If I Should Die

Come on

Life, death

Here gone

Yo

If I should die, don't cry, my n-

Just ride, my n-, bust bullets in the sky, my n-

And when I'm gone, don't mourn, my n-, get on, my n-

When it's real, say word to Shawn, my n-

If I should die

Don't cry, my n-, it's been one hell of a ride, my n-

In the middle of the drought, I flipped pies, my n-

I did joints with Mary J. Blige, my -

I've eluded the coppers, got booted with Big Poppa

Skated through with the Caesar picadas

At high school got head by the lockers

Gassed the baddest girl in the class to show me her knockers

Rocked jewels, 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

Sitting in the county for summers if they should down me

Everybody around us become one for that day

To live life, get your right and play

Don't get it twisted like braids, if I'm missed it's okay

But life's short, don't miss a day, uh

If I should die, don't cry, my n-

Just ride, my n-, bust bullets in the sky, my n-

And when I'm gone, don't mourn, my n-, get on, my n-

When it's real, say word to Shawn, my n-

If I should die, don't cry, my n-

It's been one hell of a ride, my ni-

Say word to Wais, my niggas

When I'm gone, don't mourn, my n-

Just keep gettin' it on, my n-

Say word is bond, my n-

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 and 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 demands to meet and questions to fulfill

Like is that mystery god real and how was Kennedy killed?

I ain't mad, I must've smoked a ton of -

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 whose 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 shorten the time

That I waited to get paid, tell him never be afraid

Hearts pump Kool-Aid and yo' blood runs thicker

Never shed tears, cry liquor, my n-

If I die, don't cry, my n-

It's been one hell of a ride, my n-

Say word to Wais, my n-

When I'm gone, don't mourn, my n-

Just keep bangin' these songs, my n-

Say word is bond, my n-

If I die, don't cry, my n-

Just stay gettin' high, my n-

Don't wonder why, my n-

When I'm gone, live on, my n-

Just follow my path, my n-

Say word to Half, my n-

I'm the aftermath of pleasure, never die alone

Born to live forever, through life's struggles, I cut corners and took drastic measures

Seen 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, better not mourn, keep flossin'

As long as my name lives on, what's most important

And I'll be down in hell scorchin' preparin' for life

Afterlife, still torchin' and blazin' these mics

It'd rain for 40 days and 40 nights and I'd return on the third like Christ

(Without my physical portion) my spirit a poltergeist for sure

I'll be back through the Heights tomorrow, blood over y'all fake door

What you thought, huh? What you thought?

If I should die, don't cry, my n-

Just stay gettin' high, my n-

Don't wonder why, my n-

When I'm gone, live on, my n-

Just follow my path, my n-

Say word to Half, my n-

When I die, don't cry, my n-

It's been one hell of a ride, my n-

Say word to Wais, my n-

When I'm gone, don't mourn, my n-

Just keep gettin' it on, my n-

Say word is bond, my n-

If I die, don't cry, my n-

Just ride, my n-, bust bullets in the sky, my n-

So when I'm gone, don't mourn, my n-, get on, my n-

When it's real, say word to Shawn, my n-

If I should die

I'd tell Big they're still hearin' his songs

Run into Pac, ask him where we went wrong

Tell him life is miserable when ya dealin' in the physical form

Is everything that's invisible gone? I need to know

Will I still feel pain or will it be ironic?

Will I chill in the flames for all the ills of my brain?

Can I reveal the game to all the hustlers

Trapped in the race, and if so, can I leave this place?

Can I puff cigars and drink Cristal?

If this is heaven to me, is this considered heavenly?

Can I still touch lives, answer their "Whats and whys"

Make sure everybody in my fam' clutch five?

If I should die, don't cry, my n-