Artist: Immortal Technique Album: The Martyr Song: Toast to the Dead Typed by: OHHLA Webmaster DJ Flash [cut and scratched Intro/Chorus] "Rest in peace..." - Primo "Here's another warrior song" "rep this life to the fullest" - Nas "Rest in peace..." - Primo "Motherfucker say your prayers" - Biggie "From brothers who died, from black on black violence" - Nas "Rest in peace..." - Primo "You ain't payin respect, then you supposed to" - Jadakiss "Rep this life to the fullest" - Nas "Rest in peace..." - Primo "This ain't for y'all, this a toast to them" - Jadakiss "Roc Raida, uhh" "Rest in peace..." [Immortal Technique] Here's a toast to the dead; if you don't drink, smoke to the head For the freedom fighters killed by the Feds For those who died hard in the streets, soakin in red And died slow asleep in a dream, chokin in bed Here's a toast to the dead, for my enemies that have gone I'm not a coward, so, celebrating that would be wrong I pray to God that your soul'll come back again So I can see you in the next life and finish it then A toast to the dead, for criminals, burning in hell I wonder how many Presidents are burning as well Emperors, popes, senators, generals Amputees feelin lucky until they see the vegetables A toast to the dead, for those who are forgotten Written out of the history by the corrupted and rotten Black saints whitewashed during La Reconquista Thousands of Indio-Spaniards used to conquer the Incas Fuck a moment of silence, I need a moment of violence like the nineteenth-century Caribbean Islands Long love those who came before, that paved the way for me The warriors and scientists that came before slavery And if that last lyric was predictable, well take that clairvoyance and apply it to life in the physical Presumptuous, half-hearted homunculus Self-destruction is the power, without knowin what the function is [Chorus] [Immortal Technique] Here's a toast to the dead, for all of my fam I will never let an idea die with a man My rhymes are like Nazca lines, designed to give a view of this J Dilla's still alive as long as his music is A toast to the dead, for rap legends and pioneers Your legacy, won't be forsaken as long as I am here Knowledge of the past and, wisdom of the present I'll teach and leave in the hands of a worthy lieutenant A toast to the dead, for children with cancer and AIDS A cure exists and you probably coulda been saved Sad to see medicine divorce morality Corporate home-wreckers pimpin up a salary A toast to the dead, for those, that'll die today For victims of those exonerated by DNA The only thing worse than giving freedom to the guilty is killing the innocent and leaving your soul filthy Immortal Technique, remember me when I'm gone I encrypted my lyrics to stay alive in the song So you'll always keep a piece, of my spirit inside when you struggle to complete what I started before I died But some of you won't survive the changes the Earth makes Swallowed by tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes And that's just the first stage if you cannot reverse ways and realize that we are one, regardless of our birthplace [Chorus] [Immortal Technique] My last toast to the dead is for the listener Human being or extraterrestrial visitor Remember us for more than our primitive ways when you study us long after the end of our days...