Last Forever

By Derek Minor

On Empire

Released on January 17, 2015

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[Verse 1]

I want this moment for a lifetime

I mean a lifetime

You give it all til nothing's left

And that's the right time

I been buildin' this foundation for a minute

You ain't gotta be optometrist for you to see my vision

I'm a voice for the voiceless

Like that D boy buildin' his kingdom, brick after brick

That's feelin' that God done lost him and thinking he got no options

Don't know what that life will cost him

I swear that's some of my family y'all

And you know that I do this for y'all

So you see God the only reason I made it at all

I sit down and hear your heart, like a stethoscope

Then I get up on this mic and tell it for the world to know

Unless the Lord buildin' it, I can guarantee it's broke

That's why I be spittin with all this passion when you hear my flow

Now I can tell you 'about my new home

Brand new car that's on chrome

But two years later that's old, everybody's moved on

Gone, I'm tryna make it count with this song

Yeah, with this song


[Hook]

I want this to last forever, ever, ever, ever (4x)


[Verse 2]

It's crazy how times change

Tryna redecorate my life, switched the pictures in my mind frames

Went from hidin' to seekin', trying' to find faith

Now we speak with our feet and our hands, call it sign lang

You age, we get older turn pages

Corners folded, tryna hold on to our place in this maze

See we gave, years of grown' fast pace it's clear to know

Want a direction we would go and that's what we call His grace

And we're still here

No more letters in them bottles, message still clear

Lived our lives for a throttle, trna fail fair

Ever our foods flash MacDonald's, slow it down

Change up the pitch somethin' like vibrato

But eventually we find this

If you mention all the times that you acted wild and mindless

Rewind it, that's simply just a line that

Minus sign, it change the sum of our lives

Man, this victor is timeless


[Hook:]

I want this to last forever, ever, ever, ever (4x)


[Verse 3]

I wanna leave somethin' important on this Earth before I die

So many watches I done purchased

But I still ain't buyin' time

You see doubt is like a brain tumor

It torture those alive

So I'm askin' God to please remove this evil from my mind, yeah

I wanna live without these chains on me

So much dirt, I wanna live without these stains on me

Lord I need Your grace on me

God I live to see Your face only

And by faith only, You know that I want this to last forever


[Hook:]

I want this to last forever, ever, ever, ever (4x)