Cameron London, Popcasso - Letter to the Grave Lyrics

You know what they say
You either die a hero
Or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain
But they don't wanna talk about
The Hometown Legend
If you die today would you wanna go
You don't get a choice so I gotta know
Are there any last wishes that you wanna say
Do you have a debt that you wanna pay
You won't get to speak once you in the dirt
Hope you lived your life and know what it's worth
You gone have to die with every choice you made
But I won't let you take this letter to the grave
Before they put you six feet deep
This your six foot speech
Make it count, this might be the only thing you keep
Not for you, this for everybody you gonna leave
Choose wisely, cause either way you gonna grieve
Will they grieve for the champ of the people
Will they grieve as they wheel your body under the steeple
Will they grieve that you gone
That you dead to the world
Some will fake it
Just to get a little close to your girl
My apologies
My demeanor offends a few philosophies
My spirit ascended, cause there's a limit to theology
The letter you left
It sparked a little curiosity
And imma read it word for word
Cant have you haunting me
And I quote
Don't be sad that I'm gone
I left my voicemail
Just in case you might feel alone
Tell our son that I loved him with all of my soul
I shipped home a bottle of my favorite cologne
Spray it on one of my shirts
And always keep it close
I love you
I've never been good at notes
They'll be coming for me soon
I can't get away
I leave everything to you
If I die today
If you die today would you wanna go
You don't get a choice so I gotta know
Are there any last wishes that you wanna say
Do you have a debt that you wanna pay
You won't get to speak once you in the dirt
Hope you lived your life and know what it's worth
You gone have to die with every choice you made
But I won't let you take this letter to the grave
Remember me as my ancestors
That followed the stars to freedom
Hope I'm held
At a high enough regard to meet em
I pray I've done enough
Before my heart stops beating and bones return to dust
May my words be immortal as I lie beneath soil
Pushing up white roses as my casket door closes
Thoughts of freeing my people, part the water like Moses
Disturbing those who were sleeping
Take a cup of this Folgers
I feed the truth to the land
Nourishment to the starving
Erase my soul from the sand
Only if my footprint carbon
Search for the right word to empower the powerless
You can feel it within your flesh when you know what the power is
It's melanin, melanin, melanin
Power in the melanin
Dark as a raisin with a spice like it's cajun
Strong as the locs of Samson that broke the jaw of a lion
Rest only in power when you speak on the day I'm dying
If you die today would you wanna go
You don't get a choice so I gotta know
Are there any last wishes that you wanna say
Do you have a debt that you wanna pay
You won't get to speak once you in the dirt
Hope you lived your life and know what it's worth
You gone have to die with every choice you made
But I won't let you take this letter to the grave

You know what they say
You either die a hero
Or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain
But they don't wanna talk about
The Hometown Legend
If you die today would you wanna go
You don't get a choice so I gotta know
Are there any last wishes that you wanna say
Do you have a debt that you wanna pay
You won't get to speak once you in the dirt
Hope you lived your life and know what it's worth
You gone have to die with every choice you made
But I won't let you take this letter to the grave
Before they put you six feet deep
This your six foot speech
Make it count, this might be the only thing you keep
Not for you, this for everybody you gonna leave
Choose wisely, cause either way you gonna grieve
Will they grieve for the champ of the people
Will they grieve as they wheel your body under the steeple
Will they grieve that you gone
That you dead to the world
Some will fake it
Just to get a little close to your girl
My apologies
My demeanor offends a few philosophies
My spirit ascended, cause there's a limit to theology
The letter you left
It sparked a little curiosity
And imma read it word for word
Cant have you haunting me
And I quote
Don't be sad that I'm gone
I left my voicemail
Just in case you might feel alone
Tell our son that I loved him with all of my soul
I shipped home a bottle of my favorite cologne
Spray it on one of my shirts
And always keep it close
I love you
I've never been good at notes
They'll be coming for me soon
I can't get away
I leave everything to you
If I die today
If you die today would you wanna go
You don't get a choice so I gotta know
Are there any last wishes that you wanna say
Do you have a debt that you wanna pay
You won't get to speak once you in the dirt
Hope you lived your life and know what it's worth
You gone have to die with every choice you made
But I won't let you take this letter to the grave
Remember me as my ancestors
That followed the stars to freedom
Hope I'm held
At a high enough regard to meet em
I pray I've done enough
Before my heart stops beating and bones return to dust
May my words be immortal as I lie beneath soil
Pushing up white roses as my casket door closes
Thoughts of freeing my people, part the water like Moses
Disturbing those who were sleeping
Take a cup of this Folgers
I feed the truth to the land
Nourishment to the starving
Erase my soul from the sand
Only if my footprint carbon
Search for the right word to empower the powerless
You can feel it within your flesh when you know what the power is
It's melanin, melanin, melanin
Power in the melanin
Dark as a raisin with a spice like it's cajun
Strong as the locs of Samson that broke the jaw of a lion
Rest only in power when you speak on the day I'm dying
If you die today would you wanna go
You don't get a choice so I gotta know
Are there any last wishes that you wanna say
Do you have a debt that you wanna pay
You won't get to speak once you in the dirt
Hope you lived your life and know what it's worth
You gone have to die with every choice you made
But I won't let you take this letter to the grave