Then Ya Gone

Ashanti feat. Chink Santana

Well, well, well, well
Hello, baby
For one day you're here
And then you're gone, oh, ooh, oh, ooh, oh, oh, oh

I'm waking up to another day
It's amazing
It's getting crazy
That's why I wonder how I keep escaping (yeah, yeah)
Touching that pain and maybe it's just my presence, babe (yeah, yeah)
As in the strange ways
Stuck in disgrace mane (I know, la, la, la, la)
Cause if yo hood like my hood (yeah)
Like my hood then you get fucked up (well, well)
Cause the world is a ghetto
Niggas and girls that locked up (I know, I know, I know)
So gone none get ya hustle on (yeah)
Get ya struggles gone (ooh…)
One day you're here, then 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-oh-on [and 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-oh-on [and the next day you're gone]

Listen
See everyday 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 your 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 gotta live everyday as if it's your last one
See one minute you're here and the next day you're gone

One day you're here, baby (oh, oh)
And then you're gone [the next day you're gone]
One day you're here, baby (oh, no)
And then you're gone-oh-on [and the next day you're gone]
One day you're here, baby (mmm…)
And then you're gone [the next day you're gone]
One day you're here, baby
And then you're gone-oh-on [and the next day you're gone]

See lately I wake up in the morning wantin' to cry
I bend my knees and I raise my head up into the sky
And sometimes I just can't fight my
Feelings I have inside-ay
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

One day you're here, baby (oh, oh)
And then you're gone [the next day you're gone] (oh, ooh, oh, oh, oh)
One day you're here, baby
And then you're gone-oh-on (ah, ah, ah)
[And the next day you're gone]
One day you're here, baby (oh, oh, no, no)
And then you're gone [the next day you're gone] (ah…ah, ah)
One day you're here, baby
And then you're gone-oh-on [and the next day you're gone]

See what I need, for ya'll 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 hard to survive in
Cause all day you see people dying (no, no, no, no, no, no)
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

Ooh…
(They gone, so gone)
I know, you know, yeah (mmm…)
I know, la, la, la, la

One day you're here (yeah) baby (yeah, yeah)
And then you're gone (yeah, yeah) [the next day you're gone]
(Oh, ooh, oh, oh, ooh, oh, oh, oh, ooh)
One day you're here, baby (well, well, well, well)
And then you're gone-oh-on
[And the next day you're gone] (well, well)
One day you're here, baby (oh, oh, oh, ooh…)
And then you're gone [the next day you're gone]
One day you're here (gone) baby (they gone)
And then you're gone-oh-on
[And the next day you're gone] (they gone)

Don't leave me, baby
Yeah
I know, you know
No, no, no, no, no, no
Yeah, yeah, yeah
La, la, la, la
La, la, la, la, la
Oh…
Oh, oh
Oh