They say why should a writer be free to write what he wants
When say a teacher is not free to teach what he wants?
A teacher who is not free to teach, is not a teacher
If you're a writer, you're forced to look behind the word into the meaning of the word
Into the actions produced by the word
Yes, yes, you're responsible for what that word means
You have to find a way to use that word, to liberate the energy of that word
So it has a positive effect on the lives of people
There is such a thing as a living word
No tyrant in history was able to read
But every single one of them burned the books
Death is always a surprise, death is always a surprise (Surprise!)
Give me my flowers while I'm alive
Don't wait until I'm clutching my side at 45
Talkin' 'bout 'he left too soon', with tears in ya eyes (Surprise!)
Nigga ya died
Who get the house? Who get the money? Wait
'Can I have his ride?' Is you surprised
That your cousins wasn't shit to begin with?
They wanna cremate you, because to bury ya ass is too expensive (Surprise!)
Nigga ya died
Ain't see it comin'
Doin' a hundred
Out on the I-95
Then realized
That the woman that you thought would take care of you
And marry you
Didn't even show up to the burial
You're playing wit' the time that you thought you had
Before you step in that divorce
Wait, let me walk you back
We throw away the love of our lives
Whose fault is that?
'Man, all I need is me in this world'
Who taught you that?
(Surprise!)
Nigga ya died
Makin' a post
Doin' the most
Ain't even say ya goodbyes
'Can I have his ride?'
Let it go
Yesterday I didn't know would be my last day
Writing rhymes with my cigar lit up in the ashtray
Feeling good finna watch the Bulls and the Cavs play
Till I felt a thump in my chest and passed away dam'
I missed the last sunset, I wasn't done yet
Lord I ain't made up with my son yet
I ain't even took my daughter to prom yet
My wife is still living, I know she's upset
Ripped off the wings I don't wanna go up yet
I saw that everything I ever ate was gluttonous
I saw that everything that I ever smoked was suspect
I saw that every lie I ever told was fuck shit
For all the hearts that I broke, a heart attack was justice!
Then I woke up from my sleep, with a new peace
A new perspective on life with a renewed lease
Know what I learned about being deceased
Life is brief, life is brief
(Surprise!)
Nigga ya died
Living in jail
What in the Hell, man
Nobody cried!
Yeah, why?
They'd rather feed us fed time and fentanyls
Instead of fruits and vegetables
Then teach us death is inevitable
When life is truly incredible!
Don't let the devil unsettle you
Have you chasin' after revenue
Then push you off stage at the festival
The Grim Reaper keeps a schedule
Nat King sings unforgettable
The Grim Reaper keeps a schedule
While King sings unforgettable!
Surprise!
Surprise!
Surprise!
I don't wanna die, no
I don't wanna die
