Toast to the Dead

[Hook]

"Rest in Peace"

"Here’s another warrior's song; rep this life to the fullest"

"Rest in Peace"

"Mothafucka, say yo’ prayers!"

"For brothers who died from black-on-black violence"

"Rest in Peace"

"You ain’t payin’ respect when you ‘spose to"

"Rep this life to the fullest"

"Rest in Peace"

"This ain’t for y’all, this a toast to them"

"Rest in Peace"

[Verse 1]

Here's a toast to the dead

If you don't drink, smoke to the head

For the freedom fighters killed by the feds

For those who died hard in the streets, soakin' in red

And died slow asleep in a dream, chokin' in bed

Here's a toast to the dead, for my enemies that are gone

I'm not a coward, so celebratin' that would be wrong

I pray to God that your soul will come back again

So I can see you in the next life and finish it then

A toast to the dead, for criminals burnin' in Hell

I wonder how many presidents are burnin' as well

Emperors, popes, senators, generals

Amputees feel unlucky until they see the vegetables

A toast to the dead, for those who are forgotten

Written out of history by the corrupted and rotten

Black saints whitewashed during La Reconquista

Thousands of Indios Spaniards used to conquer the Incas

Fuck a moment of silence, I need a moment of violence

Like the 19th century Caribbean islands

Long live those who came before that paved the way for me

The warriors and scientists that came before slavery

And if that last lyric was predictable

Take your clairvoyance and apply it to life in the physical

Presumptuous, half-hearted homunculus

Self-destruction is the power without knowin' what the function is

[Hook]

"Rest in Peace"

"Here’s another warrior's song; rep this life to the fullest"

"Rest in Peace"

"Mothafucka, say yo’ prayers!"

"For brothers who died from black-on-black violence"

"Rest in Peace"

"You ain’t payin’ respect when you ‘spose to"

"Rep this life to the fullest"

"Rest in Peace"

"This ain’t for y’all, this a toast to them"

"Rest in Peace"

[Verse 2]

Here's a toast to the dead, for all of my fam

I will never let an idea die with a man

My rhymes are like Nazca lines: designed to give a view of this

J Dilla's still alive as long as his music is

A toast to the dead, for rap legends and pioneers

Your legacy won't be forsaken as long as I am here

Knowledge of the past and wisdom of the present

I'll teach and leave in the hands of a worthy lieutenant

A toast to the dead, for children with cancer and AIDS

A cure exists and you probably could have been saved

Sad to see medicine divorce morality

Corporate homewreckers pimpin' up the salary

A toast to the dead, for those that'll die today

The victims and those exonerated by DNA

The only thing worse than givin' freedom to the guilty

Is killin' the innocent and leavin' your soul filthy

Immortal Technique, remember me when I'm gone

I encrypted my lyrics to stay alive in a song

So you'll always keep a piece of my spirit inside

When you struggle to complete what I started before I died

But some of you won't survive the changes the Earth makes

Swallowed by tsunamis, hurricanes, and earthquakes

And that's just the first stage if you cannot reverse ways

And realize that we are one regardless of our birthplace

[Hook]

"Rest in Peace"

"Here’s another warrior's song; rep this life to the fullest"

"Rest in Peace"

"Mothafucka, say yo’ prayers!"

"For brothers who died from black-on-black violence"

"Rest in Peace"

"You ain’t payin’ respect when you ‘spose to"

"Rep this life to the fullest"

"Rest in Peace"

"This ain’t for y’all, this a toast to them"

"Rest in Peace"

[Outro]

My last toast to the dead is for the listener

Human being or extraterrestrial visitor

Remember us for more than our primitive ways

When you study us long after the end of our days