remember my name

check out, remember my name, said you gunna remember my name, if i'm alive or not, cold or hot, block & guard my spot, said you gonna remember my name, from the start 'til the end, whether i lose or win, family for a friend, said you gunna remember my name, my name, my naaaaammee yeah, said you gunna remember my name, my naaaaaaammmmmmeeeee, listen, i promise to be, nuttin short of a g, never beg for mercy, never seein me flee, got blood on my knife, got cash in my jeans, did dirt in my life, havin nightmares in my dreams, i remember my father, i was watchin him suffer, help me heavenly father, don't let my life get rougher, and you gotta forgive me, i got alcohol in me, even after im dead, niggas will never forgive me, i got homies i love that i lost in the game, in my mind they sayin "make em remember your name", if they love you its cool, give em a reason to hate you, i ain't chasin the fame, said you gunna remember my name, if i'm alive or not, cold or hot, block & guard the spot, said you gonna remember my name, from the start 'til the end, whether i lose or win, family for a friend, said you gunna remember my name, my name, my naaaaammee yeah, said you gunna remember my name, my naaaaaaammmmmmeeeee, listen, imagine a casket, imagine me in it, now take your time, and try to picture this kind of vision, my funeral, my homies dead, my momma cryin, my son is hurt, his daddy gone, now say goodbye, i'm just a memory, baby do you remember me?, gave yall all a good reason just to remember see, now i'm reaching heavenly, i'ma leave a legacy, my niggas gunna swear on my name and pour out hennessey, they gon say i did it all, started out with mixin' crack, look at that before he went to jail he didn't even rap, came home in the street back up at the block again, out of nowhere street nigga killed the rap game, left a mark in the hood, made a mark in the world, went straight from the hood, to the top of the world, you can tell that i'm different; you can see that i lived it, when i'm gone you gunna remember me clearly and vivid, the face of an angel, the heart of a lion, champion spirit, blessed with the will of surviving, you remember the face, you remember the game, when its said and done: said you gon remember my name, if i'm alive or not, cold or hot, block & guard the spot, from the start 'til the end, whether lose or win, family for a friend, said you gunna remember my name, my name, my naaaaammee yeah, said you gunna remember my name, my naaaaaaammmmmmeeeee