[Chorus: Gwen Stefani]
Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die

[Verse 1: Eminem]
I can hear the
drummer drumming
And the trumpets,
someone's tryna
summon someone,
I know something's coming
But I'm running from
it to be standing
at the summit
And plummet, how come
it wasn't what
I thought it was
Was it, too good
to be true?
Have nothing, get
it all but too much of it
Then lose it again,
did I swallow hallucinogens
Cause if not,
where the hell did it go?
Cause here I sit
in Lucifer’s den
by the dutch oven
Just choosing to sin
Even if it means
I'm selling my soul,
just to be the
undisputed again
Do whatever
I gotta do just to win
Cause I got this
motherfucking
cloud over my head
Crown around it,
thorns on it
Cracks in it, bet
you morons didn't
Think I'd be back, did ya?
How 'bout that
I’m somehow now back
to the underdog
But no matter how
loud that I bark, this
sport is something
I never bow-wow'd at
I complain about the game,
I shout and I pout,
it's a love-hate
But I found out that
I can move a mountain of doubt
Even when you bitches
are counting me out, and
I appear to be down
for the count
Only time I ever been
out and about is driving
around town with
my fucking whereabouts
in a doubt
Cause I been lost tryna
think of what I did to
get here but
I'm not a quitter
Gotta get up, give it
all I got or give up
Spit on, shit on,
stepped on, but kept going
I'm tryna be headstrong
but it feels like
I slept on my neck wrong
Cause you're moving onto
the next, but is
the respect gone?
Cause someone told me that
(Kings never die)

[Verse 2: Eminem]
Don't give me that
sob story liar, don't
preach to the choir
You ain't never even
had to reach in the
fire to dig deep
Nobody ever handed me
shit in life, not
even a flyer
Wouldn't even take
shit into consideration
Obliterate anyone
in the way
I think I see why a lot of
rappers get on these
features and try to
show out on a track
with me
But it'd actually have
to be a fucking
blowout to get me
to retire
Tell these new artists
that kings never die
I know shit has changed
in this age, fuck
a Twitter page
Did it just say
I've been upstaged?
Why am I online?
It's driving me crazy
I'm riding shotgun
tryna get a gauge
Almost hot, but
I'm not gonna' conform
With a stage pass
and this shit
And opinions sway,
I can hear them say
If I stay passionate maybe
I can stay Jay miraculous
Comeback as if
I went away
But detractors just say
so much for the Renegade
Someone's gonna make me
blow my composure
Here I go again, center
stage and I feel like
I'm in a cage
Some want a champion to fall
I still wonder why
I laugh at 'em, cause
why care when I'm awesome?
Fuck what these cynics say
Just goes to show that
when my back's
against the wall
And I'm under attack
again, that I'll act
as if I'm posted up
With this pent up rage,
cause all these
plaques in my office
On the floor stacked
against the door
Are they just metaphors
for the odds of when
you comin' back again?
Cause all the
accomplishments,
accolades, awards
And trophies just
don't mean jack anymore
If I'm here today
and gone tomorrow
And I'm not gonna be

[Chorus: Gwen Stefani]
Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die

[Verse 3: Eminem]
I want it,
I'm coming to get it
So you son of a bitches
don't duck you’re gonna
get Riddick Bowe’d
Critics'll end up
in critical, think your
shit is dope all you're
gonna get is smoked then
And I'm not stopping until
I'm top again, all alone
and on a throne
Like a token of respect,
or a homage poem, or an
ode I've been owed
Tossed in the air by
my own arm, and launched
so hard I broke
my collarbone
And when it's my
time to go, I'm still
not leaving
Stop for no one,
I don't know but
I've been told an
obstacle that
Blocks your road,
knock it over, time
to go for that pot
of gold, cause

[Bridge: Eminem]
They say kings never die
Just ask Jam Master Jay
They just grow wings
and they fly
So, hands up,
reach for the sky
Try to hold up and
prolong these moments
Cause in a blink of an eye
They'll be over

[Verse 4: Eminem]
Tryna secure your
legacy like Shakur
And ensure that nobody's
ever gonna be what you were
So before you're
leaving this Earth
You want people to feel
the fury of a pure
evil cerebral berserk
Deacon of words,
syllable genius at work
Plus I'm thinking that
they're mistaking
my kindness for weakness,
distill it with meanness
I went from powdered
milk to Purina
To flipping burgers on
the grill for some peanuts
To Gilbert's to arenas,
call me Gilbert Arenas,
still appeal to the dreamers
I made it to the
silverscreen where
Rocky's still what
the theme is
Khalil on the beat
cause making the beat
ain’t the same feeling
to me as killing the beat
So fulfilling to me
is what filling a seat is
That sound, vomit,
thirst and how common
underground commons eat
Outsider stomach
growl, throbbing hunger
Out-rhyming everyone,
God just give me one shot
I swear that
I won't let you down
I'mma be around forever,
entertain even in the ground
You ain't never
gonna hear me say I ain't

[Chorus: Gwen Stefani]
Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Kings never die