When You're Gone

Shout out Dakari

Shout out Ash, shout out Jessie, shout out to Game

It’s like we always do it this time

Just take it to myself like, yeah, uh, uh

Starin’ at a blank canvas

Thinkin’ about what should I write, should I plan this?

Reminiscing 18, a freshman on campus

With dreams so big, nobody understands us

Till they came true, started goin’ bananas

Somewhere along the road, I got us as lost as Atlantis

Been there since Vegas, drinking under cabanas

And medicine for breakups, take the pills life hand us

No sleep, I been up for a couple of days

Can’t nobody talk to him, been stuck in my ways

They say it’s “unsustainable”, but **** it, it pays

Results and results, keep runnin’ them plays

I see the writings on the wall, that shit’s gеtting clear

My new girl says she lovе me, but I don’t even hear her

I can’t even drive a Jag’, that shit is inferior

Only time I see a threat, when I look in the mirror

Yeah, they only love you (Ayy) when you gone

It don’t matter where you goin’, (Uhh) yeah (You know)

But I did it on my own

So I’d rather be alone, yeah (I’d rather be alone, uhh)

They only love you when you’re gone

It don’t matter where you goin’ (Yeah), yeah (Uhh)

But I got it on my own, so I’d rather die alone (Yeah)

Yeah, the greatest gift is knowledge itself

They fail to talk about my journey with mission and wealth

I made it here all by my lonely, no askin’ for help

What if my debut never dropped and got kept up on a shelf

Uh, finna sour a grape slowly

A black leather, slicked back, they want the old G

“Things are happening again”, that’s what they told me

I came home, full circle, not as an OG

Blink my eyes to my surprise, I’m in Tokyo

20,000 in the crowd singing every quote

Blink again and they kickin’ me out of Canada

I swear you wouldn’t have the stomach or the stamina

Yeah, my shoulders carry over 20 tons

Biggie said there’s more problems when the money comes

My songs speak to the greats, hear the one-on-ones

I’mma go out as a legend when it’s said and done

Yeah, they only love you when you gone

It don’t matter where you goin’, (Where you goin’, uhh) yeah

But I did it on my own (On my own)

So I’d rather be alone, yeah (I’d rather be alone, yeah)

They only love you when you’re gone (Yeah)

It don’t matter where you goin’, yeah

But I got it on my own, so I’d rather die alone

Yeah, who put this shit together? I put this shit together

I’mma wear all my chains like some Olympic medals

They think it’s all a game, so I’m thinking winning record

They think it Kurt Cobain, but I’m thinking living legend

I’m straight to the Hall Of Fame, straight from the hallways of the ghetto

It’s **** the world, **** 12, since I was like 10-11

I built the whole ****ing mountain, I started out with a pebble

That money talk, that’s a convo

If you broke then that’s a lecture

I does me, cause only God can judge me

Nigga trust me, only I can trust me

Yeah it’s just me, and the skies above me

But I dug deep, now close your eyes and come see

Will they love me when I’m gone? Will they know me?

Do they love me when I’m home or when I’m O.T.?

I’m here, I don’t know how long before I won’t be

So when I’m gone, how long will they mourn me?

They'll only love you when you gone

It don't matter where you goin', yuh (Matter where you goin')

But I did it on my own

So I'd rather be alone, yeah (Alone, yeah)

Yeah, they only love you when you're gone (Wayne, I appreciate you more than you'll ever understand)

It don't matter where you goin', yeah (You know, you're a real one)

Well I got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone (Uh)

Never finished, tryna search for more

**** a hit, this shit is what I do it for

So these bars will always be apart of me

Right now, I feel like track 2 on Tha Carter III

Uh, like I'm 2008 Nola

This shit is bubblin' and I don't even drink soda

The whole industry was givin' me a cold shoulder

And now my record label needs me to make quota

Uh, this is all facts and every bar is real

In twenty years, pray to God I'm makin' art still

I'm letting everything go like a yard sale

'Cause my songs will beat longer than my heart will, uh