Grew up in Illinois in the rural no noise
Tiny town but the painted tower read Le Roy
Guess that makes me a prince, a prince
Slingin' philistines every day till I'm King
I'll be heading to the mountain get directions from the lead
All the purple in the world don't make royalty
If we got a problem lock it down like a ring
Time tables ticking, Time! Rabbits in the spring
Dip it in the cup lift it up to the one
Be loved, one day he'll be King
One day his life 'll change if the lessons learned remain
Be loved, David is his name
One day all the fame 'll try to push away the grace
My people rise above it, my family doesn't want it
Get it out my face unless the winning's got some substance
My people rise above it, my family doesn't want it
If I sat down on the seat would I stand the perfect justice
65 in the class, grad 2016
Moved a few states and then I found me
And I guess that makes me 'me', not 'we'
But now I'm 'we' you are you, I'm with we and he's with me
Road didn't go to Rome like all the people I was told
The masses missed Damascus I was blinded like no glasses
And I'm biased towards the highest like the martyred Ananias
See Saul up and down then his silence changed to Paul
He walked up on that beach and said come on follow me
Royalty, nailed him to a tree
Blood fell to the ground Earth was quaking all around
Royalty, David was a king
Didn't go to war was gettin' sinful in the sheets
Be loved, but one day he'll be King
One day his life 'll change if the lessons learned remain
Be loved, David is his name
One day all the fame 'll try to push away the grace
He loves it, connected to the game
Standing on a stage with the people all around
He loves it, he loves making things
From the people to the places to the writing and the making
He loves it, typing out his dreams
Dropped down outta college now a poet look at me
He loves it, I was typing in C
3rd born in my family but making history
Small town kid, only stop signs on the streets
Now I'm in the city and everything is concrete
Small town kid, same friends since I was 10
Distance ain't a difference I don't care it ain't a hinderance
My people rise above it, my family doesn't want it
Get it out my face because talent just won't cut it
My people rise above it, my family doesn't want it
If I sat down on the seat would I stand the Prince of Peace