[00:00:00] Kings Never Die - Tribute to Eminem and Gwen Stefani - Billboard Masters [00:00:01] Gwen: [00:00:02] Here to stay [00:00:05] Even when I'm gone [00:00:08] When I close my eyes [00:00:10] Through the passage of time [00:00:14] Kings never die [00:00:19] Eminem: [00:00:27] I can hear the drummer drumming [00:00:29] And the trumpets someone's tryna summon someone [00:00:31] I know somethin's coming [00:00:32] But I'm runnin' from it to be standing at the summit [00:00:34] And plummet how come it wasn't what I thought it was [00:00:36] Was it too good to be true [00:00:38] Have nothin' get it all but too much of it [00:00:39] Then lose it again did I swallow hallucinogens [00:00:42] 'Cause if not where the hell did it go [00:00:44] 'Cause here I sit in Lucifer's den by the dutch oven [00:00:46] Just choosing to sin [00:00:47] Even if it means I'm sellin' my soul [00:00:48] Just to be the undisputed again [00:00:50] Do whatever I gotta do just to win [00:00:51] 'Cause I got this motherf**kin' cloud over my head [00:00:54] Crown around it thorns on it [00:00:56] Cracks in it bet you morons didn't think I'd be back [00:00:59] Did ya [00:00:59] How 'bout that I'm somehow now back to the underdog [00:01:02] But no matter how loud that I bark this sport is somethin' [00:01:04] I never bow-out at [00:01:06] I complain about the game I shout and I pout it's a love-hate [00:01:08] But I found out that I can move a mountain of doubt [00:01:11] Even when you b**ches are countin' me out [00:01:12] And I appear to be down for the count [00:01:14] Only time I ever been out and about [00:01:15] Is drivin' around town with my f**kin' whereabouts in a doubt [00:01:18] 'Cause I been lost tryna think of what I did to get here [00:01:20] But I'm not a quitter [00:01:21] Gotta get up give it all I got or give up [00:01:23] Spit on sh*t on stepped on but kept goin' [00:01:25] I'm tryna be headstrong but it feels like I slept on my neck wrong [00:01:28] 'Cause you're moving onto the next but is the respect gone [00:01:30] 'Cause someone told me that [00:01:31] Gwen: [00:01:31] Kings never die [00:01:35] Eminem: [00:01:40] Don't give me that sob story liar don't preach to the choir [00:01:43] You ain't never even had to reach in the fire to dig deep [00:01:45] Nobody ever handed me sh*t in life not even a flyer [00:01:48] Wouldn't even take sh*t into consideration [00:01:50] Obliterate anyone in the way [00:01:51] I think I see why a lot of rappers get on these features [00:01:54] And try to show out on a track with me [00:01:56] But it'd actually have to be a f**kin' blow-out to get me to re-tire [00:01:59] Tell these new artists that kings never die [00:02:00] I know sh*t has changed in this age f**k a Twitter page [00:02:02] Did it just say I've been upstaged [00:02:04] Why am I online It's driving me crazy [00:02:06] I'm ridin' shotgun tryna get a gauge [00:02:08] On what's hot but I'm not one to conform [00:02:09] But as days pass in this sh*t [00:02:11] And opinions sway I can hear 'em say [00:02:12] If I stay passionate maybe I can stage a miraculous [00:02:15] Comeback as if I went away [00:02:16] But detractors just say so much for the Renegade [00:02:19] Someone's gonna make me blow my composure [00:02:20] Here I go again center stage and I feel like [00:02:22] I'm in a cage [00:02:23] They so want a champion to fall [00:02:25] It's no wonder why I laugh at 'em [00:02:26] 'Cause why can't we win 'em all [00:02:27] So f**k what these cynics say [00:02:28] Just goes ta show that when my back's against the wall [00:02:31] And I'm under a tack again that I'll act as if I'm 'posed ta [00:02:34] With this pent up rage cause all these plaques in my office [00:02:37] On the floor stacked against the door [00:02:38] Are they just metaphors for the odds of me comin' back again [00:02:41] Cause all the accomplishments accolades awards [00:02:43] And trophies just don't mean jack anymore [00:02:45] If I'm here today and gone tomorrow [00:02:47] And I'm not gonna be [00:02:48] Gwen: [00:02:48] Here to stay [00:02:51] Even when I'm gone