[Chorus: Gwen Stefani] 
Here to stay 
Even when I'm gone 
When I close my eyes 
Through the passage of time 
Kings never die 

[Verse 1: Eminem (Gwen Stefani)] 
I can hear the drummers drumming 
And the trumpets, someone's tryna summon someone, I know something's coming 
But I'm running from it to be standing at the summit 
And plummet, how come it wasn't what I thought it was 
Was it, too good to be true? 
Have nothing, get it all but too much of it 
Then lose it again, then I swallow hallucinogens 
Cause if not, where the hell did it go? 
Cause here I sit in Lucifer’s den by the dutch oven 
Just choosing to sin 
Even if it means I'm selling my soul, just to be the undisputed again 
Do whatever I gotta do this to win 
Cause I got this motherfucking cloud over my head 
Crown around it, thorns on it 
Cracks in it, bet you morons didn't 
Think I'd be back, did ya? 
How 'bout that I’m somehow now back to the underdog 
But no matter how loud that I bark, this sport is something I never bow-wow'd at 
I complain about the game, I shout and I pout, it's a love-hate 
But I found out that I can move a mountain of doubt 
Even when you bitches are counting me out, and I appear to be down for the count 
Only time I ever been out and about is driving around town with my fucking whereabouts, in a doubt cause 
I been lost tryna think of what I did to get here but I'm not a quitter 
Gotta get up, give it all I got or give up 
Spit or shit or stepped on but kept going 
I'm tryna be headstrong but it feels like I slept on my neck wrong 
Cause you're moving onto the next, but is the respect gone? 
Cause someone told me that 
(Kings never die) 

[Verse 2: Eminem] 
Don't give me that sob story liar, don't preach to the choir 
You ain't ever have to reach in the fire to dig deep 
Nobody ever handed me shit in life, not even a flyer 
Wouldn't even take shit into consideration 
Obliterate anyone in the way 
I think I see why a lot of rappers get on these features and try to show out on a track with me 
But it'd actually have to be a fucking blowout to get me to retire 
Tell these new artists that kings never die 
I know shit has changed in this age, fuck a Twitter page, did just say I've been upstaged? 
Why am I online? It's driving me crazy, I'm riding shotgun tryna get a gauge
Almost hot, but I'm not running kaboom, with a stage pass and this shit 
And opinions sway, I can hear them say, if I stay passionate maybe I can stay Jay miraculous 
Comeback as if I went away, but detractors just say some bullshit for the Renegade 
Someone's gonna make me blow my composure 
Here I go again, to the stage and I feel like I'm in a cage 
They so want a champion to fall 
I still wonder why I laugh at 'em cause why carry when I'm all 
So fuck what these cynics say 
Just goes to show that when my back's against the wall 
And I'm under attack again, I'll act as if I'm posted up 
With this pented rage cause saw all these plaques in my office 
On the floor stacked against the door 
All be just metaphors for the odds of 
When you comin' back again cause all the accomplishments, accolades, awards 
And trophies just don't mean jack anymore 
Cause I'm here today and gone tomorrow 
And I'm not gonna be 

[Chorus: Gwen Stefani] 
Here to stay 
Even when I'm gone 
When I close my eyes 
Through the passage of time 
Kings never die 

[Verse 3: Eminem] 
I want it, I'm coming to get it, so you son of a bitches don't duck your gun and get rid of those 
Critics all end up in critical, think your shit is dope all you're gonna get is smoked then 
And I'm not stopping until I'm top again, all alone and on a throne 
Like a token of respect, or a homage poem, or an ode, I've been on 
Tossed in the air by my own arm, and launched so hard I broke my collarbone 
And it's my time to go, but I'm still not leaving 
Stop for no one, I don't know but I've been told that I should go 
Launch a Rover, knock it over, time to go for that pot of gold, cause 

[Bridge: Eminem] 
They say kings never die 
Just ask Jam Master Jay 
They just grow wings and they fly 
So, hands up, reach for the sky 
Try to hold up and provoke these moments 
Cause in a blink of an eye 
They'll be over 

[Verse 4: Eminem] 
Tryna secure your legacy like Shakur 
And ensure that nobody's ever gonna be what you were 
So before you're leaving this Earth 
You want people to feel the fury of a pure evil cerebral berzerk 
Deacon of words, syllable genius at work 
Plus I'm think that they're mistaking my kindness for weakness, distill it with meanness 
With some kind of [?] flipping burgers on the grill for some peanuts 
Secure us to arenas, call me [?], still appeal to the dreamers 
I made it to the silverscreen where Rocky stepped with the demons 
Khalil on the beat cause making the beat ain’t the same feeling to me is killing the beat 
It's fulfilling to me, what filling a seat is 
That sound, vomit, thirst and how common underground commons eat 
Outsider stomach growl, throbbing hunger 
Out-rhyming everyone, God just give me one shot 
I swear that I won't let you down 
I'mma be around forever, entertain even in the ground 
You ain't ever gonna hear me say I ain't 

[Chorus: Gwen Stefani] 
Here to stay 
Even when I'm gone 
When I close my eyes 
Through the passage of time 
Kings never die 
Oh, oh, oh 
Oh, oh, oh 
Kings never die