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