Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die
I can hear the drummer drumming
And the trumpets
Someone's tryna summon someone
I know somethin's coming
But I'm runnin' 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 nothin' 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 sellin' my soul
Just to be the undisputed again
Do whatever I gotta do just to win
Cause I got this motherfuckin'
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 somethin' I never bow out 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 countin' me out
And I appear to be down for the count
Only time I ever been out and about
Is drivin' around town
With my fuckin' 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 goin'
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)
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 fuckin'
Blow out 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 ridin' shotgun tryna get a gauge
On what's hot but I'm not one to conform
But as days pass in this shit
And opinions sway I can hear 'em say
If I stay passionate
Maybe I can stage a 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
They so want a champion to fall
It's no wonder why I laugh at 'em
Cause why can't we win 'em all?
So fuck what these cynics say
(It) just goes ta show that
When my back's against the wall
And I'm under a tack again
That I'll act as if I'm 'posed ta
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 me
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
Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die
I want it I'm comin' 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
And I'm not stopping 'til
I'm on 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 it 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
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 and prolong these moments
Cause in a blink of an eye
They'll be over
Tryna secure your legacy like shakur
And ensure nobody's ever
Gonna be what you were
So before you're leavin' 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 thinkin' that they're mistakin'
My kindness for weakness
Kill 'em with meanness
I went from powdered milk and farina
To flippin' burgers on the grill for some peanuts
From gilbert's to arenas call me gilbert arenas
Still appeal to the dreamers
I made it to the silverscreen
But rocky's still what the theme is
Khalil on the beat cause makin'
The beat ain't the same
Feelin' to me as killin' the beat is
Or fulfillin' to me is what fillin' a seat is
It's that sound bombing thirstin' howl
Common underground diamond d outsidaz
Stomach growl throbbin' hunger
Out rhymin' everyone
God just give me one shot
I swear that I won't let you down
I'mma be around forever and a day
Even in the ground
You ain't never ever gonna hear 'em say I ain't
Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die