1: (K-Lash-Nek-Off) As lightning strikes and pounds Over the grey skies of east town Prophecy K returns the underground Signified by the cryin' trumpet sounds Yeah, the system, it tried to shut me But I been on my ting before Onyx was flinging around Blood, sweat and for years Feels like my career's been in the dumping Yeah, is how hunger sounds and I'm the hunter now Lash the heart, A.K.A. the man behind the iron mask For ten years straight, I've been raising the bar Tryna breathe the life back into dyin' art So why try and par? When you'll meet the same fate as that lion This game is fake; full of two-faced 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 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 mine in my all snakes, let 'em die in the past But who knows what the future N.W.O. soldiers will probably shoot me cold All the truth was told You should I did it from the heart
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 blood sweat and the I'm still here, pushin' after several 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
2: (Lowkey) I don't do this for the happy ravers or the haters I do this for the and the gladiators Do this for those whose you never cared about Can't pronounce their names, their origins or whereabouts Those brought up around and sadness Who adjusted and found in the madness Fight the power I'm out of breath like Malcolm X You empower the powerful, I the powerless They'll play you on the if you rap about a Gucci belt But rap about the government; you as well shoot yourself Industry fairies say I rap about theories Just to hide the fact lyrically fear me Got that eye of a tiger, the heart of a The mind of a lifer, my stance is I rise like a phoenix, immediate from the My existence is for the masses Though we are equal, I despise an I live for my people and die for I stand as a visionary; some have got plans of me To literally vanish me like Aborigines Hannibal with the mask, an with the bars I'm grappling with my shackles, I channel it my art it in the ambience, champion, heavyweight My is nothin' 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 with Like I'll you the blueprint for pimpin' my music I say like K-Lash, he's another lion hardship from gettin' scared to my brother dyin' Spit all of it with or without a big Through the blood, sweat and tears, I victorious
I'm still here, pushin' after years I'm still here, standin' strong, never in I'll be here, after the dust settles and clears I'll be still here, after the blood and the tears I'm still here, pushin' after 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