Five Second Rule

In those last 5 seconds where you gave into your demons
In those last 5 seconds when you realize you wanna stop breathing
In those last 5 seconds where you realize you love the wrong person
In those last 5 seconds when sudden death don't seem so sudden
In those last 5 seconds seeing loved ones in the rearview mirror
In those last 5 seconds when you went and pulled that trigger
In those last 5 seconds when the moment becomes a picture
In those last 5 seconds where you wish time pass a little bit quicker

These the kinda projects that you gotta study for years in advance
Cuz there's a lot of lost souls in a trance
Everyone's got a killer's stance
Your kids can see the drugs in eyes of their parents
Witnessing the high breakdown but masked by hysterical reaction
Tears run down your eyes but a smile is cracking
At the rate you're abusing it
Your dealer refuse to refuel your antics
Cuz police cracking down in their section
Now more than ever you feel your body start regressing

In those last 5 seconds where you gave into your demons
In those last 5 seconds when you realize you wanna stop breathing
In those last 5 seconds where you realize you love the wrong person
In those last 5 seconds when sudden death don't seem so sudden
In those last 5 seconds seeing loved ones in the rearview mirror
In those last 5 seconds when you went and pulled that trigger
In those last 5 seconds when the moment becomes a picture
In those last 5 seconds where you wish time pass a little bit quicker

She a designer collector turned carnivore
When it comes to the money she'll always need more
Putting her greed before her children's need
So now you back on that corner
Knowing that you might need a coroner
If somebody robs you of them quarters
Your kids might need to be adopted
You been out 4 hours, straight dolo rolling
But you notice, people in a brown datsun
They windows roll down and they holding
Now you bleeding out with everything stolen
Now you're hopeless
You ain't gonna make it to the next morning

In those last 5 seconds where you gave into your demons
In those last 5 seconds when you realize you wanna stop breathing
In those last 5 seconds where you realize you love the wrong person
In those last 5 seconds when sudden death don't seem so sudden
In those last 5 seconds seeing loved ones in the rearview mirror
In those last 5 seconds when you went and pulled that trigger
In those last 5 seconds when the moment becomes a picture
In those last 5 seconds where you wish time pass a little bit quicker

I hear sirens
I smell gunpowder
I hear voices
I hear noises
I know that they got me
I shoot cousin *redacted*
Remember his body
Shaking and twitching
Hope nobody was watching
Passed the news
By niece and nephews
This a confession
Swear I would've done something
Told them to take a left
To end up in the opposite direction
But it was just a silhouette
That had a financial escape
That brought me to an imprisoned state
The tears on my face had the interrogator understand my place

In those last 5 seconds where you gave into your demons
In those last 5 seconds when you realize you wanna stop breathing
In those last 5 seconds where you realize you love the wrong person
In those last 5 seconds when sudden death don't seem so sudden
In those last 5 seconds seeing loved ones in the rearview mirror
In those last 5 seconds when you went and pulled that trigger
In those last 5 seconds when the moment becomes a picture
In those last 5 seconds where you wish time pass a little bit quicker

Got charged
With manslaughter
Gang affiliation
Drug distribution
How will I get God's retribution
I'm simply stuck, mail came through
Letters from my niece and nephews
They wrote that they wanna visit
This next weekend
When the day came they gave me
Pics of the good old days
Wish I could revisit the frame
Locked up, double life
Might get the chair, yeah right
I hung myself that night
Then I realized, dying from asphyxiation takes some time

In those last 5 seconds where you gave into your demons
In those last 5 seconds when you realize you wanna stop breathing
In those last 5 seconds where you realize you love the wrong person
In those last 5 seconds when sudden death don't seem so sudden
In those last 5 seconds seeing loved ones in the rearview mirror
In those last 5 seconds when you went and pulled that trigger
In those last 5 seconds when the moment becomes a picture
In those last 5 seconds where you wish time pass a little bit quicker