Then Ya Gone

[Intro: Ashanti]

Well, well, well, well

Hello, baby

For one day, you're here

And then you're gone

[Verse 1: Chink Santana]

I’m waking up to another day, it’s amazing

It's getting crazy, that's why I wonder how I keep escaping

Touching that pain, maybe it's just my prayers speak

As in the strange ways stuck in disgrace, man

'Cause if you're hood like my hood, you'd get fucked up

'Cause the world is a ghetto, niggas dead or locked up

So go on ahead, get your hustle on and get your struggles gone

'Cause one day, you're here, then the next day, you're gone

[Chorus: Ashanti & Chink Santana]

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (And the next day, you're gone)

[Verse 2: Ashanti]

See, every day, we complain about little ups and downs

We need to be thanking the Lord that we are still around

You'll never ever know when

It is you're time to go and

I know it's hurting so bad to lose people that we love

Gotta use that example and try and straighten up

You've gotta live every day as if it's your last one

See, one minute you're here and then the next day, you're gone

[Chorus: Ashanti & Chink Santana]

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (And the next day, you're gone)

[Verse 3: Ashanti]

See, lately I wake up in the morning, wanting to cry

I bend my knees and I raise my head up to the sky

And sometimes, I just can't fight my

Feelings I have inside, I

See, I always wish that you would be here right by my side

I'm glad I told you I love you so much before you died

I knew you couldn't and wouldn't be here for very long

See, one minute, you're here and the next day, you're gone

[Chorus: Ashanti & Chink Santana]

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (And the next day, you're gone)

[Bridge: Ashanti]

See, what I need for y'all to know

That living life can come and go

You gotta face reality

I want the world to sing with me

Sometimes, the world that we live in

Don't seem so fair or forgiving

See, these streets are so hard to survive in

'Cause all day, you see people dyin'

And I pray that one day we all see

That life ain't promised to you and life ain't promised to me

Never forget this and be clear

We don't know how long we gon' be here

I know you know, yeah

I know, la da da da

[Chorus: Ashanti & Chink Santana]

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (The next day, you're gone)

One day you're here, baby

And then you're gone (And the next day, you're gone)

[Outro: Ashanti]

Don’t leave me, baby

Yeah

I know you know

No, no, no, no, no

No, no, no, no