Killah Priest — If I Die

[Hook x2: Sauldin] Now I lay me down to sleep I, I pray the Lord that my soul he keeps If I should die, before I awake I, I pray the Lord that my soul he takes [Verse 1: Killah Priest] If I die, may the sky turn forever gray Neglect the moon of a light, turn the sun beige May the Lord open up every grave Every prophet that was slayed May they roam the earth for thousands days Give 'em a body of a slave May the Lord strike this earth with pestilence and plagues If I ever lay, may they cover me with weed, ash, hip and sage May every thug raid, may they bust in gauge May every judge pray, when they lower my cage And my flesh return to wet clay From which I was made, my bones rot and decay If I rest eternal, may the Lords send great inferno Till this day I write my journal Journal, urban journal (Lord) [Hook: Sauldin] Now I lay me down to sleep I, I pray the Lord that my soul he keeps If I should die, before I awake I, I pray the Lord that my soul he takes [Verse 2: Killah Priest] Dear heavenly Father The reason why I stand at your gates holding two revolvers 'Cause down on earth I had mad drama Protect my body from the tabernacle of robbers I pray that an angel take my body Before the doctors have a chance to do an autopsy Burying me near Bob Marley, or even Haile Selassie Surround me by his Israeli posse What I know shocks me, the seven heads of Giuliani Six-six-six, illuminati And Lord make sure they mummify me I put every word in my diary So in time, every eye can see Send death to the world, that's haunted Kill 'em with torment, let the beast rise, that lies dormant No more life insurance or police warrants, for me [Hook: Sauldin] Now I lay me down to sleep I, I pray the Lord that my soul he keeps If I should die, before I awake I, I pray the Lord that my soul he takes Now I lay me down to sleep I, I pray the Lord that my soul he keeps [Verse 3: Killah Priest] When I was born gynecologists surrounded my womb Now I'm gone archaeologists surrounding my tomb They suit me up in perfume, in that small church room Don't cry, I be back to earth soon Felt the fever of thieves in my blood Born to live after the sunset of the world If we die of another man's ignorance Remember Lord, they ain't innocent Before they acted nigga-ish, tasted hell bitterness Swallow my tongue, like a licorice Though, running through his naked wilderness Mad as a jackal, with the dry mouth That prowls the grave at the time of drought Bury me near King David Somewhere in the oasis Fill my body with Godly fragrance May I sleep with the ancient Feed my flesh to the ravens Wish death on every pagan If I finish my night in some gutter with my throat cut By some fake friends who had me doped up Fill this whole planet with smoke and such If I'm murdered like Abel May I fall in the arms of an angel Fuck a close friend, they can change too Return to the earth as Gabriel, hosting my own funeral Looking unusual, may the earth choke and spit up my coffin Use my body as an offering God bless my offsprings, (show him the way) If I die tonight (show him the way) [Hook x3: Sauldin] Now I lay me down to sleep I, I pray the Lord that my soul he keeps If I should die, before I awake I, I pray the Lord that my soul he takes Now I lay me down to sleep I, I pray the Lord that my soul he keeps