WYCLEF JEAN - Streets Pronounce Me Dead lyrics

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the return of the hip hop ammadeus <br />wyclef Toussaint St. Jean drama <br />streets prounounce me dead x6 <br />i tell em im alive but rumor says im dead <br />the reserucction of the dead....i could never get <br />and if i ever die, all i do is ride <br /> <br />the streets prounounce me dead <br />puttin 2 holes in my head <br />at the funeral, i had more friends than the grateful dead <br />haters started talkin sayin i went left <br />akon took my spot will i am took my vest <br />started beatin on the coffin cuz i could hear the crowd <br />but they can't hear me cuz lil' jon's preachin too loud <br />that's when the bishop said last words for friends and family <br />then the fans stood up and said y'all forgot the fugees <br />50 million records sold straight from the basement <br />how y'all gon tell me wyclef is irrelevant <br />a rapper stood up and said yup i got amnesia <br />last time i remember him was gone til novemeber <br />he said i don't spit no more all i do is sing songs <br />last time he felt me was when i rhymed with Big Pun <br />thats ightt get the hate off ya chest <br />you a rap con artist not a Kanye West (I AINT DEAD!) <br /> <br /> <br />streets prounounce me dead x6 <br />i tell em im alive but rumor says im dead <br />the reserruction of the dead...i could never get <br />and if i ever die, all i do is ride <br /> <br /> <br />i mean the streets say it's been a while since they heard me spit <br />that i spit so hard my ghostwriter must be cannubis <br />but far permit, this is how i started <br />but my battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the super market <br />so i found another target to aim at <br />i went from food stamps to the black a mac's <br />8 track cassettes the cd's the ipod's <br />bmx bixes the hoopdies the hot rods <br />and my swag come from nazareth <br />how you gone say im dead when i rose like lazareth <br />and this aint mystic i aint talkin voodoo <br />we do carry spears like the zulu's <br />so watch your mouth boy i aint dead <br />fo' the city gon turn red, blood will shed <br />so before you speak boy watch your tone <br />fo' my chrome gon turn you to a statue of stone (I AINT DEAD!) <br /> <br />streets prounounce me dead x6 <br />i tell em im alive but rumor says im dead <br />the reserruction of the dead...i could never get <br />and if i ever die, all i do is ride <br /> <br />they all got shocked when i rose from the coffin <br />dust my self off then headed out to new jerusalem <br />destroyed and rebuilt <br />my voice sound like silk <br />audio tune like milk <br />i used to shop lift with no guilt <br />and christimas time toy guns the size of elves <br />i seen the ra-ta-ta-ta turn into the real shells <br />yup killa you press ya luck <br />went to sleep in the pond, woke up with the ducks <br />and this ain't gangsta talk, i don't talk the talk <br />i suggest you walk or get outlined in chalk <br />and you ain't from the street <br />but yet you walk the streets, you a C.O.P. a cop walkin the beat <br />but the rule on the streets they could turn on you <br />like a pitbull after givin him food <br />or the girl that you bought all the cars and the jewels <br />only to find out on memorial dey fuckin in the swimmin pool (I AINT DEAD!) <br /> <br />streets prounounce me dead x6 <br />i tell em im alive but rumor says im dead <br />the reserruction of the dead...i could never get <br />and if i ever die, all i do is ride <br /> <br />yea <br />warriors music <br />drama <br />from the hut, to the projects, to the mansions <br />so yall know you ya'll aint got no excuses <br /> <br />I'M ALIVEEEE <br /> <br />Wyclef AKA Toussaint St. Jean<br /><br />