Ego Tripping

I was born in the Congo

I walked to the fertile crescent and built
the Sphinx
I designed a pyramid so tough
that a star that only glows every one hundred years
falls into the center giving divine perfect light

I am bad

I sat on the throne
drinking nectar with Allah
I got hot and sent an ice age to Europe
to cool my thirst

My oldest daughter is Nefertiti
the tears from my birth pains
created the Nile

I am a beautiful woman
I gazed on the forest and burned
out the Sahara desert
with a packet of goat's meat
and a change of clothes
I crossed it in two hours

I am a gazelle so swift
so swift you can't catch me

For a birthday present when he was three
I gave my son Hannibal an elephant

He gave me rome for mother's day
My strength flows ever on

My son Noah built a new ark and
I stood proudly at the helm
as we sailed on a soft summer day

I turned myself into myself and was
Jesus
men intone my loving name

All praises All praises
I am the one who would save

I sowed diamonds in my back yard
My bowels deliver uranium
the filings from my fingernails are
semi-precious jewels

On a trip north
I caught a cold and blew
My nose giving oil to the Arab world

I am so hip even my errors are correct

I sailed west to reach east and had to round off
the earth as I went
The hair from my head thinned and gold was laid
across three continents

I am so perfect so divine so ethereal so surreal
I cannot be comprehended except by my permission
I mean...I...can fly

Ego Tripping
Nikki Giovani