Open Mike Eagle - Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes lyrics

[Hook] They used to act all active and lawless They used to live like bachelors balding All actresses hit menopause and Rappers will die of natural causes They're gonna get hip fractures from falling They're gonna need viagra and bypa**es They're gonna wait for their grandkids to call them Rappers will die of natural causes [Verse 1] Hip hop's middle aged The first rappers started young as Lil' Wayne It's been three decades since the rhythm came Original rappers are entering their brittle stage The average black man's life span Is like three fifths that of a white man He never put five grand in a life plan So he can't afford to fall cause he might land In a clinic where the nurse is the night man They're to sign in visitors and wipe a** His record label never told him 'bout the flight plan They shot videos on beaches with white sand They say the game is for young guys For the hungry, unshaved and the unsigned They get a little bit of media sunshine But they only see you how you were one time And even now, rap is older than it's ever been And young warriors develop into veterans Pure phase with the gray hair peppered in Setting reminders to take their medicine [Hook] [Verse 2] Every hall of fame induction's ruined Cause we wait for VH1 to do it Like they know the fly sh** coast to coast When they only recognize who sold the most And to the unsung trend setters Viacom says 'I guess you shoulda did better' Reinforce a game full of ugliness Cause they didn't know the name, but the publicist And local fame is equated to nothingness Unless the things that you made for the club were hits Because they took rhymes serious Most of my heroes will die penniless And while they're alive and ruined by pain Rap fans shall not Google thy name The day you die, people share your music by AIM That's postmortem internet eulogized fame [Hook]