If I Die

Persecuted by the world, all I want is my baby girl In my arms braided up on pretty curls Keep the fame and the fortune, I don't need it Is to many out there wanna see me bleedin' As I wake up I feel stuck in time In this place people loose they fuckin' mind I see shadows in the night of demons dancing Most penitentiaries overseen by clansmen Stay strong even though it's hard Keep my head up and stay close to God I see friends I knew back in school They ain't the same covered up in tattoos In the land of the free I'm forever known Look up at the sky and pretend I'm home Dear Lord, I know You got a plan for me But I'd rather be at home with my family If I die, momma, don't lose your mind Stay strong the world, don't accept my kind I was born hate free, always been different It's hard to stay alive when you're brown and gifted If I die, momma, don't lose your mind Stay strong the world, don't accept my kind I was born hate free, always been different It's hard to stay alive when you're brown and gifted I understand it in due time my life is going to slide behind The curtain of uncertainty the pearly gates to the fire 'Cause I'm a rambling man, a gambling man So when the shit hits the fan my plan is to stand as a man My canvas is bland painted the perfect picture But my tears made the paint run I need an eraser but shit ain't one The critics looking at my picture, saying it feels dark But you criticin' my art, baby, is still art I know some people that respect me for me I know some people that neglect me for me And so it pans out so now when I pass And the last of my breath has been breathed at ease Momma don't cry for me, I'm watching over you I'm still doing the same thing your son is opposed to do So if you love me, love me and everything is fine We're gonna reunite in the sky and do time If I die, momma, don't lose your mind Stay strong the world, don't accept my kind I was born hate free, always been different It's hard to stay alive when you're brown and gifted I tried to tell you that these motherfuckers wanted my soul Hate me till I'm dead and gone but in love with my dough As they listen to my CD they got from somebody I can't believe that he is saying this in custody Doesn't he realize we got him right where we want him I was warned by a prisoner they'll be coming Can you imagine life without rats That backstab their own to try get were they at? I made millions but felt I was never rich How can greed make people be so devilish? I wrote a book entitled they can't stop me Took about 20 pens and a lot of coffee They hit me up with some years and a small fine It's gonna be the greatest comeback of all time And all I got left is true fans 'Cause my horoscope said that my bitch found a new man If I die, momma, don't lose your mind Stay strong the world, don't accept my kind I was born hate free, always been different It's hard to stay alive when you're brown and gifted If I die, momma, don't lose your mind Stay strong the world, don't accept my kind I was born hate free, always been different It's hard to stay alive when you're brown and gifted