Rittz - So Long lyrics

[Intro] We gather here today to pay our last respects amid a sad but fond farewell We are also here in our own way to honor and celebrate your life [Verse 1] [Hook] I’m screaming hold on Here one day and the next they gone But they way too young to have to tell ’em so long So long Have to tell ’em so long [Verse 2] You was a new kid at school from the Jersey Used to rock the Timbaland boots with the camo suit Used to go inside of kids’ pockets in the parking lot before school They were scared of you But you and me were cool We had mutual friends bumpin’ DJ Clue up in RJ’s crib You had a reputation for playing no games Hitting licks and making people take off all they sh** As time went on, you became a good friend, let your guard down We would smoke and talk ’bout rap When Slick was in jail you would check up on me Told me call you if I had a problem ’cause you got my back When you was outta work selling herb, you could hunt the QPs You would listen to the verse I dropped Me and you was laughing saying it was ironic that my mama was the nurse when you first got shot In your shoulder but you took it like a soldier Had somebody watching over you for you to take a shotgun blast We were growing older I was broke and always working All the homies in the circle sort of lost contact Until the person came into my job I thought I overheard him saying that somebody murdered one armed black I ain’t believe it til my homie told me that you’re gone and you won’t come back [Hook] I’m screaming hold on Here one day and the next they gone But they way too young to have to tell ’em so long So long Have to tell ’em so long [Verse 3] It’s kinda hard for me to write I been missing you from the day That we moved back in Summer ’88 When we come and visit you, we always wanna stay You would wake us up to a plate of scrambled eggs You taught me how to cook, taught us how to fish You and Dave hoping that the Steelers win the game We would all laugh We knew when they screwed up a play Cause you would start yelling at the screen Taught me to enjoy simple things It would mean the world Sitting on the porch with you when you feed the squirrels Whistle with the birds Full from the meal that you made us She watch Vanna on the Wheel Come and spend Christmas with you every year Summers too when I’m home wishing I was there Nasty when Ma-maw sitting in your chair I could never fit into the slippers that you wear Tell a joke here and there You ain’t really say much, giving your opinion or a comment You drove a tank in the second World War Was in combat, you ain’t ever brag about your time in You had open heart surgery when you were in your sixties Never thought you would see ninety As I was going through phases, you would never judge us All you did was love, responding when finally I had a day off right before a show in Pittsburgh I was hoping I would spend it with you The rest of the family come and visit you a lot last five years I don’t really get to Mom said you were really sick too Had a big bruise on you ’cause you fell in the shower And now when you wanna talk about all the plans What Ma-maw s’posed to do without you Having trouble getting in and out your chair Not now in the middle of a sentence while you’re talking I can tell that your frail and you fought d**h off for so long Now you finally feel exhausted Time to go, I don’t really wanna leave Said I love you Pat like it’s gonna be my last Five days later, I was told that you pa**ed And you finally let go when you grasped [Hook] Hold on Here one day and the next they gone But they way too young to have to tell ’em so long So long Have to tell ’em so long