WHEN I AM GONE
[Introduction]
Yeah...
It's my life...
My own words I
guess...
[Verse 1]
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 were their armour
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 gonna write
itself
I'll give you one underdog then 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 a spitting image of her
That's Slim Shady, yeah baby, Slim
Shady's crazy
Shady made me, but tonight Shady's
rocka-by-baby...
[Chorus]
And when I'm gone, just carry on,
don't mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know
that I'm looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't
feel my pain
Just smile back
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no
pain
Just smile back...
[Verse 2]
I keep having this dream,
I'm pushin' Hailie on the swing
She keeps screaming, she don't want me to
sing
"You're making Mommy cry, why? Why is Mommy crying?"
Baby, Daddy
ain't leaving no more, "Daddy you're lying
"You always say that, you always
say this is the last time
"But you ain't leaving no more, Daddy you're
mine"
She's piling boxes in front of the door trying 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'll keep you safe Daddy, take
it withcha'"
I look up, it's just me standing in the mirror
These fuckin'
walls must be talking, cuz man I can hear 'em
They're saying "You've got one
more chance to do right" - and it's tonight
Now go out there and show that
you love 'em before it's too late
And just as I go to walk out of my bedroom
door
It turns to a stage, they're gone, and this spotlight is on
And I'm
singing...
[Chorus]
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel my
pain
Just smile back
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no
pain
Just smile back...
[Verse 3]
Sixty thousand people,
all jumping out their seat
The curtain closes, they're throwing roses at my
feet
I take a bow and thank you all for coming out
They're screaming so
loud, I take one last look at the crowd
I glance down, I don't believe what
I'm seeing
"Daddy it's me, help Mommy, her wrists are bleeding,"
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 make 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 the point - fine, me and
Mommy are going"
But baby wait, "it's too late Dad, you made the
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 will. You rap about it, yeah, word, k-keep it real
I hear applause,
all this time I couldn't see
How could it be, that the curtain is closing on
me
I turn around, find a gun on the ground, cock it
Put it to my brain and
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 ringin', there's birds singin'
It's Spring and Hailie's
outside swinging, 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/Outro]
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel my
pain
Just smile back
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no
pain
Just smile back...
[Curtains closing and sounds of
clapping]
Yeah...
It's my life...
My own words I
guess...
[Verse 1]
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 were their armour
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 gonna write
itself
I'll give you one underdog then 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 a spitting image of her
That's Slim Shady, yeah baby, Slim
Shady's crazy
Shady made me, but tonight Shady's
rocka-by-baby...
[Chorus]
And when I'm gone, just carry on,
don't mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know
that I'm looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't
feel my pain
Just smile back
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no
pain
Just smile back...
[Verse 2]
I keep having this dream,
I'm pushin' Hailie on the swing
She keeps screaming, she don't want me to
sing
"You're making Mommy cry, why? Why is Mommy crying?"
Baby, Daddy
ain't leaving no more, "Daddy you're lying
"You always say that, you always
say this is the last time
"But you ain't leaving no more, Daddy you're
mine"
She's piling boxes in front of the door trying 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'll keep you safe Daddy, take
it withcha'"
I look up, it's just me standing in the mirror
These fuckin'
walls must be talking, cuz man I can hear 'em
They're saying "You've got one
more chance to do right" - and it's tonight
Now go out there and show that
you love 'em before it's too late
And just as I go to walk out of my bedroom
door
It turns to a stage, they're gone, and this spotlight is on
And I'm
singing...
[Chorus]
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel my
pain
Just smile back
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no
pain
Just smile back...
[Verse 3]
Sixty thousand people,
all jumping out their seat
The curtain closes, they're throwing roses at my
feet
I take a bow and thank you all for coming out
They're screaming so
loud, I take one last look at the crowd
I glance down, I don't believe what
I'm seeing
"Daddy it's me, help Mommy, her wrists are bleeding,"
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 make 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 the point - fine, me and
Mommy are going"
But baby wait, "it's too late Dad, you made the
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 will. You rap about it, yeah, word, k-keep it real
I hear applause,
all this time I couldn't see
How could it be, that the curtain is closing on
me
I turn around, find a gun on the ground, cock it
Put it to my brain and
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 ringin', there's birds singin'
It's Spring and Hailie's
outside swinging, 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/Outro]
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel my
pain
Just smile back
And when I'm gone, just carry on, don't
mourn
Rejoice every time you hear the sound of my voice
Just know that I'm
looking down on you smiling
And I didn't feel a thing, So baby don't feel no
pain
Just smile back...
[Curtains closing and sounds of
clapping]