T.I. - In The Sky lyrics

[Intro] What's happnen man This TIP you know I like to dedicate this song to anybody who done eva lost somebody To the grave, to the streets, to the jail cell I done been in situations where I had to cope with all three you know what i'm sayin I feel like the only thing I aint done yet was die you know But it aint how I live while I'm here It's how I live When I leave [Chorus] Life's up and downs they come and go But when I die I hope I live in the sky all my folks who aint alive i hope they live in the sky Pray to god that when i die i'll live in the sky It's true what goes aroun comes back you know So when i die hope will live in the sky All my folks who ain't survive hope they live in the sky Tell God i wanna fly let me live in tne sky [Verse 1] My cousin two aint have to die right in front of his son and his wife He lost his life struggling over a gun Give a damn what he done That's my mothaf**in folk And I love that n***a to d**h no mothaf**in joke I can feel my eyes feelin the Lord is my witness If i catch 'em ima k** em and made it my business Back in the day ya stayed in my business Taught me I aint have to corporate yay in my business Coincedently that's why today ya not wit me My cousin died over some yay and i miss em Plus he at his family house Let's say she the eye witness But her boyfriend did the shootin judge gave em a life sentence I heard dat now I'm dressed up in all black Shot up the whole apartments he still aint brought back The best friend I eva had in tramell I lost that Guess ya d**h was a lesson in life it taught me that [chorus] [verse 2] Ya eva seen a n***a go to jail and sleep till day 2 Well that's how sick I was when J grew Found out the hard way that wasn't powder they was tootin Overdosed on heron died at age 22 If you aint heard about ya daughter she smile just like you So cute even resorts to violence like you You know your baby momma loose but hah what can you do And i got 4 myself yeah it's been a few Now everything I do is for king, messiah, Dazja and Domoni tell the Lord they all i got so please don't take em from me from me standin in the trap wit currying a sir cap Laughin at the n***as who serve with no strap Tell them n***as man ya'll trippin wit no maps Get robbed and ask to borrow my pistol ain't no hap Me you the crew just fell out over doe and a little crack Neva could apolagize you died that's why you say that [chorus] [verse 3] I bet you n***as think i'm livin it up Till you see polices laughin as they pickin me up Went from seein how many b**hes i can fit in the truck To three hots on in a cot Is you kiddin or what f** how many millions i got n***a so what if i'm high When i got prices on my head feds rushin my spot A million haters want me dead force to carry a gat But you's a seven time felon what you doin wit dat This a catch 22 eitha you lose or you lose that's the way the game structured from real n***as that suffa and i aint neva been a busta always stood on my feet Like a man prepared to take whateva comin for me A p**y n***a or polices with a warrant for me I'm a G prepared to die for what's important to me Look any body in the eyes who say he want it wit me Put up the house and and bet the odds if it's comin for me O.G says i need to learn to be patient You tellin me wit these 7 years of prohbation Pistol charges and a host of other open cases If n***as only knew the kind of i was facin I try to keep it to myself but times i couldn't take it Got 4 kids the smiles on the faces Mean mo to me than my crown and my braclets Take that away from me and my life is but naked [chorus]