when it's my time - I wanna say in life with gratitude
in my mind that I had quite a ride (echo) INTRO
it could always be worse - I often say on the days that it hurts
gratitude - it's a path of living and it works - that was lessons said
by my friend to the end - RIP Tom Emmons - his spirit lives on
in me 'cause I remember him - way back at the laundromat I left
my car door open (flashback) just for a moment but all my change
got stolen and they took the whole compartment - the holder a hole
now I'm swole (slang for angry) with coldness in my soul - told Tom
I'm not calm I'm scarred - he said it coulda been worse - they coulda
took your whole car - and yes - I went from bein stressed from the
theft to feelin blessed and I'm left with the essence of what he said
and memories still livin with me of Ed Jordan and Rich Finley
Rich as a kid said I could do this as a profession - which I questioned
then I did it for years like he said and
it's clear - you'll always be revered and forever celebrated CHORUS
thankful and glad for the time we had (echo) (commemorated - adlib)
gone but not forgotten - grandma in law who often showed me love
and respect even if I didn't root for the New York Mets though I
drew that photo of their logo for you nevertheless - I'm rememberin
yes - my grandparents in Philly - they bickered in the past and we
laughed damn silly (like Seinfeld) but then presented clever lessons
that was blessings still wit me (echo) like eat slow wit little pieces
and savor your time and everything in moderation - and stay
exercising - if not inscribed in this rhyme you was alive when it
aligned but still reside in my heart and my art that's marked
like the spark that Rich left wit me to keep up wit martial arts
RIP Prodigy from MOBB D-E-E-P whose rhymes inspired me
to rhyme and get thru times that was a grind and tried me
Guru - Jam Master Jay - I still play your music to this day
and the rest of the legends that live on thru their songs
all the people in my life y'all might be gone but the
memories is strong in which
You're still livin - (echo) not forgotten (echo) ALTERNATE CHORUS
(still livin in our hearts)
when I met Ed Jordan in a support group meeting - he was funny
but deep - his speech seeped with such meaning - Rich Finley
through a program I became his big brother - glad I volunteered
and they gave me no other - when I'm gone I hope my songs'll
still enhance your day - I might be gone - but I'm still quite
with you this way - music is timeless divineness - I'll always
be alive in this - my words preserved in time - I rhyme lines
with this in mind - but openness - I wrote this to toast those
I most miss - and when I scribed this I cried dryin my eye
mist - in happiness I had you - to have my time with
wherever your soul's at I hope you note this track and
think back and laugh at our times in the past - together
and see I remember - and your memory is not stoppin
it's strong - 'cause you might be gone but not forgotten
RIP The Mulligans - who built this studio - Abstrack OUTRO
where I did this track at (echo)
RIP Zaki and Shock G - grandma I still do your stretching routine
3 times a week
I'm feelin real connected to the spirits that's within
our hearts - they still livin
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