Last one standing

[00:00.35] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[00:03.01] But you never saw my sacrifice

[00:06.19] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

[00:11.77] Had to lose it all to win the fight

[00:14.96] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[00:20.27] Now I'm the last one standin'

[00:24.52] Uh, you weren't with me on the cold block nights

[00:26.65] Now you front row for the spotlight

[00:27.98] Now the diamonds in the Audemars bright

[00:29.85] Jets overseas for a far flight

[00:31.45] Young nigga on bullshit and I ball on 'em, Bill Cartwright

[00:34.37] Knew I could shine through the darkness

[00:35.96] I guess I always been a star type

[00:37.55] That lion in me made my heart fight, could've been a victim of an opp pipe

[00:40.48] Took a million risks just to get to this 'cause we ain't the ones that the cops like

[00:43.67] Been so many times God tested me, they only see the answers I got right

[00:46.85] They commentin' all on the blogs, tryna tell me how to live my life

[00:50.30] And I waited so patiently, if you could take off, don't wait for me

[00:52.96] No days off, grind faithfully, I keep thankin' God for savin' me

[00:56.15] Front line, showcasin' our bravery

[00:57.47] I know that top spot, it was made for me

[00:59.33] It all paid off so we felt the struggle so painfully

[01:01.73] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[01:04.65] But you never saw my sacrifice

[01:08.10] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

[01:13.68] Had to lose it all to win the fight

[01:17.13] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[01:20.32] Now I'm the last one standin'

[01:26.69] Yeah, you know the code we gotta live by

[01:30.41] Never mind all the ice cubes on this wristwear in the big body

[01:33.33] Live by the gun, get bodied or it's hella time in that cell

[01:36.26] It was hella times where I failed, when I had to double back from them Ls

[01:39.45] Bet he don't double back when he tell

[01:40.77] 'Cause it ain't no comin' back when you tell

[01:42.38] Why would you leave me here by myself? A nigga be lonely

[01:45.04] Ayy, I blew the whole bag on they flights, ain't leavin' the homies

[01:48.23] If he really gang, then get him a chain, no cubic zirconies

[01:51.15] White Zomb' in the stogey, stood firm, never folded

[01:54.86] Furthest thing from a rodent, you put the jacket on and you bogus

[01:57.26] Yeah, big dawg and they know it

[01:59.12] I had to spin off to stay focused

[02:00.45] Longev' on the motion

[02:02.04] We don't abandon ship when it's hopeless

[02:03.63] I done been broke before and they know

[02:06.55] I make it look easy

[02:07.35] Like I made it overnight

[02:09.76] I make it look easy

[02:13.21] But you don't see the dark side

[02:15.87] And all of the monsters I had to fight (fight)

[02:20.12] And all of the nightmares (nightmares)

[02:24.37] Made me stronger than life (yeah)

[02:29.41] Y'all say (what?), I've changed (huh)

[02:31.27] Really, though? (Tell me), how so? (I got)

[02:32.86] Got all (what?), this bread (yeah)

[02:34.19] I'm still (what?), sour though (huh)

[02:35.79] I don't know (I'm a), square peg (in a), round hole (yeah)

[02:37.91] Like a block of cheese in a paper towel roll

[02:40.04] Rocky Balboa (I), never been no (what?), towel thrower

[02:41.90] Even when I got kicked to the curb (yeah)

[02:43.49] Life knocked my dick in the dirt

[02:44.82] I got back up, flipped it the bird

[02:46.16] 'Til I earned the attention I yearned

[02:47.23] Not to mention, I learned

[02:48.29] How to turn resentment and hurt

[02:50.15] To an unquenchable thirst, in the simplest terms

[02:51.21] It's revenge of the nerd, in every sense of the word

[02:52.80] But all you see is the fame and the millions

[02:54.94] You don't see the strength and resilience (nah)

[02:56.55] How I rack my brain but it feels as if I'm tryna explain it to children (damn)

[02:59.46] So a lot of this pain isn't healin', no escapin' it, this anger is spilling

[03:02.65] Almost like recreatin' a feelin' of 9/11 when the second plane hit the building

[03:05.84] So let 'em paint you the villain

[03:07.69] Some of this just may be a symptom (yeah)

[03:09.02] Of havin' way too much income (mmm)

[03:12.23] But when you struggled every day just to get some (yeah)

[03:12.76] Now all of this hate is a syndrome (yuh)

[03:14.35] When they can't relate, and that stems from (what?)

[03:15.42] Money lookin' like it grows on trees

[03:16.74] Yeah, they're green but those aren't leaves (leaves)

[03:18.87] Sufficed to say, with every sacrifice I made

[03:20.99] It's like I gave up my life to fame

[03:22.85] All the nights that I lied awake

[03:24.45] Nights I stayed up to write and pray

[03:25.77] Had to claw, scratch and fight my way

[03:27.37] Just follow me, and I'll light the way

[03:28.70] Look to the hook if your sky look grey (Skylar Grey)

[03:31.35] And rappers, how can we be on the same level now

[03:34.01] When I gotta look down and see these clowns that are on the ground?

[03:36.40] Bitch, I got clouds beneath me

[03:37.73] Ever since I put out the EP to the height of 2003 me

[03:40.38] You ain't see the struggle to make it out the D

[03:41.44] Because I made it somehow look easy

[03:43.04] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[03:45.96] But you never saw my sacrifice

[03:49.15] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

[03:54.99] Had to lose it all to win the fight

[03:58.18] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[04:01.63] Now I'm the last one standin' (oh-oh-oh)

[04:07.74] Now I'm the last one standin'