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Long Time
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Oct 31, 2026 updated
Vet album
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Song Meaning
Two decades in, Da' T.R.U.T.H. takes a victory lap with a wink. The hook, "Still got the juice... I can not lose," is pure swagger, but the verses play like a career in miniature: recording at sixteen in his mother's basement over Nas instrumentals, with a Bible in the dresser drawer, in a scene where "Church thought that we was too carnal / World thought that we was too corny."
The third verse tallies the milestones, "20 years 10 albums in," more than thirty tours, Stellar and Grammy nods, and then undercuts them: none of it "means a thing if I don't introduce who my God is." Money and credit are set aside with "Principle over profit / Compromise not an option" and "No credit for my talents."
The last lines hand the credit over for good, "He been right here with me for the whole time." What began as a boast ends as testimony, a rapper naming the source of a long run in Christian hip-hop.
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[Intro]
Okay, Okay,
Walking along this road for a long time
Do you mind if I take a step back around your way like,
Have you been wondering where I've been or not
Or not
Have you been me asking if any are you ok
Like manny are you ok, ok,
Ok, ok
Manny are you ok...
[Chorus]
I been doing this for a long time
Still got the juice
Still got the juice
Still got the moves
Still got the moves
I can not lose
I been doing this for a long time
Still got the juice,
Still got the juice
Still got the moves
Still got the moves
I can not lose
[Verse 1]
Started out in my mommas basement
16 when I Pressed record
Rapping over Nas instrumentals
Used to get them from the record store
Back when cassette tapes popped
Boy biggie Pac and Escobar
About the time when that Jay dropped
Had a Holy bible in my dresser drawer
Hold up now wait a minute
Back then it was no record deals
I tunes no red carpets no billboard
No Mass appeal
Church thought that we was to Carnal
World thought that we was too corny
Beatboxing on the lunch table
Boy tell them welcome to the new 40
[Chorus]
I been doing this for a long time
Still got the juice
Still got the juice
Still got the moves
Still got the moves
I can not lose
I been doing this for a long time
Still got the juice,
Still got the juice
Still got the moves
Still got the moves
I can not lose
[Verse 2]
20 years 10 albums in
Over 30 tours on the fact sheet
Indonesia Australia Africa Athens Greece
Four Stellars Grammy nods
My career was moving at a fast pace
Before chance the rapper did how great
You did a tour with Kirk 85 dates
First album dropped in 04
Now I'm trying to grow the genre up
I was paired with the pioneers and I seen them build it from the Bottom up
Truth bragging truth boasting
Never that rules broken
I'm just trying to introduce myself to the new culture
Move over boy
[Chorus]
I been doing this for a long time
Still got the juice
Still got the juice
Still got the moves
Still got the moves
I can not lose
I been doing this for a long time
Still got the juice,
Still got the juice
Still got the moves
Still got the moves
I can not lose
[Verse 3]
Let's take it up a few notches
All da stuff that I accomplished
Boy you no that don't mean a thing if I don't introduce who my God is
I just know that my God is
The Only reason I got this
My bank account don't define me
Even if it's hurting my pockets
If s ok if I take a L
At least I got a clear Concisence
Walk away like Dave Chappelle
Principle over profit
Compromise not an option
South bound on my compass
No credit for my talents
Bow down to his highness
[Outro]
He been riding w me for da whole time
Lay it down, put it all on the line
He been shining,
He the greatest all time
He been right here with me for the whole time