Ah I once heard someone say What we do in life Echoes in eternity Yeah And in that case Through what I'm doin' right here I might I might live on Pain is life, and life ain't long After all of the lights are gone When this mic is gone The only reason that I write this song Is some piece of me might live on I might live on Pain is life, and life ain't long After all of the lights are gone When my mic is gone The only reason that I write this song Is some piece of me might live on I might live on [Big Gemini {?Bebop in background}:?] Every rapper wanna Be remembered and never forgot And be felt like Big and Pac Or Jay-Z and Nas And be held as one of the greats In they hip hop hall of fame {?Yeah, yeah}? If there's such a thang And I don't really know if there is But if there is, sometimes, I wonder what it takes to get in Actually, I don't care cause I don't do it for fame Regardless of how it feels when they yellin' my name {?Yellin' my name}? And when they stop me in my path and Ask for autograph Hell yeah, it feels good, I'll enjoy while it last {?Oh, oooh}? sh**, I love what I do, I'm sure someone loves it too Cause I ain't moved thirty thousand units based on my looks {?Oh no}? And I know that ain't sh** when you compare me to others Yeah, I'd love to do Snoop Dogg numbers But that probably never happen Only Latins that went platinum Was the Punisher and Joe And that's just to my understandin' And maybe Cypress Hill did, but I'm not for sure I know there was a few out there to hit gold Combined all together You can count 'em on your fingers And though there ain't that many It's still hard to be distinguished And I ain't doubtin' mine, so if I just tell it how it is Cause in my eyes I'm a golden platinum diamond on this b**h {?Oh yeah}? But when all of this is over We gon' see if I Was added to a list or I just died tryin' To get on Pain is life, and life ain't long After all of the lights are gone When this mic is gone The only reason that I write this song Is some piece of me might live on I might live on Pain is life, and life ain't long After all of the lights are gone When my mic is gone The only reason that I write this song Is some piece of me might live on I might live on And ain't tryin' to Be glorified, I just wanna be felt Hopefully right now, when not after my d**h When I take my last breath, ain't none of this comin' {?Oh no}? That's why I reap the benefits now, and leave it for someone I don't plan to die young, but Who ever does When the Lord wants you next, there's somethin' you can't outrun {?Yeah}? So I'm a get it while He lets me And try to make history And make my people proud even though odds is against me That's why I spit it every time like it's the last in the booth I know most don't understand and ask, "What is the youth?" I'm tryin' to leave somethin' behind that's More than a song A little piece of me that Might live on Cause when this all fades to black, and nothin' remains And the only thing left Is a picture in the frame Let my family gather around and Tell 'em, "Push play" Cause then, I'll eternally stay, and live through words that I say Pain is life, and life ain't long After all of the lights are gone When this mic is gone The only reason that I write this song Is some piece of me might live on I might live on Pain is life, and life ain't long After all of the lights are gone When my mic is gone The only reason that I write this song Is some piece of me might live on I might live on [Bebop:] If the Lord gon' call on me by the end of the night Would you still remember my life, now hold up Cause everybody gotta go They're on the same road It's only a matter of time Cause when this life is gone (Life is gone) I might live on (Might live on) This life end, only when I move, on I'll be singing this song Pain is life, and life ain't long After all of the lights are gone When this mic is gone The only reason that I write this song Is some piece of me might live on I might live on Pain is life, and life ain't long After all of the lights are gone When my mic is gone The only reason that I write this song Is some piece of me might live on I might live on [Big Gemini:] Yeah Gemi- Ni Ah History in the makin' Yeah I might live on I might live on Yeah I might live on Yeah Yeah