they say that dying young is only for the unlucky but i envy all the ones that get to leave early lifes a trip you better have your bags ready you never wanna be the last one to leave the party i thought that we would go first and you would tell our story maybe make a movie about the rhymesayers rise to glory the classic albums the fanfare the world tours so its kind of weird im here now telling yours ive been losing people my whole adult life never been one to exploit my pain in a song i wish this was one i didnt have to write but until i do ill never get a chance to mourn so what youre hearing now is way more than a song its insurance that your memory remains strong none stronger than two soldiers that done been to war cause even in death you cant break that kind of bond me and you used to battle fools everywhere i thought we was only battling with that aggression but over time it now seems very clear that battle was a metaphor for a more important lesson if you love the art youll fight over its progression if you think its easy then you probably dont respect it and if you turn and run whenever people question where your heart is at then you probably dont deserve to rep it now that we made it to the end what a ride it was an honor being in the trenches by your side theres a place in my heart that i set aside for you my dude cause great eyedeas never die i hope to do half of what you did with your time touch the people that you touched here with your rhyme theres a place in my heart that i set aside for you my dude cause great eyedeas never die never die never die never die always loved how you lived life with no regrets thats why your spirit touched so many that you never met only thing that ever gets me upset is strangers telling us specific ways that we should pay respect its hard not to take that the wrong way when i was taught that everybody mourns their own way flowers on grey some cry some pray but every rhymesayers artist mourns on stage they need to understand we still private people even if we live very public lives so if we shed tears and they dont see it it doesnt mean that we never cried but either way ima carry the torch i wish you was around to see just how you influenced me i dont care if they dont get what im doing now cause now im doing it for me when yall grabbed them by the throat they didnt get it but you knew that they would come around eventually i tried to think about how strong yall was back then so the nay sayers words dont get to me for everything you gave throughout your career at least i can do is take the time to put it in a song i still cant believe you aint here but even though youre gone your ideas carry on now that we made it to the end what a ride it was an honor being in the trenches by your side theres a place in my heart that i set aside for you my dude cause great eyedeas never die i hope to do half of what you did with your time touch the people that you touched here with your rhyme theres a place in my heart that i set aside for you my dude cause great eyedeas never die never die never die never die