Papoose - Obituary 2013 lyrics

(Intro) Happy new year's (Hook) Stress free, no worries Life's too short to be livin it in a hurry Put yo peace signs up, keep yo hands steady This is the 2013 obituary (Verse 1) Nelson Mandela is accolades various South African, anti-apartheid, revolutionary Born July 18th, 1918 Born leader, philanthropist, a true king Served 27 years in prison, what was his crime? Guilty for fighting against apartheid Injustice memories, they sent a fake interpreter to his memorial to overshadow his legacy The cause of his d**h, respiratory infection Our first president, not Obama, correction Paul Walker, talented actor In all of his movies he played memorable characters Born September 12th, 1973 Did commercials as a child, born for TV Fast and Furious entirely He died in a car accident, tragic dramatic irony (Hook) Stress free, no worries Life's too short to be livin it in a hurry Put yo peace signs up, keep yo hands steady This is the 2013 obituary (I can't hear you) (Hook) Stress free, no worries Life's too short to be livin it in a hurry Put yo peace signs up, keep yo hands steady This is the 2013 obituary (Verse 2) James Gandolfini, HBO channel Better known to the world as Tony Soprano Born 1961, September Out in Westwood, New Jersey Through his endeavors played highschool basketball, actin in plays Risin star, yet to have better days Won a Golden Globe Award 3 Emmy's, 3 SAG's, the best in the drama series Cause of his d**h, he had a heart attack None of us are promised tomorrow, that's a fact Chris Kelly, a young life lost Part of the legendary group Criss Cross Born August 11, 1978 Later met Jermaine Dupri, cut a demo tape Double platinum, trend setter, clothes backwards His d**h, alleged drug overdose, tragic (Hook) Stress free, no worries Life's too short to be livin it in a hurry Put yo peace signs up, keep yo hands steady This is the 2013 obituary (Louder!) (Hook) Stress free, no worries Life's too short to be livin it in a hurry Put yo peace signs up, keep yo hands steady This is the 2013 obituary (Verse 3) Strong, where do I begin? My brother, my other half, my best friend Born August, I'm lost for words to be true We was raised in Brooklyn, New York, me and you Left hand, the location tattoo In his veins the same blood as Papoose Thought I would be reciting this song so you can hear it Never thought I would be writing a song with you in it RIP to Doe B Jerry Boss, Roger E, Bird and Kachi RIP to ST RIP, the stars don't stop RIP Jean Stapleton Jim Kelly for comeback, he always ready 2013 obituary I swear I hope I don't have to do this again next year (Interlude) When I die I want a rapper to do a song like this for me man It gotta be somebody with talent though, I don't respect artists without talent I just don't want no fake DJs doing no tributes, no tributes please Cuz you ain't salute a n***a when he was alive Allow my words to haunt you Say farewell to 2013 yall Farewell 2013, farewell (Verse 4) Middle finger to 2013, you made us suffer Still can't believe you murdered my little brother Pain in the voice and eyes of our mothers Fatherless son but his uncle gon make him suffer Tried to kick us while we down, took him from us But you can't keep us down, he's still above us Jail ain't that bad, it's something that been full If they tryin to leave you with nothing to live for Everybody's so full of hate, what's this for? I smoked with Sun Tzu, he told me it's war A man who goes to bed with a book never goes to bed alone Good literature, signing off, my signature Pa-poose, Pa-poose