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[Hook]
[Hook]
[00:17.95][Verse 1: Joe Budden]
[00:22.32]I remember it like it just happened
[00:25.63]I could've sworn it was a dream
[00:27.84]But in reality it hit me like a nightmare
[00:31.24]Or at least that's how it seemed
[00:33.18]I just got a grip on our relationship
[00:35.43]We was ironing things out, started picking up steam
[00:38.46]And when we didn't need it is when it all got heated
[00:41.00]And we both said some things that we probably didn't mean
[00:44.26]Then God intervened, guess more was at stake
[00:46.64]Thought we left nothing over, He put more on the plate
[00:49.35]She came home from the doctor with news I've been wanting
[00:52.13]Says family was incoming, she's pregnant, twins coming
[00:56.04]But that's gotta be a lie
[00:57.82]She sighed, couldn't stop the tears coming from her eyes
[01:00.52]That birth control she on, for them it's suicide
[01:03.07]As long as it's still inside, two of them wouldn't survive
[01:06.85]Hard turn from memorable to cynical
[01:09.32]Picturing clothes for what would've been identical
[01:12.02]Similar outfits, similar names
[01:14.28]My deceased kids' ultrasound in a frame
[01:17.20]So I'm deprived of my chance to be a better dad
[01:20.60]Staring at my twins that I never had
[01:23.16]I shed a tear, looking up in the sky
[01:25.11]Even though y'all just got here, goodbye
[01:28.86]Goodbye, goodbye, so long, farewell
[01:34.85]But it's not the end of the chapter
[01:39.79]Goodbye, goodbye, so long, farewell
[01:46.06]I'll see you again in the afterlife
[01:49.76][Verse 2: Crooked I]
[01:50.33]My biological sperm donor, didn't wanna be a daddy
[01:53.29]So he hopped in his Caddy and turned corners on us
[01:56.17]Turned on us out the clear blue
[01:58.22]His last memory of his son is seeing me through his rearview
[02:01.48]I still love him yo, but I love his brother more
[02:04.27]My uncle showed me love no one could know
[02:06.59]Young and poor with a tougher road
[02:08.08]To suffer hunger was nothing but Unc' would hold
[02:10.22]Us down, help mo***ift the motherload
[02:12.99]I got grown and
[02:14.18]I used to wonder what it would be like to speak to pops as a grown man
[02:17.29]He provided that feeling, told me to take my career into my own hands
[02:20.97]He was there when I had no fans
[02:23.30]My cellphone rings, and after I answer
[02:26.26]A voice says "Your uncle's been diagnosed with cancer"
[02:29.27]Worst news in my life
[02:30.74]Him and chemo going 12 rounds with a disease and they both losing the fight
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[02:37.19]Praying for a miracle， I don't wanna see my idol die
[02:40.26]Before he did, the look in his eyes
[02:42.48]Said "Even though you just got here, goodbye"
[02:46.02]Goodbye, goodbye, so long, farewell
[02:52.17]But it's not the end of the chapter
[02:57.06]Goodbye, goodbye, so long, farewell
[03:03.21]I'll see you again in the afterlife
[03:08.54]I'll see you again in the afterlife
[03:13.87]Someday in heaven we will reunite
[03:19.53]The flesh disappears but the soul survives
[03:25.04]Till next time, my friend, farewell, goodbye
[03:29.29][Verse 3: Joell Ortiz]
[03:29.65]I walked in your daughter's house, knowing that you gone
[03:32.22]But still looking out the corner of my eye, hoping you on the couch
[03:35.34]That call felt like I was beef that had got shot up
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[03:44.27]I caught the next thing soaring out
[03:46.36]Now I'm in the air, in the midwest somewhere
[03:48.94]They said turbulence was severe, I don't know what they talking bout
[03:51.88]I ain't feel a bump, body numb, mind drifting
[03:54.56]I'm sniffling, asthma acting up, I'm whistling
[03:57.30]I'm wishing my mother's face looked so much different
[03:59.91]I'm kissing my son, my aunt pacing in the kitchen
[04:02.71]My vision blurry, still I saw your face clear
[04:05.31]What a loss, this time I did more than waste beer
[04:08.05]Michelle's strong, she held on, we got all the way there
[04:10.81]Then we walked in, she fell on the floor, this ain't fair
[04:13.70]You was the voice when I considered them thoughts that ain't clear
[04:16.38]Hey granny, I was fifth row at the Grammy's
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[04:25.04]I miss the early morning convos, believe me
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[04:30.32]But you had an all white affair, grandpa's all fly
[04:32.86]Even though you been got there, goodbye
[04:36.33]Goodbye, goodbye, so long, farewell
[04:42.46]But it's not the end of the chapter
[04:47.26]Goodbye, goodbye, so long, farewell
[04:53.37]I'll see you again in the afterlife
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