1: (K-Lash-Nek-Off) As lightning strikes and pounds the grey skies of east London town Prophecy K returns from the Signified by the cryin' trumpet sounds Yeah, the system, it tried to shut me But I on my ting before Onyx was flinging guns around Blood, sweat and for years Feels like my career's been in the dumping Yeah, this is how sounds and I'm the hunter now Lash the lion heart, A.K.A. the man behind the mask For ten years straight, been raising the iron bar Tryna breathe the life into this dyin' art So why try and When you'll meet the same fate as that lion Scar This game is full of two-faced lyin' ras Who would sell their soul and arse to climb the charts Yea, but me, I put in too time in the graft Refinin' my craft for labels to sign me for a minor K-Lash, mimin' on trance Now picture Dr. Dre beats rhymin' with Starks all fate and I got mine in my grasp They're all snakes, let 'em die in the But who knows what the holds? These N.W.O. soldiers will probably me cold All because the truth was You should know I did it the heart
I'm still here, pushin' several years I'm still here, strong, never in fear 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' several years I'm still here, standin' strong, in fear be still here, after the dust settles and clears I'll be still here, 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 whose you never cared about Can't their names, their origins or their whereabouts Those up around tragedy and sadness Who adjusted and normality in the madness Fight the power 'til I'm out of like Malcolm 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 as well shoot yourself Industry fairies say I rap conspiracy theories to hide the fact they lyrically fear me Got that eye of a tiger, the heart of a The mind of a lifer, my is defiant I like a phoenix, immediate from the ashes My is inconvenient for the masses we are equal, I despise an imitation I live for my and die for liberation I stand as a visionary; some have got of killin' me To literally vanish me physically Aborigines with 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 but my pride is somethin' that you can never take think I'm elusive or think I'm a nuisance I these major labels think that I'm a stupid Keep your 360's you're convincing these with I'll give you the blueprint for pimpin' my music I say that like K-Lash, he's lion hardship from gettin' scared to my brother dyin' Spit all of it or without a big audience the blood, sweat and tears, I stand victorious
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