Temporary Kings Lyrics

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