What Happened

[Intro] We was just playin' the album the other day I never thought I'd be makin' this song Shit’s crazy, but uh I don’t even know where to start but [Verse 1] When I first met you, all you talked about was Wu-Tang movement Then I introduced you to this Cocaine Muzik And every other day you expressed your love for Ray And your love for 'Ye then we used to debate 'Bout how your partners in the industry thought I still sold yay We were both geeked up by doin' the deal with Jay I got my first number one and you was on the run with me Never want to leave the country if I can't take my gun with me You weren't with the gangsta shit but yet you still hung with me Next time I go to Disney, I’ma take your son with me First we went to London, then we went to Dubai You was off the Hen, I was smokin', I got too high Damn, time flies by [Interlude 1] It’s like I knew your whole lifetime We accomplished so much shit, my nigga We accomplished so much shit We talked about so much shit We done so much shit, like You know me, I’m a stubborn motherfucker Like, I ain’t listen to nobody I’m just movin' how I'm movin' and like You were always just the nigga to get through to me I don even know like, how you was able to do it like Like with the whole shit about They were tryna get me to go for years and years And I ain’t give a fuck how my money was, I just I weren’t movin' like that 'cause All my niggas convicted felons I couldn’t get the straps across the motherfuckin' customs I just can’t move like that bro, you know what I mean? And I remember like Sylvia Rhone callin' me late at night like “You really need to do this for your career, this made it Be on the biggest record in Europe right now” And I’m still like, “Fuck it”, you know what I mean like? I wasn't even trippin’ And you’re like, “Bro we gotta go, man, we gotta go international, we gotta” I’m like, “Man look bruh, I ain’t fuckin' with it bruh” you know what I’m sayin'? I called you back that same night like, “We goin' to London” [Verse 2] We used to walk inside the office give them people hell I knew you was loyal when your partner went to jail You never missed a court date, you stayed on the lawyer And I know [?] gonna miss you he was really for you Use to tell me to my face when I was full of shit I ain’t tryin' to win, I’ll do some other shit I respect you for that more than you’ll ever know I had issues with niggas, you told me, “Let it go” You helped me realize I was bigger than just a street nigga Took your advice, got security but I still keep my pistols though, yeah Took your advice, got security but I still keep the, pistols though [Interlude 2] See like, I remember we could go back and back and forward about Man you get too much money to be like Ridin' round with all these crazy ass guns and I understand them young niggas and I understand y’all come from a certain life But if you wanna go to that next level like You gotta act like it I ain’t gon' lie, like that shit just go through one ear and out the other ear ‘Cause I’m just from that culture homie Like where I just don’t see nobody protectin' me like me These young niggas with me gon' die with me but Like I'ma die with them and this understood so I just always felt like that's that security, we our own security [Verse 3] You told me I’m still a superstar but that nigga crazy I introduced you to [?], you say he’s amazin' We both done fucked up 'bout Snootie, we had a plan for him We know he had his little issue but we were prayin' for him I remember you called me excited, sayin' you had talked to Ye I can't lie, I was geeked, I’m like, “What he say?” [Interlude 3] You was on some shit like, “My guys, they wanna work with you” I ain't even gonna front you had told me all the Ye stories and shit And we had been working together like probably a year and a half now like I was like, “Man, I don’t really know if you fuck with Ye like that” You know what I’m sayin'? I’m just bein' G And you like, “No for real, like he wanna work with you” I’m like “When?” You’re like, “Tomorrow” Nigga shit was so crazy ‘cause you know I don’t even like flyin' Like I would jump on a motherfuckin' Southwest flight Like nigga sittin' way in the back Me, I don’t give a fuck nigga like We was on a first thing smokin' nigga to LA We’re gonna work with Kanye That shit was crazy We walked into the studio and nigga was eatin' pot pie and chicken and shit He was just a cool aired nigga like I just Immediately screamin' and droppin' joint after joint, after joint, after joint And I ain’t give a fuck was it was gon' be on If it was gon' be on anything, and it was just I always wanted to work with Ye and you knew it It was crazy [Verse 4] Now I told you I want to sound with Jay and you asked me why You didn't really feel this shit but you was down to ride Then we went up to the office you had a different view And you were rushin' me to sign like the shit was you, crazy [Interlude 4] See I always knew [?] was your man and shit ‘cause you always talked about him [?] You remember we sat down in the room with Jay? And that nigga was just chattin' some real shit to us We were holdin' out the pose on some G shit though We say I’m G, you know what I’m sayin'? We get money too, you feel me? When we left the office we were like, “Damn” I mean, nigga was just amazed at like Niggas that grew up together and built an empire together And I was really motivated by that That day I told you that was how I wanted me and my brothers to be and me and my niggas to be And then we went to this little private party, remember that shit? Jay got to them to pop the Ace in it, that shit spilled all on the table and shit I remember you pulled me to the side You were like, “I’ve been in the game a long time, this is like the very, very first time I've felt like an artist” You were tellin' me like you felt like an artist You were like, “Nigga I’ll sign the contract right now if they break that motherfucker out” [Verse 5] Damn, if I knew talkin' to you was my last time The other night it wouldn’t have been about no CM9 I would have let you know I value your participation I would have thanked you for your patience and your conversations No you weren’t forced to question God, and you were somewhere better But we were supposed to get rich and gon' retire together What happened? [Outro: Eddie Tate] I don’t know How can I go on? Continue to stay strong Continue to pray hard Keep singing your name on And we’re gonna just [?] It was many nights like this When I could call you And you could pick the phone up ‘Cause you was my partner And you was there for number one records [?] And I can’t thank you enough