[00:00:00] Don’t Let Me Die - Jay-Z (杰斯)/R. Kelly (劳·凯利) [00:00:00] Written by:J.C.Olivier/Alexander Spanador/Mosley/Robert Kelly/Shawn Carter/S.Barnes [00:00:00] Ohhh ohh oh oh oooooh [00:00:02] Dear god bring our p o w's home [00:00:05] Ohhh ohh oh oh oooooh [00:00:07] And bring our brothers on lockdown home amen [00:00:15] Whoa oh oh ya ya yah [00:00:17] Whoa oh oh ya ya ya ya [00:00:20] He's a ni**a from the back block [00:00:22] On everybody laptop who used to slang crack rock [00:00:25] Hov' and this ni**a from the chi' [00:00:27] Who hold a note like the guy who said the British is coming [00:00:29] My ni**a kels oh yeah the niggas is coming [00:00:32] Get out your good dishes or something like it's thanksgiving ni**a [00:00:34] It's hov' and none other than the r [00:00:37] And without further adieu like Freddie get ready it's [00:00:40] Whatever happen lord don't send me back [00:00:41] And whenever I did wrong it was your name I cried [00:00:44] I heard you forgave over and over again [00:00:46] But when I found that out I became immune to my sins [00:00:49] Lay wide awake in the middle of my sleep [00:00:51] I see dead people and sometimes it's me lord [00:00:54] I never wanted to be a thugfather [00:00:57] I only wanted to be a son of a father [00:00:59] Rahh that's how it sounds it's sad [00:01:01] Worse than the war in Iraq when it's me against i [00:01:04] I gave up the w**d and somehow I'm still high [00:01:06] Three years still seeing the w**d in my eyes lord [00:01:09] Sometimes I don't know what you want from me [00:01:11] But I do know you know what I want from you [00:01:13] Give it to me c'mon take away this hennessy [00:01:15] Take away me running the street [00:01:17] Stop people from hating me take away all of this jealousy [00:01:21] And prejudicy [00:01:22] Thought you said it was a better place [00:01:24] I grew up around pimps hustlers hoes and project gang sters [00:01:28] Hard to believe in what I can't see [00:01:31] I gotta get this money and feed my family [00:01:34] Whatever deity guides my life [00:01:35] Dear lord don't let me die tonight [00:01:38] But if I shall before I wake what shall I say [00:01:40] It's been a good run from hoodlum to island estates [00:01:43] How could one who made such foul mistakes [00:01:45] Still be allowed to have a smile on my face [00:01:47] Hell whatever the case I'm glad it wasn't murder [00:01:50] In a town you never hearda from a nickel plated burner [00:01:53] Now my life's straight like a perm [00:01:55] Try to take the spot I earned muh'f**ker better learn [00:01:58] It's hov' [00:01:59] He's a ni**a from the back block [00:02:00] On everybody laptop who used to slang crack rock [00:02:03] Hov' and this ni**a from the chi' [00:02:05] Who hold a note like the guy who said the British is coming [00:02:07] My ni**a kels oh yeah the niggas is coming [00:02:10] Get out your good dishes or something like it's thanksgiving ni**a [00:02:12] It's hov' and none other than the r [00:02:15] And without further adieu like Freddie get ready it's [00:02:17] Hey boy hear me out got a few mo' things to say [00:02:19] These niggas be chasing me like everyday [00:02:22] C'mere no my life on crutches devils say [00:02:24] I'll never walk again but the devil is a liar [00:02:27] Cause I believe within you're the reason that I'm still here [00:02:30] Even though I don't act like it [00:02:31] Even though I hear my calling and fight it [00:02:33] Fools do me so wrong it's hard to stay righteous [00:02:35] If pimping was a mountain to heaven I'd hike it [00:02:38] Believe me lord I want you [00:02:39] Got money and fame and still it just won't do [00:02:42] Sometimes I don't like who I am [00:02:44] When I look in the mirror my reflection is uncle Sam [00:02:46] And every night I have these weird dreams [00:02:49] That a creature's right beside me wake up and can't breathe [00:02:52] I feel like it's twenty of me [00:02:54] Going 20 different directions on a one way street lord [00:02:56] I got houses money and cars and met [00:02:59] Every single superstar I got the whole music industry sewed