When We Die-Jay-Z

[00:27.26]I see ghosts clearly; even though, most don't hear me [00:30.28]They still wanna get near me - fear me, so I'm leary [00:33.37]Kinda eerie what I'm feelin - from the floor, to the ceilin [00:35.42]Straight through the roof, want the truth? [00:37.01]I kinda miss robbin and stealin [00:38.20]Cause it kept a ni**a hungry, only eatin when I starved [00:41.01]I was ugly, so I robbed, no one loved me, sh*t was hard [00:43.68]Went to God once in a while when it got a little too hectic [00:46.93]He was the only one I knew that I respected (WHY?) [00:49.18]Didn't know why, didn't know what I was livin was a lie [00:52.06]If I ain't sh*t then, why should I try [00:55.88]See, plenty niggaz die, over dumb sh*t, up in the hood [00:57.48]Real good heart, but up to no good [00:59.32]Thought I did what I could, but I guess it, wasn't enough [01:02.83]The Devil told me it would happen but I kept callin his bluff [01:05.73]When it rains it pours now, my pains are yours [01:08.65]As yours are what's mine, define, revolvin doors (ni**a!) [03:33.89][02:28.27][01:11.46](Why?) All my niggaz tell me (why) tell me (we die) [03:37.12][02:30.99][01:14.23]Cause we crazy with it, quick to blaze you with it [03:40.06][02:33.93][01:17.66]From in my soul to every word that I curse [03:42.45][02:37.00][01:19.34]With all the agony expressed in this verse; [03:45.93][02:39.39][01:22.13]Let me ask my niggaz (why?) [03:47.49][02:41.87][01:23.89]My niggaz tell me (why) tell me (we die) [03:48.33][02:43.28][01:25.74]Because we Gods ni**a (and) we go the yard ni**a [03:51.03][02:44.79][01:27.91]Because I walk the ground under my feet [03:53.55][02:47.55][01:30.16]And keep it live and stay in tune with the street [03:55.32][02:49.32][01:32.34]Now let me ask my niggaz (why?) [01:33.67]They say the good die young, in the hood where I'm from [01:35.90]I only got one question to that - why the f**k am I here? [01:38.44]I look to the air, I ask God, Love me please, [01:42.13]But in reality, only people that hug me is thieves [01:44.19]Same niggaz that send shots through my rugby sleeves [01:46.81]They wanna, slug me and leave, I'm thinkin it must be me [01:49.81]Please shed light, the hood's dark [01:51.35]I did my dirt but got a good heart [01:53.55]Shouldn't that count for somethin? [01:55.15]I was told I'd amount to nothin, most of my childhood [01:58.39]Liked by folks it was stuntin my growth [02:00.49]Seperated me from the sh*t I was wantin the most [02:03.10]Felt myself comin close to pumpin them O's [02:06.16]Lump in my throat, chest poked out, face was poker [02:09.55]Tryin to, erase my ghostes, chase the smokers [02:13.04]Got demons on both shoulders, [02:13.96]Tryin to chauffeur my life through the streets [02:15.42]In other words ni**a my will was weak [02:17.24]Please feel what I speak, [02:18.66]This ain't your average ordinary jargon [02:20.19]Weak rap niggaz be talkin [02:22.43]This sh*t is deep, from the mind of Busta, 'X and me [02:25.18]To all my fallen soldiers, rest in peace, til we meet niggaz [02:50.95]I must be cuckoo, like I respect the new-you, never [02:52.99]See you too could get it through your FUBU sweater [02:55.78]Like a ni**a when he walk in the dark, trespassin [02:58.42]On a ni**a land, shots echo loud in the park [03:01.37]I live and die for all the sh*t I believe [03:04.38]And rep for everything I stand for [03:06.96]With every single breath I breathe [03:08.84]Like the intake from cigarette smoke, it's like you inhale [03:10.04]The demon in the gutter stressed struggled and broke [03:12.45]If the sh*t was all over tomorrow, I'd leave a treasure [03:16.50]For my kids with a legacy for my CHILDREN to follow [03:17.82]You know it's funny how the good die first [03:20.62]Get the peppin in your steppin faggot ni**a [03:22.43]Cause you could die worse [03:23.19]Hold on, you know I cut off my arm, in the name of reppin [03:26.27]REAL NIGGAZ in the midst of droppin this bomb [03:28.59]Allah blessin me to rep for the better, and carry on [03:31.18]Somethin great and keep a ni**a name livin forever!