I left you outside the gates of Heaven,
They wouldn’t let me in
I waved goodbye as you stepped within
It’s like hell on Earth without you near
I named my daughter after you,
So when she smiles, it’s sorta like you still here
It’s kinda crazy how the time flies,
25 years since my grandmoms died
But it feels like just yesterday when we was all laughing together
Those happy memories are so vivid, they’ll last forever
And you’re just still here somehow
I still feel your presence
I credit you for my inner strength,
I feel it in my essence
In my soul, in my inner being, in my genetics
I wouldn’t exist if you hadn’t persisted through the trenches
I wouldn’t have been a lyricist, I owe you every sentence
Every verse I ever written, your energy is kinetics
Though I’m grown-up, I’m still heartbroken, aching, and crying
Hoping you’re the one holding open those gates when I die
I left you outside the gates of Heaven,
They wouldn’t let me in
I waved goodbye as you stepped within
It’s like hell on Earth without you near
I named my label after you,
So when I rhyme, it’s sorta like you still here
It’s been a year, and still in shock about exactly what happened
Did you make us all for your were my uncle and I was just rapping
Need you, just talking to you
I just saw you at my mother’s house, I can’t believe I just poured a coffee for you
We always feared that you would die from an overdose
You loved to do drugs, it swallowed you whole
But in the end drugs didn’t kill you, cancer did
I look at people die young, I don’t know what the answer is
All I know is I worshiped you as a scrappy kid
Being around you made me feel cooler than rapping did
And that’s pretty f*cking cool, trust me
I was the baddest when you started smoking crack, honestly it crushed me
Swept in under the rug, started smoking weed and poppin’ acid
But managed to not do the uglier drugs
We grew apart when my grandmother died
Homeless, in-and-out of jail, we stopped relating to each other’s lives
But years later we connected once again
Not as just newhew and uncle, but as homies, we were friends
Though I’m grown-up, I’m still heartbroken, aching, and crying
Hoping you’re the one holding open those gates when I die
When I Die
Keyshia Cole
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Lyrics by Keyshia Cole
(I Just Want It) To Be Over A Different Me A Different Me (Intro) A Different Me (Outro) A Different Me Intro A Different Me Outro Beautiful Music Believer Better Me Bigger Than Love BITCH Boyfriend Girlfriend Brand New Bye Bye Calling All Hearts Can't Make You Love Me Can't Make You Love Me Cheated Confused In Love Didn't I Tell You Didn't I Tell You Do That For Do That For (B.A.B.) Don't Waste My Time Down And Dirty Enough Of No Love Enough of No Love (Single) Enough of No Love ft. Lil Wayne Erotic Fallin Out Fallin' Out Falling Out Forever Get It Right Get Up Give Me More Good Lovin Got To Get My Heart Back Guess What? Hangover Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas Heartbroken Heat of Passion Heaven Sent Heaven Sent (Official Remix) Feat. Mario Heaven Sent (Remix) Here We Go Hey Sexy Holding Back Hotline Bling (Remix) I Ain't Through I Ain't Thru I Ain't Thru [feat. Nicki Minaj] I Ain't Thru I Aint Through I Aint Thru I Can't Make You Love Me I Changed My Mind I Changed My Mind (Remix) I Changed My Mind [Multimedia Track] I Choose You I Don't Need It I Just Want It To Be Over I Love You I Need A Soldier I Remember I Should Have Cheated I Should Have Cheated [*] I Should've Cheated I Thought You Had My Back I?m Coming Out I'm Coming Out I'm coming out ft Iggy Azalea I\u2019m Coming Out I'm Coming Out If I Fall In Love Again Intro ( Last Tango) Intro (Last Tango) Intro Last Tango Just Like You Just Stand Up Keyshia Cole Trust And Believe is a new single fro... Last Last Hangover Last Night Let It Go Let It Go (remix) Let It Go [Remix] Long Way Down Long Way Down Losing You Love Love Letter Love Somebody Love, I Thought You Had My Back Loyal Make Me Over Missing Me N. L. U. N.L.U N.l.u. Never Never (Radio Version) Never (Radio Version) (Featuring Eve) Never Feat. Eve New Nu Next Move Next Time Next Time (Won't Give My Heart Away) Next Time (Wont Give My Heart Away) No Complications No More No Other No Other featuring Amina Harris Oh Oh Yeah Yeah Oh Oh, Yeah Yeah (ft. Nas) Oh-Oh, Yeah-Yea Oh-OH, Yeah-Yeah On Demand One Day Only With You Pain Party Ain't a Party Party Ain't a Pary Party Ain't A Party Playa Cardz Right Playa Cardz Right (Featuring 2pac) Playa Cardz Right (ft. 2Pac) Playa Cardz Right (No Rap Version) Playa Cardz Rights Please Don't Please Don't Stop Please Don't Stop Really Wanna Remember Remember (Part 2) Remember Part 2 Remember, Pt. 2 Rick James Rick James (feat. Juicy J) Same Thing Same Thing (Interlude) Same Thing (Interlude) Sent From Heaven She Shoulda Let U Go Shoulda Let You Go Signature Silent Night Situation Situations So Impossible Someone Tell My Heart Sometimes Stubborn Superstar Superstar Take Me Away Take Me Away Take Me Away Take Me Away Thank you Thank You That's The Way I Go This Is Us Thought You Had My Back Thought You Had My Back Thought You Should Know Tired Of Doing Me To Be Over Trifflin Trifflin' Trust Trust (feat.Monica) Trust And Believe Two Sides To Every Story Two Sides To Every Story [*] U Complete Me Was It Worth It We Could Be We Could Be [Snippet] What You Do To Me What You Do To Me When a Man Where This Love Could End Up Where We Were Wrong Where Would We Who's Gonna Hold Me Down Who's Gonna Hole Me Down Who's Gonna Hold Me Down Why Lie Woman To Woman Woman To Woman ft. Ashanti Wonder Wonderland Work It Out Work Out You Changed You Complete Me You Complete Me [F][Take] You've Changed You've Changed Zero
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