[Napoleon Da Legend verse]
De Washington à Baltimore vaut rien anti corps comorien
Vie sordide avec un sort divin
Matador bilingue, Christian Dior fringue
Comme Björk jsuis dingue et simple, ils adorent mon slingue
Africain en Amérique, météorites Callé au rhythme
Sans stéréotype musique heteroclite
Ed O.G. c’est classique, ton son est plastique
Masquine, j’appelle une petite pour un rencard à bastille
Crêpe au noisette, après birakem au basket
J’viens des coins ou tu peux te faire tuée pour une paires de basket
Charbonne mais j’ai pas fait la sorbonne
J’suis l’genre d’homme qui sort pas, si c’est pas des grandes sommes
Tu vois l’niveaux Messi et Figo
J’ecoute pas les Migos, sème la peur sur la ville comme Minos
Tu vois l’style si tu m’vois dans la rue j’suis peut t’etre speed
Si tu voyais mon emploi du temps d’aurais peut être le vertige
On a fait des progrès mais la douleur persiste
Plus fort que moi c’est interdit
J’pique des crises comme le golfe persique
On termine le travail, bien ou koi? Ça fait un bail
Sankoukai c’est la bataille j’suis un Jedi
Le système a toujours voulu nous traiter comme du betail
En anglais on dit qu’le diable se cache derrière les détails
J’brule le cosmos comme Pégase et j’emmerde les énarques
Black renaga bientot j’aurais gagné un Cesar
Napoleon Da Legend - Coelacanthe | Lyrics
[Napoleon Da Legend verse 1] Kwezi, Kouaeri, Saint Exupery Sur Whatsapp, SMS avec ton ex-chérie Nouvelle tennis, renais d’mes cendre comme phœnix Tata prépare, riz, mataba, quel
Napoleon Da Legend - 16 Bit | Lyrics
[Napoleon Da Legend verse 1] Top rank fresh looking like I robbed a bank Hot Damn Ho, something for the block to bang Whether track suits camouflage 3 piece suits I’m a whole mood
Napoleon Da Legend - Love Song | Lyrics
[BBass Hook] If I wrote you a love song Would sing it with your life Oh yea I wrote you a love song Cause you love feels so right So will you sing for me Sing for me
Napoleon Da Legend - Favorite Show | Lyrics
[Napoleon Da Legend Verse 1] Thinking back school days in the back row Sitting back writing rhymes teacher getting mad yo She was thinking about my test I was thinking macro Long
Napoleon Da Legend - I Wanna Touch | Lyrics
[BBass hook] I wanna touch (2x) I wanna touch, your body I wanna touch (2x) I wanna touch your body [Napoleon Da Legend Verse 1] Wahala or wolowos Nah
Napoleon Da Legend - Afro-pill | Lyrics
Open book test overlook rest Wolves In disguise seen that cobra look dressed U shook not a threat kid I book a lot of bread Under table i put it in a box under my bed Forget to
Napoleon Da Legend - Burn Babylon | Lyrics
[Napoleon Da Legend verse 1] I’m looking for the light at the end of tunnel Somewhere I can slip thru : a small hole or funnel Something I can see a little hope a little glimmer
Napoleon Da Legend - Please Help | Lyrics
[Napoleon Da Legend verse 1] I almost flipped after first time i kissed you If looks could kill shortly looked lit like a pistol Hard to trust, relationships could be fickle
Napoleon Da Legend - Can't Deny | Lyrics
[M.A.B. verse] I'm looking for that woman, in my life Someone who gonna be my wife I'm looking for that woman, in my life Someone who gonna be my wife Je
Napoleon Da Legend - Born | Lyrics
[Napoleon Da Legend verse 1] I never fit ya decorum normal to me is foreign Along the way rainy days We stash money for em Egos collide and clash still we survive passed
Napoleon Da Legend - Biography
Bilingual, Hip-Hop/Afrobeat artist, Napoleon Da Legend transferred his skills on the basketball court to the wax. Before that, he had to teach himself English. He kept his ears glued to the radio.
Paris-born, to the Comoros Islands, then Washington DC raised, the son of an immigrant family, Napoleon is a Brooklyn-based artist who uses his voice as weapon of hope, social-critique, conquest, and joy. After an untimely split, his parents left the U.S. and went their separate ways leaving the 16 year old to fend for himself in the DC / Maryland area, which helped him develop his hustle, instinct and work-ethic. NDL’s song “Black Privilege” led him to be featured at the Essence Festival in 2017. He was then invited to perform live on FOX 5’s Good Day DC.
NDL’s message of empowerment, community, and self-determination through music doesn’t stop there. He also works regularly with youth, running hip-hop workshops in Brooklyn’s toughest schools and Rikers Island’s juvenile programs.
Following the release of his “Steal This Mixtape” series in 2016, Napoleon headlined his “Steal This Mixtape” European Tour. He’s been featured on Statik Selekta’s Show Off Radio Show and Sway Calloway’s Sway in the Morning. To top all this, he graced the stage at the final Rocksteady Crew’s 40th Anniversary show at SummerStage in Central Park. In 2019, NDL performed in Europe’s biggest Hip-Hop Festival Hip-Hop Kemp in Czech Republic as Supa Kaiju with rapper/producer Sicknature.
2018 was yet another prolific year, without a doubt. Napoleon released 10 projects- including four albums, four mixtapes, and two EP’s released through various indie labels (Chopped Herring, Media Pop, Copenhagen Crates and Tuff Gong Records). This was followed by eight appearances in 2019 at Harlem Week’s main stage. He then became recognized for his fusing the world’s of Hip-Hop and Anime with albums Dragon Ball G (Dragon Ball Z), Bronze Saints (Saint Seiya) and King of the North Star (Fist of the North Star) in a feature article on Bandcamp (How Napoleon Da Legend Made Anime-Inspired Rap an Artform).
Since then, NDL has released 12 more projects, including the afrobeat/hip-hop fusion projects, “Afrostreet” & “Afrostreet 2”. After creating a few anthems (“Poulet Maafe”), which became popular with his French speaking audience, NDL decided to put his French powers into high gear. In September, 2019, he gave his first in interview in French with Mediapac (Watch it here), garnering over 100,000 views in less than a week. In May 2020, NDL featured on elite French rapper Akhenaton’s (IAM) “Asteroïde” project, trading verses in French and English on the innovative song “Storytellers”. In 2021, NDL was invited to adapt Akhenaton’s 19 minute song “La Faim de leur Monde” in English. They later collaborated on a 3-part EP series called “The Whole in my Heart” produced by Akhenaton on his label La Cosca.