1: (K-Lash-Nek-Off) As strikes and thunder pounds Over the grey skies of east London Prophecy K from the underground Signified by the people's cryin' trumpet Yeah, the system, it to shut me down But I been on my ting before was flinging guns around Blood, and tears for years Feels like my career's been in the dumping Yeah, this is how hunger and I'm the hunter now Lash the lion heart, A.K.A. the man behind the mask For ten straight, I've been raising the iron bar Tryna breathe the life back into this art So why try and par? When you'll meet the fate as that lion Scar This game is fake; full of two-faced ras Who would sell their soul and arse just to the charts Yea, but me, I put in too time in the graft Refinin' my craft for to sign me for a minor advance Picture K-Lash, on trance Now picture Dr. Dre beats lash rhymin' with It's all fate and I got in my grasp all snakes, let 'em die in the past But who knows the future holds? These N.W.O. soldiers probably shoot me cold All the truth was told You should know I did it the heart
I'm still here, pushin' several years I'm still here, standin' strong, never in I'll be still here, after the settles and clears I'll be here, after the blood sweat and the tears I'm here, pushin' after several years I'm here, standin' strong, never in fear I'll be still here, after the dust settles and I'll be here, after the blood sweat and the tears
2: (Lowkey) I do this for the happy ravers or the aggy haters I do this for the and the gladiators Do this for those lives you never cared about Can't their names, their origins or their whereabouts Those brought up tragedy and sadness Who adjusted and normality in the madness Fight the power 'til I'm out of breath like X You empower the powerful, I the powerless play you on the radio if you rap about a Gucci belt But rap about the government; you might as well yourself fairies say I rap about conspiracy theories Just to the fact they lyrically fear me Got eye of a tiger, the heart of a lion The mind of a lifer, my stance is I rise like a phoenix, immediate from the My is inconvenient for the masses we are equal, I despise an imitation I live for my people and die for I stand as a visionary; some got plans of killin' me To vanish me physically like Aborigines Hannibal the mask, an animal with the bars I'm grappling with my shackles, I channel it my art Feel it in the ambience, champion, My life is nothin' but my is somethin' that you can never take They think I'm elusive or think I'm a I swear these major labels that I'm a stupid Keep your 360's you're these dudes with I'll give you the blueprint for pimpin' my music I say that like K-Lash, another lion Every hardship gettin' scared to my brother dyin' all of it with or without a big audience Through the blood, sweat and tears, I victorious
I'm still here, after several years I'm still here, strong, never in fear I'll be here, after the dust settles and clears I'll be here, after the blood sweat and the tears I'm still here, pushin' after years I'm here, standin' strong, never in fear be still here, after the dust settles and clears I'll be still here, the blood sweat and the tears