Desert Crown

Hey, oh

Dust in my lashes, gold on my brow

Drums in the distance, calling me now

Walk through the heat with my head high

Red dirt stuck on my white Nikes

Grandma praying in the doorway

Said, take the fire, girl, go your way

From Panacote to the back block

Same sun on the crack rack

I got stories in my backbone

Hope Clan in my ringtone

They try to write me as a side note

Now my name ringing through the high roast

Little girl with the big doubts

Turn that fear to a war shout

I'm the desert crown

Rising when the sun goes down

Hear that chorus sing my name

I was built for the hunger and the pain

I'm the desert crown

Storm in a silk old gown

Every scar I wear I own

Watch me turn this dust to a throne

Father's voice in the night air

Never beg, never fiver

Just be sharper than a spear tip

Hold your tongue like a closed fist

Now they streaming from the west side

But the roots deep where the snakes hide

I pour blessings on the burnt ground

Every loss is a new sound

Black braids like a halo

Both feet on the same road

Well they never thought we'd stand tall

Now my echo on their big wall, yeah

Hey

I'm the desert crown

Rising when the sun goes down

Hear that chorus sing my name

I was built for the hunger and the pain

I'm the desert crown

Storm in a silk old gown

Every scar I wear I own

Watch me turn this dust to a throne

Step by step, feel the power grow

Hot like a drum when the wind blows

Who gon' tell me that I can't ascend

I come from a long line that never bends

Fire in my bread, ancient in my veins

Girls from the sand rewriting all the frames

If you doubt me better look now

This is how a queen gets crowned

Hey

I'm the desert crown

Rising when the sun goes down

Hear that chorus sing my name

I was built for the hunger and the pain

I'm the desert crown

Storm in a silk old gown

Every scar I wear I own

Watch me turn this dust to a throne