Never Look Back (Live at Calamavote)

[Verse 1: El-P]

Uh, uh, Eighty-one miles to the hour down road

Never looked back, never ever went slow

Never look back, heard 'em say that before

Never look back, never stare at a ghost

BK air in the summertime choke

Ain't shit fly but the drones, oh no

Low on the smokes, grab another pack, go

Pops smoked too when playing piano

Pops, I'm you, it's funny how that go

Mom, you too, I never could drink slow

Never look back, heard her say that before

Sound like the type of advice I'd ignore

Funny how time feel off tick tock

You thinking death's beat, it drop a clock shot

Never smoke sad, I heard that's a thought

Got forty-four bucks on the smoke, whatchu got Mike?

[Verse 2: Killer Mike]

Got my mind on a mission on the road to perdition

The crime and the grind, I'll admit it, I'm wit' it

Must've suckle up crime from my mama right titty

'Cause if dollar made cents, no question she was with it

She was queenpen-ing, independent when I was a kiddy

Uncle Luke, "Don't stop, get it, get it," Magic City

Mommy told me never give a nigga my plug

Then she told me never give these bitches my love

Still 'til this day, bruh, I'm missing my girl

Still 'til this day, I'm perfectin' my thug

Daddy told me never give a honey my money

Had to ask Daddy, "Did that include Mommy?"

Made dollar, made cents, made money, money, money

Got a wife built like a Playboy bunny

Fucked up, but I kept her 'cause I keep it one hunnid

Made a mil, that's for real, ain't a damn thing funny

[Chorus: Run The Jewels]

Ne-never look back (hey, hey, hey, that's why we)

Never look back (if you wanna, if you wanna, you gotta)

Never look back (that's right, that's right, keep your eyes on the light, that's right and)

Never look back (Mr. Motherfuckin Exquire)

[Interlude: Mr. Muthafuckin eXquire]

So here's the play

You can't go forward, and you can't go backward

The past, the present, the future, all irrelevant

The only thing that matters is gratitude

Gratitude is everything, time is nothing

[Verse 3: El-P]

'81 when I moved to the county where the kings is

Walk past St. James place where the king lived

Think quick, never saw class, a delinquent

Now I get cash for the beats and the sync chips

Smart-ass kid with a mean lip

Mom said, "J, gonna speak? Better mean it" (Deepness)

Now I'm on fleek as a preset

I don't wear a leash in the least but I'm beasting

[Verse 4: Killer Mike]

Never look back, you will only get bitter

If you get bitter, you will never get better

Never get better, then you never get bigger

Never get bigger, then you never make cheddar

Tell the truth, fella, you were never really special

You were just a lame guy with a hit record

Your time came and it changed like the weather

Run The Jewels, muthafucka, we still forever

[Chorus: Run The Jewels]

Never look back

Never look back

Never look back

Never look back