Hey, wooo, ooh Hey, yeah, ooh now If I had one wish, that wish would be clear That I would not have to go, that I could stay here And although it hurts me to leave you all alone Just know I'll come back to you, for now I am gone For now I am gone, for now I am gone (Gone) For now I am gone, for now I am, gone (For now I am gone) For now I am gone, for now I am gone (Gone) For now I am gone, for now I am gone (For now I am gone) When I'm dead and gone don't even worry Don't mourn me too long, death'll get you discouraged Keepin' your vision blurry, prison and mentally hurtin' I know it for certain if I'm really restin' in heaven No need for you to fear, don't cry 'Cause death won't forever have a grip on our lives So I'ma be comin', be ready for the next shine 'Cause I'm a believer that I'll see a resurrection Don't believe that I'll burn in hell I study the scriptures and they learn me well No trippin', no drippin', no purgatory I dwell I sleep, I rest in piece 'til I prevail It's just a temporary lay down, I won't forever stay down So keep me in your memory, don't let me fade out I'll probably never see you at the crossroads Guess I was wrong, I'm gone, gone, long gone If I had one wish, that wish would be clear That I would not have to go, that I could stay here And although it hurts me to leave you all alone Just know I'll come back to you, for now I am gone We hit the road back in 1993 Had a vision like a prophet, the project was go see The logic was so deep, I come back and do a lotta good I heard the callin' so I headed out to Hollywood One way tickets, my niggaz and no fear Some said that we was trippin, the mission was so clear Don't wanna go there, the money was over there I still love ya 9-9, I miss ya St. Clair Yeah, now I'm movin on a roller coaster Just ridin', tryin' to be Jehovah's soldier And I'm grindin', tryin' to make it better for ya So for now I best be gone, be gone I made a vow to change the world somehow I'ma impact it and see it in this lifetime On the dark road to bring back the sunshine But for now I'm gone, I gotta go get it If I had one wish, that wish would be clear That I would not have to go, that I could stay here And although it hurts me to leave you all alone Just know I'll come back to you, for now I am gone If it's out there to get, then I'ma go and get it Get it 'til I got nothin' left, chasin' better livin' It's a 'tinuous mission so I'm steady movin' And I gotta get it in, never settle for losin' I'm a thug true, add to or get out the way You could settle for less but I need more on my plate Eatin' good, family good Okay 'til that day I'ma get up and move, move Show my babies how the thug do, ooh I'ma play it like it's my last game If it's due better give it up right away 'Cause a thug nigga's gonna bring pressure See me fucked up, starvin' nigga, never And as long as niggaz out here gettin' paid Back to my old ways, who they gonna run and tell, huh? It's a street thang, c'mon If I had one wish, that wish would be clear That I would not have to go, that I could stay here And although it hurts me to leave you all alone Just know I'll come back to you, for now I am gone Yeah, we ready, back up in 'em with nothin' but the harmony rhythm Hard hittin' flows all we give 'em Flows that spit venom, no cop, there goes the end of 'em Ever since the beginnin' we winnin' it Get a glimpse of legends standin' on deck 'Til we come we'll be here holdin' down the set Keep on wonderin' what the Bone 'bout to do next Still they humble and the hungriest, God bless The fan fam flex all across the U.S. Overseas and Tel Aviv and back west You know we go the hardest, no need to say We better than the rest, it's obvious more or less Came down off my high from the wet When I had to do a stretch, I signed so I cashed the check Had me caught up in a game, insane, my head blown What's goin' on 'cause ain't nobody home If I had one wish, that wish would be clear That I would not have to go, that I could stay here And although it hurts me to leave you all alone Just know I'll come back for you, for now I am gone For now I am gone, for now I am gone (Gone) For now I am gone, for now I am, gone (For now I am gone) For now I am gone, for now I am gone (Gone) For now I am gone, for now I am gone (For now I am gone) Gone, I'm gone, I'm gone, I'm gone I'm so gone, ooh yeah, I'm so gone