EMINEM - Kings Never Die lyrics

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ft. Gwen Stefani

(Chorus)

Here to stay

Even when I'm gone

When I close my eyes

Throw the passage of time

Kings never die

(Verse)

I can hear the drummers drummin’

And the trumpets, someone's tryna summon someone, I know somethin's comin’

But I'm runnin’ from it to be standin’ 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, then I swallow hallucinogens

Cuz if not, where the hell did it go?

Cuz here I sit in Lucifer’s den by the ditch oven

Just choosin’ to sin

Even if it means I'm sellin’ my soul, just to be the undisputed again

Do whatever I gotta do this to win

Cuz I got this mutherfuckin’ cloud over my head

Crown around it, thorns on it

Cracks in it, bet you morons didn't

Think I'd be back, did you?

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-wow that

I complain ‘bout 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 ‘bout is drivin’ around town with my fuckin’ whereabouts, in a doubt Cuz

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 or shit or stepped on but kept goin’

I'm tryna be headstrong but it feels like I slept on my neck wrong

Cuz you're movin’ into the next, but is the respect gone?

Cuz someone told me that

(Gwen Stefani) Kings never die

Don't give me that sob story liar, don't preach to the choir

You ain't ever have 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’______(?)

Tell these new artists that kings never die

I know shit has change in this age, fuck on Twitter page, did just say I've been upstaged?

Why i’m online? It's drivin’ me crazy, I'm ridin’ shotgun try to get a gauge

Almost hot, but I'm not runnin’ kabob, with a stage pass and this shit

And opinions sway, I can hear them say, if I stay passionate maybe I can stay Jay as miraculous

Comeback as if I went away, but detractors just say some bullshit for the renegades

Someone's gon’ make me blow my composure

Here I go again, to the stage and I feel like I am in a cage

They so want a champion to fall

I still wonder why I laugh at them cuz why carry when I'm all

So fuck what these cynics say

Just goes to show that when my back against the wall

And I'm under attack again, I'll act as if I'm posted up

With this panted rage cuz I saw all these plaques in my office

On the floor stacked against the door

All be just metaphors for the odds of

When you coming back again cuz all the accomplishments, accolades, awards

And trophies just don't mean jack anymore

Cuz I'm here today and I’m gone tomorrow

And I'm not gon’ be

(Chorus)

(Verse)

I want it, I'm comin’ to get it, so you son of a bitches don't duck your gun and get rid of those

Critics all end up in critical, think your shit is dope all you're gon’ get is smoked then

And I'm not stoppin’ until 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 on

Tossed in the air by my own arm, and launched so hard I broke my collarbone

And it's my time to go, but I'm still not leavin’

Stop for no one, I don't know but I've been told that I should go

Launch a Rover, knock it over, time to go for that pot of gold

Cuz

(Bridge)

They say kings never die

Just ask Jam Master Jay

They just growin’ wings and they fly

So, hands up, reach for the sky

Try to hold up and provoke these moments

Cuz in a blink of an eye

They'll be over

(Verse )

Try to secure your legacy like Shaker

And ensure that nobody's ever gon’ 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 think that they're mistakin’ my kindness for weakness, distill it with meanness

With some kind of back flippin’ burgers on the grill for some peanuts

Secure us to arenas, call me Gilbert Arenas, still appeal to the dreamers

I made it to the silver screens where Rocky stepped with the demons

Khalid on the beat Cuz makin’ the beat ain’t the same feelin’ to me is killin’ the beat

It's overfillin’ to me, what fillin’ a seat is

That sound, vomit, thirst and how common underground commons go eat

Outsider stomach growl, throbbin’ hunger

Out rhymin’ everyone, God just give me one shot

I swear that I won't let you down

I'ma be around forever, entertain even in the ground

You ain't ever gon’ hear me say I ain't

(Chorus)

(Outro)

Ooh, ooh, ooh x 2

Kings never die