Immortal Technique - Toast To The Dead Lyrics
[Chorus]Rest in PeaceHere’s another warriors song, rep this life to the fullestMotha*****a, say yo’ prayers!For brothers who died from black-on-black violenceRest in PeaceYou ain’t payin’ respect when you’ ‘spose toRep this life to the fullestRest in PeaceThis ain’t for y’all, this’ a toast to themRest in Peace[Immortal Technique - Verse 1]Here’s a toast to the deadIf you don’t drink, smoke to the headFor the freedom fighters killed by the fedsFor those who died hard in the streets soaking in redAnd died slow asleep in a dream choking in bedHere’s a toast to the dead for my enemies that are goneI’m not a coward so, celebrating that would be wrongI pray to God that your soul will come back againSo I can see you in the next life and finish it thenA toast to the dead for criminals, burning in hellI wonder how many presidents are burning as wellEmperors, Popes, Senators, GeneralsAmputees feelin’ unlucky until they see the vegetablesA toast to the dead for those who I’ve forgottenWritten out of the history by the corrupted and rottenBlack saints whitewashed during La ReconquistaThousands of Indios Spaniards used to conquer the IncasF-ck a moment of silence! I need a moment of violence!Like the nineteenth century Caribbean IslandsLong live those who came before, that paved the way for meThe warriors and scientists that came before slaveryAnd if that last lyric was predictableTake your clairvoyance and apply it to your life in the physicalPresumptuous half-hearted homunculusSelf-destruction is the power without knowing what the function is[Chorus]Rest in PeaceHere’s another warriors song, rep this life to the fullestRest in PeaceMotha*****a, say yo’ prayers!For brothers who died from black-on-black violenceRest in PeaceYou ain’t payin’ respect when you’ ‘spose toRep this life to the fullestRest in PeaceThis ain’t for y’all, this’ a toast to themRest in Peace[Immortal Technique - Verse 2]Here’s a toast to the dead, for all of my famI will never let an idea die with a manMy rhymes are like Nazca lines designed to give a view-of-thisJ.Dilla’s still alive as long as his music isA toast to the dead for rap legends and pioneersYour legacy won’t be forsaken as long as I am hereKnowledge of the past and, wisdom of the presentI’ll teach and leave in the hands of a worthy lieutenantA toast to the dead, for children with cancer and aidsA cure exists and you probably, could have been savedSad to see, medicine divorce moralityCorporate homewreckers, pimpin’ up a salaryA toast to the dead, for those that’ve died todayThe victims and those exonerated by DNAThe only thing worse than giving freedom to the guiltyIs killing the innocent, and leavin’ your soul filthyImmortal Technique, remember me when I’m goneI encrypted my lyrics to stay alive in a songSo you’ll always keep a piece, of my spirit insideWhen you struggle to complete what I started before I diedBut some of you, won’t survive the changes the earth makesSwallowed by tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakesAnd that’s just the first stage of ‘you-can-not-reverse-ways’And realise that we are one, regardless of our birthplaceHere’s another warriors song, rep this life to the fullestRest in PeaceMotha*****a, say yo’ prayers!For brothers who died from black-on-black violenceRest in PeaceYou ain’t payin’ respect when you’ ‘spose toRep this life to the fullestRest in PeaceThis ain’t for y’all, this’ a toast to themRest in Peace
