So fuck your feelings, I'm reachin'

I'll crush an army, they'll pay my tax

Aww, drape it on me, I've made my stacks

No sayin' sorry, they take that back

You standin' in the presence of a god

I can see the crack in your facade

Stare down at the world, I'm at the top

Add another milli' to the cause

My world's magnificent

Ascension to power, they howl to defeat

These infantile cowards, they bow to my feet

Political power was outta my reach

Until Lizbeth shouted to prowl me beneath

I'm the queen they were blessed with to charge

Had a clown as my spouse until death did us part (Haha)

I expanded the West and embarked

Bringing culture and arts, new approaches to start

New roads to be paved, new expansions to mark

New serfs to be freed, new plans to be sparked

Promote education and opened the hearts

Of the overly-spoken church-goers remarks

Reform education, our modern advancement

Diplomacy, big territory enhancements

A legacy to be remembered for ages

Catherine the Great, really Catherine the Greatest

Disculpen, could you shut up for a millisecond?

It's Philip the Second

Let me set the record straight

King of Spain, England, Netherlands

And some other lands

I can't remember that many names

I changed the game, they never forget

My reign so great, no one's ever met (Woo)

A single domain, so lit

'Cause here, the sun never sets, okay? (Okay)

Siempre que me siento en mi trono me centro

Por eso volvi capital a Madrid

Felipe, don't need ghostwritin' his shit

I sign every text that I send to the streets, uh

Girl, are you feelin' Phil? You could be my queen

Raise my Philippines

Si, la gota, me agota, and I'm really ill

Bury me wearing this sick drip

Puedo mandarte al panteón

Dentro de mi imperio, mi rebelión

En mis ojos, se alza la luz del sol

Una palabra, revolución

Estilo nahual instinto animal

Tlatoani de Tenochtitlan

Dejando la vara tan alta como los muros se saltan

Hay muerte para quien contra mi atente

Si, te pican mis acciones, sacate el chile del diente

Solamente el tiempo puede detenerme

Sí, soy malo o bueno depende de quien la cuente

Nunca he sido 'Cortés' ni de españoles

Pero clara es mi fe

Vivo mi imperio, cabrones

Got Heavenly gifts, it's a well-known with ze piece moi a prince

A god of war known to pear through the mid and have it eclipsed

While deep in Egyptians, my wive's like Rosetta Stone

Hard to read, but thick as a bitch

Quand je enact attacks in mass, you gnats bashed

Je outclass at dix-huit, stats unnatural

Snatch ze crown from popes, have royals gagged

Being straps from a a'lavant, I'm a psychopath

France walks by my side, march, march

Faux monarchs snatch up leur pride, charge, charge

As it would appear, je contain genius beyond my peers

In another tier, prendrait un wellington Louverture

Just to commandeer le fear that seepin' of my career

To keep it short, I'm a historical giant under my full despair

What is a son to a foundin' father? (Yeah)

Lead teams, whoop feet, and I could asleep (Yeah)

And you a mock trial to me, so I wouldn't speak

And when I do, I chew beats with some wooden teeth

Okay, post-war, they didn't give me a placement

I surveyed land, and now I'm off of the map (Go)

Delegation, how I'm rockin' the stages

With nasty writtens like intolerable acts

Know I been a top-dog since pops died

I'm a Rottweiler on the field, hearin' shots fired

Delaware River the flow, you couldn't cross I (Go)

And even as a lil' child, I cannot lie

Christmas package (Go) for the enemy, no gifted wrappings (Ayy)

Just leave 'em in the cold, give 'em frostbite

Cherry tree swing how I chop rhymes

Way before Porsche (Ayy), I was speedin' horsepower like a Mach five

Shots ringin' if you tryna box

Got cannons punchin' with a damagin' blow

Real precedent for all the future presidents

Knockout win, unanimous votes

Like Mount Rushmore, they froze in the face

Rollin' Stone, and you standin' there cold

Immortalized, I am the man in the mold

Even when I die, I can't abandon my home, yeah