Temporary Kings

Yeah, huh, uh, yeah, uh Raise a glass to the young Life's fast, it'll all be gone in a flash when it's done Let's all salute the passionate ones Now that you all the manifestations of what the past has become On the path for the fun, moving fast for the funds In a clash with the past as you moving after your ones I pray you on the path to become much greater than your era I'm hoping that you can last when it's done The truth is, you wouldn't last where I'm from Cause the first in this era would be the last where I'm from Each verse is a terrible flaming blast from a gun Where the first one to shoot is the last one to run The purpose of music's to move the passion from one Person and fuse it into the masses with love So even if violent, we spread the science like it's drugs To raise you up higher, you can't deny it, this is us Yeah We doing legendary things In the land of the lost, we live by necessary means We some hereditary Gs, we're permanent royalty In this land of temporary kings We paint the pictures, every scene Even what's never seen, we can turn nothing into everything Every man, young person, every queen We're permanent royalty in this land of temporary kings Yeah How do you define greatness Do we all gotta compare to the past to make a statement Do I gotta be on twitter, in favorites to be your favorite Do I need to put myself in a box to make a playlist Do bitches gotta kiss other bitches to get the wages Do they train us when they put these rich niggas in cages If the king of New York was just a troll, living dangerous Then what does that say for the up and coming generations Get money, live hungry, and die faster Cherish every moment, intelligent, fly, bastards To ya'll we looking slow in this moment, but time passes Imagine just how much you could do once your mind's mastered Keep building, you can rise to the ceiling You still gon' get your money, just find somebody that feels it You momentarily monetizing, I'm on some real shit Cause being hot right now is okay, but I'm for the children Yeah We doing legendary things In the land of the lost, we live by necessary means We some hereditary Gs, we're permanent royalty In this land of temporary kings We paint the pictures, every scene Even what's never seen, we can turn nothing into everything Every man, young person, every queen We're permanent royalty in this land of temporary kings Uh, yeah I use loyalty as my royalty Gems all in my crown chakra, there's no avoiding me Operate on beats like a doctor when they're in surgery Masked-up like phantom of opera when doing burglaries Pure hora of the Shakur's, you could never murder me In essence, cause my true presence is in the words I speak For sure, Ali, Nasir, Kweli, Monsieur Nègre, Russel Jones, and Ghandi I could use light to beam words outta the atmosphere I was raised by B.I.G., so no lil' rappers dare We weeded out what was wack, so they ain't have to hear Saved the classics, they still don't give half a care A colorful braid-twist present and future I hope that it locks and we unite like we used to So whether you on blocks with the shooters, or on laptop computers As producers, recognize we not losers, we're the truest Yeah We doing legendary things In the land of the lost, we live by necessary means We some hereditary Gs, we're permanent royalty In this land of temporary kings We paint the pictures, every scene Even what's never seen, we can turn nothing into everything Every man, young person, every queen We're permanent royalty in this land of temporary kings