Before you leave, you must know you are beloved And before you leave, remember I was with you Sit enthroned in white grandeur But tired and shift A whisper of wayward silver hair From your eyes I'd never seen you unkempt before As you whisper, "Darling

Life can pass you buy, just watch how fast it flies Nineteen eighty-nine's when I started mine, now I'm like 'what happened to the time?' I remember when I was twelve years old No worries in my brain with a pound in my pocket And a chest full of smoke I

Since I met you Baby I'm happy as a man can be Well since I met you Baby You made a new man out of me I used to wake up in the morning with an aching head I couldn't remember anything I'd said My friends told me I was gun outta line If it wasn't for you

And all my friends say I started shooting doubles When you walked in All my friends say I went a little crazy Seeing you with him You know I don't remember a thing But they say I sure was raising some cane I was a rock star, party hard

I'd love to stay with you all I'll ever speak Don't remember where I was I realized life was a game The more seriously I took things The harder the rules became I had no idea what it'd cost My life passed before my eyes

Somehow I found a way to get lost in you I'm nothing without you Let me inside Let me get close to you Change your mind I'll get lost if you want me to You tried to lie and say I was everything I remember when I said "I'm nothing without you" I always

Turn my head it's back to bed with no delay Why get up in the morning doesn't even start till two Forget reality, waking up is hard to do Remember when there was nothing else to do But to lie in bed and wonder how it was always up to you and no one else

'Cause what you say is what you say Say what you say how you say it whenever you saying it Just remember how you said it when you was spraying it So who you playing with, huh? So I'm out the game, huh? Yo, Dre, we ridin'? Haha, well, I'm with you, homie

The bleeding The screaming, was tearing me apart I'm better off without you and you're better off without me The beatings I remember when all the games began

It was rare, I was there, I remember it all too well I walked through the door with you, the air was cold, But something 'bout it felt like home somehow and I Left my scarf there at your sister's house, And you still got it in your drawer even now. Oh,