Natural Causes

(D. ValentS) You know I believe We have two lives The life we learn with And the life We live after that With or without the records They'll remember you They used to call my pops Baby Strange Mario made seven But got back six in change The lord took one but But was that a fair exchange The gods must've been crazy Or feeling all deranged He was raised out the projects Came up in the Den First born last breed Of man that came from men Son of a Bob Not a son something bitched Judy ain't a slob So that's why he got hitched He had two trial dogs Named Blaze and Rip He used to dip a Scout That was his favorite whip He was a marksman Shooting game with his bows Bar fighting with his bros He knew how to throw them bows Good with a rifle In his kingdom outdoor Him and my moms They used to like To drive to the shore He tried for Army Intel Maybe serve in a war Failed a hearing test Cuz his ears couldn't score He could go to school Maybe take a college course But she fell out of love So it ended in divorce We got all two lives But each of them waits it's turn (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) The life we live with after that From which the life we learn (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) And your destiny can change Its direction sometimes pauses (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) But you can't force your fate Because it's due to natural causes (It's all about my life) Two room apartment With some un kept drawers He couldn't pay the lights But he shined for you and yours He liked to take risks For much less than the rewards He'd say it's colored notes But I'd say it's perfect chords He got the cable bootleg From that which I could reckon He'd drop me off on Sunday Eight o'clock was my check in He was a dead second For that dude Steve McQueen Just a little bit taller And a lot more lean A union man who cut The meat to make the bread And he brought home that bread To feed this lil' knucklehead He had a car wreck Then he suffered from a seizure He'd have an episode And he'd forget like amnesia He used to laugh a lot Cuz he knew we'd cry later He left on Labor Day Rest in power co-creator Evil men die old Good men die young He died of Natural Causes That's how he came undone We got all two lives But each of them waits its turn (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) The life we live with after that From which the life we learn (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) And your destiny can change Its direction sometimes pauses (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) But you can't force your fate Because it's due to natural causes (It's all about my life) He was twenty seven years When I was born on twenty four Born in forty eight And he died in eighty four I was nine at the time Now minus that from thirty six The age he was when I was born That's not coincidence Bout' to outlive him So I ask myself If he could've went back Might he have told himself (would he) Skipping pills is detrimental to your health Dollars don't make cents Without your physical wealth Don't get in that car You'll fall asleep And lose control You might walk away But lose your mind to that pole Son hope these stories Maybe help you along Play my records front to back And listen close when I'm gone The fork in the road Will split in due time You could be a brain surgeon Or you could just rhyme You could make your life's work What you think that your works worth Find the true cause why you were Put you on this earth Maybe you'll find a cure for Why your Granddaddy died Or maybe you'll play this song In your deck and just ride This track brings be back So please don't mourn He died of Natural Causes But that's how I was reborn We got all two lives But each of them waits its turn (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) The life we live with after that From which the life we learn (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) And your destiny can change Its direction sometimes pauses (It's all about my life, my life, my life, my life) But you can't force your fate Because it's due to natural causes (It's all about my life)