Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song If I Die , by - 8Ball. Release date: 18.05.1998
Age restrictions: 18+
Song language: English
If I Die |
| Mic check one two |
| You know when you lose somebody |
| Somebody that’s close to you |
| Somebody that’s probably not even that close to you |
| You might have just knew him |
| It’s hard to put it into words you know |
| It’s hard to say what you feel |
| It’s hard to say what you feel… |
| I guess all wounds heal over time |
| You know… but uh |
| All I can do now is reminisce |
| (Verse One) |
| Look at my homeboy lying there dead in the street |
| His eyes wide open and it’s fucking with me |
| I can’t believe this shit it really seems unreal |
| My streetwise ass dog ended up getting killed |
| We used to laugh but now this shit ain’t funny at all |
| Thinking about when my dog first started to ball |
| Telling me I was blessed use my gift |
| But it was hard to stay away from that gangsta shit (so hard) |
| Young eyes attract glitter like glue |
| Running with a crew doing everything they do |
| Smoked out drinking mad dog and thunderbird |
| My momma screaming but I swear I never heard a word |
| My homeboy’s momma cool but she smoke crack |
| Now getting high is how she bring her son back |
| Imagine that so many kids are living this |
| One day my son will lose someone and reminisce |
| I hope it’s me when I’m a hundred and three |
| Your homeboy getting killed that’s some bad shit to see |
| I hope you agree and make it better for the young ones |
| Cause these momma’s can’t take no more dead sons |
| Can’t you see the way we live |
| The world wouldn’t spin without gangsta shit |
| I don’t know what you’ve been told |
| But baby somebody told me |
| (Only the strong will survive) |
| If I die press play to bring me back to life |
| (Only the strong will survive) |
| Hey yo if I die press play to bring me back to life |
| (Verse Two) |
| Riding around in a hoop smoked out behind tent |
| Serving all day hitting corners getting bent |
| Time went by quick when we was kicking it |
| I wish that there was a way I could have predicted this |
| Somehow thought the shit but I can’t blame myself |
| I just wish that death would have took somebody else |
| That niggas' shorty looks just like he did |
| So in a sense I guess my homeboy will live again |
| In the eyes of his seed forever dad |
| No one to call on when momma is doing bad |
| Mad at the world for the pain he feels |
| I pray to god that his momma shows him what’s real |
| (Verse Three) |
| Every day I thank god for watching over me |
| If I didn’t have rapping I don’t know where I would be |
| Trying to move a key strong armed robbery |
| My destiny could have been an early death of me |
| Just to be alive pushing twenty-five |
| I lived to talk about the shit many didn’t survive |
| All I ask is that we think about the lives passed away |
| Never to see another sunny day |
| ]From rocks in the hand to keys in the van |
| No more being broke waiting on the postman |
| Cost more than the time that you put into it |
| Now you got the cheese why the fuck you still do it |
| Greed a need to speed away your precious time |
| Playa use your mind find yourself another grind |
| If not for yourself… for the kids sake |
| Cause they’ll all be where were all at today |
| Man oh man |
| It’s wild what these streets are doing to us |
| You know what I’m saying? |
| I was thinking I was telling my homie |
| If I were to name all the people that I knew |
| That was not here with us no more |
| It would take a whole album |
| You know what I’m saying? |
| So I wanna say rest in peace to my homeboy pinkhouse |
| Rest in peace to my homeboy dice |
| Who showed me much love in the short time I knew him |
| Rest in peace to my homeboy Nino |
| Much love from the hood we still ride with ya |