There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Viper the Rapper (… Read Full Bio ↴There is more than one artist with this name:

1) Viper the Rapper (real name: Lee Carter) was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, and moved to Houston, Texas at the age of 6. He was raised in the Hiram Clarke subdivision of Houston, Texas. He began rapping at age 9 and has been involved with hip-hop for over 2 decades. He produces all of his music. You could have found him grinding, parlayin’ and chilling, balling, or selling crack cocaine. On January 4th, 2024, Viper was arrested for aggravated kidnapping of a woman for 4-5 years, he was released on bond a few days later. At the end of January, his bond was revoked for communicating with the victim. A new charge of violating bond 2 times within 12 months was added and he was sent back to jail. On February 28th, 2024, charges of kidnapping & sexual assault of a different woman were added.

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2) VIPER is one of the pioneers of heavy metal bands in Brazil. Founded in 1985, recorded their first demo, “The Killera Sword”, 2 years later, “Soldiers of Sunrise”.
“Theatre of Fate”was their second album, in 1992 “Evolution” was released. In the next year, “Maniacs in Japan" was released and was recorded live in Japan. Roadrunner Records released their next album, “Coma Rage”, in 1995. To celebrate its 20 years, VIPER released, in September, the DVD “Living for the Night – 20 years of VIPER”, with a special documentary which brings testimonials of all the band members in the band! A history and also video clips and the historic concert in Japan in 1993.
In 2007, 11 years without any new album released, VIPER released“All My Life”.

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3) Viper was a thrash band from Brandenburg, Germany. After the release of Bringers of Disaster, the band changed their name to Screamz for legal reasons.
Also released a demo in 1989 entitled "Rules of Weakness". Not to be confused with the heavy metal/hard rock band Viper from Memmingen.

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4) Viper is no-bullshit, no-fi punk. Members of Aerosols and SQRM.

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5) Viper is a 90's Trance duo composed by Bart Grinaert & Marc Van Campenhout.

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6) Viper is a rapper from Germany, Sachsen-Anhalt.
His rap-partner is Orion.

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7) Viper is a disco-dance band from Poland.

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8) Viper is a power metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina known for their energy filled live shows, killer riffs, 80's metal influences, and all around good heavy fucking metal.

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9) Viper is a primitive French death/thrash metal band that released the demo Choa in 1985.

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10) Viper is a one-off harsh noise project from Macronympha's Joseph Roemer with its only album being "The Torture And Murder Of An Electric Guitar"

If I Die By Hate
Viper Lyrics

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Try to make yourself natural
I want to see you crawling now
Down on your knees I'll crucify you
Nail your hands into a brand new cross
I'm the pain that you always love
I'm the hurt when you wanted more
If I die by hate
Who will forgive me

If I die by hate
Will you forgive me
Bury me burn me alive
Enslave my brain
Blind my eyes it's alright
If you want to see me dying
If you want to see me begging
You will wait for a thousand years
I will fade when you disappear
Build a life so I tear it down
Brick by brick in your own hometown

Fear and hate walking side by side
I'm the dark of your endless night

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Viper's song If I Die By Hate are introspective and intense, revealing the internal struggles of the singer. The song opens with a plea to someone to be natural and vulnerable, but quickly takes a dark turn as the singer threatens to crucify them, nailing their hands to a new cross. The singer proclaims themselves to be the pain and hurt that the other person always craved, but questions what will happen if they die by hate - who will forgive them then?

The chorus repeats the question, "If I die by hate, will you forgive me?" and offers up a list of ways in which the singer is willing to suffer: burial, burning, enslavement of the mind, blindness. They even suggest that the other person wait a thousand years to see them die and beg for forgiveness, indicating a deep-seated desire for punishment and absolution.

The second verse continues the punishing nature of the lyrics, with the singer tearing down the other person's life brick by brick in their own hometown. Fear and hate are said to be walking hand in hand, and the singer claims to be the darkness in their endless night. Overall, the song seems to be a plea for forgiveness and an acknowledgment of the singer's own culpability in their own suffering.

Line by Line Meaning

Try to make yourself natural
Be yourself and don't try to fake anything

I want to see you crawling now
I want to see you humbled and submissive

Down on your knees I'll crucify you
You'll suffer greatly at my hands

Nail your hands into a brand new cross
I'll inflict great pain and suffering upon you

I'm the pain that you always love
You crave the experience of pain and I'll give it to you

I'm the hurt when you wanted more
I'll inflict pain upon you when you ask for it

If I die by hate
If I die as a result of the hatred directed towards me

Who will forgive me
Who will grant me forgiveness for my actions

If I die by hate
If I have brought hate upon myself

Will you forgive me
Will you offer me forgiveness

Bury me burn me alive
Torture me in whatever way you see fit