Only Fear

They already plannin' my funeral... Pickin' out the casket, buyin' the wreaths. Fools. You think you can kill an idea? The flesh is just a vessel, man. Listen close while I'm still in this form. While this spirit is trapped in this cage. 'Cause when I leave... I'ma be terrifying. Makaveli the Don. Let's ride. I stare in the mirror, eyes of a tired soldier, In this world of illusions, I ain't seekin' peace, I'm gettin' colder. Every day is my last, every breath is a war, Shadows dancin' with my destiny right behind my door. You think I'm scared of a bullet to the dome? Nah, brother. I'm scared I won't make it back home to pass on the truth. Scared my scream gon' drown in your superficial noise, That you sold your souls for these concrete toys. Death walks beside me, I feel her chilly breath, But I won't drop my gaze, I won't take a step back to the left. You cling to the cash, the fame, the glamorous life, I see right through this fake, rotten, glamorous strife. We all gon' die, man. The king and the bum, But the question is whose name lives on when the reaper has come. I choose the fire. I choose the path with no lies, If I'm gone tomorrow... just whisper my name to the skies... My only fear of death is dyin' before I speak! But ain't no crown they put on me gon' make me weak! They shoot the flesh, but they can't touch the soul, I broke out the matrix, I took back control! Only fear of death... but I stare her in the eye! While there's blood in my veins, I'ma scream till I die! You can't kill me, you just set the beast free, I'm Makaveli, brother. I'm in you. Just believe! You dug me a grave, but you dug it for the wrong one, I faked my death, I'm the real revenge, I'm the chosen son. Reincarnation ain't a myth, it's the code, it's the matrix, I'll return in every youngin' who refuses the basics. You thought you killed the prophet? Man, that's a joke, Prophets don't die, they become immortal in the smoke. I'll be in the wind that blows your masks away, I'll be the truth that makes your fairytales decay. My mind is a weapon, sharper than a blade, I see your angels, but they got fangs in the shade. They whisper in your ears, they drive you insane, But my spirit ain't bound by time, or the dark, or the pain. I'm leavin' you a map, I'm leavin' you a key, To this cage, to these chains, to this misery. Don't fear the grave. Fear livin' like you already dead, Fear wakin' up and realizin' you're just a pawn in their head. My only fear of death is dyin' before I speak! But ain't no crown they put on me gon' make me weak! They shoot the flesh, but they can't touch the soul, I broke out the matrix, I took back control! Only fear of death... but I stare her in the eye! While there's blood in my veins, I'ma scream till I die! You can't kill me, you just set the beast free, I'm Makaveli, brother. I'm in you. Just believe! Judgment day is near, and I see all your sins! You betrayed your brothers just to see who wins! But when I return, and I will, that's a promise, You can't hide in your golden towers from the bomb that's... In my rhymes, in my schemes, all your plans is dust! I'll be the nightmare in your dreams that you can't trust. I ain't no saint, I'm a sinner, got blood on my hands, But my conscience is clean when it comes to the streets and the land. I'm dyin' right now, just to survive in the flame, Write these words down! This is my last claim! My spirit gon' sing even when my voice is gone, Fear of death is an illusion for the weak minds, dawn... To the light. To the streets. To the ones in the dirt, I'm dyin' right now so my legacy won't hurt. Face your own fear. Look the darkness in the face, And smile. 'Cause we immortal. We runnin' this race. Yeah. They think it's over. It's over for them. For me? It's just a change of scenery. Don't cry for me. Load your clips. Study my words. They tried to bury me, but they didn't know I was a seed. Don Killuminati. The 7 Day Theory. I'm waitin' for you. On the other side... or you comin' to me. Your choice.