The Last Shall Be First

By Evidence

On The Layover Mixtape

Released on November 5, 2008

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[Verse 1: Rakaa]

Gumbo genetic frames, jumbos for cheap on beat

Skyscrapin’ all through NYC

Freewayin’ through my L.A. streets

Like old school Crenshaw, Sunday nights out in Venice Beach

Call it Dope Rhymes and DVD, Free P

Hypocrites got us one free of World War III

Taxpaying citizens, getting stressed by the Beast

Rival one, West Coast artist, rest in peace

I’m heaven high, one to ten, eleven high rated

Rakaa high, stepping through the fire, repping Dilated

Alignment of the stars, I even see it fall

From my observatory, I focus and see it all

If I could hold the mic, hold the can and see the wall

Touch the wax and see the stage and keep waiting for me to stall

I don’t rest, but I’m definitely blessed

I’m Wild West and one of the next

The last is first


[Hook]

Transforming pain into millions...

The Last is First

The first shall be last, and the last is first


[Verse 2: Evidence]

The future sights on another sound

Shock G was right

It’s a digital underground, Money B was right too

Twenty-three took flight, high school years took mics

My words battle, I’m unlike you

Despite a couple forks in the road, another episode

Apocalypse a couple years away, we run right through

Barricades get broke, the marathon get ran

Each day the moon sets, the sun shines new

And when I move on, I’m done times two

I get my groove on, and you gone jet

Forget who played who

I’m the last of a dying breed, just found a cure for us

So jump off my jock, DP the new Award Tour

It’s top notches, we cop watches

But can’t buy time, possessed from these objects

The Far Left, I’m part of the next

The last is first


[Hook]