Lupe Fiasco - The Cool lyrics

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
Grandfather was married in
Yes, he was still fresh-to-death
Bling, two earrings
A chain layin' 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 Hennessy 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 fillin' the casket up
Floatin' down by his feet was
The letter from his sister
Second-grade handwriting simply read
"I miss ya" suit jacket pocket held his
Baby daughter's picture right next to it
One of his mans stuck a Swisher
He had a notion as he laid there soakin'
He saw that the latch was broken
He kicked his casket open and he

This life goes passing you by
It might go fast if you lie
You born, you live, then you die oh oh oh oh
If life goes passing you by don't cry
If you're breaking the rules
Making your moves (yeah)
Paying your dues (Uh, huh) , 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
He swallowed 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 onto some grass and climbed
Pulled hisself up out of his own
Grave and looked at the time
On the watch that had stopped
Six months after the shots
That'd 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 shoulder
So, with a right hand that was all bones
And no reason to stay
He decided to walk home so he

This life goes passing you by
It might go fast if you lie (yeah)
You born, you live, then you die oh oh oh oh
If life goes passing you by don't cry (Ugh)
If you're breaking the rules
(yeah) , making your moves (Ugh)
Paying your dues (Ugh) , chasing the cool

He begged for some change to
Get him on the 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 gettin' back in his lane
Doin' his thing first
He had to find somethin' to sling
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're scared
Ain't you?" he said, "Hustler for death
No heaven for a gangster" and

This life goes passing you by
It might go fast if you lie (Ugh)
You born, you live, then you die (Ugh)
Oh oh oh oh if life goes passing you by
Don't cry if you're breaking the rules
Making your moves
Paying your dues, chasing the cool

Yeah ugh
The Cool!