When You're Gone (feat. Lil Wayne)

[00:02.33] Shout out Dakari
[00:03.76] Shout out Ed, shout out Jessie, shout out The Game
[00:07.76] It's like we always do at this time
[00:10.71] Thinkin' to myself like, yeah, uh
[00:14.29] Starin' at a blank canvas
[00:15.83] Thinkin' 'bout what should I write, should I plan this?
[00:18.62] Reminiscin' 18, a freshman on campus
[00:21.07] With dreams so big, nobody understands us
[00:23.72] 'Til they came true, started goin' bananas
[00:26.23] Somewhere along the road, I got as lost as Atlantis
[00:29.04] Been there since Vegas, drinkin' under cabanas
[00:31.63] And medicine for breakups, take the pills life hand us
[00:34.70] No sleep, I been up for a couple of days
[00:37.39] Can't nobody talk to him, been stuck in my ways
[00:39.79] They say it's unsustainable, but fuck it, it pays
[00:42.76] Results and results, keep runnin' them plays
[00:45.16] I see the writing's on the wall, that shit's gettin' clear
[00:47.63] My new girl says she love me, but I don't even hear her
[00:50.34] I can't even drive a Jag', that shit is inferior
[00:53.04] Only time I see a threat, when I look in the mirror (yeah), ayy
[00:55.22] They only love you when you're gone
[00:57.17] It don't matter where you goin' (uh), yeah (you know)
[01:00.68] But I did it on my own
[01:02.30] So I'd rather be alone (I'd rather be alone), yeah
[01:05.34] They only love you when you're gone
[01:07.50] It don't matter where you goin' (yeah, uh), yeah
[01:10.77] Well, I got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone (yeah)
[01:16.16] Yeah, the greatest gift is knowledge itself
[01:19.47] They fail to talk about my journey when mentionin' wealth
[01:21.87] I made it here all by my lonely, no askin' for help
[01:24.53] What if my debut never dropped and got kept up on a shelf?
[01:27.30] Uh, from the soil, grew it slowly
[01:29.73] A black leather, slicked back, they want the old G
[01:32.40] "Things are happenin' again", that's what they told me
[01:34.92] I came home, full circle, now as an OG
[01:37.63] Blink my eyes, to my surprise, I'm in Tokyo
[01:40.44] 20 thousand in the crowd singin' every quote
[01:43.04] Blink again and they kickin' me outta Canada
[01:45.61] I swear you wouldn't have the stomach or the stamina
[01:48.36] Yeah, my shoulders carry over 20 tons
[01:51.38] Biggie said, "It's more problems when the money comes"
[01:53.76] My songs speak to the greats, yeah, the one-of-ones
[01:56.59] I'ma go out as a legend when it's said and done (yeah)
[01:58.27] They only love you when you're gone
[02:00.55] It don't matter where you goin' (where you go, uh), yeah
[02:03.68] But I did it on my own (on my own)
[02:05.74] So I'd rather be alone (I'd rather be alone), yeah
[02:08.72] They only love you when you're gone (yeah)
[02:10.92] It don't matter where you goin', yeah
[02:14.08] Well, I got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone
[02:19.18] Yeah, who put this shit together? I put this shit together
[02:22.74] I'ma wear all my chains like some Olympic medals
[02:25.47] They think it's all a game, so I'm thinkin' winnin' record
[02:27.85] They thinkin' Kurt Cobain, but I'm thinkin' livin' legend
[02:30.24] I'm straight to the Hall of Fame from the hallways of the ghetto
[02:32.70] It's "fuck the world, fuck 12", since I was like 10, 11
[02:35.46] I built the whole fuckin' mountain, I started out with a pebble
[02:38.31] That money talk, that's a convo', if you broke then that's a lecture
[02:40.78] I does me, 'cause only God can judge me
[02:43.43] Nigga, trust me, only I can trust me
[02:45.98] Yeah, it's just me and the skies above me
[02:48.61] But I dug deep, now close your eyes and come see
[02:51.14] Will they love me when I'm gone? Will they know me?
[02:53.82] Do they love me when I'm home, or when I'm O.T.?
[02:56.61] I'm here, I don't know how long before I won't be
[02:59.16] So when I'm gone, how long will they mourn me? (Yeah)
[03:01.66] They only love you when you gone
[03:03.85] It don't matter where you goin' (matter where you goin'), yeah
[03:07.11] But I did it on my own (did it on my own)
[03:08.97] So I'd rather be alone, yeah (alone, yeah)
[03:12.12] They only love you when you're gone
[03:14.19] (Wayne, I appreciate you more than you'll ever understand)
[03:15.83] It don't matter where you goin', yeah (you know)
[03:17.52] Well, I got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone (a hero of mine)
[03:22.87] Yeah, uh, never finished, tryna search for more
[03:25.79] Fuck a hit, this shit is what I do it for
[03:28.40] So these bars will always be a part of me
[03:31.41] Right now, I feel like track two on Tha Carter III
[03:33.92] Uh, like it's 2008 NOLA
[03:36.42] This shit was bubblin' and I don't even drink soda
[03:38.90] The whole industry was givin' me a cold shoulder
[03:41.69] And now my record label needs me to make quota
[03:44.46] Yeah, that's all facts and every bar is real
[03:47.36] 20 years, pray to God I'm makin' art still
[03:49.74] I'm lettin' everythin' go like a yard sale
[03:52.21] 'Cause these songs'll beat longer than my heart will
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