Toast To The Dead Lyrics - The Martyr - Immortal Technique

[Chorus] 

Rest in Peace 

Heres another warriors song, rep this life to the fullest 

Mothafucka, say yo prayers! 

For brothers who died from black-on-black violence 

Rest in Peace 

You aint payin respect when you spose to 

Rep this life to the fullest 

Rest in Peace 

This aint for yall, this a toast to them 

Rest in Peace 

[Immortal Technique - Verse 1] 

Heres a toast to the dead 

If you dont drink, smoke to the head 

For the freedom fighters killed by the feds 

For those who died hard in the streets soaking in red 

And died slow asleep in a dream choking in bed 

Heres a toast to the dead for my enemies that are gone 

Im not a coward so, celebrating that would be wrong 

I pray to God that your soul will 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 unlucky until they see the vegetables 

A toast to the dead for those who Ive forgotten 

Written out of the history by the corrupted and rotten 

Black saints whitewashed during La Reconquista 

Thousands of Indios Spaniards used to conquer the Incas 

F-ck a moment of silence! I need a moment of violence! 

Like the nineteenth century Caribbean Islands 

Long live 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 

Take your clairvoyance and apply it to your life in the physical 

Presumptuous half-hearted homunculus 

Self-destruction is the power without knowing what the function is 

[Chorus] 

Rest in Peace 

Heres another warriors song, rep this life to the fullest 

Rest in Peace 

Mothafucka, say yo prayers! 

For brothers who died from black-on-black violence 

Rest in Peace 

You aint payin respect when you spose to 

Rep this life to the fullest 

Rest in Peace 

This aint for yall, this a toast to them 

Rest in Peace 

[Immortal Technique - Verse 2] 

Heres 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.Dillas still alive as long as his music is 

A toast to the dead for rap legends and pioneers 

Your legacy wont be forsaken as long as I am here 

Knowledge of the past and, wisdom of the present 

Ill 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, could have been saved 

Sad to see, medicine divorce morality 

Corporate homewreckers, pimpin up a salary 

A toast to the dead, for those thatve died today 

The victims and those exonerated by DNA 

The only thing worse than giving freedom to the guilty 

Is killing the innocent, and leavin your soul filthy 

Immortal Technique, remember me when Im gone 

I encrypted my lyrics to stay alive in a song 

So youll always keep a piece, of my spirit inside 

When you struggle to complete what I started before I died 

But some of you, wont survive the changes the earth makes 

Swallowed by tsunamis, hurricanes and earthquakes 

And thats just the first stage of you-can-not-reverse-ways 

And realise that we are one, regardless of our birthplace