If I Die - SPM, Coast

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

There’s too many out there wanna see me bleeding

As I awake I feel stuck in time

In this place, people lose they fucking mind

I see shadows in the night of demons dancing

Most penitentiaries overseen by klansmen

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’ve got a plan for me

But I’d rather be at home with my family

If I die, mamma 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 that in due time my life is gon' slide behind

The curtain of uncertainty, the pearly gates are defied

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 it ain’t one

The critics lookin at my picture say it feels dark

But you critiquing my art, baby it’s 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

Now when I pass and the last of my breath has been breathed

Mamma don’t cry for me, I’m watching over you

I’m still doing the same thang your son’s supposed to do

So if you love me love me and everything is fine

We gon' reuinite in the sky in due time

If I die, Mamma 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 'til 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 sayin' 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 to get where 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 alotta 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, Mamma 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