Last One Standing (From Venom: Let There Be Carnage)

Now you see me standin' in the lights

But you never saw my sacrifice

Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

Had to lose it all to win the fight

I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

Now I'm the last one standin'

Uh, you weren't with me on the cold block nights

Now you front row for the spotlight

Now the diamonds in the Audemars bright

Jets overseas for a far flight

Young n- on bulls-, and I ball on 'em, Bill Cartwright

Knew I could shine through the darkness

I guess I always been a star type

That lion in me made my heart fight

Could've been a victim of an opp pipe

Took a million risks just to get to this

'Cause we ain't the ones that the cops like

Been so many times God tested me

They only see the answers I got right

They commentin' all on the blogs

Tryna tell me how to live my life

And I waited so patiently

If you could take off, don't wait for me

No days off, grind faithfully

I keep thankin' God for savin' me

Front line, showcasin' our bravery

I know that top spot, it was made for me

It all paid off, so we felt the struggle so painfully

Now you see me standin' in the lights

But you never saw my sacrifice

Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

Had to lose it all to win the fight

I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

Now I'm the last one standin'

Yeah, you know, the code we gotta live by

Never mind all the ice cubes on this wrist, wearin' the big body

Live by the g-, get bodied, or it's hella time in that cell

It was hella times where I failed

When I had to double back from them Ls

Bet he don't double back when he tell

'Cause it ain't no comin' back when you tell

Why would you leave me here by myself? A n- be lonely

Ayy, I blew the whole bag on they flights, ain't leavin' the homies

If he really gang, then get him a chain, no cubic zirconies

Why's arm in a stogie, stood firm, never folded?

Furthest thing from a rodent, you put the jacket on and you bogus

Yeah, big dawg and they know it

I had to spin off to stay focused

Longev' on the motion

We don't abandon ship when it's hopeless

Sound of the microphone, and they know

I make it look easy

Like I made it overnight

I make it look easy

But you don't see the dark side

And all of the monsters I had to fight (fight)

And all of the nightmares (nightmares)

Made me stronger than life (yeah)

Y'all say I've changed

Really though? Tell me how so?

I got-got all this bread (yeah)

I'm still sourdough (sour, tho')

I don't know, square peg, round hole

Like a block of cheese in a paper towel roll

Rocky Balboa, never been no towel thrower

Even when I got kicked to the curb (yeah)

Life knocked my d- in the dirt

I got back up, flipped it the bird

'Til I earned the attention I yearned

Not to mention, I learned

How to turn resentment and hurt to an unquenchable thirst

In the simplest terms, it's revenge of the nerd

In every sense of the word

But all you see is the fame and the millions

You don't see the strength, the resilience (nah)

How I rack my brain, but it feels as if

I'm tryin' to explain it to children (yeah)

So a lot of this pain isn't healin'

No escapin' it, this anger is spillin'

Almost like recreatin' the feelin'

Of 911 when the second plane hit the buildin'

So let 'em paint me the villain

Some of this just may be a symptom

Of havin' way too much income

But when you struggled every day just to get some

Now all of this hate is a syndrome

When they can't relate and that stems from

Money lookin' like it grows on trees

Yeah, they're green, but those aren't leaves

Sufficed to say, with every sacrifice I made

It's like I gave up my life to fame

All the nights that I lied awake

Nights I stayed up to write and prayed

Had to claw, scratch, and fight my way

Just follow me and I'll light the way

Look to the hook if your sky look grey (sky look grey)

And rappers, how can we be

On the same level now when I gotta look down and see

These clowns that are on the ground?

B-, I got clouds beneath me

Ever since I put out the EP to the height of 2003-me

You ain't see the struggle to make it out the D

Because I made it somehow look easy

Now you see me standin' in the lights

But you never saw my sacrifice

Or all the nights I had to struggle to survive

Had to lose it all to win the fight

I had to fall so many times (oh-oh-oh)

Now I'm the last one standin' (oh-oh-oh)

Now I'm the last one standin'