When You're Gone
(专辑: These Things Happen Too - 2021)
[G-Eazy:] Shout out Dakari Shout out Ed, shout out Jessie, shout out The
Game It's like we always do at this time Thinking to myself like, yeah, uh [G-Eazy (Lil Wayne):] Staring at a
blank canvas Thinking 'bout what should I
write, should I
plan this? Reminiscing eighteen, a
freshman on campus With dreams so big, nobody understands us 'Til they came true, started going bananas Somewhere along the
road, I
got 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 fuck it, it pays Results and results, keep running them plays I
see the
writing's on the
wall, that shit's getting clear My new girl says she love 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), ayy [Lil Wayne (G-Eazy):] They only love you when you're gone It don't matter where you going (Uh), yeah (You know) But I
did it on my own So I'd rather be alone (I'd rather be alone), yeah They only love you when you're gone It don't matter where you going (Yeah, Uh), yeah Well, I
got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone (Yeah, yeah) [G-Eazy (Lil Wayne):] The
greatest gift is knowledge itself They fail to talk about my journey when mentioning wealth I
made it here all by my lonely, no asking for help What if my debut never dropped and got kept up on a
shelf? Uh, from the
soil, grew it 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, now as an OG Blink my eyes, to my surprise, I'm in Tokyo Twenty thousand in the
crowd singing every quote Blink again and they kicking me outta Canada I
swear you wouldn't have the
stomach or the
stamina Yeah, my shoulders carry over twenty tons Biggie said it's more problems when the
money comes My songs speak to the
greats, yeah the
one-of-ones I'ma go out as a
legend when it's said and done (Yeah) [Lil Wayne (G-Eazy):] They only love you when you're gone It don't matter where you going, (Where you go, uh) yeah But I
did it on my own (On my own) So I'd rather be alone (I'd rather be alone), yeah They only love you when you're gone (Yeah) It don't matter where you going, yeah Well, I
got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone [Lil Wayne:] Who put this shit together? I
put this shit together I'ma wear all my chains like some Olympic medals They think it's all a
game, so I'm thinking winning record They thinking Kurt Cobain, but I'm thinking living legend I'm straight to the
Hall of Fame from the
hallways of the
ghetto It's fuck the
world, fuck 12, since I
was like ten, eleven I
built the
whole fucking 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? (Yeah) [Lil Wayne {G-Eazy}:] They only love you when you gone It don't matter where you going (Matter where you goin'), yeah But I
did it on my own So I'd rather be alone, yeah (Alone, 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 going, yeah {You know, a
hero of mine} Well, I
got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone {Uh} [G-Eazy:] Never finished, tryna search for more Fuck a
hit, this shit is what I
do it for So these bars will always be a
part of me Right now, I
feel like track two on Tha Carter III Uh, like it's 2008 NOLA This shit was bubbling and I
don't even drink soda The
whole industry was giving me a
cold shoulder And now my record label needs me to make quota Yeah, that's all facts and every bar is real Twenty years, pray to God I'm making art still I'm letting everything go like a
yard sale 'Cause these songs'll beat longer than my heart will