JAY-Z, Da Ranjahz - If I Should Die lyrics
[JAY-Z, Da Ranjahz - If I Should Die lyrics]
Come on life death here gone yo
If I should die, don't cry, my niggas
Just ride, my niggas, bust
Bullets in the sky, my niggas
And when I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Get on, my niggas
When it's real say word to Shawn, my niggas
If I should die
Don't cry, my niggas, it's been
One hell of a ride, my niggas
In the middle of the drought, I flipped pies
My niggas
I did joints with Mary J blige, my niggas
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
Fuck sittin' in the county for summers
If they should down me
Everybody around us become one for that day
To live life get your shit 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, uhh
If I should die, don't cry, my niggas
Just ride, my niggas, bust
Bullets in the sky, my niggas
And when I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Get on, my niggas
When it's real say word to Shawn, my niggas
If I should die
Don't cry, my niggas
It's been one hell of a ride, my niggas
Say word to Wais, my niggas
When I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Just keep gettin' it on, my niggas
Say word is bond, my niggas
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 de mands 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 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 shorten the time
That I waited to get paid
Tell him never be afraid
Niggas hearts pump Kool Aid and
Yo' blood run thicker
Never shed tears, cry liquor, my nigga
If I die don't cry, my niggas
It's been one hell of a ride, my niggas
Say word to Wais, my niggas
When I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Just keep bangin' these songs, my niggas
Say word is bond, my niggas if I die
Don't cry my niggas
Just stay gettin' high, my niggas
Don't wonder why, my niggas
When I'm gone live on, my niggas
Just follow my path, my niggas
Say word to Half, my nigga
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 niggas 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 niggas 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' and
Blazin' these mics
It'd rain for 40 days and 40 nights
And I'd return on the 3rd 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 niggas door
What you thought, huh?
What you thought, nigga?
If I should die don't cry, my niggas
Just stay gettin' high, my niggas
Don't wonder why, my niggas
When I'm gone live on, my niggas
Just follow my path, my niggas
Say word to Half, my nigga when I die
Don't cry, my niggas
It's been one hell of a ride, my niggas
Say word to Wais, my niggas
When I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Just keep gettin' it on, my niggas
Say word is bond, my niggas if I die
Don't cry, my niggas
Just ride, my niggas, bust
Bullets in the sky, my niggas
And when I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Get on, my niggas
When it's real say word to Shawn, my niggas
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 re, veal 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 niggas
If I should die, don't cry, my niggas
Just ride, my niggas, bust
Bullets in the sky, my niggas
And when I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Get on, my niggas
When it's real say word to Shawn, my niggas
If I should die
Don't cry, my niggas, it's been
One hell of a ride, my niggas
In the middle of the drought, I flipped pies
My niggas
I did joints with Mary J blige, my niggas
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
Fuck sittin' in the county for summers
If they should down me
Everybody around us become one for that day
To live life get your shit 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, uhh
If I should die, don't cry, my niggas
Just ride, my niggas, bust
Bullets in the sky, my niggas
And when I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Get on, my niggas
When it's real say word to Shawn, my niggas
If I should die
Don't cry, my niggas
It's been one hell of a ride, my niggas
Say word to Wais, my niggas
When I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Just keep gettin' it on, my niggas
Say word is bond, my niggas
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 de mands 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 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 shorten the time
That I waited to get paid
Tell him never be afraid
Niggas hearts pump Kool Aid and
Yo' blood run thicker
Never shed tears, cry liquor, my nigga
If I die don't cry, my niggas
It's been one hell of a ride, my niggas
Say word to Wais, my niggas
When I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Just keep bangin' these songs, my niggas
Say word is bond, my niggas if I die
Don't cry my niggas
Just stay gettin' high, my niggas
Don't wonder why, my niggas
When I'm gone live on, my niggas
Just follow my path, my niggas
Say word to Half, my nigga
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 niggas 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 niggas 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' and
Blazin' these mics
It'd rain for 40 days and 40 nights
And I'd return on the 3rd 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 niggas door
What you thought, huh?
What you thought, nigga?
If I should die don't cry, my niggas
Just stay gettin' high, my niggas
Don't wonder why, my niggas
When I'm gone live on, my niggas
Just follow my path, my niggas
Say word to Half, my nigga when I die
Don't cry, my niggas
It's been one hell of a ride, my niggas
Say word to Wais, my niggas
When I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Just keep gettin' it on, my niggas
Say word is bond, my niggas if I die
Don't cry, my niggas
Just ride, my niggas, bust
Bullets in the sky, my niggas
And when I'm gone don't mourn, my niggas
Get on, my niggas
When it's real say word to Shawn, my niggas
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 re, veal 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 niggas