So when you're dead you get respect; is that what you think?
You know what's going to happen when you die? You're going to rot in the grounds and people are going to continue living. They're going to forget about you and when you rot, do you think it's going to matter whether you were an original gangster? You're dead and no one is going to remember you.
Death is an equalizer, it equalizes the rich and the poor, the righteous and the sinner, the young and old, the claim blessed and the claim unblessed. No matter who you are, we are all ending at the grave. Your grave may look nicer than mine but we're all in the ground. There's no one that will be buried in the sky so death is an equalizer. When people think they're better than you and they die before you, then you will realize that death is an equalizer and climax to life.
In your budget for living don't forget to add death.