Last One Standing

Album: Venom: Let There Be Carnage (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) (2021)
Charted: 78
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  • 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 nigga on bullshit 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 wristwear in the big body
    Live by the gun, 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 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 cubic zirconies
    White Zomb' in the stogey, 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
    I done been broke before 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 (what?), I've changed (huh)
    Really, though? (Tell me), how so? (I got)
    Got all (what?), this bread (yeah)
    I'm still (what?), sour though (huh)
    I don't know (I'm a), square peg (in a), round hole (yeah)
    Like a block of cheese in a paper towel roll
    Rocky Balboa (I), never been no (what?), towel thrower
    Even when I got kicked to the curb (yeah)
    Life knocked my dick 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 and resilience (nah)
    How I rack my brain but it feels as if I'm tryna explain it to children (damn)
    So a lot of this pain isn't healin', no escapin' it, this anger is spilling
    Almost like recreatin' a feelin' of 9/11 when the second plane hit the building
    So let 'em paint you the villain
    Some of this just may be a symptom (yeah)
    Of havin' way too much income (mmm)
    But when you struggled every day just to get some (yeah)
    Now all of this hate is a syndrome (yuh)
    When they can't relate, and that stems from (what?)
    Money lookin' like it grows on trees
    Yeah, they're green but those aren't leaves (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 if your sky look grey (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 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' Writer/s: Holly Hafermann, James LaVigne, Justin Franks, Marshall Mathers, Taurus Tremani Bartlett, Timothy Cornell Patterson
    Publisher: EMPIRE PUBLISHING, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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