[Produced by The New Royales]
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[Chorus: Gwen Stefani]
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Here to stay
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Even when Im gone
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When I close my eyes
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Through the passage of time
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Kings never die
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[Verse 1: Eminem]
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I can hear the drummer drummin
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And the trumpets, someones tryna summon someone
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I know somethings comin
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But Im runnin from it, to be standing at the summit
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And plummet, how come it wasnt what I thought it was?
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Was it too good to be true?
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Have nothin, get it all but too much of it
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Then lose it again, did I swallow hallucinogens?
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‘Cause if not, where the hell did it go?
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‘Cause here I sit in Lucifers den by the dutch oven
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Just choosing to sin, even if it means Im sellin my soul
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Just to be the undisputed again
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Do whatever I gotta do just to win
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‘Cause I got this motherfuckin cloud over my head
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Crown around it, thorns on it
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Cracks in it, bet you morons didnt think Id be back, did ya?
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How bout that? Im somehow now back to the underdog
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But no matter how loud that I bark
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This sport is somethin I never bow-out at
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I complain about the game, I shout and I pout, its a love-hate
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But I found out that I can move a mountain of doubt
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Even when you bitches are countin me out
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And I appear to be down for the count
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Only time I ever been out and about
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Is drivin around town with my fuckin whereabouts in a doubt
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‘Cause I been lost tryna think of what I did to get here
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But Im not a quitter, gotta get up, give it all I got or give up
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Spit on, shit on, stepped on, but kept goin
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Im tryna be headstrong
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But it feels like I slept on my neck wrong
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‘Cause youre moving onto the next, but is your respect gone?
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‘Cause someone told me that
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[Chorus: Gwen Stefani]
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Kings never die
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[Verse 2: Eminem]
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Dont give me that sob story, liar, dont preach to the choir
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You aint never even had to reach in the fire to dig deep
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Nobody ever handed me shit in life, not even a flyer
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Wouldnt even take shit into consideration
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Obliterate anyone in the way
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I think I see why a lot of rappers get on these features
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And try to show out on a track with me
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But itd actually have to be
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A fuckin blow-out to get me to retire
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Tell these new artists that kings never die
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I know shit has changed in this age, fuck a Twitter page
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Did it just say Ive been upstaged?
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Why am I online? Its driving me crazy
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Im ridin shotgun tryna get a gauge
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On whats hot, but Im not one to conform
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But as days pass in this shit
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And opinions sway, I can hear em say
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If I stay passionate maybe I can stage a miraculous
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Comeback, as if I went away
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But detractors just say so much for the renegade
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Someones gonna make me blow my composure
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Here I go again, center stage, and I feel like Im in a cage
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They so want a champion to fall
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Its no wonder why I laugh at em
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‘Cause why cant we win em all?
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So fuck what these cynics say
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It just goes to show that when my backs against the wall
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And Im under attack again, that Ill act as if Im ‘posed to
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With this pent-up rage, cause all these plaques in my office
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On the floor stacked against the door
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Are they just metaphors for the odds of me comin back again?
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‘Cause all the accomplishments, accolades, awards
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And trophies just dont mean jack anymore
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If Im here today and gone tomorrow, and Im not gonna be
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[Chorus: Gwen Stefani]
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Here to stay
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Even when Im gone
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When I close my eyes
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Through the passage of time
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Kings never die
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[Verse 3: Eminem]
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I want it, Im comin to get it
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So you son of a bitches dont duck
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You’re gonna get Riddick Bowed
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Criticsll end up in critical
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Think your shit is dope, all youre gonna get is smoked
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And I aint stopping til Im on top again
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All alone and on a throne, like a token of respect
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Or a homage poem, or an ode Ive been owed
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Tossed in the air by my own arm
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And launched so hard it broke my collarbone
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And when its my time to go
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Im still not leaving, stop for no one, I dont know
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But Ive been told, an obstacle that blocks your road, ya
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Knock it over, time to go for the pot of gold, cause
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[Bridge: Eminem]
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They say kings never die
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Just ask Jam Master Jay
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They just grow wings and they fly
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So, hands up, reach for the sky
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Try to hold on and prolong these moments
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‘Cause in a blink of an eye
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Theyll be over
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[Verse 4: Eminem]
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So youre tryna secure your legacy like Shakur
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And ensure nobodys ever gonna be what you were
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So before youre leavin this Earth
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You want people to feel the fury of a pure evil cerebral, berserk
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Deacon of words, syllable genius at work
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Plus, Im thinkin that theyre mistakin my kindness for weakness, kill em with meanness
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I went from powdered milk and Farina
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To flippin burgers on the grill for some peanuts
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At Gilberts to arenas, call me Gilbert Arenas
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Still appeal to the dreamers
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I made it to the silverscreen
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But Rockys still what the theme is
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Khalil on the beat, cause makin the beat
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Aint the same feelin to me as killin the beat is
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Or fulfillin to me is what fillin a seat is
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Its that sound-bombing, Thirstin Howl
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Common, underground, Diamond D, Outsidaz
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Stomach growl, throbbin hunger, out-rhymin everyone
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God, just give me one shot, I swear that I wont let you down
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Ima be around forever-and-a-day, even in the ground
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You aint never ever gonna hear em say I aint…
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[Chorus: Gwen Stefani]
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Here to stay
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Even when Im gone
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When I close my eyes
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Through the passage of time
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Kings never die
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Kings never die
