If I Die Now...

Title: If I Die Now (Lil Wayne Mixtape Era Style) [Intro – faint piano, heavy 808s, ad-libs] Yeah… Mad House Music… Ghost… If I die now… grind don’t stop… yeah [Verse 1 – punchy, multi-syllable, streetwise] If I die now, bury me in satin, Boots dusty, streets dirty, money stackin’. Lay me down where the wild roses bleed, Cold river drift, I float with my greed. Night got fangs, bite hard through the lies, Pretty little truths wearin’ thin disguise. Mama look up when the sky go black, Colors in the clouds, but they never look back. Fast life, last laughs, heart on a fuse, Every move I make, pay the world its dues. (Yah, yah!) [Pre-Hook – sing-rap, ad-libs] Life ain’t gold, ain’t silver, ain’t crown, Cracked halo hangin’ when the lights burn down. Short fuse, long nights, run these worn-out streets, Fast life, last laughs, my heartbeat repeats. [Hook – sing-rap hybrid, ad-libs] If I die now, bury me in satin, Lay me down on a bed of roses, laughin’. Sink me slow in the river at dawn, Send me off with a half-broke love song. Oh-oh… oh-oh… Dark clouds drift where the white doves flown, Sharp edge cut from a life half-known. If I die now… yeah, just let me go. (Yah, yah, Baby!) [Verse 2 – mixtape era negative/degenerate, insane wordplay] Leather jacket torn like a midnight fight, Still green like envy in the neon light. Never knew love, just lust and sin, Flames lick high where my demons grin. Boy in this town swore forever, lied, Forever’s just a word where the vultures hide. Liquor rain, smoke curlin’, crowd obscene, Promises drown in a pocket full of lean. Needles drip, cash flip, hearts cold as ice, Life’s a loaded dice, pay the price twice. Fallen angels whisper, tempt me to the low, I walk where the dark rivers flow. Broken saints, fake friends, rotten fame, Every step I take just fuels the flame. (Yah, yah! Weezy!) [Pre-Hook – internal rhymes, ad-libs] Truth get cheap when the night stay long, Broken halos hum in my whiskey song. Every saint got a shadow drawn, I walk where the dark wind blowin’ strong. [Hook – repeat, ad-libs] If I die now, bury me in satin, Lay me down on a bed of roses, laughin’. Sink me slow in the river at dawn, Send me off with a half-broke love song. Oh-oh… oh-oh… Dark clouds drift where the white doves flown, Sharp edge cut from a life half-known. If I die now… yeah, just let me go. (Yah, Baby!) [Bridge – chopped ad-libs, echo, whisper flow] Sell my thoughts for a dollar flat, Worth more when Ghost gone like that. Funny how they hear me when I fade, Silence scream louder than the tracks I made. Pocket full of tears, stash ‘em for the night, World forgets quick, but I still write. (Yah, yah!) If I die now, bury me in satin, Lay me down on a bed of roses, laughin’. Sink me deep where the cold tides run, Send me out when the morning come. Oh-oh… oh-oh… Short life blade, all the damage done, Guess I lived every second that I won. If I die now… Let the river carry me home… Mad House Music, grind no ceiling, yeah.