Last One Standing - Skylar Grey ft. Polo G, Mozzy & Eminem

[00:00.32] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[00:03.16] But you never saw my sacrifice

[00:06.64] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

[00:12.43] Had to lose it all to win the fight

[00:15.30] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[00:20.29] Now I'm the last one standin'

[00:24.50] Uh, you weren't with me on the cold block nights

[00:27.11] Now you front row for the spotlight

[00:28.69] Now the diamonds in the Audemars bright

[00:30.02] Jets overseas for a far flight

[00:31.93] Young nigga on bullshit and I ball on 'em, Bill Cartwright

[00:34.52] Knew I could shine through the darkness

[00:36.05] I guess I always been a star type

[00:37.91] That lion in me made my heart fight, could've been a victim of an opp pipe

[00:40.82] Took a million risks just to get to this 'cause we ain't the ones that the cops like

[00:44.06] Been so many times God tested me, they only see the answers I got right

[00:47.25] They commentin' all on the blogs, tryna tell me how to live my life

[00:50.47] And I waited so patiently, if you could take off, don't wait for me

[00:53.07] No days off, grind faithfully, I keep thankin' God for savin' me

[00:56.60] Front line, showcasin' our bravery

[00:57.93] I know that top spot, it was made for me

[00:59.46] It all paid off so we felt the struggle so painfully

[01:02.27] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[01:05.15] But you never saw my sacrifice

[01:08.29] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

[01:14.61] Had to lose it all to win the fight

[01:17.44] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[01:22.22] Now I'm the last one standin'

[01:28.21] Yeah, you know the code we gotta live by

[01:30.78] Never mind all the ice cubes on this wristwear in the big body

[01:33.96] Live by the gun, get bodied or it's hella time in that cell

[01:36.85] It was hella times where I failed, when I had to double back from them Ls

[01:39.78] Bet he don't double back when he tell

[01:41.11] 'Cause it ain't no comin' back when you tell

[01:42.62] Why would you leave me here by myself? A nigga be lonely

[01:45.72] Ayy, I blew the whole bag on they flights, ain't leavin' the homies

[01:48.64] If he really gang, then get him a chain, no cubic zirconies

[01:51.85] White Zomb' in the stogey, stood firm, never folded

[01:54.70] Furthest thing from a rodent, you put the jacket on and you bogus

[01:57.54] Yeah, big dawg and they know it

[01:59.09] I had to spin off to stay focused

[02:00.88] Longev' on the motion

[02:02.14] We don't abandon ship when it's hopeless

[02:03.74] I done been broke before and they know

[02:03.93] I make it look easy

[02:07.33] Like I made it overnight

[02:09.93] I make it look easy

[02:13.60] But you don't see the dark side

[02:16.23] And all of the monsters I had to fight (fight)

[02:21.77] And all of the nightmares (nightmares)

[02:24.85] Made me stronger than life (yeah)

[02:29.84] Y'all say (what?), I've changed (huh)

[02:31.43] Really, though? (Tell me), how so? (I got)

[02:33.03] Got all (what?), this bread (yeah)

[02:34.64] I'm still (what?), sour though (huh)

[02:35.97] I don't know (I'm a), square peg (in a), round hole (yeah)

[02:38.28] Like a block of cheese in a paper towel roll

[02:39.89] Rocky Balboa (I), never been no (what?), towel thrower

[02:42.19] Even when I got kicked to the curb (yeah)

[02:43.72] Life knocked my dick in the dirt

[02:44.97] I got back up, flipped it the bird

[02:46.21] 'Til I earned the attention I yearned

[02:47.53] Not to mention, I learned

[02:48.37] How to turn resentment and hurt

[02:49.16] To an unquenchable thirst, in the simplest terms

[02:50.94] It's revenge of the nerd, in every sense of the word

[02:53.50] But all you see is the fame and the millions

[02:55.30] You don't see the strength and resilience (nah)

[02:56.92] How I rack my brain but it feels as if I'm tryna explain it to children (damn)

[03:00.01] So a lot of this pain isn't healin', no escapin' it, this anger is spilling

[03:02.94] Almost like recreatin' a feelin' of 9/11 when the second plane hit the building

[03:06.31] So let 'em paint you the villain

[03:07.62] Some of this just may be a symptom (yeah)

[03:09.24] Of havin' way too much income (mmm)

[03:10.78] But when you struggled every day just to get some (yeah)

[03:12.27] Now all of this hate is a syndrome (yuh)

[03:14.04] When they can't relate, and that stems from (what?)

[03:15.37] Money lookin' like it grows on trees

[03:16.91] Yeah, they're green but those aren't leaves (leaves)

[03:18.82] Sufficed to say, with every sacrifice I made

[03:21.40] It's like I gave up my life to fame

[03:23.00] All the nights that I lied awake

[03:24.60] Nights I stayed up to write and pray

[03:26.12] Had to claw, scratch and fight my way

[03:27.35] Just follow me, and I'll light the way

[03:29.12] Look to the hook if your sky look grey (Skylar Grey)

[03:30.89] And rappers, how can we be on the same level now

[03:33.18] When I gotta look down and see these clowns that are on the ground?

[03:35.40] Bitch, I got clouds beneath me

[03:37.20] Ever since I put out the EP to the height of 2003 me

[03:40.05] You ain't see the struggle to make it out the D

[03:41.29] Because I made it somehow look easy

[03:43.06] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[03:46.17] But you never saw my sacrifice

[03:49.32] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

[03:55.64] Had to lose it all to win the fight

[03:58.48] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[04:03.22] Now I'm the last one standin' (oh-oh-oh)

[04:09.52] Now I'm the last one standin'