(feat. Da Ranjahz (Half Dead & Mais))
[Jay-Z]
Come on...life...d**h...here...gone...Yo
If I should die don't cry my n***as
just ride my n***as bust bullets in the sky my n***as
And when I'm gone don't mourn my n***as
get on my n***as when it's real
say word to Shawn my n***as
If I should die [*echoes*]
Don't cry my n***as it's been one hell of a ride my n***as
in the middle of the trial I flip pies my n***as
I did joints with Mary J. Blige my n***as
I've eluded the coppers got booted with Big Poppa
Skated through with the Ceasar Picadas
At high school got head by the lockers
ga**ed the baddest girl in the cla** to show me her knockers
rocked j**els dropped school still didn't fail
rhymes still written well hold court in the street
never sit in the cell for a second then I'm gettin' my bail
shoot it out with the bounty hunters f**
sittin' in the county for summers if they should down me
everybody around us become one for that day
to live life get your sh** right & play
Don't get it twisted like rays if I miss that's ok
but life's short don't miss a day uhh
If I should die don't cry my n***as
just ride my n***as bust bullets in the sky my n***as
and when I'm gone don't mourn my n***as
get on my n***as when it's real
say word to Shawn my n***as
If I should die...
[Wais]
...don't cry my n***as
it's been one hell of a ride my n***as
say word to Wais my n***as
when I'm gone don't mourn my n***as
just keep gettin' it on my n***as
say word is bond my n***as
I got a lot to look back on in '88
got my crack on ten years later gettin' my rap on
gettin' shorties like a thespian
had an episode with two lesbians got a fetish for that
drunk ginseng with Japanese chicks & pulled the root out
squeeze my whole clip to survive shootouts
been on both coasts fired all kinds of heat
probably be kinda glad to leave these mean streets
I got dead mens to meet and questions to fulfill
like is that mystery God real?
and how was Kennedy k**ed? I ain't mad
I must've smoked a ton of reefer sipped Coronas
with Latifah broke the code of Geneva
I know when I reach the other side I'ma see the
cat I had beef with who blood remains on my sneaker
then it's on again if I could be born again
I live my life through my son
and tell him never have a friend
just family reincarnated I'll show him the time
that I waited to get paid tell him never be afraid
n***as hearts pump Kool Aid and yo blood run thicker
never shed tears cry liquor my n***a
If I die don't cry my n***as
it's been one hell of a ride my n***as
say word to Wais my n***as
when I'm gone don't mourn my n***as
just keep bangin' these songs my n***as
say word is bond my n***as
If I die...
[Half Dead]
...don't cry my n***as
just stay gettin' high my n***as
don't wonder why my n***as
when I'm gone live on my n***as
just follow my path my n***as
say word to Half my n***a
I'm the aftermath of pleasure never die alone
born to live forever through life's struggles
I cut corners & took drastic measures
see you n***as life expire right in front of me
time could never mend what these cold streets
mentally done to me too often I close my eyes
and see my own coffin feelin' haunted ready to leave
this world that I'm lost in my only chance
to see the seeds I lost through abortion
when I'm gone y'all n***as better not mourn
keep flossin' as long as my name
lives on what's most important
I'll be down in hell scorchin' preparin' for life
afterlife still torchin' & blazin' these mics
It'd rain for 40 days & 40 nights
& I'd return on the 3rd like Christ
without my physical portion
my spirit a poltergeist for sure
I'll be back through the heist tomorrow
blood over y'all fake n***as door
What you thought? (huh)
What you thought? (n***a)
If I should die don't cry my n***as
just stay gettin' high my n***as
don't wonder why my n***as
when I'm gone live on my n***as
just follow my path my n***as
say word to Half my n***a
When I die...