[Intro: Jay-Z]
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Come on… life… death…
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Here… gone… yo
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[Chorus: Jay-Z]
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If I should die, dont cry, my niggas
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Just ride, my niggas, bust bullets in the sky, my niggas
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And when Im gone dont mourn, my niggas
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Get on, my niggas
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When its real say word to Shawn, my niggas
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If I should die…
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[Verse 1: Jay-Z]
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Dont cry, my niggas, its been one hell of a ride, my niggas
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In the middle of the drought, I flipped pies, my niggas
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I did joints with Mary J. Blige, my niggas
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Ive eluded the coppers, got booted with Big Poppa
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Skated through with the Caesar picadas
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At high school got head by the lockers
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Gassed the baddest girl in the class to show me her knockers
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Rocked jewels, dropped school, still didnt fail
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Rhymes still written well, hold court in the street
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Never sit in the cell for a second then Im gettin my bail
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Shoot it out with the bounty hunters
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Fuck sittin in the county for summers if they should down me
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Everybody around us become one for that day
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To live life get your shit right and play
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Dont get it twisted like braids, if Im missed its okay
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But lifes short, dont miss a day, uhh
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[Chorus: Jay-Z]
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If I should die, dont cry, my niggas
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Just ride, my niggas, bust bullets in the sky, my niggas
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And when Im gone dont mourn, my niggas
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Get on, my niggas
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When its real say word to Shawn, my niggas
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If I should die…
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[Chorus 2: Wais]
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… dont cry, my niggas
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Its been one hell of a ride, my niggas
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Say word to Wais, my niggas
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When Im gone dont mourn, my niggas
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Just keep gettin it on, my niggas
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Say word is bond, my niggas
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[Verse 2: Wais]
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I got a lot to look back on, in 88 got my crack on
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Ten years later gettin my rap on
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Gettin shorties like a thespian
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Had an episode with two lesbians, got a fetish for that
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Drunk ginseng with Japanese chicks and pulled the root out
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Squeeze my whole clip to survive shootouts
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Been on both coasts, fired all kinds of heat
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Probably be kinda glad to leave these mean streets
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I got de-mands to meet and questions to fulfill
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Like is that mystery God real?
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And how was Kennedy killed?
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I aint mad, I mustve smoked a ton of reefer
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Sipped Coronas with Latifah, broke the code of Geneva
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I know when I reach the other side Ima see the
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Cat I had beef with who blood remains on my sneaker
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Then its on again, if I could be born again
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I live my life through my son
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And tell him never have a friend
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Just family, reincarnated Ill shorten the time
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That I waited to get paid, tell him never be afraid
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Niggas hearts pump Kool Aid and yo blood run thicker
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Never shed tears, cry liquor, my nigga
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[Chorus 2: Wais]
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If I die dont cry, my niggas
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Its been one hell of a ride, my niggas
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Say word to Wais, my niggas
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When Im gone dont mourn, my niggas
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Just keep bangin these songs, my niggas
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Say word is bond, my niggas
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If I die…
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[Chorus 3: Half Dead]
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… dont cry my niggas
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Just stay gettin high, my niggas
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Dont wonder why, my niggas
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When Im gone live on, my niggas
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Just follow my path, my niggas
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Say word to Half, my nigga
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[Verse 3: Half Dead]
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Im the aftermath of pleasure never die alone
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Born to live forever through lifes struggles
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I cut corners and took drastic measures
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Seen niggas life expire right in front of me
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Time could never mend what these cold streets
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Mentally done to me, too often, I close my eyes
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And see my own coffin feelin haunted
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Ready to leave this world that Im lost in
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My only chance to see the seeds I lost through abortion
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When Im gone yall niggas better not mourn, keep flossin
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As long as my name lives on whats most important
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Ill be down in hell scorchin preparin for life
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Afterlife still torchin and blazin these mics
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Itd rain for 40 days and 40 nights
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And Id return on the 3rd like Christ
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(Without my physical portion)
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My spirit a poltergeist for sure
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Ill be back through the Heights tomorrow
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Blood over yall fake niggas door
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What you thought, huh?
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What you thought, nigga?
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[Chorus 3: Half Dead]
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If I should die dont cry, my niggas
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Just stay gettin high, my niggas
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Dont wonder why, my niggas
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When Im gone live on, my niggas
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Just follow my path, my niggas
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Say word to Half, my nigga
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When I die…
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[Chorus 2: Wais]
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… dont cry, my niggas
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Its been one hell of a ride, my niggas
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Say word to Wais, my niggas
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When Im gone dont mourn, my niggas
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Just keep gettin it on, my niggas
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Say word is bond, my niggas
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If I die…
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[Chorus: Jay-Z]
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… dont cry, my niggas
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Just ride, my niggas, bust bullets in the sky, my niggas
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And when Im gone dont mourn, my niggas
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Get on, my niggas
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When its real say word to Shawn, my niggas
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If I should die…
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[Verse 4: Jay-Z]
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Id tell Big theyre still hearin his songs
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Run into Pac ask him where we went wrong
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Tell him life is miserable when ya dealin in the physical form
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Is everything thats invisible gone?
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I need to know, will I still feel pain or will it be ironic?
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Will I chill in the flames for all the ills of my brain?
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Can I re, veal the game to all the hustlers
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Trapped in the race and if so can I leave this place?
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Can I puff cigars and drink Cristal?
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If this is heaven to me is this considered heavenly?
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Can I still touch lives, answer their “whats and whys”
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Make sure everybody in my fam clutch five?
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If I should die… dont cry, my niggas
