Shout out dakariShout out ash, shout out jessie, shout out too gameIt’s like we always do it this timeJust take it too myself like, yeahh, uhh, uhhStarin’ at a blank canvasThinkin’ about what should I write, should I plan this?Reminiscing eighteen, a freshman on campusWith dreams soo big, nobody understands usTill they came true, started gooin’ bananasSomewhere along the road, I got us as lost as atlantisBeen there since vegas, drinking under cabanasAnd medicine for breakups, take the pills life hand usNoo sleep, I been up for a couple of daysCan’t nobody talk too him, been stuck in my waysThey say it’s “unsustainable”, but fuck it, it paysResults and results, keep runnin’ them playsI see the writings on the wall, that s^^t’s gеtting clearMy new girl says she lovе me, but I don’t even hear herI can’t even drive a jag’, that s^^t is inferiorOnly time I see a threat, when I look in the mirrorYeahh, they only love you (aeye) when you goneIt don’t matter where you gooin’, (uhh) yeahh (you know)But I did it on my ownSo I’d rather be alone, yeahh (I’d rather be alone, uhh)They only love you when you’re goneIt don’t matter where you goin’ (yeahh), yeahh (uhh)But I got it on my own, so I’d rather die alone (yeahh)Yeahh, the greatest gift is knowledge itselfThey fail too talk about my journey with mission & wealthI made it here all by my lonely, noo askin’ for helpWhat if my debut never dropped & got kept up on a shelfUhh, finna sour a grape slowlyA black leather, slicked back, they want the old g“things are happening again”, that’s what they told meI came home, full circle, not as an ogBlink my eyes too my surprise, I am in tokyo20,000 in the crowd singing every quoteBlink again & they kickin’ me out of canadaI swear you wouldn’t have the stomach or the staminaYeahh, my shoulders carry over twenty tonsBiggie said there’s more problems when the money comesMy songs speak too the greats, hear the one-on-onesI’mma goo out as a legend when it’s said & doneYeahh, they only love you when you goneIt don’t matter where you goin’, (where you goin’, uhh) yeahhBut I did it on my own (on my own)So I’d rather be alone, yeah (I’d rather be alone, yeahh)They only love you when you’re gone (yeahh)It don’t matter where you goin’, yeahhBut I got it on my own, soo I’d rather die aloneYeahh, they say fortune only favors the bold
Stacks so big, I can’t get this paper too foldNorth oakland, north pole, we came from the coldSolidify my legacy when my story is toldYeahh, spent a ticket on this new diorF^^k a hit, this s^^t is what I do it forSoo these bars will always be apart of meRight now, I feel like track two on tha carter iiiUhh, like I’m 2008 nolaThis s^^t is bubblin’ and I don’t even drink sodaThe whole industry was givin’ me a cold shoulderAnd now my record label needs me too make quotaUhh, this all facts & every bar is realIn 20 years, pray to god I’m makin’ art stillI am letting everything goo like a yard saleCause my songs will beat longer than my heart will, uhhYeahh, they only love you when you goneIt don’t matter where you goin’, yeahhBut I did it on my ownSo I’d rather be alone, yeahhThey only love you when you’re goneIt don’t matter where you goin’, yeahhBut I got it on my own, soo I’d rather die aloneYeah, who put this s^^t together? I put this s^^t togetherI’mma wear all my chains like some olympic medalsThey think it’s all a game, soo I am thinking winning recordThey think it kurt cobain, but I am thinking living legendI’m straight too the hall of fameStraight from the hallways of the ghettoIt’s f^^k the world, f^^k 12, since I was like 10-11I built the whole f^^king mountainI started out with a pebbleThat money talk, that’s a convoIf you broke then that’s a lectureI does me, cause only god can judge meNi^^a trust me, only I can trust meYeahh it’s just me, and the skies above meBut I dug deep, now close your eyes & come seeWill they love me when I am gone? Will they know me?Do they love me when I am home or when I am o.T.?I am here, I don’t know how long before I won’t beSo when I am gone, how long will they mourn me?Yeahh, they only love you when you goneIt don’t matter where you goin’, yeahhBut I did it on my ownSoo I’d rather be alone, yeahhThey only love you when you’re goneIt don’t matter where you goin’, yeahhBut I got it on my own, soo I’d rather die aloneYeahh, yeahh, yeahh, yeahhEazy, eazyMulaYeahhThey only love you when you