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“Life After Death” is track #1 from NATAS' 1992 debut album of the same name.
It is a prime example of Esham’s early production style that uses several lyrical samples from other artists including: “Let’s Go Crazy” by Prince, “Paul Revere” and “Rhymin' And Stealin'” both by The Beastie Boys. Addit...
[INTRO: SAMPLES]
"Life"
"Dearly beloved"
"You got 2 choices of what you can do"
"Dearly beloved"
[VERSE 1]
(Esham)
Life After Death
Which one do you choose
(TNT)
From my point of view
Ain't got shit to lose
(Mastamind)
Life ain't shit but a state of mind
I hear voices in my head
That keep telling me I'm dead
(Esham)
I sing the blues until my tongue gets black
I breathe my last breath on a funky track
(TNT)
So you say we all are evil
We all are the same
I roll with a gang
And NATAS is the name
I say my slang ain't no shame to my game
Life After Death
I feel no pain
(Mastamind)
I pimp strut around in Limbo
I got Hellish rhymes on my mind
So I let them flow
(Esham)
I shot those suckers and I'll shoot the rest
I'm down with NATAS and the Life After Death
To the beat, to the beat
To the funk and the freak that I kick
Suck my dick, suck my fucking dick
(TNT)
Life After Death
It really makes you wonder
Niggas feel the blast from the shotgun thunder
(Mastamind)
Catch me if you can
Understand if you can
Life After Death
The tales of a madman
It's a mystery
What's next, what's next
Take a guess
Is there Life After Death
[SAMPLES]
"I think you know what time it is, it's time to get ill"
"He put the gun to my head and this is what he said"
"I think you know what time it is, it's time to get ill"
"And I shot those suckers and I'll shoot the rest"
[VERSE 2]
(Esham)
The preacher told me I shouldn't say
We're all gonna die on Judgement Day
The preacher told a lie that's why I don't pray
God bless the child to the rhythm that I play
(TNT)
Dead on arrival
No time for no survival
I'm lookin at the signs
And they all are reading vital
I think I'm suicidal
Because of my recital
Some call me psycho
They label it my title
(Mastamind)
Natas is down to do the do with whoever
My voodoo is clever
Can you fuck with it? Never
Anybody in the path of the road that I travel
Is yearning for a battle
(Esham)
Life After Death
When you die then you're dead
Headed for the afterlife
Hole in your head
The Symptoms of Insanity's got me on the ledge
Don't push me cause I'm close to the edge
(TNT)
Two to the head
They label me as dead
I'm better off dead
I'm already dead
(Mastamind)
You've never heard a dead man Rock It Deadly
I keep asking myself
Is the world ready?
(Esham)
I get rough like a nap in a niggas head
I'll chop off your head
And then I'll fill it full of lead
(TNT)
This shit gets your ass like a shotgun to the chest
So close your eyes and breathe your last breath
No other alternative
So tell me what's left
So you can find out first hand
Is there Life After Death
[SAMPLES]
"Get ready cause this ain't funny"
"Get ready cause this ain't funny"
"Get ready cause this ain't funny"
"Get ready cause this ain't funny"
[VERSE 3]
(TNT)
NATAS is the crew
The year is '92
I thought you know you knew
I thought you said you knew
(Mastamaind)
Like this, like that
It's like this 'round the clock
Acid Rap spiced with a little bit of Rock & Roll
Rocking your soul
From life to death
Back from Hell to yell and tell my tale
(Esham)
So you can tell the preacher
That a nigga's out to teach ya
Not a creature feature
But I'm still out to reach ya
(TNT)
It's me TNT
The Black Devil
And Masta-M-I-N-D
And we ain't friendly
I'll let you all see what I can see
Life After Death
And death's after me
(Mastamind)
I was born to die but I'm born again
I sport the wicked grin cause I was born in sin
(Esham)
I'm not a Bapist or a Buddha or a monk
Just a funky nigga
With the Shaolin funk
So if I spill my guts upside a bloody cross
My hands all bloody inside the bloody sauce
So tell me what's next
God knows my name
I feel no pain
So is there Life After Death?
[OUTRO: SAMPLES]
"Die Nigga"
"Flatline"
"Life After Death"
"Flatline"
"Die Nigga"
"I just don't want to go to Hell"
"Flatline"
"Die Nigga"
"Life After Death"
"Flatline"
"Die Nigga"
"Flatline"
"Black funky devil"
"NATAS, Life After Death" (repeats)
Life After Death was written by Mastamind & TNT (NATAS) & Esham.
Life After Death was produced by Esham.
NATAS released Life After Death on Sun Feb 16 1992.