Lyrics of 'Like a King' by Ben Harper

On our website, we have the complete lyrics of the song Like a King that you were looking for.

Well Martin's dream
Has become Rodney's worst
Nightmare
Can't walk the streets
To them we are fair game
Our lives don't mean a thing

Like a king, like a king, like a king
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King
Like a king, like a king, like a king
How I wish you could help us Dr. King

Make sure it's filmed
Shown on national T.V.
They'll have no mercy
A legal lynch mob
Like the days strung up from the tree
The L.A.P.D.

Like a king, like a king, like a king
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King
Like a king, like a king, like a king
How I wish you could help us Dr. King

So if you catch yourself
Thinking it has changed for the best
You better second guess
Cause Martin's dream
Has become Rodney's worst
Nightmare

Like a king, like a king, like a king
Rodney King, Rodney King, Rodney King
Like a king, like a king, like a king
How I wish you could help us Dr. King

You may write me down in history
With your bitter twisted lies
You may trod me down in the very dirt
And still like the dust I'll rise
Does my happiness upset you
Why are you best with gloom
Cause I laugh like I've got an oil well
Pumpin' in my living room

So you may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise

Now did you want to see me broken
Bowed head and lowered eyes
Shoulders fallen down like tear drops
Weakened by my soulful cries

Does my confidence upset you
Don't you take it awful hard
Cause I walk like I've got a diamond mine
Breakin up in my front yard

So you may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise

So you may write me down in history
With your bitter twisted lies
You may trod me down in the very dirt
And still like the dust I'll rise

Does my happiness upset you
Why are you best with gloom
Cause I laugh like I've got a goldmine
Diggin' up in my living room

Now you may shoot me with your words
You may cut me with your eyes
And I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise
Out of the shacks of history's shame
Up from a past rooted in pain
I'll rise, I'll rise, I'll rise

The most common reason to want to know the lyrics of Like a King is that you really like it. Obvious, right?

When we really like a song, as might be your case with Like a King by Ben Harper, we wish to be able to sing it knowing the lyrics well.

Feel like a star singing the song Like a King by Ben Harper, even if your audience is just your two cats.

A very common reason to search for the lyrics of Like a King is the fact that you want to know them well because they make you think of a special person or situation.

Are you arguing with your partner because you understand different things when you listen to Like a King? Having the lyrics of the song Like a King by Ben Harper at hand can settle many disputes, and we hope that it will.

It's important to note that Ben Harper, in live concerts, has not always been or will be faithful to the lyrics of the song Like a King... So it's better to focus on what the song Like a King says on the record.

We hope we have helped you with the lyrics of the song Like a King by Ben Harper.

On this page, you have at your disposal hundreds of song lyrics, like Like a King by Ben Harper.

Learn the lyrics of the songs you like, like Like a King by Ben Harper, whether it's to sing them in the shower, make your covers, dedicate them to someone, or win a bet.

Remember that whenever you need to know the lyrics of a song, you can always turn to us, as has happened now with the lyrics of the song Like a King by Ben Harper.