Busta Rhymes - Legend Of The Fall Offs

Titre : Legend Of The Fall Offs
Artiste : Busta Rhymes
Album : The Big Bang
Année : 2006



[Intro]
Yeah I know
A lot of you niggas don't plan on the day that you have to see me
I'm that nigga that you should really be afraid of
I dig graves for niggas like you
We gon' get more aquainted in the time you least expect it

[Hook x2]
Do you ever think?
What life would be?
Where you will go?
After you die?

[Verse 1]
Know that when that time comes and nobody is checkin'
And everything you have is gone in a split of a second
Its when it starts hittin' the fan and it gets real in this bitch
Just face the fact your shits a wrap and you gotta deal with this shit
Despite I talk about it, I ain't makin' fun of them niggas
I give thanks 'cause I been blessed and I ain't one of them niggas
Can't imagine how difficult it is, I know you suspect it
Shit around you is gettin' dark, its gettin' hard to except it
Alone in the mirror, you look at yourself and you smile
Disreguardin' the fact that your run has been done for awhile
Refuse to acknowledge the truth like the mind of a child
Continue frontin' like its nothin' while you live in denial
While all your people around you start to leave you in the same place
You over-exert the little you have left to save face
You try to hide your expression from lookin' worried
To what to do when your careers buried

[Hook x2]
Do you ever think?
What life would be?
Where you will go?
After you die?

[Verse 2]
These niggas ain't givin' a fuck about your flows no more
You ain't the star you are, fuckin' the same hoes no more
Promoters ain't payin' and bookin' you for shows no more
You ain't whippin' the range, you ain't whippin' no roles no more
Reality starts to settle in, you sweatin' every wake up
You're broke and you gotta return your jewelry to jacob
You run around and you front like you still on fire
But nobody believes you, now you live as a liar
You're only lyin' to yourself, its evident in the proof
As your world continues to crumble, come to terms with the truth
You still holdin' onto them days when everything was about you
But niggas don't even remember you enough to just shout you
I remember when you did your thing without a doubt tastefully
The problem is you didn't know when to bow out gracefully
Once told, never burn, now its best to fade away
Preserve your values so that you can live to see a greater day
People see you and its bug that you mean nothin'
You doin' shit in front to prove to people you mean somethin'
It happens and its vicious when the truth starts to settle in
You step to the door of the club and see that you ain't gettin' in
Forgettin' you a man first chasin' the fame
Gotta remember morals and principals reppin' your name
Proper but most niggas don't and their whole life hurried
What do you do when your career is buried

[Hook x2]
Do you ever think?
What life would be?
Where you will go?
After you die?

[Interlude]
Okay, I told you we was gonna get more acquainted at a time when you least expect nigga
I'm here to lay you to rest once and for all
You been dead a long time but you refuse to except that
But its okay, shut the fuck up and get in the box nigga
It was custom built for armless niggas like you
You just don't wanna except when its time to hang it up
See you in the afterlife nigga, wherever the fuck

A noter que la prod de Dre utilise le même sample qu'une autre de ses prods utilisée par Rakim pour le titre "After You Die".