If eternal life appealing to me
I wanna die on tv
I don’t want them to do me how they did to Prince Be
I wanna die on TV
This is the ticket
This is our reason for living
The reason that man created television
If it ain’t on the news then it’s superstition
I wanna die on tv

Hurry!

Put it on, it’s happening right now
Throw the clicker out and keep your voice down
Only had the doctor talk to me so he could tell me if he like the choreography
Go to channel 3
Go to channel 6
Twenty-seven if it’s satellite dish
We got a camera for what’s on my wrist
I wanna die on tv

Death broadcast: that is success
No live stream? Then it’s suspect
Have them bury me with a fat check
If someone retrieve it
Then they get to keep it
Highest rating of the evening, guaranteed
Post mortem golden globe nominee
Selfies with my corpse
Diamonds on the floor
No tears allowed
I ain’t really gone
Comment on my page
Like one of my songs
Free syrup if you wanna die with me
Bring some money, they gon’ auction my kidney
Merch table: bet it’s gonna sell out
Sex tape will be the first one to leave
If you emotional, there is a fee
Apathetic people get in for free

Did I mention that I need to die on TV?
It’s the only rational decision for me
‘Cause when I was breathing no one listened to me
Yeah
When you make your life about a singular thing
Are you dying anytime it isn’t in reach?
Do you numb yourself?
Me too

“Don’t ask no questions, just follow directions!”
This is what modern society stresses
Your life is just as valuable as your death is
Or if you got a necklace
Family fortune and handle it reckless
Do free advertising for a corporation
When your people suffer, they keep masturbating

I wanna die on tv
How else can an artist who carries a message expect it to be in your reach?
If I for some reason would be dead tomorrow then all this music wouldn’t be
A thing of consequence to anybody
It’d be probably buried underneath
All the sponsorships
And the million views
And the algorithms that they said would help
How’s it possible that I’m independent
And I still feel like I’m getting shelved?
Well if that’s the case...