[Gwen Stefani]
Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die

[Eminem]
I can hear the drummers drumming
And the trumpets, someone's tryna summon someone
I know something's coming
But I'm running from it to be standing at the summit
And plummet, how come it wasn't what I thought it was
Was it, too good to be true?
Have nothing, get it all but too much of it
Then lose it again, then I swallow hallucinogens
Cause if not, where the hell did it go?
Cause here I sit in Lucifer's den by the dutch oven
Just choosing to sin
Even if it means I'm selling my soul
Just to be the undisputed again
Do whatever I gotta do just to win
Cause I got this motherfucking cloud over my head
Crown around it, thorns on it
Cracks in it, bet you morons didn't
Think I'd be back, did ya?
How 'bout that I'm somehow now back to the underdog
But no matter how loud that I bark
This sport is something I never bow-wow'd at
I complain about the game, I shout and I pout
It's a love-hate
But I found out that I can move a mountain of doubt
Even when you bitches are counting me out
And I appear to be down for the count
Only time I ever been out
And about is driving around town
With my fucking whereabouts, in a doubt cause
I been lost tryna think of what I did to get here
But I'm not a quitter
Gotta get up, give it all I got or give up
Spit or shit or stepped on but kept going
I'm tryna be headstrong
But it feels like I slept on my neck wrong
Cause you're moving onto the next
But is the respect gone?
Cause someone told me that
(Kings never die)

Don't give me that sob story liar, don't preach to the choir
You ain't never even had to reach in the fire to dig deep
Nobody ever handed me shit in life, not even a flyer
Wouldn't even take shit into consideration
Obliterate anyone in the way
I think I see why a lot of rappers get on these features
And try to show out on a track with me
But it'd actually have to be a fucking blowout
To get me to retire
Tell these new artists that kings never die
I know shit has changed in this age, fuck a Twitter page
Did just say I've been upstaged?
Why am I online? It's driving me crazy
I'm riding shotgun tryna get a gauge
Almost hot, but I'm not running kaboom
With a stage pass and this shit
And opinions sway, I can hear them say
If I stay passionate
Maybe I can stay Jay miraculous
Comeback as if I went away
But detractors just say some bullshit for the Renegade
Someone's gonna make me blow my composure
Here I go again, to the stage
And I feel like I'm in a cage
They so want a champion to fall
I still wonder why I laugh at 'em
Cause why carry when I'm all
So fuck what these cynics say
Just goes to show that when my back's against the wall
And I'm under attack again, I'll act as if I'm posed ta
With this pent up rage
Cause all these plaques in my office
On the floor stacked against the door
Are they just metaphors for the odds of
Me comin' back again
Cause all the accomplishments, accolades, awards
And trophies just don't mean jack anymore
Cause I'm here today and gone tomorrow
And I'm not gonna be

Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die

I want it, I'm coming to get it
So you son of a bitches don't duck
You're gonna get riddick bowed
Critics'll end up in critical
Think your shit is dope
All you're gonna get is smoked then
And I'm not stopping until I'm top again
All alone and on a throne
Like a token of respect, or a homage poem
Or an ode, I've been on
Tossed in the air by my own arm
And launched so hard I broke my collarbone
And when it's my time to go, but I'm still not leaving
Stop for no one, I don't know
But I've been told an obstacle that
Blocks your road, knock it over
Time to go for that pot of gold, cause

They say kings never die
Just ask Jam Master Jay
They just grow wings and they fly
So, hands up, reach for the sky
Try to hold up and prolong these moments
Cause in a blink of an eye
They'll be over

Tryna secure your legacy like Shakur
And ensure that nobody's ever gonna be what you were
So before you're leaving this Earth
You want people to feel the fury
Of a pure evil cerebral berzerk
Deacon of words, syllable genius at work
Plus I'm think that they're mistaking my kindness
For weakness, distill it with meanness
I went from powdered milk and Farina
To flippin' burgers on the grill for some peanuts
From Gilbert's to arenas, call me Gilbert Arenas
Still appeal to the dreamers
I made it to the silverscreen
But Rocky's still what the theme is
Khalil on the beat cause making the beat
Ain't the same feeling to me as killing the beat is
Or fulfilling to me, what filling a seat is
It's that "Sound Bombing" Thirstin' Howl
Common, underground, Diamond D, Outsidaz
Stomach growl, throbbing hunger
Out-rhyming everyone, God just give me one shot
I swear that I won't let you down
I'mma be around forever and a day
Even in the ground
You ain't ever gonna hear me say I ain't

Here to stay
Even when I'm gone
When I close my eyes
Through the passage of time
Kings never die
Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Kings never die