So Long Goodbye Lyrics - Joe Budden

[Joe Budden] 

Ladies and gentlemen.. 

You are now listenin' to The Growth (Look) 

This my guide to the rappers 

Before you go ahead and decide to be a rapper (Talk to 'em) 

I know you think it's +Money, Cash, Hoes+ 

But funny when that goes 

You'll be questionin' life after 

Like "why did I have to" (I know it) 

Seems like "yeah", seems quite clear 

But these maggots take your dream and make it a nightmare 

You been waitin' for some years 

But everything is fake, it's like a rear view mirror, nothin' is as it appears 

Can't trust people 'cause it's all about tryina succeed 

It's all about the backstabbin' and greed 

It's all about the wrong things 

Sucks, it's all useless 

And it starts to interfere with your love for the music (Damn!) 

Catch 22, most dudes'll give it all for their shot 

For most niggaz, this is all we got 

Should you quit the whole thing? 

'Cause it's enough bullshit in the whole thing 

To almost make you wanna kiss the whole thing...(Chea!) 

Goodbye 

[Hook - repeat 2X] 

So long, goodbye 

Tired, of the game 

Let's get there 

[Joe Budden] 

Sometimes you think you better off with that 9 to 5 

Til you remember all the times you got fired 

Sometimes you wanna dress down, walk out with no jewelry (But!) 

But you can't, you under real heavy scrutiny 

You ain't got a truck that's hooked up with rims 

Kids'll see you like "damn, why I looked up to him?" 

It makes some wanna quit, it makes some stand tall 

If you don't sign that autograph, then it's one fan lost 

Sometimes you don't feel like it 

Everybody wanna be on you 

Sometimes you just wanna be normal 

Want the afore-mentioned 

Sometimes you don't wanna be mentioned 

Sometimes you just wanna blend in 

Might think the statement's weird 

When the world'll trade for your life (On some..) 

Real shit I'll trade for theirs 

Tell me now what's the answer 

When they know you had a death in the family 

And you still gotta smile for the camera 

You thought everything would be all to the good 

You ain't got as much money as you thought you would (Didn't blow!) 

Some people sell out, fuck everything they shot 

from their heart for that number one spot on the charts 

That's what it is, I can't paint it no clearer 

How you 'sposed to see straight when it's all smoke and mirrors? 

(All smoke and mirrors) 

Quit the whole thing, 'cause it's enough bullshit in the whole thing 

To almost make you wanna kiss the whole thing...(Chea!) 

Goodbye 

[Hook] 

Arrivederci! 

[Joe Budden] 

Just when you think you wanna go on without the hype 

Is when you go to do a show and see the crowd so hyped (And the...) 

Die hard fans say "you changed my whole life" 

So I sacrifice mine and gratify you with the rhymes (Yeah!) 

Folks from the hood, that see you as a stand out 

Outweigh the niggaz in the hood with their hand out 

And goin' 5 days a week with no sleep's 

A lot better than a cold park bench with no sheets 

So fuck politics, fuck inuendo (Oh!) 

'Cause you never seen a dropout so influential 

Quit the whole thing, 'cause it's enough bullshit in the whole thing 

It's my choice so I'm with the whole thing (Chea!) 

Like "what" 

[Hook]