[ti:. Feat. Shing02]
[ar:Nujabes]
[al:Metaphorical Music]
[by:]
[offset:0]
[00:00.00]. - Nujabes (せば じゅん)/Shing02 (安念真吾)
[00:09.10]Lord if they only knew them nights it took
[00:11.66]Burnt candles by the dozen to ignite the soul fire
[00:14.42]Sheer energy to release to melt the heart
[00:16.57]Mind starved voice craved onto wax and still get taxed
[00:19.26]Relax unrest unless undressed to the core
[00:22.54]Ever so slowly wash away old skin like springs of sulfur
[00:26.03]So far so good what's life got to offer
[00:28.50]Youth stare curiously analyze the facts
[00:30.83]Who's there to encourage give a pat on their back
[00:33.21]How come society wanna grow and ignore
[00:35.59]Small dreams big team now every work is a chore
[00:37.94]I adore each step hop skip a cadence
[00:40.39]Travel distant in the age of decadence
[00:42.64]Do this in reverence to the older veterans
[00:45.30]Stripes on their chest plus a chip on their shoulder
[00:47.65]Street soldiers cut without severance
[00:49.74]But keep hustling anyways for the L or the F of it
[00:53.12]Effervescent light guide the way
[00:54.90]Fear no evil once lost now found
[00:56.93]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[01:00.40]First in last out
[01:01.72]
[01:06.63]Thirsting first drop just wet my appetite
[01:08.73]But couldn't satisfy my craving for beats
[01:11.18]Wrapped tight like a Christmas gift
[01:12.96]'Tis night is an eve for a generation to uplift
[01:16.17]Live life like a testimony
[01:17.69]Simple rhymes in difficult times help a friend
[01:20.06]Through a lonely tunnel at the end
[01:21.76]Every maze is a funnel into a wine bottle
[01:24.47]And corked inside a message so mind boggling a puzzle
[01:28.00]Amazed at the grace having reached a goal
[01:30.20]Knock twice on the gate heaven preach a soul
[01:32.53]True knowledge of self shine brighter than all
[01:34.77]For one part getting polished you better the whole
[01:37.00]The sum of the characters carry over your role
[01:39.65]24-karat gold each day is a jewel
[01:42.11]Case closed when the end credits roll
[01:43.99]Self-representative and elected yes I
[01:47.05]Give and get give back to the constituents
[01:48.91]
[01:49.50]Sit you in a chair break down the affairs
[01:51.50]There's nothing fashionable
[01:53.02]About arriving late in game and acting OG
[01:56.31]Cuz you can't pay dues with credit or cash
[01:58.60]Quicktime soft players streaming all the flash
[02:00.94]So I'm sticking copper pins into media outlets
[02:03.25]Then I hop up in the black van and then I'm out
[02:05.51]Let's get wit the program drop the Dow Jonesing down
[02:08.57]We keep underground dowsing
[02:10.23]Microphones iron casting everlasting sound
[02:12.88]Blasting no doubt first in last out
[02:15.32]
[02:20.05]FILO I'd rather do nothing else
[02:22.66]If I follow my heart to the last pulse
[02:24.78]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[02:28.28]First in last out
[02:29.64]
[02:36.98]Now I know
[02:38.13]
[02:39.12]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[02:42.60]First in last out
[02:43.82]
[02:48.79]Now I know
[02:49.91]
[02:58.01]Like the last man down in the towering inferno of Babylon
[03:01.56]First in last out
[03:02.79]
[03:05.47]Now I know
[03:06.52]
[03:12.56]Now I
[03:13.28]
[03:15.54]I know
[03:16.29]
[03:21.49]Know