作词 : Skylar Grey/Polo G/Mozzy/M Mathers
作曲 : Skylar Grey/Polo G/Mozzy/M Mathers
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, now I'm the last one standing
Uh, you weren't with me on the cold block nights
Now you front row for the spotlight
Now the diamonds in the Audemar bright
Just overseas for a far flight
Young nigga on bullshit and I ball on 'em, Bill Carl Wright
You know I can shine through the darkness
I guess I always been a star type
That lion in 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 timеs God tested me, thеy 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 stuggle 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, now I'm the last one standing
Yeah, you know the code we gotta live by
Nevermind all the ice cubes on this wrist wearin' the big body
Live by the gun, get bodied or sell the 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 nigga 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 Cubans and Koneys
Why is arm in a ?
Still front, never foldin'
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
Longjev' on the motion
We on the bandit ship when it's hopeless
Side of the ? 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
And all of the nightmares, they made mestronger than life (Yeah)
Y'all say I've changed (What? Huh)
Really, though? (Tell me), how so?
All this bread (Yeah), I'm still sour though
I don't know, square pegged
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 knot my dick in the dirt
I got back up, flipped at the birds
'Til I burn the attention I yearned
Not to mention I learned
How to turn resentment and hurt
To an unquenchable thirst
And as simplest terms, it's revenge of the nerd, in every sense of the word (Yeah)
But all you see is the fame and the billions
You don't see the strength and resilience (Nah)
How I rack my brain but it feels as if I'm tryna explain it to children
So a lot of this pain isn't healin', you're escapin' at this angerous feeling
Almost recreatin' a feelin' of 9/11 when the second plane hit the building
So let 'en think you the villain
Some of this may be a symptom of havin' way too much income
But when you struggle every day just to get some
Now all of this hate is a syndrome, when they can't relate where it stems from
Money lookin' like it grows on trees
Get it? 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 pray
Had to claw, scratch and fight my way
Just follow me and I'll light the way
Look to the hook of your Skylar 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
Bitch, I got the clouds beneath me
Every since I put out the EP at the hype 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, now I'm the last one standing
Oh, now I'm the last one standing