Still Shining ft. TLS & Trutha Lyrics

They wanna know who the greatest (They wanna know)

Yeah

If I never pop, would they still love me (I don't know)

If I don't make it to the top, would they still bump me (I don't know)

When I'm gone, like Big & Pac, I hope they still discuss me (Yeah)

And if I ever fall off, I know I stood for something (Facts)

Came up on underground, still climbing (Yeah)

I'm bringing people through the tunnels now, still mining (Yeah)

Unearthing treasures, for the record, I got real diamonds (Yeah)

I know I'm rare, I don't care for the carats but I'm still shining

I think about my rap Rushmore

And wonder how to get it down to just four

Truthfully, it's much more

Mountain of a man with more to climb to even hit the borderline

The thought of missing immortality is mortifying (Ooh)

Like, who don't wanna be immortalized and firmly in the top five

Never crossed your mind, I guess you perfect, yeah, stop lying (Ooh)

Ain't in the business of protecting egos

Talk is cheap and fake humility got hidden fees, I peep those

The heart is so deceitful (Facts)

Lines on the machine, I read between those

Polygraphs or numbers on the screen

'Cause it's always tryna scheme and it's liable to lie so

I monitor the warning signs, they vital to survival

Most get caught up in a tidal then drift along the coast

Is it sales or is it souls, is it hell or is it hope

Is it real or is it faux, does it heal or is it dope

Is it both

At times I fear I veer a bit too close (Way too close)

Might be the realest ish I ever wrote

Still I know they feel it, even if they never quote (I know you know)

This is me, stepping out the boat

I'm cool with moving like the Lamb even if I'm never GOAT

If I never pop, would they still love me (I don't know)

If I don't make it to the top, would they still bump me (I don't know)

When I'm gone, like Big & Pac, I hope they still discuss me (Yeah)

And if I ever fall off, I know I stood for something (Facts)

Came up on underground, still climbing (Yeah)

I'm bringing people through the tunnels now, still mining (Yeah)

Unearthing treasures, for the record, I got real diamonds (Yeah)

I know I'm rare (Ayo)

I don't care for the carats but I'm still shining (Look, look)

I made the roster, I'm no imposter (No)

They want the smoke like rastas 'cause they hate when the godly prospers (Yeah)

I switch my posture from all the hate that they would foster (Whoa)

'Cause the house can't be divided when it's mi casa, su casa (Go)

Yo, I'm learning what it means to be great (Yeah)

Devoting time to help others, that's how we building this place (Yeah)

You built yo brand on division, that's why the ceiling decayed

And then you mad at the only dudes that was willing to pray (Yeah)

They let you say whatever, long as she can twerk something to it (Go)

Even if it's all lies and you never went thru it

Then we see the youngins imitate the art

Then the art becomes reality

Now all the rappers walking 'round clueless when they Judas

I'm more proud of my network than my net worth

Sometimes, I really wonder, is this my best work

I can be my own worst heckler (Yeah)

Is that better than being an expert (Yeah)

With no validation, and I'm on the bench like a redshirt with no pressure, let's go

If I never pop, would they still love me (I don't know)

If I don't make it to the top, would they still bump me (I don't know)

When I'm gone, like Big & Pac, I hope they still discuss me (Yeah)

And if I ever fall off, I know I stood for something (Facts)

Came up on underground, still climbing (Yeah)

I'm bringing people through the tunnels now, still mining (Yeah)

Unearthing treasures, for the record, I got real diamonds (Yeah)

I know I'm rare, I don't care for the carats but I'm still shining