[Intro]
We was just playin' the album the other day
I never thought I'd be makin' this song
Shitās crazy, but uh
I donāt even know where to start but
[Verse 1]
When I first met you, all you talked about was Wu-Tang movement
Then I introduced you to this Cocaine Muzik
And every other day you expressed your love for Ray
And your love for 'Ye then we used to debate
'Bout how your partners in the industry thought I still sold yay
We were both geeked up by doin' the deal with Jay
I got my first number one and you was on the run with me
Never want to leave the country if I can't take my gun with me
You weren't with the gangsta shit but yet you still hung with me
Next time I go to Disney, Iāma take your son with me
First we went to London, then we went to Dubai
You was off the Hen, I was smokin', I got too high
Damn, time flies by
[Interlude 1]
Itās like I knew your whole lifetime
We accomplished so much shit, my n***a
We accomplished so much shit
We talked about so much shit
We done so much shit, like
You know me, Iām a stubborn motherfucker
Like, I aināt listen to nobody
Iām just movin' how I'm movin' and like
You were always just the n***a to get through to me
I don even know like, how you was able to do it like
Like with the whole shit about
They were tryna get me to go for years and years
And I aināt give a fuck how my money was, I just
I werenāt movin' like that 'cause
All my n***as convicted felons
I couldnāt get the straps across the motherfuckin' customs
I just canāt move like that bro, you know what I mean?
And I remember like Sylvia Rhone callin' me late at night like
āYou really need to do this for your career, this made it
Be on the biggest record in Europe right nowā
And Iām still like, āFuck itā, you know what I mean like? I wasn't even trippinā
And youāre like, āBro we gotta go, man, we gotta go international, we gottaā
Iām like, āMan look bruh, I aināt fuckin' with it bruhā you know what Iām sayin'?
I called you back that same night like, āWe goin' to Londonā
[Verse 2]
We used to walk inside the office give them people hell
I knew you was loyal when your partner went to jail
You never missed a court date, you stayed on the lawyer
And I know [?] gonna miss you he was really for you
Use to tell me to my face when I was full of shit
I aināt tryin' to win, Iāll do some other shit
I respect you for that more than youāll ever know
I had issues with n***as, you told me, āLet it goā
You helped me realize I was bigger than just a street n***a
Took your advice, got security but I still keep my pistols though, yeah
Took your advice, got security but I still keep the, pistols though
[Interlude 2]
See like, I remember we could go back and back and forward about
Man you get too much money to be like
Ridin' round with all these crazy ass guns and
I understand them young n***as and
I understand yāall come from a certain life
But if you wanna go to that next level like
You gotta act like it
I aināt gon' lie, like that shit just go through one ear and out the other ear
āCause Iām just from that culture homie
Like where I just donāt see nobody protectin' me like me
These young n***as with me gon' die with me but
Like I'ma die with them and this understood so
I just always felt like that's that security, we our own security
[Verse 3]
You told me Iām still a superstar but that n***a crazy
I introduced you to [?], you say heās amazin'
We both done fucked up 'bout Snootie, we had a plan for him
We know he had his little issue but we were prayin' for him
I remember you called me excited, sayin' you had talked to Ye
I can't lie, I was geeked, Iām like, āWhat he say?ā
[Interlude 3]
You was on some shit like, āMy guys, they wanna work with youā
I ain't even gonna front you had told me all the Ye stories and shit
And we had been working together like probably a year and a half now like
I was like, āMan, I donāt really know if you fuck with Ye like thatā
You know what Iām sayin'? Iām just bein' G
And you like, āNo for real, like he wanna work with youā
Iām like āWhen?ā
Youāre like, āTomorrowā
N***a shit was so crazy ācause you know I donāt even like flyin'
Like I would jump on a motherfuckin' Southwest flight
Like n***a sittin' way in the back
Me, I donāt give a fuck n***a like
We was on a first thing smokin' n***a to LA
Weāre gonna work with Kanye
That shit was crazy
We walked into the studio and n***a was eatin' pot pie and chicken and shit
He was just a cool aired n***a like I just
Immediately screamin' and droppin' joint after joint, after joint, after joint
And I aināt give a fuck was it was gon' be on
If it was gon' be on anything, and it was just
I always wanted to work with Ye and you knew it
It was crazy
[Verse 4]
Now I told you I want to sound with Jay and you asked me why
You didn't really feel this shit but you was down to ride
Then we went up to the office you had a different view
And you were rushin' me to sign like the shit was you, crazy
[Interlude 4]
See I always knew [?] was your man and shit ācause you always talked about him
[?]
You remember we sat down in the room with Jay?
And that n***a was just chattin' some real shit to us
We were holdin' out the pose on some G shit though
We say Iām G, you know what Iām sayin'?
We get money too, you feel me?
When we left the office we were like, āDamnā
I mean, n***a was just amazed at like
N***as that grew up together and built an empire together
And I was really motivated by that
That day I told you that was how I wanted me and my brothers to be and me and my n***as to be
And then we went to this little private party, remember that shit?
Jay got to them to pop the Ace in it, that shit spilled all on the table and shit
I remember you pulled me to the side
You were like, āIāve been in the game a long time, this is like the very, very first time I've felt like an artistā
You were tellin' me like you felt like an artist
You were like, āN***a Iāll sign the contract right now if they break that motherfucker outā
[Verse 5]
Damn, if I knew talkin' to you was my last time
The other night it wouldnāt have been about no CM9
I would have let you know I value your participation
I would have thanked you for your patience and your conversations
No you werenāt forced to question God, and you were somewhere better
But we were supposed to get rich and gon' retire together
What happened?
[Outro: Eddie Tate]
I donāt know
How can I go on?
Continue to stay strong
Continue to pray hard
Keep singing your name on
And weāre gonna just [?]
It was many nights like this
When I could call you
And you could pick the phone up
āCause you was my partner
And you was there for number one records
[?]
And I canāt thank you enough