If I Should Die

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Shawn Corey Carter (born December 4, 1969), better known by his stage name Jay-Z, is an American rapper, record producer, entrepreneur, and occasional actor. He is one of the most financially successful hip hop artists and entrepreneurs in America. In 2012, Forbes estimated Carter's net worth at nearly $500 million. He has sold approximately 50 million albums worldwide, while receiving fourteen Grammy Awards for his musical work, and numerous additional nominations. He is consistently ranked as one of the greatest rappers of all-time. He was ranked #1 by MTV in their list of The Greatest MCs of All-Time in 2006. Two of his albums, Reasonable Doubt (1996) and The Blueprint (2001) are considered landmarks in the genre with both of them being ranked in Rolling S… more »

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1998

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Come on, life, death
Here, gone, yo

If I should die don't cry my n****s
Just ride my n****s bust bullets in the sky my n****s
And when I'm gone don't mourn my n****s
Get on my n****s when it's real
Say word to Shawn my n****s, if I should die

Don't cry my n****s it's been one hell of a ride my n****s
In the middle of the trial I flip pies my n****s
I did joints with Mary J Blige my n****s
I've eluded the coppers got booted with Big Poppa

Skated through with the Cesar Picadas
At high school got head by the lockers
Ga**ed 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 f***
Sittin' in the county for summers if they should down me

Everybody around us become one for that day
To live life get your s*** right and play
Don't get it twisted like rays if I miss that's okay
But life's short don't miss a day uh

If I should die don't cry my n****s
Just ride my n****s bust bullets in the sky my n****s
And when I'm gone don't mourn my n****s
Get on my n****s when it's real
Say word to Shawn my n****s, if I should die

Don't cry my n****s
It's been one hell of a ride my n****s
Say word to Wais my n****s
When I'm gone don't mourn my n****s
Just keep gettin' it on my n****s, say word is bond my n****s

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 dead mens 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 show him the time
That I waited to get paid tell him never be afraid
N****s hearts pump cool Aid and yo blood run thicker
Never shed tears cry liquor my n****

If I die don't cry my n****s
It's been one hell of a ride my n****s
Say word to Wais my n****s
When I'm gone don't mourn my n****s
Just keep bangin' these songs my n****s
Say word is bond my n****s, if I die

Don't cry my n****s
Just stay gettin' high my n****s
Don't wonder why my n****s
When I'm gone live on my n****s
Just follow my path my n****s
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
See you n****s 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 n****s 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 forty days and forty 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 heist tomorrow
Blood over y'all fake n****s door
What you thought? What you thought?

If I should die don't cry my n****s
Just stay gettin' high my n****s
Don't wonder why my n****s
When I'm gone live on my n****s
Just follow my path my n****s
Say word to half my n****, when I die

Don't cry my n****s
It's been one hell of a ride my n****s
Say word to Wais my n****s
When I'm gone don't mourn my n****s
Just keep gettin it on my n****s
Say word is bond my n****s, if I die

Don't cry my n****s
Just ride my n****s bust bullets in the sky my n****s
And when I'm gone don't mourn my n****s
Get on my n****s when it's real
Say word to Shawn my n****s, 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 they 'What's and whys'
Make sure everybody in my fam' clutch five?

If I should die
Don't cry my n****s

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