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The Cool
- [Verse 1]
- He came back, in the same suit that he was buried in
- Similar to the one his grandfather was married in
- Yes, he was still fresh to death
- Bling, two earrings, a chain layin' on his chest
- He still had it cause they couldn't find it
- And the bullets from his enemies sat like two inches behind it
- Smelled the Hennessy from when his niggas got reminded
- And poured out liquor in his memory, he didn't mind it
- But he couldn't sip it fast enough
- So the liquor was just fillin' the casket up
- Floatin' down by his feet was the letter from his sister
- Second grade handwriting simply read "I miss ya"
- Suit jacket pocket held his baby daughter's picture
- Right next to it, one of his mans stuck a swisher
- He had a notion as he laid there soakin'
- He saw that the latch was broken
- He kicked his casket open and he
- [Hook]
- This life goes passin' you by
- It might go fast if you like
- You born, you lived, and you die
- If life goes passin you by, don't cry
- If you're breaking the rules, making your moves, paying your dues
- Chasing the cool
- [Verse 2]
- Not at all nervous as he dug to the surface
- Tarnished gold chain is what he loosened up the earth with
- He used his mouth as a shovel to try and hollow it
- And when he couldn't dirt spit, he swallowed it
- Workin' like a, hmm, reverse archaeologist
- Except, his buried treasure was sunshine
- So when some shine through a hole that he had drove
- It reflected off the gold and almost made son blind
- He grabbed onto some grass and climbed
- Pulled himself up out of his own grave, and looked at the time
- On the watch that had stopped 6 months after the shots
- That'd got him in the box, wringin' Henny out his socks
- Figured it was hours because he wasn't older
- Used some flowers to brush the dirt up off his shoulder
- So, with a right hand that was all bones
- And with no reason to stay he decided to walk home so he
- [Hook]
- [Verse 3]
- He begged for some change to get him on the train
- "Damn, that nigga stank," is what they complained
- Tried to light the blunt, but it burst into flames
- Caught the reflection in the window of what he became
- A long look, wasn't shook, wasn't ashamed
- Matter of fact, only thing on his brain was brains
- Yeah, and gettin' back in his lane, doin' his thing
- First he had to find something to sling
- Next stop was his block, it had the same cops
- Walk right past the same spot where he was shot, shocked
- That some lil' niggas tried to sell him rocks
- It just felt weird, bein' on the opposite
- They figured that he wasn't from there so they pulled out
- And robbed him, with the same gun they shot him with
- Put it to his head and said, "You're scared, ain't ya?"
- He said, "Hustler for death, no heaven for a gangsta" and
- [Hook]
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