When I'm gone gone gone gone gone gone (x2) When I'm gone would you cry for me Would you cry for me When I'm gone would you ride for me Would you ride for me When I'm gone gone gone gone gone gone (x2) You got to celebrate the roses Celebrate the roses You got to celebrate the roses Just celebrate the roses Celebrate the roses You got to celebrate the roses Just celebrate the rose (x2) You got to celebrate the roses Just celebrate the rose (x2) You got to celebrate the roses [Verse 1: PdotO] You got to celebrate the roses You got to celebrate the roses Supposed to be a legend through the focus I'm hopeless but with God's gift I can f** around and blow b**h Turn around and f** her, tell her blow b**h This music is my last hope Never really had much Struggled with this process I really had my hands cuffed, gone Let my spirit be a part of you Let my vision be in part with you I broke my heart in half Sacrificed my story then divide in two Obstacles inevitable, how could they pressure you When I'm gone, light a candle for the great one Spark a candle when the fame done The smoke clear,I ain't done But with God I'mma stay down Nothing finna break me these tears meant to fall down Cry for the red rose, smile for the sunshine Growing through the concrete We ride 'til the sun down 'Til the sun down, we sleep when the owl sung Keep to myself although some n***as wanna start some'n They say live and let go My pa**ion is apparent, I live to let bro When I'm gone, let my kids know who daddy was And if they rob you off your peace Then it can't be love Nah nah, no it can't be love Smoke an L,listen to the music and remember us When I'm gone gone gone gone gone gone (x2) When I'm gone would you cry for me Would you cry for me When I'm gone would you ride for me Would you ride for me When I'm gone gone gone gone gone gone (x2) You got to celebrate the roses Celebrate the roses You got to celebrate the roses Just celebrate the roses Celebrate the roses You got to celebrate the roses Just celebrate the rose (x2) You got to celebrate the roses Just celebrate the rose (x2) You got to celebrate the roses [Verse 2: Reason] I was born 30 June 1987 The lord made a decision, all the way from heaven Go and save the game that's your only mission He didn't say I do it and I'd get admission 'Cause people out here do it just to get attention I be thinking how much I'mma make for pension Sometimes I be standing next to DJ Fresh and thinking How you do it for so long and still remain the freshest GaaHD body 'cause it's God in the flesh Been that way ever since I was blessed with the life of his breath And plus with the kinda mind that I have I've had to accept That I'm a special kind of his children 'cause I am a prince I don't vibe with the rest I think I'm higher and sh** I mean I might light up a spliff and smile with the kid But I know my pride would reject what you recite when you spit 'Cause my lineage says you a peasant that's biting a king I got it next You can hear on my flow though Picture's worth a thousand words, do you get the photo I'm sweating for my daughter, for my son and magogo All these f**ers Ice Tea, always f**ing with coco Will you celebrate me tomorrow Will you remember that I always gave you my solo Should I consider the present as what is to follow That I'll never get the love that I deserve 'til I go gold We need to celebrate the roses Celebrate the roses Celebrate the roses 'Cause I gate you all these roses I gotta be dead for you to give me all of my credit That I need a big head I just need to know you know I'm best Smell the roses in your face Before the wind blows it away 'cause the song that gives me breath Is the same in which I'll rest When I'm gone, release all my song Let 'em know a don was a pawn But while I'm gone have some Dom Perignon To celebrate while ung'bona Celebrate the roses My rose petals tell a story I'm capable of anything, I'm focused Chosen for the hopeless I see they celebrate the roses But struggle to embrace what the rose gives Dark stain damping the mood But it's my gift though I'm not playing, fly to the moon Forever live on, blessed Just celebrate the roses Sing us a song before they tombstone and ghost us