When You’re Gone

[Intro: G-Eazy] Shoutout Dakari Shoutout Ash, shoutout Jessie, shoutout The Game It's like we always do it this time Take it to myself like, yeah, uh, uh [Verse 1: G-Eazy & Lil Wayne] Starin' at a blank canvas Thinkin' about what should I write, should I plan this? Reminiscing 18, freshman on campus With dreams so big, nobody understands us 'Til they came true, started goin' bananas Somewhere along the road, I got us as lost as Atlantis Been there since Vegas, drinking under cabanas And medicine for breakups, take the pills life hand us No sleep, I been up for a couple o' days Can't nobody talk to him, been stuck in my ways They say it's "unsustainable," but fuck it, it pays Results and results, keep runnin' them plays I see the writings on the wall, that shit's getting clear My new girl says she love me, but I don't even hear her I can't even drive a Jag', that shit is inferior Only time I see a threat, when (Yeah) I look in the mirror [Chorus: Lil Wayne & G-Eazy] They'll only love you (Ay) when you gone It don't matter where you goin', (Uh) yuh (You know 'em) But I did it on my own So I'd rather be alone, yeah (I'd rather be alone) Yeah, they only love you when you're gone It don't matter where you goin', yeah Well I got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone (Yeah) [Verse 2: G-Eazy & Lil Wayne] Yeah, the greatest gift is knowledge itself They fail to talk about my journey with mission and wealth I made it here all by my lonely, no askin' for help What if my debut never dropped and got kept up on a shelf Uh, from the soil, grew it slowly All black leather, slicked back, they want the old G "Things are happening again," that's what they told me I came home, full circle, not as an OG Blink my eyes to my surprise, I'm in Tokyo 20,000 in the crowd singing every quote Blink again and they kickin' me outta Canada I swear you wouldn't have the stomach or the stamina Yeah, my shoulders carry over 20 tons Biggie said there's more problems when the money comes My songs speak to the greats, hear the one-on-one I'ma go out as a legend (Yeah) when it's said and done [Chorus: Lil Wayne & G-Eazy] (Wuh) They'll only love you when you gone It don't matter where you goin', (Where you goin', uh) yuh But I did it on my own (On my own) So I'd rather be alone, yeah (I'd rather be alone) Yeah, they only love you when you're gone (Yeah) It don't matter where you goin', yeah Well I got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone [Verse 3: G-Eazy & Lil Wayne] Yeah, they say fortune only favors the bold Stacks so big, I can't get this paper to fold North Oakland, North Pole, we came from the cold Solidify my legacy when my story is told Yeah, spent a ticket on this new Dior Fuck a hit, this shit is what I do it for So these bars will always be apart of me Right now, I feel like track 2 on Tha Carter III Uh, like I'm 2008 Nola This shit is bubblin' and I don't even drink soda The whole industry was givin' me a cold shoulder And now my record label needs me to make quota Uh, this is all facts and every bar is real In twenty years, pray to God I'm makin' art still I'm letting everything go like a yard sale 'Cause my songs will beat longer (Yeah) than my heart will, uh [Chorus: Lil Wayne] They'll only love you when you gone It don't matter where you goin', yuh But I did it on my own So I'd rather be alone, yeah Yeah, they only love you when you're gone It don't matter where you goin', yeah Well I got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone (I'd rather die alone) [Verse 4: Lil Wayne] Who put this shit together? I put this shit together I'ma wear all my chains like some Olympic medals They think it's all a game, so I'm thinking winning record They think it Kurt Cobain, but I'm thinking living legend I'm straight to the Hall of Fame straight from the hallways of the ghetto It's fuck the world, fuck 12, since I was like 10-11 I built the whole fucking mountain, I started out wit a pebble That money talk, that's a convo If you broke then that's a lecture I does me, 'cause only God can judge me Nigga, trust me, only I can trust me Yeah, it's just me, and the skies above me But I dug deep, I told you eyes will come see Will they love me when I'm gone? Will they know me? Do they love me when I'm home or when I'm O.T.? I'm here I don't know how long before I won't be So when I'm gone, how long will they want me? (Yeah) [Chorus: Lil Wayne] They'll only love you when you gone It don't matter where you goin', yuh (Matter where you goin') But I did it on my own So I'd rather be alone, yeah (Alone, yeah) Yeah, they only love you when you're gone It don't matter where you goin', yeah (Don't matter where you goin') Well I got it on my own, so I'd rather die alone (I'd rather die alone) [Outro: Lil Wayne] Yeah Eazy, Eazy Mula Yeah They only love you when you (Only love you when you) (Only love you when you)