Featuring: Jussie Smollett Yazz

Songwriter: Yazz Ne-Yo

Producer: Ne-Yo

[Verse 1]
Question my passion you question my judgment, question my loyalty
Question my devotion, but the question is what makes you think you can question me
See the music that's flowing through my veins is a gift to me from my family
Don't mess around

[Pre-Hook]
You ain't gotta say it, you ain't gotta say it
Feel it in your spirit every time you play it
We become the reason the music survives
Take away the fam and the music dies

[Hook]
We are the ones keeping this alive
Without the family the music dies
Never let the music die, Never let the music die (Never let it die)
Never let the music die, Never let the music die (Never let it die)

[Verse 2]
You don't understand You don't understand
I am not the man I employ the man
I do not pretend, I do not pretend
I am every single thing I say I am
Music got me feeling like I'm Superman, I'm flying through the air
Looking down on your residence I'm coming down through your speaker
And I know you loving it 
If I went away then you would trip where the hell I went ya know I know ya need me
I know you need me, I set the standard cause the standard is what we be
If you approach a Lyon hungry you will see teeth
Nobody messing with the family

[Pre-Hook]
You ain't gotta say it, you ain't gotta say it
Feel it in your spirit every time you play it
We become the reason the music survives
Take away the fam and the music dies

[Hook]
We are the ones keeping this alive
Without the family the music dies
Never let the music die, Never let the music die (Never let it die)
Never let the music die, Never let the music die (Never let it die)

Empire Cast

Hip-hop artist and CEO of Empire Entertainment, Lucious Lyon, has always ruled unchallenged, but a medical diagnosis predicts he will be incapacitated in three years, which prompts the sharks to circle. Without further damaging his family, he must decide which of his three sons will take over. His favorite, young Hakeem, is a gifted musician but values fame over hard work. Middle son, Jamal, is talented and shy but gay – embarrassing to Lyon. The oldest, Andre, is business-minded but lacks charisma. The reappearance of Cookie, his ex-wife, complicates things; she says he owes her for taking the fall for the drug-running that financed his early career.