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PERFORMING ARTISTS
A$AP Ferg
A$AP Ferg
Vocals
Sam Barsh
Sam Barsh
Keyboards
Danny Keyz
Danny Keyz
Keyboards
James Alsanders
James Alsanders
Drums
Daniel Seeff
Daniel Seeff
Drums
N Grier
N Grier
Background Vocals
Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman
Jeff "Gitty" Gitelman
Guitar
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Darold Brown
Darold Brown
Songwriter
Sam Barsh
Sam Barsh
Songwriter
Khalil Abdul‐Rahman
Songwriter
Michael Volpe
Michael Volpe
Songwriter
Daniel Tannenbaum
Daniel Tannenbaum
Songwriter
Daniel Seeff
Daniel Seeff
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Clams Casino
Clams Casino
Producer
DJ Khalil
DJ Khalil
Producer
Dave Kutch
Dave Kutch
Mastering Engineer
Steve D.
Steve D.
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
If I die before I wake, at least I lived life my way
Hope that you remember me, came up fast, bittersweet
Please prepare me mentally, 'fore you take my soul and empty me
[Verse 2]
Now that you're no longer a lord that's trapped
You have graduated to the Hood Pope
You have made it to represent your people (Show them another way)
Be the voice of the people who couldn't make it out the hood
[Verse 3]
Make sure my family good, my ma still in the hood
I ain't rich like they think 'cause I copped me one mink
They think I got me a house with a big couch and a gold sink
With a model bitch with a gold ring, big ass fish in a fish tank
Haha! You laughin', just put me in my casket
I ain't even into nagging, is what it is, I'm passin'
[Verse 4]
And though times is hard now, your success awaits them
I'm no different, we all the same
Ferg made it out? Well, I can play that game
You're not exempt from the growing chain
You're just a kid who's afraid to change
Yet a trapped lord I will remain
[Verse 5]
Hood Pope, I'ma teach these confused folks how to maneuver
Through folks and attention, get you choked, you know
Slim model girls sniffin' the coke, fiend on the block slick in the door
I wanna help, I don’t know, tell me the antidote
How you hood and a pope? Conscious thinking, ghetto though
I'll teach you how to build a grow tree, life like a bike and pedal slow
[Verse 6]
Now you're the voice of the guys on the corners
And the kids who have no direction, guide them
Through the trials and the tribulations
Teach them the world can be accumulated with patience
[Verse 7]
If I die before I wake, at least I lived life my way
Hope that you remember me, came up fast, bittersweet
Please prepare me mentally, 'fore you take my soul and empty me
Written by: Daniel Seeff, Daniel Tannenbaum, Darold Brown, Khalil Abdul‐Rahman, Michael Volpe, Sam Barsh
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