[Produced by Kanye West]
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[Intro: Otis Redding and Kanye West]
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Wished I had told ooh was (the) only one (uh oh)
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But its too late
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Its too late
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Hes gone
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[Verse 1: Kanye West]
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You sweat her, and I aint talkin bout a Coogi
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You a big L, and I aint talkin bout Cool J
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See me at the airport, at least twenty Louis
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Treat me like the Prince and this my sweet brother Numpsay
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(Brother Numpsay!) Groupies say Im too choosy
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Take em to the show and talk all through the movies
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Say she want diamonds, I took her to Ruby Tuesdays
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If we up in Fridays, I still have it my way, gone!
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[Hook 1: Kanye West and Camron]
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Gone
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We striving home
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Gone
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I ride on chrome
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[Verse 2: Kanye West]
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Yall dont want no prob from me
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What you rappers could get is a job from me
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Maybe you could be my intern, and in turn
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Ill show you how I cook up summer in the winter
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Aaron love the raw dog, when will he learn
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Caught something on the Usher tour, he had to let it burn
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Plus, he already got three chilrn
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Arguin over babysitters like, “Bitch, its your turn”
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“Damn, Ye, itd be stupid to diss you
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Even your superficial raps is super-official”
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R-R-R-Roc Pastelle with Gucci on
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With TVs in the ride, throw a movie on
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Said he couldnt rap, now he at the top where dude belong
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‘Cause I dookied on any song that they threw me on, gone
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[Hook 2: Camron and Otis Redding]
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We striving home, gone
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I ride on chrome, gone
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We striving home
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We striving home, gone (Killa)
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I ride on chrome
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[Verse 3: Camron]
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Knock knock, whos there? Killa Cam, Killa who?
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Killa Cam, hustler, grinder, guerilla troop
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Oh, my chinchilla blue, blue, you ever dealt with a dealer
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Well, heres the deal, ma, we going to the dealer, woo
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No concealing, no ceiling I dont need a roof
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Act up, get out, I dont need you, poof!
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Poof, be gone, damn, tough luck, dag (Dag)
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Niggas still doing puff-puff-pass (Puff, pass)
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Pull the truck up fast and I tell em
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Hey, back in a touched-up Jag, shit
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Yall niggas wanna get in Cams cerebellum
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An old man just gon tell em too late
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Then I see how yall gonna react when Im gone
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My last girl want me back then Im on
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Fine, stay, you got the grind, hey
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Came back, read what the sign say (Too late, hes gone)
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Yes, I know you wanna see my demise
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Yeah, you church, boy, acting like a thief in disguise
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Aint even my size, see the greed in my eyes
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Ask Abby, I hustle, brought weed to the Chi, chyeah
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And that aint even a lie, please believe me
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Gave Weezie a piece of the pie and
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You can ask George or Regina
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The whole West Side I explore with the Bimmer now
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[Hook 3: Camron]
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We striving home
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I ride on chrome
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Listen, homeboy, move on
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Thats your best bet, whys that, Cons?
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[Verse 4: Consequence]
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I been pouring out some liquor for the fact that my pals gone
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And trying to help his mama with the fact that her child gone
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And since we used to bubble like a tub full of Calgon
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Guess its only right that I should help her from now on
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But since they got afoul on what couldve gone wrong
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Now they asking “Cons, how long has this gone on?”
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And maybe all this money might have gone to my head
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‘Cause they got me thinking money might have gone to the Feds
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So I had gone to the dread, but he had gone up to bed
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And when I came the next morning, he was gone with my bread
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And with that being said, I had gone on my instincts
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And goin to the spots where they go to get mixed drinks
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But looking back now, I shouldve gone to the crib
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And rented Gone With the Wind, cause Ida gone in by ten
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But I had gone with my friend, and we had gone to the bar
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And heard a nigga talking shit so I had gone to the car
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And now the judge is telling me that I had gone too far
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And now we gone for twenty years doing time behind bars
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And since I gone to a cell for some petty crimes
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I guess I gone to the well one too many times, cause Im gone
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[Break: Kanye West]
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Uh-uh-uh, uh-uh-uh uh uh onnn, uh uh-uh onnn
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Uh-uh onnn, uh uh-uh
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[Verse 5: Kanye West]
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Im ahead of my time, sometimes years out
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So the powers that be wont let me get my ideas out
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And that make me wanna get my advance out
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And move to Oklahoma and just live at my aunts house
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Yeah, I romance the thought of leaving it all behind
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Kanye step away from the lime
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Light like when I was on the grind
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In the 1-9-9-9
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Before model chicks was bending over
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Or dealerships asked me “Benz or Rover?”
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Man, if I could just get one beat on Hova
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We could get up off this cheap-ass sofa
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What the summer of the Chi got to offer an eighteen-year-old?
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Sell drugs or get a job, you gotta play your role
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My dog worked at Taco Bell, hooked us up plural
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Fired a week later, the manager count the churros
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Sometimes I cant believe it when I look up in the mirro
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How we out in Europe, spending Euros
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They claim you never know what you got til its gone
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I know I got it, I dont know what yall on
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Ima open up a store for aspiring MCs
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Wont sell em no dream, but the inspiration is free
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But if they ever flip sides like Anakin
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Youll sell everything including the mannequin
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They got a new bitch, now you Jennifer Aniston
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Hold on, Ill handle it, dont start panickin, stay calm
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Shorties at the door cause they need more
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Inspiration for they life, they souls, and they songs
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They said, “Sorry, Mr. West is gone”
