A King Without A Crown

[Opening — Spoken Narration, Dry Broadway Play Wit]”While the women conducted their war in the kitchen, the gentlemen had taken their differences outdoors. A basketball. A paved court. Two men. One had money enough to buy the court. The other had spent a lifetime learning how to stand on one. And neither man was about to let the other get the last point.”

You got the shoes, you got the clothes,

You got a house where the garden grows.

You got the money, the name, the face,

But can you put that ball in place?

You got the hands, you got the pride,

You got a woman with a royal side.

But tell me, brother, when the lights go dim,

What does she see when she looks at him?

A king without a crown,

A man who won't back down.

You can buy yourself a kingdom,

But you can't buy respect in this town.

A king without a crown,

Tell me, who's wearing it now?

You can stand beside a princess,

But can you make her proud?

WEALTHY HUSBAND — Sung, Smooth and Cocky:

I never had to beg for a place,

Never had to fight for a seat.

When you've got the world at your fingertips,

You don't go chasing defeat.

LABORER — Sung, Quietly Defiant:

And when the money stops talking,

When the gold no longer shines,

Will the people still stand beside you?

Will they stand beside what's mine?

A king without a crown,

A man who won't back down.

You can inherit all the gold,

But a man's worth can't be bought and sold.

A king without a crown,

Who's the one they write about?

You can win yourself a kingdom,

Still be the last one they count!

WEALTHY HUSBAND — Spoken:

Lucky shot.

LABORER — Spoken:

Funny. That's what people say when they don't know how you did it.