Chorus
This life goes passing you by (yeah)
You born, you live, then you die (yeah)
If life goes passing you by (the cool)
Don’t cry. Chasing the cool

Verse 1
He came back in the same suit that he was buried in
Similar to the one his Grandfather was married in
Yes, he was still fresh to death (bling)
Two earrings a chain laying on his chest
He still had it cause they couldn’t find it
And the bullets from his enemies sat like two inches behind it
Smelled the Hennessey from when his niggas got reminded
And poured out liquor in his memory, he didn’t mind it
But, he couldn’t sip it fast enough
So the liquor was just filling the casket up
Floating down by his feet was the letter from his sister
Second grade handwriting simply read, “I miss ya”
Suit jacket pocket held his baby daughters’ picture
Right next to it, one of his mans stuck a Swisher
He had a notion as he laid there soaking
He saw that the latch was broken, he kicked the casket open
And he…

Chorus
This life goes passing you by (It might go fast if you like)
You born, you live, then you die (You born, you live, then you die)
If life goes passing you by (Don’t cry, stay fly)
Don’t cry. (Stay high, break rules, make moves) Chasing the cool

Not at all nervous as he dug to the service
Tarnished gold chain is what he loosened up the earth with
He used his mouth as a shovel to try and hollow it
And when he couldn’t dirt spit, he swallowed it
Working like a…hmmm reverse archaeologist
Accept, his buried treasure was sunshine
So when some shined through the hole that he had drove
It reflected off the gold and almost mad son blind
He grabbed on to some grass and climbed
Pulled himself up out of his own grave
And looked at the time
On the watch that had stopped 6 months after the shots
That had got him in the box, wringing Henny out his socks
Figured it was hours because he wasn’t older
Used some flowers to brush the dirt up off his shoulders
So, with a right hand that was all bones and no reason to stay
He decided to walk home
So he…

Chorus
This life goes passing you by (It might go fast if you like)
You born, you live, then you die (You born, you live, then you die)
If life goes passing you by (Don’t cry, stay fly)
Don’t cry. (Stay high, break rules, make moves) Chasing the cool

Begged for some change to get him on the train
“Damn that nigga stank,” is what they complained
Tried to light the blunt but it burst into flames
Caught the reflection in the window and what he became
A long look, wasn’t shook wasn’t ashamed
Matter of fact the only thing on his brain was brains
Yeah, and getting back in his lane
Doing his thang, first he had to find something to slang
Next stop was his block, it had the same cops
Walked right past the same spot where he was shot
Shocked that some little niggas tried to sell him rocks
It just felt weird being on the opposite
They figured that he wasn’t from there so they pulled out
And robbed him with the same gun they shot him with
Put it to his head and said, “You scarred, ain’t cha”
He said, “Hustle for death, no heaved for a gangster”

Chorus
This life goes passing you by (It might go fast if you like)
You born, you live, then you die (You born, you live, then you die)
If life goes passing you by (Don’t cry, stay fly)
Don’t cry. (Stay high, break rules, make moves) Chasing the cool

Yeah, ugh, cool
Turn me up