Gone

Album: Late Registration (2005)
Charted: 18
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  • Wished I had told, was the only one (uh-oh)
    But it's too late, it's too late
    She's gone

    You sweat her, and I ain't talkin' 'bout a Coogi
    You a big L, and I ain't talkin 'bout Cool J
    See me at the airport, at least twenty Louis
    Treat me like the Prince and this my sweet brother Numpsay
    Brother Numpsay! Groupies sound too choosy
    Take 'em to the show and talk all through the movies
    Says she want diamonds, I took her to Ruby Tuesdays
    If we up in Friday's, I still have it my way

    Too late, we gone, we strivin' home
    Gone, I ride on chrome
    It's too late

    Y'all don't want no prob' from me
    What you rappers could get is a job from me
    Maybe you could be my intern, and in turn
    I'll show you how I cook up summer, in the winter
    Aaron love the raw dog, when will he learn
    Caught somethin' on the Usher tour he had to "Let it Burn"
    Plus he already got three chil'run
    Arguin' over babysitters like, "Bitch, it's yo' turn!"
    Damn 'Ye, it'd be stupid to ditch you
    Even your superficial raps is super official
    Are-are-are-Roc pastel with Gucci on
    With TV's in the ride, throw a movie on
    Said he couldn't rap now he at the top with doobie long
    Cause the dookie's on any song that they threw me on, gone

    We strivin home, gone
    I ride on chrome
    We strivin' home, gone
    Killa, I ride on chrome

    Knock knock, who's there
    Killa Cam, Killa who
    Killa Cam, hustler, grinder, gorilla true
    Oh my chinchilla blue, blue you ever dealt with a dealer
    Well here's the deal ma we goin' to the dealer
    No concealin', no ceiling I don't need a roof
    Act up, get out, I don't need you poof
    Poof, be gone, damn tough luck dag
    Dag, niggas still doin' puff puff pass
    Pull the truck up fast and I tell 'em
    Hey, back in a touched up Jag, shit
    Y'all niggas want Killa Cam, cerebellum
    An old man just goin' tell 'em (Too late, he, gone)
    Then I see how y'all gonna react when I'm (Gone)
    My last girl want me back then I'm on
    Fine stay, you got the grind hey
    Came back, read what the sign say (Too late, he, gone)
    Yes I know you want to see my demise
    Yeah you church boy actin' like a thief in disguise
    Ain't leavin' my side, see the greed in my eyes
    Ask Abby y'all hustle for a week to the Chi, shit
    And that ain't leavin' alive, please believe me
    Gave Weezy a piece of the pie, and
    You can ask George or Regina
    The whole Westside I explore with the Beemer now

    We strivin' home, I ride on chrome
    Listen homeboy move on
    That's your best bet, why's that
    Cause

    I been pourin' out some liquor for the fact that my pal's gone
    And tryin' to help his momma with the fact that her child gone
    And since we used to bubble like a tub full of Calgon
    Guess it's only right that I should help her from now on
    But since they got a foul on, what coulda' gone wrong
    Now they askin' Cons, how long has this gone on
    And maybe all this money mighta' gone to my head
    Cause they got me thinkin' money mighta' gone to the feds
    So I ain't goin' to the dread, but he'll go on up to bed
    And when I came the next mornin' he was gone with my bread
    And with that bein' said, I had gone on my instincts
    And gone to the spots where they go to get mixed drinks
    But lookin' back now shoulda' gone to the crib
    And rented "Gone With the Wind," cause I'da gone about 10
    But I had gone with my friend, and we had gone to the bar
    And heard a nigga talkin shit so I had gone to the car
    And now the judge is tellin' me that I had gone too far
    And now we gone for 20 years, doin' time behind bars
    And since I gone to a cell for some petty crimes
    I guess I gone to the well one too many times, cause I'm gone

    I'm
    Ahead of my time, sometimes years out
    So the powers that be won't let me get my ideas out
    And that make me want to get my advance out
    And move to Oklahoma and just live at my Aunt's house
    Yeah, I romance the thought of leavin' it all behind
    Kanye step away from the limelight, like, when I was on the grind
    In the "One, Nine, Nine, Nine"
    Before, model chicks was bendin' over or
    Dealerships asked me Benz or Rover, man
    If I could just get one beat on Hova
    We could get up off this cheap-ass sofa
    What the summer of the Chi got to offer an eighteen year old
    Sell drugs or get a job, you gotta play gyro
    My dog worked at Taco Bell, hooked us up plural
    Fired a week later the manager count the churros
    Sometimes I can't believe it when I look up in the mirror
    How we out in Europe, spendin' Euros
    They claim you never know what you got 'til it's gone
    I know I got it, I don't know what y'all on
    I'mma open up a store for aspiring MC's
    Won't sell 'em no dream, but the inspiration is free
    But if they ever flip sides like Anakin
    You'll sell everything includin' the mannequin
    They got a new bitch, now you Jennifer Aniston
    Hold on I'll handle it, don't start panickin', stay calm
    Shorty's at the door 'cause they need more
    Inspiration for they life, they souls, and they songs
    They said sorry Mr. West is gone Writer/s: Cam'ron Giles, Cameron Giles, Chuck Willis, Jon Brion, Kanye Omari West, Kanye West
    Publisher: BROADWAY MUSIC CORPORATION, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., O/B/O DistroKid, Payday Music Publishing, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Third Side Music Inc., TuneCore Inc.
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