| See you in a million years
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| Longevity
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| I see you in a million years, that is if you still here
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| Say, some of y’all just are arriving
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| So I’m obligated to familiarize you with where I’ve been
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| Subscribing to the sacrifice is usually the problem
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| Surviving and even thriving in the game that’s so conniving
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| The first thing that you should do, is make sure you
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| Study the history of artists who came before you
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| Their successes, their failures
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| See, there’s a lesson in every message they tell you, don’t let the stresses
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| derail you
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| The next phase essentially is finding your identity in the industry
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| Be patient cause it don’t happen instantly
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| It takes a lot of long nights
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| Make sure that when you song write, the words correspond with your own life
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| Then you might appeal to all ages
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| You gotta maintain the same flame when the game evolves and changes
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| You can last or be a one-hit wonder
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| Make the choice between being a sprinter or a marathon runner
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| Longevity, it ain’t about what people seeing now
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| It’s about how long will you be around
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| Never mind what you just made
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| Will you be relevant in a decade? |
| Longevity
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| The game will chew you up and spit you out
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| Don’t be that cat that folks forget about
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| Not everybody in this game is meant
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| Try not to be the dude who came and went
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| Definition of longevity
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| Means that folks will be steadily bumping you heavily even when you 70
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| Establish an eternal legacy, artistic equity
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| But long careers is what the average artist never see
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| Mastery of musical gospel
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| You don’t want to be that hot dude today and next year people forgot you
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| The gift that God gave you keep feeding it
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| Increasing your deepness by reading and challenging your level and exceeding it
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| Accomplishments you had, gotta put those in the past
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| Never being satisfied with what you did last
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| No relaxing or chilling even after the checks cash
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| The only thing that matters right now is the next task
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| When they say your new project’s your best, get mad
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| Then go back in the lab and surpass yourself fast
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| The key is to reap your skill and still keep it real
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| You last forever when you drop music that people feel
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| Longevity, it ain’t about what people seeing now
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| It’s about how long will you be around
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| Never mind what you just made
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| Will you be relevant in a decade? |
| Longevity
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| The game will chew you up and spit you out
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| Don’t be that cat that folks forget about
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| Not everybody in this game is meant
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| Try not to be the dude who came and went
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| Claiming the real state that you can drive in the earth
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| Do insert yourself and multiply your body at work
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| When you’re writing to save people with intelligent flows
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| The more you connect with them man your relevance grows
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| Yeah we want cash, but it’s bigger than having some ends
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| You gotta be able to see past the fads and the trends
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| In the conversations of greats I’ma consistently be
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| I want my fans' grandchildren to be listening to me
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| From my new music all the way to back in the days
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| And in my old age let them wheel me out on the stage
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| I want my hand to write every great creation it can
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| I thank God for the many generations I span
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| Last but not least, you doing good business, you maintain
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| Lifting one shoe out the game, quick as having a bad name
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| If you tough enough to fight through the failures you get stronger
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| Be the people what you want them to be, you’ll stay longer
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| Longevity, it ain’t about what people seeing no
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| It’s about how long will you be around
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| Never mind what you just made
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| Will you be relevant in a decade? |
| Longevity
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| The game will chew you up and spit you out
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| Don’t be that cat that folks forget about
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| Not everybody in this game is meant
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| Try not to be the dude who came and went |