Lions at the Gate

Verse 1

Block politics and basic bitter bickering

Keeping up the pace while these posers are just flickering

Quiet on the set when the kings start counting

Watch the way the words move higher than a mountain

You bark like a dog with no bite behind the bone

Just a little puppet sitting empty on a throne

Speak when you are spoken to and learn to hold your peace

Listen to the legends until the drama starts to cease

Real giants walk without making any sound

Heavy hitters only when we coming to your town

Pre-Chorus

Money in the ceiling

Game is what we dealing

Watch the world spinning

Knowing that we winning

Chorus

Lock the gates when the lions start to roar

Lock the gates when the lions start to roar

Hush the crowd when the masters take the floor

Lock the gates when the lions start to roar

I am living

Verse 7: Kendrick Lamar

And we still praying for the block while the wolves outside

Looking for a reason just to kill the vibe and slide

It’s the soul of the coast in the palm of my hand

Trying to find a piece of peace within a desert of sand

Got a nephew on the corner and his eyes real wide

Trying to decide if he should let the metal provide

Life is more than just a mission or a struggle for status

Don't let them turn your whole existence into a math practice

Multiply the vision while they divide the crew

That's exactly what these vultures want to do to you

I’m on the mountain top screaming till my lungs go numb

Because I know exactly where these cycles come from

They want a coffin or a cage for a young king soul

But I’m keeping all the spirits and the minds under control

Wait for the

Verse 9

I watched the landscape change from the pimping to the pain

From the glitter on the chain to the struggle in the rain

Old school ethics meets the new world stress

Put the game in a bottle and we give it to the best

I remember back in '96 we hit the switch

Now I'm teaching lessons to the young and the rich

Bridge the gap between the mack and the mind of a sage

Turn the leaf over to a brand new page

No more senseless violence on the boulevard strip

Just the wisdom and the rhymes from a certified script

Bridge

Can you feel the shift in the atmosphere?

The vision is clear and the message is here

From the bay to the lakes to the ocean shore

We don't need to live in the cycle no more

Raise up your spirits and open your eyes

See through the clouds and the corporate lies

Chorus

Lock the gates when the lions start to roar

Lock the gates when the lions start to roar

Hush the crowd when the masters take the floor

Lock the gates when the lions start to roar

I am living proof of the truth in the booth

Living proof of the truth in the booth

Post-Chorus

Power in the word

Let it all be heard

Flying like a bird

Never being deterred

Yeah yeah

Higher ground

Universal sound

Verse 10: Kendrick Lamar

And the story concludes where the glory begins

In the heart of the city where we wash off the sins

Keep the frequency high and the soul in a state

Of a permanent peace while we dominate fate

I’m a vessel for the ghosts of the legends before

Opening the window and the roof and the door

Ant Banks on the beat, Kendrick killing the verse

Putting all the negativity deep in a hearse

Final chapter of the saga but the legacy stays

Brightening the nights and the coming of days

Outro

Still standing

On solid ground

G-funk gospel

The west is found

One breath

One soul

Keep control

Yeah

Peace out