Before I Go

[Intro: Kid Cudi & Jay-Z Sample]
Kid Cudi: I can't say that I don't wanna sometimes go back and re-learn some things. I can't say I don't feel out of certain conversations my friends have
Jay-Z: Like any problem man that you had like in your life, you look back, you thought like: "I'm never ever gonna get over this, this is the worst thing ever! How I'mma go on from here?" You look back, they all past you, you know what I'm sayin? They all behind you, so...

[Verse 1: J-Formz]
I hear songs in a way that not many people do
But if you hear them like I hear them, then this song is for you
But I got somethin to say before I bow out and leave
So before I go, tell them that I said this, please
Tell Crooked I do care
Never got to tell him as I sit there, shakin my head with a blank stare
Tell Cudi I said thanks for the sacrifice
I appreciate the company on sleepless nights
Tell Lupe it won't stop, the show's still goin on
And thank him for helpin raise my daughters with his songs
Tell The Weeknd we won't un-love him, I'll still listen
Wish people weren't forced to feel it's wrong to be different
Tell Joey I'm still walkin with him
Fuck opinions, I'd rather give him him space and his 10 minutes
I hear him clearly, he ain't gotta say it loud
Weather he knows it or not, I'm somewhere in the crowd
Tell him I give a fuck, and with the best for that dude
Even if it means his music never puts me in a mood
Tell Bob I listen to him every night
But from the looks of things, I don't really know if it'll be alright
Tell Em I'm here, I hear him, he ain't talkin to himself
He ain't the only one, in fact, I think I'm talkin to myself
Cause regardless of the fact I mean this shit sincerely
It doesn't matter what I'm sayin, cause they'll never hear me
This shits fucked...

[Chorus: Kid Cudi, Joe Budden, & Kurt Coabin Sample]
Kid Cudi: I think it's important, you know, in life, to know who you are and then progress
Joe Budden: The Love & Hip Hop crowd wants to SEE Joe Budden. Joe Budden fans couldn't give a fuck about that, they need to hear me. This is for them...
Kurt Cobain: I'm pissed off about everything, in general. And so all these songs are pretty much about my battle with things that piss me off

[Verse 2: J-Formz]
Tell Pac I'm tryin to keep my head up, but it's tough
I'm lookin straight down, got osteoporosis, I'm stuck
What the fuck!? Don't understand why societies starin
Tell him I wish I had an answer when the world stopped carin
Tell him if heaven got a ghetto, then, I'm comin home
I'll meat him at Thugz Mansion, where there is no throne
Tell him I want the answer to the age old question:
"Do dreams come true?" Or am I pointlessly stressin?
Tell Fab I ain't lettin this game change me
It's been well over a decade, and I've always stayed me
Tell him I still got love, but they ain't givin it back
I drop knowledge for them too, but they don't listen to my tracks
Tell Cole I hear him when he's always keepin it real
He was born in the wrong era, he's the only dude I feel
Tell Kurt sometimes the will is hard to find
To do or say anything, whatever, nevermind
Tell Jay he could live if it was up to me
But that's probably why this world don't fuck with me
I'm in the same shoes, ya'll just got fame
So from one unknown, to another big name:
Words weren't in vain, I took head to them all
They helped shape me as a person, man, I needed them all
I can't put into words how you've made me feel
So, before I go, I wanna thank you for bein real
You helped...

[Chorus: Eminem, Fabolous, J. Cole, & Tupac Samples]
Eminem: I think one of my greatest inspirations or things that I would feed off of was just obviously people not believing and the, you know, the cloud of doubt that kind of, I felt, hung over my head
Fabolous: You put in a lot of hard work and, you know, you just want it to be recognized, sometimes so, you know, everybody doesn't always see the bigger picture but when people actually do, it don't even have to be awards, but just people acknowledging it for self
J. Cole: If you place your importance on this, which is like, appreciation and love, you know, it's like that is enough. There's enough of that in everybody's life right now if they just took the time to look
Tupac: I'm not sayin that I'm gonna rule the world or I'm gonna change the world, but I guarantee that I will spark the brain that will change the world, and that's our job is to spark somebody else watching us. We might not be the ones, but let's not be selfish and because we're not gonna change the world, let's not talk about how we should change it. I don't know how to change it, but I know if I keep talkin about how dirty it is out here, somebody's gonna clean it up...