Better Off Dead was Ice D’s second official single, releasing more than a year after his first, Shopping Spree. The new single introduces Ice D’s start in the UK rap scene, leaving his old American rap/hip-hop behind. However, he has managed to adapt very quickly to UK rap, even doing a show in Camd...
(Have you ever heard a sad song on a drill beat)
(Yeah)
(Ice D)
(Yeah Uh Yeah Yeah)
I don’t like drama
So I walk off on my own
Get lit on my ones instead
I don’t like hope
‘Cah every time that I’ve got it
I get my hopes up again
I don’t like love
It gets too much when it’s fake
And I feel like I’m better off dead
I don’t like beef
The chance too high you’ll die
Don’t wanna see the pavement red
I don’t like trust
I still hold a blade by my side
When I’m walking through my own ends
Remember days
I bunked off school
Ring the plug just to go cop me a benz
Don’t know who’s real
Don’t know who’s fake
I might take a pill
Forget bout the days
Don’t follow the herd
I go my own way
I stick to my word
I promise I’ll stay
I promise I won’t give up
I promise I’ll make it far
I make all these promises
But I can’t promise I’ll even start
To do what I told you I would
‘Cah my life isn’t made for the hood
And I never got used to the bando settings
'Cos I don’t feel like I could
Sometimes I don’t feel like a man
Wanna act like the biggest fan
When the cops pulled no I never ran
Cos I always knew I’ll end up in the can
Can
I can do this
Only that if I never miss
With a forty i got that grip
Tape on the floor
Another gang got rinsed
And it’s sad that it ends like this
All of that cos a man got dissed
Got stabbed and his fam can’t live
‘Cah the pains too much to resist
And there’s too much pain make a list
'Bout the pain I never wished
I don’t wanna feel this pain
So i'm always pissed
It’s never clear like there’s always mist
(No no no no)
I don’t like drama
So I walk off on my own
Get lit on my ones instead
I don’t like hope
‘Cah every time that I’ve got it
I get my hopes up again
I don’t like love
It gets too much when it’s fake
And I feel like I’m better off dead
I don’t like beef
The chance too high you’ll die
Don’t wanna see the pavement red
I don’t like trust
I still hold a blade by my side
When I’m walking through my own ends
Remember days
I bunked off school
Ring the plug just to go cop me a benz
Don’t know who’s real
Don’t know who’s fake
I might take a pill
Forget bout the days
Don’t follow the herd
I go my own way
Stick to my word
I promise I’ll stay
(I promise I’ll stay)
(Yeah yeah)
(Ice D)
(Yeah yeah)
Better Off Dead was written by Dean Callaghan.
Better Off Dead was produced by .
Ice-d released Better Off Dead on Sat Dec 18 2021.