LAST ONE STANDING

[00:00.00] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[00:02.74] But you never saw my sacrifice

[00:06.24] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

[00:11.99] Had to lose it all to win the fight

[00:14.99] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[00:19.99] Now I'm the last one standin'

[00:24.75] Uh, you weren't with me on the cold block nights

[00:27.74] Now you front row for the spotlight

[00:28.74] Now the diamonds in the Audemars bright

[00:29.99] Jets overseas for a far flight

[00:31.50] Young nigga on bullshit and I ball on 'em, Bill Cartwright

[00:34.49] Knew I could shine through the darkness

[00:35.99] I guess I always been a star type

[00:37.50] That lion in me made my heart fight, could've been a victim of an opp pipe

[00:40.49] Took a million risks just to get to this 'cause we ain't the ones that the cops like

[00:43.49] Been so many times God tested me, they only see the answers I got right

[00:46.49] They commentin' all on the blogs, tryna tell me how to live my life

[00:49.99] And I waited so patiently, if you could take off, don't wait for me

[00:52.99] No days off, grind faithfully, I keep thankin' God for savin' me

[00:55.99] Front line, showcasin' our bravery

[00:57.75] I know that top spot, it was made for me

[00:59.25] It all paid off so we felt the struggle so painfully

[01:01.74] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[01:04.74] But you never saw my sacrifice

[01:07.74] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

[01:13.74] Had to lose it all to win the fight

[01:16.74] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[01:21.99] Now I'm the last one standin'

[01:26.24] Yeah, you know the code we gotta live by

[01:29.99] Never mind all the ice cubes on this wristwear in the big body

[01:33.49] Live by the gun, get bodied or it's hella time in that cell

[01:36.49] It was hella times where I failed, when I had to double back from them Ls

[01:39.49] Bet he don't double back when he tell

[01:40.99] 'Cause it ain't no comin' back when you tell

[01:42.49] Why would you leave me here by myself? A nigga be lonely

[01:44.75] Ayy, I blew the whole bag on they flights, ain't leavin' the homies

[01:48.24] If he really gang, then get him a chain, no cubic zirconies

[01:51.50] White Zomb' in the stogey, stood firm, never folded

[01:54.62] Furthest thing from a rodent, you put the jacket on and you bogus

[01:57.25] Yeah, big dawg and they know it

[01:59.00] I had to spin off to stay focused

[02:00.49] Longev' on the motion

[02:02.00] We don't abandon ship when it's hopeless

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

[02:05.25] I make it look easy

[02:07.24] Like I made it overnight

[02:09.74] I make it look easy

[02:13.24] But you don't see the dark side

[02:15.99] And all of the monsters I had to fight (fight)

[02:19.74] And all of the nightmares (nightmares)

[02:24.74] Made me stronger than life (yeah)

[02:28.74] Y'all say (what?), I've changed (huh)

[02:31.25] Really, though? (Tell me), how so? (I got)

[02:32.75] Got all (what?), this bread (yeah)

[02:34.24] I'm still (what?), sour though (huh)

[02:35.74] I don't know (I'm a), square peg (in a), round hole (yeah)

[02:38.25] Like a block of cheese in a paper towel roll

[02:39.74] Rocky Balboa (I), never been no (what?), towel thrower

[02:41.97] Even when I got kicked to the curb (yeah)

[02:42.97] Life knocked my dick in the dirt

[02:44.73] I got back up, flipped it the bird

[02:45.47] 'Til I earned the attention I yearned

[02:46.72] Not to mention, I learned

[02:47.47] How to turn resentment and hurt

[02:48.72] To an unquenchable thirst, in the simplest terms

[02:50.22] It's revenge of the nerd, in every sense of the word

[02:53.30] But all you see is the fame and the millions

[02:55.04] You don't see the strength and resilience (nah)

[02:56.54] How I rack my brain but it feels as if I'm tryna explain it to children (damn)

[02:59.55] So a lot of this pain isn't healin', no escapin' it, this anger is spilling

[03:02.79] Almost like recreatin' a feelin' of 9/11 when the second plane hit the building

[03:05.79] So let 'em paint you the villain

[03:07.54] Some of this just may be a symptom (yeah)

[03:09.04] Of havin' way too much income (mmm)

[03:10.54] But when you struggled every day just to get some (yeah)

[03:12.04] Now all of this hate is a syndrome (yuh)

[03:13.55] When they can't relate, and that stems from (what?)

[03:15.29] Money lookin' like it grows on trees

[03:16.79] Yeah, they're green but those aren't leaves (leaves)

[03:18.54] Sufficed to say, with every sacrifice I made

[03:21.37] It's like I gave up my life to fame

[03:22.63] All the nights that I lied awake

[03:24.38] Nights I stayed up to write and pray

[03:25.62] Had to claw, scratch and fight my way

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

[03:28.87] Look to the hook if your sky look grey (Skylar Grey)

[03:31.25] And rappers, how can we be on the same level now

[03:33.24] When I gotta look down and see these clowns that are on the ground?

[03:35.65] Bitch, I got clouds beneath me

[03:37.24] Ever since I put out the EP to the height of 2003 me

[03:39.99] You ain't see the struggle to make it out the D

[03:41.49] Because I made it somehow look easy

[03:42.99] Now you see me standin' in the lights

[03:45.99] But you never saw my sacrifice

[03:48.99] Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

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

[03:57.99] I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

[04:03.25] Now I'm the last one standin' (oh-oh-oh)

[04:09.25] Now I'm the last one standin'