


Not that having the odd wild night isn’t okay – I just think there’s a difference between doing it knowing that there may be consequences the following morning, and doing it only because this silly turn of phrase makes it okay. Finally, El-Ps ambitious 2nd solo full-length reissued on vinyl Originally released on the Def Jux label in 2007, the album saw El Producto taming his gritty Company Flow sound into something more dense and cinematic, which would eventually become the blueprint for his Run The Jewels project alongside Killer Mike. I guess my problem with this phrase, whether you tell it to yourself or you say it to another person, is that it disregards self-care and good health in favour of the YOLO life. Way, as long as it doesn’t affect your good time. Telling me to “sleep when I’m dead,” you’re saying you don’t really care either Hours because I can sleep whenever I want, or if I’m the kind of person whoĬan’t sleep in so staying up for one night affects the rest of my week. You don’t know if I’m the kind of person who can handle being up until all Good amount of sleep = feeling healthy and energetic.ĭeprivation because I chose to “sleep when I’m dead” = feeling like the livingĭead and not having the energy to do what I want to do while I’m alive. On my experience, different amounts of sleep in one night can have a major effect Taking part in that necessary survival technique is utterly ridiculous.

Human beings require sleep in order to survive. Poor sleep habits (or just not sleeping) only brings you closer to death. Whole point of the phrase is to encourage people to live while their alive, but I just can’t stand that saying! Here’s why: “You can sleep when you’re dead!” somebody exclaims. I'll Sleep When I'm Dead 2003 R 1 h 43 m IMDb RATING 5.8 /10 8.7K YOUR RATING Rate Play trailer 2:23 3 Videos 38 Photos Crime Drama Mystery A former gangster reenters the criminal underworld after his brother suspiciously commits suicide. Your friends try to convince you to stay. I am bouncing off these walls As I focus on the clock Time stands still, but I cannot I should strap myself in bed I guess I'll sleep when I am dead Talk to myself, lie in the darkness so content As the sun begins to rise, I can barely shut my eyes This crazed, delirious mess laughing at everything I see My sanity is spent, just tell me where. Picture this: You’re out with friends and you’re having fun, but then you check the time and realize how late it is, and you start explaining that you need to go home.
