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If He Dies he Dies
- [im the hypocrite of homicide](claims morality but weaponizes lyrics)
- turn syllables to silencers, [leave alphabets in the dirt](burying opponents lyrically AND literally)
- they said "share the crown" nah, im dissolving the throne
- [this aint a cypher its a eulogy in Morse code](killing so quietly, the grave sends the message)
- im better at your craft than the [ghosts in your blueprint](dead rappers who inspired you)
- you call it "art" i call it target practice for the pen grip
- the games on crutches? im the surgeon with the saw
- [the last rapper standing gets a trophy of his jaw](taking body parts as victory souvenirs)
- [I cough up bloodstained thesauruses,](Vomiting lethal vocabulary (also references TB/gun violence) [each clot a synonym for murder](blood clot/homophone for "clot" as in "block of opps")
- [the ICUs my studio,](rap is life support, but also where MCs come to die) the ventilators my word processor
- They say im sick? Nah, im just sick of yall
- [My diagnosis is terminal but my pens immortal](contradiction of artists mortality vs arts permanence)
- [I carry six feet of verses](grave depth/measure of lyrical prowess) [in a Louis stitched body bag](luxury brands over corpse disposal (commentary on rap vanity)
- eulogize you in iambic while the [.40 claps back](gunfire/metaphor for counterpunch rhymes)
- your legacy? a footnote in my [memoirs appendix](literal body part/book section/medical removal)
- They'll need archaeologist to find where your impact went
- I dream in autopsy photos, wake up and [frame 'em as album covers](posthumous albums/death glorification)
- my therapist says im violent, I say ['nah, I just love harder'](recontextualizing violence as passion (mirrors abusive relationships)
- the cemeterys my garden, each tombstone a platinum plaque
- I water 'em with hater tears and watch the [dead stems grow back](plant life/opps resurrecting only to die again)
- they say the eyes are windows to the soul, mine are [two way mirrors](interrogation rooms/self awareness paradox)
- I see ghosts in my reflection [holding plaques with missing fingers](trophy mutilation/streaming fraud)
- the doctor asked if I hear voices, i said 'nah just the echo'
- of every rapper I erased [tryna bargain with my echo](opps begging for relevance post diss)
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