1: (K-Lash-Nek-Off) As lightning strikes and thunder the grey skies of east London town Prophecy K returns the underground by the people's cryin' trumpet sounds Yeah, the system, it tried to shut me But I been on my ting before Onyx was flinging guns Blood, sweat and tears for Feels like my career's been in the ground Yeah, this is how hunger sounds and I'm the now the lion heart, A.K.A. the man behind the iron mask For ten years straight, I've raising the iron bar Tryna breathe the life back into dyin' art So why try and par? When you'll meet the same fate as lion Scar game is fake; full of two-faced lyin' ras Who sell their soul and arse just to climb the charts Yea, but me, I put in too time in the graft my craft for labels to sign me for a minor advance Picture K-Lash, mimin' on Now Dr. Dre beats lash rhymin' with Starks It's all and I got mine in my grasp They're all snakes, let 'em die in the But who knows what the future These N.W.O. soldiers will probably shoot me All because the was told You should know I did it the heart
I'm still here, after several years I'm still here, 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 I'm still here, pushin' several years I'm still here, standin' strong, in fear I'll be here, after the dust settles and clears I'll be still here, after the sweat and the tears
2: (Lowkey) I don't do this for the happy or the aggy haters I do for the warriors and the gladiators Do for those whose lives you never cared about Can't their names, their origins or their whereabouts brought up around tragedy and sadness Who adjusted and found normality in the Fight the power 'til I'm out of like Malcolm X You empower the powerful, I empower the They'll play you on the radio if you rap a Gucci belt But rap about the government; you might as well shoot Industry say I rap about conspiracy theories Just to hide the fact they lyrically me Got that eye of a tiger, the heart of a The mind of a lifer, my is defiant I rise like a phoenix, from the ashes My existence is inconvenient for the we are equal, I despise an imitation I live for my people and die for I stand as a visionary; have got plans of killin' me To literally vanish me physically Aborigines Hannibal with the mask, an animal the bars I'm with my shackles, I channel it through my art it in the ambience, champion, heavyweight My life is but my pride is somethin' that you can never take They think I'm or think I'm a nuisance I these major labels think that I'm a stupid Keep your 360's you're convincing these dudes Like I'll give you the blueprint for my music I say that K-Lash, he's another lion Every hardship from gettin' scared to my brother Spit all of it with or 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 still here, after the dust settles and I'll be still here, the blood sweat and the tears I'm still here, after several years I'm still here, strong, never in fear I'll be still here, after the dust settles and be still here, after the blood sweat and the tears