[Talking]
Yeah...
Yeah...
The cool.
Turn me up
Uh-huh..
Yeah..
He came back
In the same suit that he was buried in
Similar to the one his grand father was married in
Yes... He was still fresh to death
Bling, two ear-rings, a chain laying on his chest
He still had it 'cause they couldn't find it
And the bullets from his enemies sat like two inches behind it
Smelled the Hennesy from when his niggas got reminded
And poured out liquor in his memory, he didn't mind it, But...
He couldn't sip it fast enough
So the liquor was just filling the casket up
Floating down by his feet was the letter from his sister
Second Grade hand-writing simply read I miss ya
Suit jacket pocket held his baby daughter's picture
Right next to it one of his man's stuck a swisher
He had a notion as he laid there soaking
Saw that the latch was broken, he kicked his casket open
And he...
[Chorus:]
This life goes passing you by
It might go fast if you lie
You go and you live then you die...
O-oh-oh-ohh
If life goes passing you by
Don't cry
If you breaking the rules
Making your moves
Paying your dues...
Chasing the cool
Not at all nervous as he dug to the surface
Tarnished gold chain is what he loosened up the earth with
He used his mouth as a shovel to try and hollow it
And when he couldn't dirt spit... Swollowed it
Working like a.. Hmm.. Reverse archaeologist
Except.. His buried treasure was sunshine
So when some shined through a hole that he had drove
It reflected off the gold and almost made son blind
He grabbed on to some grass, he climbed
Pulled himself up out of his own grave and looked at the time
On the watch that had stopped six months after the shots
That had got him in the box wringing Henny out his socks
Figured it was hours because he wasn't older
Used some flowers to brush the dirt up off his shoulders - so..
With a right hand that was all bones and no reason to stay
Decided to walk home
So he..
[Chorus:]
He begged for some change to get him on a train
Damn that nigga stank, is what they complained
Tried to light the blunt but it burst into flames
Caught the reflection in the window of what he became
A long look... Wasn't shook, wasn't ashamed
Matter fact only thing on his brain was brains.. Yeah
And getting back in his lane, doing his thang
First he had to find something to slang
Next stop was his block
It had the same cops
Walked right past the same spot where he was shot
Shocked that some lil' niggas tried to sell him rocks
It just felt weird being on the opposite
They figured that he wasn't from there
So they pulled out and robbed him
With the same gun they shot him with
Put it to his head and said You scared ain't ya?
He said: Hustler for death. No heaven for a gangsta.
[Chorus:]
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'Till I Get There [Untitled] #DopeFrancis (American Trap) $nitches 1st & 15th 1st & 15th Gold Watch Streets on Fire A Bathing Harry * Absolute Absolute Freestyle Accept The Troubles Adoration Of The Magi Airplanes All Black Everything American Terrorist American Terrorist 3 American Terrorist II American Terrorist III American Terrorist Pt. 2 And He Gets The Girl And He Gets The Girl Angels Angels (Remix) Animal Pharm Around My Way Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free) Atomic Misphilosophy Audubon Ballroom Ayesha Says (Intro) B.M.F 'Building Minds Faster' B.M.F 'Building Minds Faster' B*tch Bad Baba Says Cool For Thought Battle Scars Battle Scars (with Guy Sebastian) Beautiful Lasers Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways) Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways) Beautiful Lasers (Two Ways) Birds & The Bees Bitch Bad Blackout Blackout (Circuit City Bonus Track) Blackout [*] Blue Blur My Hands BMF Body Of Work Bone (Babylon Remix) Brave Heart Break The Chain Can You Let Me Know Carrera Lu Carrera Lu [Bonus Track] Champ Is Here (Freestyle) Champ Is Here Freestyle Child Rebel Soldier Chopper Cold War Cold World Coming Up Conflict Diamonds Cool Coolest Coulda Been Crack Crs Customers Daydreamin' Daydreamin' [Explicit Album Version] Daydreamin' Dead Presidents Freestyle Dear Fall Deliver Die Don't Get It Twisted Don\'t Get it Twisted Don't Get It Twisted DopeBoysAtAllStarWeekend DopeFrancis (American Trap) Dots & Lines Dots & Lines Double Burger With Cheese Drizzy's Law Drizzy's Law Dumb It Down Dumb It Down (Radio Version) Emperor's Soundtrack F-N-F Goin' Up Failure Fighter Fighters Fire Form Follows Function Fountain of Youth Free Chilly Free Chilly (Interlude) Friend Of The People Funkmaster Flex Game Time Get Throwed Ghetto Story Girlfriend Girs Glory Go Baby Go Gadget Flow Go Go Gadget Flow Go to Sleep Gold Watch Gotta Eat H.A.M. H.A.M. Freestyle Haile Selassie Handcuffs Happy Industries Happy Industries * Hater Hop He Say She Say Heart Donor Heat Under The Baby Seat Heat Under the Baby Seat * Hello / Goodbye (Uncool) Hello Goodbye Hi-Definition High Definition Hip Hop Saved My Life Hip Hop Saved My Life (Ft. Nikki Jean) Hip-Hop Saved My Life Hood Now (Outro) How Dare You Hurt Me Soul Hustalz Song Hustlaz Song Hustlers I Don't Feel So Good I Don't Wanna Care Right Now I Don't Feel So Good I Gotcha I Gotcha (Clean) I Gotcha (Remix) I'm Beamin I'm Beamin' I'm Beamin' Remix I'm Beaming I\'m Beamin I\'m Beamin\' I'm Beamin' Ignorant Freestyle Im Beaming In Instrumental Intro Introduction Intruder Alert Isesha Poem (Intro) ITAL (Roses) Jedi Mind Trick Joaquin Phoenix Jonylah Forever Just Might Be Ok Just Might Be Okay (featuring Gemini) Kick Push Kick Push (Album Version) Kick Push (Remix) Kick Push Remix Kick, Push Kick, Push [Remix] Kick, Push Ii Killers Kings Knock You Down Knockin' At The Door Know My Name L.A.S.E.R.S. L.A.S.E.R.S. (Manifesto Interlude) Lamborghini Angels Lamborghini Angels (Single) Lamborgini Angels Latitude LAW (LoveAllWays) Lazers Letting Go Letting You Go Life Death And Love From San Francisco Life, Death & Love From San Francisco Life, Death & Love From San Francisco Light Blue LightWork Lil Weapons Lilies Little Death Little Weapon Love Letter To The Beat Lu Myself Lupe Back Lupe Fiasco Animal Pharm Freebie track from Lupe Lupe Fiasco Love Letter To The Beat featuring Alic... Lupe Fiasco Mission First single from 'Testuo & Yo... Lupe Fiasco Next To It feat. Ty Dolla $ign. Off o... Lupe Fiasco Old School Love feat. Ed Sheera Lupe Fiasco Piru Blues Unreleased track off of ‘... 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Sarah Green Real Recognize Real Remission Resurrection S.L.R. (Super Lupe Rap) Say Somethin' Say Somethin\' Say Somethin\u2019 Say Something Schemes Shinin Down Shining Down Show Goes On Sittin Sideways (remix) Slow Down SLR SLR (Round of Applause) SLR (Super Lupe Rap) SLR 2 Slr 3 SLR 3 (Round of Applause) SNDCLSH In Vegas Snitches So Ghetto Solar Midnite Spaze Out Spray Paint State Run Radio Steady Mobbin' Stereo Sun Strange Fruition Street On Fire Streets On Fire Summit On The Summit (HP TV Commercial) Sunshine Super Cold Super Star Superstar Superstar (Remix) Superstar [Multimedia Track] Superstar [Radio Edit] Swang on Em Switch (The Science Project) Switch Science Project Thank You The Birds and The Bees The Commercial The Cool The Coolest The Die The Emperor's Soundtrack The Emperor\'s Soundtrack The Emperor's Soundtrack The End Of The World The End Of The World! The Instrumental The Instrumental The National Anthem The One The Show Goes On The Show Goes On (Single) The Show Goes On [Instrumental] [Instrumental] Theme Music To A Drive-by Theme Music To å Drive By They Resurrect Over New They.Resurrect.Over.New They.Resurrect.Over.New. Things We Must Do For Others THORNS & HORNS Thorns And Horns Thot 97 Till I Get There Tim Westwood Freestyle Pt. 1 Tim Westwood Freestyle Pt. 3 Touch The Sky Trials & Tribulations Trials & Tribulations Turnt Up Turnt Up Freestyle Twilight Zone Unforgivable Youth Untitled Us Placers Valleys Walk in My Shoes We Can Do It Now We Love You What It Do What U Want Where Do I Go Who Are You Now Words I Never Said Words I Never Said (Single) Words I Never Said [Instrumental] [Instrumental] WWJD He'd Prolly LOL Like WTF!!! Wwjd He\'d Prolly Lol Like Wtf!!! WWJD He'd Prolly LOL Like WTF!!! Yoga Flame You Me Him Her
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