[00:00.69]Nujabes -F.I.L.O （Original）
[00:09.515]Lord if they only knew them nights it took
[00:12.86]Burnt candles by the dozen to ignite the soul fire
[00:14.575]Sheer energy to release to melt the heart
[00:16.943]Mind starved voice craved onto wax and still get taxed
[00:19.346]Relax unrest unless undressed to the core
[00:22.869]Ever so slowly wash away old skin like springs of sulfur
[00:26.392]So far so good what's life got to offer
[00:28.880]Youth stare curiously analyze the facts
[00:31.135]Who's there to encourage give a pat on their back
[00:33.685]How come society wanna grow and ignore
[00:35.782]Small dreams big team now every work is a chore
[00:38.309]I adore each step hop skip a cadence
[00:40.731]Travel distant in the age of decadence
[00:42.848]Do this in reverence to the older veterans
[00:45.646]Stripes on their chest plus a chip on their shoulder
[00:48.47]Street soldiers cut without severance
[00:50.121]But keep hustling anyways for the L or the F of it
[00:53.243]Effervescent light guide the way
[00:54.963]Fear no evil once lost now found
[00:57.227]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[01:00.765]First in last out
[01:06.787]Thirsting first drop just wet my appetite
[01:09.76]But couldn't satisfy my craving for beats
[01:11.319]Wrapped tight like a Christmas gift
[01:13.230]'Tis night is an eve for a generation to uplift
[01:16.392]Live life like a testimony
[01:17.955]Simple rhymes in difficult times help a friend
[01:20.295]Through a lonely tunnel at the end
[01:22.75]Every maze is a funnel into a wine bottle
[01:24.754]And corked inside a message so mind boggling a puzzle
[01:28.210]Amazed at the grace having reached a goal
[01:30.373]Knock twice on the gate heaven preach a soul
[01:32.914]True knowledge of self shine brighter than all
[01:34.996]For one part getting polished you better the whole
[01:37.357]The sum of the characters carry over your role
[01:40.29]24karat gold each day is a jewel
[01:42.484]Case closed when the end credits roll
[01:44.237]Self representative and elected yes I
[01:47.118]Give and get give back to the constituents
[01:49.508]Sit you in a chair break down the affairs
[01:52.81]There's nothing fashionable
[01:53.801]About arriving late in game and acting OG
[01:56.674]'Cuz you can't pay dues with credit or cash
[01:59.34]Quicktime soft players streaming all the flash
[02:01.363]So I'm sticking copper pins into media outlets
[02:03.599]Then I hop up in the black van and then I'm out
[02:05.756]Let's get wit the program drop the Dow Jonesing down
[02:08.811]We keep underground dowsing
[02:10.564]Microphones iron casting everlasting sound
[02:13.150]Blasting no doubt first in last out
[02:20.480]FILO I'd rather do nothing else
[02:22.722]If I follow my heart to the last pulse
[02:25.20]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[02:28.707]First in last out
[02:37.517]Now I know
[02:39.440]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[02:42.772]First in last out
[02:49.188]Now I know
[02:58.458]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[03:01.800]First in last out
[03:05.825]Now I know
[03:12.996]Now I
[03:15.924]I know
[03:21.906]Know