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