[00:09.00]Lord if they only knew them nights it took
[00:11.63]Burnt candles by the dozen to ignite the soul fire
[00:14.19]Sheer energy to release to melt the heart
[00:16.38]Mind starved voice craved onto wax (and still get taxed)
[00:19.08]Relax, unrest unless undressed to the core
[00:22.40]Ever so slowly, wash away old skin like springs of sulfur
[00:25.86]So far, so good what's life got to offer?
[00:28.45]Youth stare curiously analyze the facts
[00:30.91]Who's there to encourage give a pat on their back
[00:33.15]How come society wanna grow and ignore
[00:35.50]Small dreams, big team now every work is a chore
[00:37.87]I adore each step, hop skip a cadence
[00:40.32]Travel distant in the age of decadence
[00:42.77]Do this in reverence to the older veterans
[00:45.43]Stripes on their chest plus a chip on their shoulder
[00:47.62]Street soldiers cut without severance,
[00:49.83]But keep hustling anyways for the L or the F of it
[00:52.98]Effervescent light guide the way,
[00:54.67]Fear no evil, once lost now found
[00:57.00]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[01:00.30]First In Last Out
[01:06.20]Thirstin' first drop just wet my appetite
[01:08.96]But couldn't satisfy my craving for beats
[01:11.31]Wrapped tight like a Christmas gift
[01:13.90]'Tis night is an eve for a generation to uplift
[01:16.00]Live life like a testimony
[01:18.03]Simple rhymes in difficult times help a friend
[01:20.18]Through a lonely tunnel at the end, Every maze is a funnel into a wine bottle
[01:23.41]And corked inside a message so mind boggling, a puzzle
[01:28.06]Amazed at the grace having reached a goal
[01:30.41]Knock twice on the gate heaven preach a soul
[01:32.56]True knowledge of self shine brighter than all
[01:34.92]For one part getting polished you better the whole
[01:37.37]The sum of the characters carry over your role
[01:39.61]24-karat gold, each day is a jewel
[01:42.16]Case closed when the end credits roll
[01:44.10]Self-representative and elected, yes I
[01:46.75]Give and get give back to the constituents
[01:49.34]Sit you in a chair and break down the affairs
[01:51.60]There's nuthin fashionable
[01:53.55]About arriving late in the game and acting OG
[01:56.10]Cuz you can't pay dues with credit or cash
[01:58.60]Quicktime soft players streaming all the Flash
[02:01.06]So I'm sticking copper pins into media outlets
[02:03.31]Then I hop up in the black van and then I'm out
[02:05.56]Let's get wit the program, drop the Dow Jonesing down
[02:08.33]We keep underground dowsing
[02:10.27]Microphones iron casting, everlasting sound
[02:12.86]Blasting, no doubt first in last out
[02:20.31]F.I.L.O, I'd rather do nuthin else
[02:22.51]If I follow my heart to the last pulse
[02:24.95]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[02:28.25]First In Last Out