Rappers Will Die of Natural Causes

[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 bypasses

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 ass

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]

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 bypasses

They're gonna wait for their grandkids to call them

Rappers will die of natural causes

[Verse 2]

Every hall of fame induction's ruined

Cause we wait for VH1 to do it

Like they know the fly shit 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]

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 bypasses

They're gonna wait for their grandkids to call them

Rappers will die of natural causes