เนื้อเพลง If I Should Die - Jay-Z

[Jay-Z]
Come on...life...death...here...gone...Yo

If I Should Die don't cry my n*ggas
just ride my n*ggas bust bullets in the sky my n*ggas
And when I'm gone don't mourn my n*ggas
get on my n*ggas when it's real
say word to Shawn my n*ggas
If I should die *echoes*

Don't cry my n*ggas it's been one hell of a ride my n*ggas
in the middle of the trial I flip pies my n*ggas
I did joints with Mary J. Blige my n*ggas
I've eluded the coppers got booted with Big Poppa
Skated through with the Ceasar 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 f*ck
sittin' in the county for summers if they should down me
everybody around us become one for that day
to live life get your sh*t right & play
Don't get it twisted like rays if I miss that's ok
but life's short don't miss a day uhh

If I should die don't cry my n*ggas
just ride my n*ggas bust bullets in the sky my n*ggas
and when I'm gone don't mourn my n*ggas
get on my n*ggas when it's real
say word to Shawn my n*ggas
If I should die...

[Wais]
...don't cry my n*ggas
it's been one hell of a ride my n*ggas
say word to Wais my n*ggas
when I'm gone don't mourn my n*ggas
just keep gettin' it on my n*ggas
say word is bond my n*ggas

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 & 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*ggas hearts pump Kool Aid and yo blood run thicker
never shed tears cry liquor my n*gga

If I die don't cry my n*ggas
it's been one hell of a ride my n*ggas
say word to Wais my n*ggas
when I'm gone don't mourn my n*ggas
just keep bangin' these songs my n*ggas
say word is bond my n*ggas
If I die...

[Half Dead]
...don't cry my n*ggas
just stay gettin' high my n*ggas
don't wonder why my n*ggas
when I'm gone live on my n*ggas
just follow my path my n*ggas
say word to Half my n*gga

I'm the aftermath of pleasure never die alone
born to live forever through life's struggles
I cut corners & took drastic measures
see you n*ggas 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*ggas 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' & blazin' these mics
It'd rain for 40 days & 40 nights
& I'd return on the 3rd 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*ggas door
What you thought? [huh]
What you thought? [n*gga]

If I should die don't cry my n*ggas
just stay gettin' high my n*ggas
don't wonder why my n*ggas
when I'm gone live on my n*ggas
just follow my path my n*ggas
say word to Half my n*gga
When I die...

[Wais]
...don't cry my n*ggas
it's been one hell of a ride my n*ggas
say word to Wais my n*ggas
when I'm gone don't mourn my n*ggas
just keep gettin it on my n*ggas
say word is bond my n*ggas
If I die...

[Jay-Z]
...don't cry my n*ggas
just ride my n*ggas bust bullets in the sky my n*ggas
and when I'm gone don't mourn my n*ggas
get on my n*ggas when it's real
say word to Shawn my n*ggas
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 & drink Cristal?
If this is heaven to me is this considered heavenly?
Can I still touch lives answer they "whats & whys"
make sure everybody in my fam' clutch five?
If I should die...
...don't cry my n*ggas