the return of the hip hop ammadeus   wyclef Toussaint St. Jean drama   streets prounounce me dead x6   i tell em im alive but rumor says im dead   the reserucction of the dead....i could never get   and if i ever die, all i do is ride      the streets prounounce me dead   puttin 2 holes in my head   at the funeral, i had more friends than the grateful dead   haters started talkin sayin i went left   akon took my spot will i am took my vest   started beatin on the coffin cuz i could hear the crowd   but they can't hear me cuz lil' jon's preachin too loud   that's when the bishop said last words for friends and family   then the fans stood up and said y'all forgot the fugees   50 million records sold straight from the basement   how y'all gon tell me wyclef is irrelevant   a rapper stood up and said yup i got amnesia   last time i remember him was gone til novemeber   he said i don't spit no more all i do is sing songs   last time he felt me was when i rhymed with Big Pun   thats ightt get the hate off ya chest   you a rap con artist not a Kanye West (I AINT DEAD!)         streets prounounce me dead x6   i tell em im alive but rumor says im dead   the reserruction of the dead...i could never get   and if i ever die, all i do is ride         i mean the streets say it's been a while since they heard me spit   that i spit so hard my ghostwriter must be cannubis   but far permit, this is how i started   but my battle raps couldn't get me groceries from the super market   so i found another target to aim at   i went from food stamps to the black a mac's   8 track cassettes the cd's the ipod's   bmx bixes the hoopdies the hot rods   and my swag come from nazareth   how you gone say im dead when i rose like lazareth   and this aint mystic i aint talkin voodoo   we do carry spears like the zulu's   so watch your mouth boy i aint dead   fo' the city gon turn red, blood will shed   so before you speak boy watch your tone   fo' my chrome gon turn you to a statue of stone (I AINT DEAD!)      streets prounounce me dead x6   i tell em im alive but rumor says im dead   the reserruction of the dead...i could never get   and if i ever die, all i do is ride      they all got shocked when i rose from the coffin   dust my self off then headed out to new jerusalem   destroyed and rebuilt   my voice sound like silk   audio tune like milk   i used to shop lift with no guilt   and christimas time toy guns the size of elves   i seen the ra-ta-ta-ta turn into the real shells   yup killa you press ya luck   went to sleep in the pond, woke up with the ducks   and this ain't gangsta talk, i don't talk the talk   i suggest you walk or get outlined in chalk   and you ain't from the street   but yet you walk the streets, you a C.O.P. a cop walkin the beat   but the rule on the streets they could turn on you   like a pitbull after givin him food   or the girl that you bought all the cars and the jewels   only to find out on memorial dey fuckin in the swimmin pool (I AINT DEAD!)      streets prounounce me dead x6   i tell em im alive but rumor says im dead   the reserruction of the dead...i could never get   and if i ever die, all i do is ride      yea   warriors music   drama   from the hut, to the projects, to the mansions   so yall know you ya'll aint got no excuses      I'M ALIVEEEE      Wyclef AKA Toussaint St. Jean