A New Kingdom Of Gold

[Opening — Spoken Broadway Play Narration, Over Solo Piano] “And so, while the royal family quarreled over the throne, their youngest heir slipped beyond the palace gates. She carried no jewels. No royal decree. No promise of inheritance. Only a question her mother had never thought to ask:

What good is a golden kingdom if its people cannot decide who gets to be their leader?”

Mama wants her kingdom out of gold now,

Held her own through the winters, brave and bold.

Every stone remembers what she gave,

Every wall she built, the lives she saved.

But I have seen beyond the palace door,

There are people who deserve so much more.

And if the crown is all we're fighting for,

What are we keeping kingdoms for?

I don't want the throne just to sit up high,

I want to know the reason people cry.

I want the hands that build to have a say,

I want the ones ignored to lead the way.

Let justice be the jewel we wear,

Let every voice rise into the air.

A kingdom isn't golden just because

The royal family says it was!

A new Kingdom of Gold!

Let a different story be told!

Not the gold that we inherit,

But the courage in the spirit!

A new Kingdom of Gold!

Let the voiceless now be heard!

Let the people shape tomorrow,

Let their justice be our word!

Oh, the old days had their glory,

But the future's calling me.

Mama gave this kingdom history—

I'll give it a new destiny!

I may lose the name I'm given,

I may never wear the crown.

But a crown means nothing to me

If the people must bow down.

I will listen. I will learn.

I will stand where bridges burn.

And if they ask what I have done,

I'll say the work has just begun.

A kingdom where the poor are seen,

Where justice means more than a dream.

Where power isn't passed by blood,

But earned by service, truth, and love.

No throne is sacred, no voice too small,

No royal birthright rules us all.

And when tomorrow speaks my name,

Let it be for what I changed!

A NEW Kingdom of Gold!

Let the people's hands take hold!

Not a legacy of riches,

But a world where justice lives!

A NEW Kingdom of Gold!

Let new days unfold!

Mama built the walls around me—

Now I'll build a world that frees!

This will be my legacy!

Not a crown, but liberty!

Not the kingdom as it used to be—

A NEW Kingdom of Gold!