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  • Eminem - When I'm Gone

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    Yeah
    It's my life
    My own words I guess

    Have you ever loved someone so much
    You'd give an arm for
    Not the expression, no
    Literally give an arm for
    When they know they're your heart
    And you know you are their armor
    And you will destroy anyone who would try to harm her
    But what happens when karma
    Turns right around and bites you
    And everything you stand for turns on you to spite you
    What happens when you become the main source of her pain
    "Daddy look what I made"
    "Dad's gotta go catch a plane"
    "Daddy where's mommy?
    I can't find mommy, where is she?"
    "I don't know, go play, Hailie baby, your daddy's busy
    Daddy's writing a song, this song ain't gon write itself"
    I give you one underdog, and you gotta swing by yourself
    Then turn right around in that song and tell her you love her
    And put hands on her mother who's the spittin image of her
    That's Slim Shady, yeah baby Slim Shady's crazy
    Shady made me
    But tonight, Shady's rock-a-bye baby

    [Chorus]
    And when I'm gone
    Just carry on
    Don't mourn, rejoice everytime you hear the sound of my voice
    Just know that
    I'm lookin down on you smilin
    And I didn't feel a thing
    So baby, don't feel no pain
    Just smile back

    I keep havin this dream
    I'm pushin Hailie on a swing
    She keeps screamin
    She don't want me to sing
    "You're makin mommy cry
    Why, why is mommy cryin"
    "Baby, daddy ain't leavin no more"
    "Daddy you're lyin
    You always say that
    You always say this is the last time
    But you ain't leavin no more daddy, you're mine"
    She's pilin boxes in front of the door tryin to block it
    "Daddy please, daddy, don't leave, daddy, no, stop it"
    Goes in her pocket
    Pulls out a tiny necklace locket
    It's got a picture
    "This will keep you safe daddy, take it with ya"
    I look up, it's just me standin in the mirror
    These fuckin walls must be talkin, cause man I can hear em
    They're sayin, "you got one more chance to do right
    And it's tonight
    Now go out and show em that you love em 'fore its too late"
    And just as I go to walk out of my bedroom door
    It turns to a stage, they're gone
    And the spotlight is on and I'm singin

    [Chorus]
    And when I'm gone
    Just carry on
    Don't mourn, rejoice everytime you hear the sound of my voice
    Just know that
    I'm lookin down on you smilin
    And I didn't feel a thing
    So baby, don't feel no pain
    Just smile back

    Sixty thousand people all jumpin out their seat
    The curtain closes, they're throwin roses at my feet
    I take a bow, and thank you all for comin out
    They're screamin so loud, I take one last look at the crowd
    I glance down, I don't believe what I'm seein
    "Daddy, its me, help mommy, her wrists are bleedin"
    But baby we're in Sweden
    How did you get to Sweden?
    "I followed you daddy
    You told me that you weren't leavin
    You lied to me dad
    And now you made mommy sad
    And I bought you this coin, it says number one dad
    That's all I wanted
    I just want to give you this coin"
    "I get this point"
    "Fine, me and mommy are goin"
    "But baby wait-"
    "It's too late dad, you made your choice
    Now go out there and show em that you love em more than us
    That's what they want
    They want you, Marshall
    They keep screamin your name
    It's no wonder you can't go to sleep
    Just take another pill
    Yeah I bet you you will!
    You rap about
    Yeah word, kid keep it real"
    I hear a pause
    All this time I couldn't see
    How could it be
    That the curtain is closin on me
    I turn around, find a gun on the ground
    Cock it, put it to my brain
    Scream Die Shady!, and pop it
    The sky darkens
    My life flashes
    The plane that I was supposed to be on crashes
    And burns to ashes
    That's when I wake up
    Alarm clock's ringing
    There's birds singin
    It's spring and
    Hailie's outside swingin
    I walk right up to Kim and kiss her
    Tell her I miss her
    Hailie just smiles and winks at her little sister
    Almost as if to say..

    [Chorus]
    And when I'm gone
    Just carry on
    Don't mourn, rejoice everytime you hear the sound of my voice
    Just know that
    I'm lookin down on you smilin
    And I didn't feel a thing
    So baby, don't feel no pain
    Just smile back

    Licensed by © Universal Music Publishing Group
    Written by OBIE TRICE | MARSHALL MATHERS | LUIS RESTO | STEVEN KING

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