Stormzy Performs "Crown" at Vogue World: London

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♪ Searchin every corner of my mind ♪

♪ Lookin for the answers I can t find ♪

♪ Oh, yeah ♪

♪ I have my reasons, life has its lessons ♪

♪ I tried to be grateful and count all my blessings ♪

♪ But heavy is the head that wears the crown ♪

♪ I said heavy is the head that wears the crown ♪

♪ Yeah, whoo ♪

♪ Amen, in Jesus s name, yes, I declare it ♪

♪ Any little seed I receive, I have to share it ♪

♪ Brothas wanna break me down, I can t bear it ♪

♪ But heavy is the head with the crown, I still wear it ♪

♪ You can t hold me down, I still cope ♪

♪ Rain fallin down at the BRITs, I m still soaked ♪

♪ Try put a hole in my shit, we ll build boats ♪

♪ Two birds with one stone, I ll kill both, what ♪

♪ Pray I never lose and pray I never hit the shelf, two ♪

♪ Promise if I do that ♪

♪ You ll be checkin on my health, cool ♪

♪ If it s for my people, I ll do anything to help ♪

♪ If I do it out of love, it s not to benefit myself, ooh ♪

♪ Gotta stay around and make a comeback too ♪

♪ Know my only mother wants her son back too ♪

♪ They sayin I m the voice of the young Black youth ♪

♪ And then I say yeah, cool, and then I bun my zoot ♪

♪ And now I m, whoo, searchin every corner of my mind ♪

♪ Search every corner, look for the answers ♪

♪ Lookin for the answers I can t find ♪

♪ No, I can t find em, no silver lining ♪

♪ I have my reasons, and life has its lessons ♪

♪ I try to be grateful and count all my blessings ♪

♪ But heavy is the head that wears the crown ♪

♪ Amen, in Jesus s name, oh, yes, I claim it ♪

♪ Any little bread that I make, I have to break it ♪

♪ Brothas wanna break me down, I can t take it ♪

♪ I done a scholarship for the kids, they said it s racist ♪

♪ That s not anti-white, it s pro-Black ♪

♪ Hang me out to dry, I won t crack ♪

♪ All these fancy ties and gold plaques ♪

♪ Never had no silver spoons in our mouths, we sold ♪

♪ Like, don t comment on my culture, ain t qualified ♪

♪ Stab us in the back and then apologize ♪

♪ If you knew my story, you d be horrified ♪

♪ The irony of trappin on a Boris Bike ♪

♪ Gotta stay alive and save my brother as well ♪

♪ Look at all these legends on the cover of Elle ♪

♪ Long time comin , but we come to prevail ♪

♪ I guess a little bit of heaven has to come with the hell ♪

♪ You know, whoo ♪

♪ Searchin every corner of my mind ♪

♪ Search every corner, look for the answers ♪

♪ Lookin for the answers I can t find ♪

♪ No, I can t find em, no silver lining ♪

♪ I have my reasons and life has its lessons ♪

♪ I try to be grateful and count all my blessings ♪

♪ But heavy is the head that wears the crown ♪

[singers vocalizing]

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♪ Heavy is the head that wears the crown ♪

How many thousands of my poorest subjects

are at this hour, asleep?

Oh, sleep.

Oh, gentle sleep, nature s soft nurse.

How have I frightened thee,

that thou no more will weigh my eyelids down,

nor steep my senses in forgetfulness?

Canst thou, oh, partial sleep,

give thy repose to the wet sea-boy in an hour so rude,

and in the calmest and most stillest night,

deny it to a king?

Then, happy low, lie down.

Uneasy lies the head

that wears a crown

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