Kings Never Die (feat. Gwen Stefani)

[00:00.61] Here to stay
[00:03.34] Even when I'm gone
[00:06.02] When I close my eyes
[00:08.77] Through the passage of time
[00:11.41] Kings never die
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[00:25.05] I can hear the drummer drumming
[00:27.78] And the trumpets, someone's tryna summon someone, I know somethin's coming
[00:30.43] But I'm runnin' from it to be standing at the summit
[00:32.29] And plummet, how come it wasn't what I thought it was
[00:34.06] Was it, too good to be true?
[00:35.86] Have nothin', get it all but too much of it
[00:37.61] Then lose it again, did I swallow hallucinogens
[00:39.48] Cause if not, where the hell did it go?
[00:42.17] Cause here I sit in Lucifer's den by the dutch oven
[00:43.99] Just choosing to sin
[00:45.71] Even if it means I'm sellin' my soul, just to be the undisputed again
[00:47.60] Do whatever I gotta do just to win
[00:49.42] Cause I got this motherfuckin' cloud over my head
[00:52.19] Crown around it, thorns on it
[00:54.86] Cracks in it, bet you morons didn't think I'd be back, did ya?
[00:57.52] How 'bout that, I'm somehow now back to the underdog
[01:00.23] But no matter how loud that I bark, this sport is somethin' I never bow-out at
[01:03.85] I complain about the game, I shout and I pout, it's a love-hate
[01:06.50] But I found out that I can move a mountain of doubt
[01:09.21] Even when you bitches are countin' me out, and I appear to be down for the count
[01:11.94] Only time I ever been out and about
[01:13.70] Is drivin' around town with my fuckin' whereabouts in a doubt
[01:16.45] Cause I been lost tryna think of what I did to get here but I'm not a quitter
[01:19.23] Gotta get up, give it all I got or give up
[01:21.07] Spit on, shit on, stepped on, but kept goin'
[01:22.81] I'm tryna be headstrong but it feels like I slept on my neck wrong
[01:25.53] Cause you're moving onto the next, but is the respect gone?
[01:28.22] Cause someone told me that
[01:30.03] (Kings never die)
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[01:38.71] Don't give me that sob story liar, don't preach to the choir
[01:40.54] You ain't never even had to reach in the fire to dig deep
[01:43.28] Nobody ever handed me shit in life, not even a flyer
[01:45.00] Wouldn't even take shit into consideration
[01:47.88] Obliterate anyone in the way
[01:49.68] I think I see why a lot of rappers get on these features and try to show out on a track with me
[01:53.25] But it'd actually have to be a fuckin' blow-out to get me to re-tire
[01:57.14] Tell these new artists that kings never die
[01:58.99] Did it just say I've been upstaged?
[02:01.64] Why am I online? It's driving me crazy
[02:04.31] I'm ridin' shotgun tryna get a gauge
[02:05.29] On what's hot, but I'm not one to conform
[02:07.05] But as days pass in this shit
[02:08.82] And opinions sway, I can hear 'em say
[02:10.62] If I stay passionate maybe I can stage a miraculous
[02:13.34] Comeback as if I went away
[02:14.28] But detractors just say so much for the Renegade
[02:16.94] Someone's gonna make me blow my composure
[02:18.78] Here I go again, center stage and I feel like I'm in a cage
[02:21.54] They so want a champion to fall
[02:22.35] It's no wonder why I laugh at 'em, cause why can't we win 'em all?
[02:25.19] So fuck what these cynics say
[02:26.99] (It) just goes ta show that when my back's against the wall
[02:29.65] And I'm under a tack again, that I'll act as if I'm 'posed ta
[02:32.34] With this pent up rage, cause all these plaques in my office
[02:35.01] On the floor stacked against the door
[02:35.93] Are they just metaphors for the odds of me comin' back again?
[02:38.66] Cause all the accomplishments, accolades, awards
[02:42.25] And trophies just don't mean jack anymore
[02:44.05] If I'm here today and gone tomorrow
[02:44.90] And I'm not gonna be
[02:46.76] Here to stay
[02:49.40] Even when I'm gone
[02:52.29] When I close my eyes
[02:54.96] Through the passage of time
[02:58.58] Kings never die
[02:59.37] I want it, I'm comin' to get it
[03:00.22] So you son of a bitches don't duck you're gonna get Riddick Bowe'd
[03:02.02] Critics'll end up in critical, think your shit is dope all you're gonna get is smoked
[03:04.77] And I'm not stopping 'til I'm on top again, all alone and on a throne
[03:08.36] Like a token of respect, or a homage poem, or an ode I've been owed
[03:11.94] Tossed in the air by my own arm, and launched so hard it broke my collarbone
[03:14.76] And when it's my time to go, I'm still not leaving
[03:17.41] Stop for no one, I don't know but I've been told an obstacle that
[03:21.06] Blocks your road, knock it over, time to go for that pot of gold, cause
[03:24.68] They say kings never die
[03:25.56] Just ask Jam Master Jay
[03:27.35] They just grow wings and they fly
[03:29.13] So, hands up, reach for the sky
[03:30.94] Try to hold and prolong these moments
[03:33.60] Cause in a blink of an eye
[03:34.58] They'll be over
[03:37.24] Tryna secure your legacy like Shakur
[03:38.19] And ensure nobody's ever gonna be what you were
[03:40.93] So before you're leavin' this Earth
[03:42.78] You want people to feel the fury of a pure evil cerebral berserk
[03:44.51] Deacon of words, syllable genius at work
[03:47.26] Plus I'm thinkin' that they're mistakin' my kindness for weakness, kill 'em with meanness
[03:49.95] I went from powdered milk and Farina
[03:51.76] To flippin' burgers on the grill for some peanuts
[03:52.62] From Gilbert's to arenas, call me Gilbert Arenas, still appeal to the dreamers
[03:55.35] I made it to the silverscreen but Rocky's still what the theme is
[03:58.03] Khalil on the beat cause makin' the beat ain't the same feelin' to me as killin' the beat is
[04:00.72] Or fulfillin' to me is what fillin' a seat is
[04:02.54] It's that "Sound Bombing" Thirstin' Howl
[04:04.30] Common, underground, Diamond D, Outsidaz
[04:06.10] Stomach growl, throbbin' hunger, out-rhymin' everyone
[04:07.91] God just give me one shot, I swear that I won't let you down
[04:11.62] I'ma be around forever-and-a-day, even in the ground
[04:13.43] You ain't never ever gonna hear 'em say I ain't
[04:16.19] Here to stay
[04:18.88] Even when I'm gone
[04:21.57] When I close my eyes
[04:24.25] Through the passage of time
[04:27.80] Kings never die
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