I reminisce on the last words you spoke in the final meeting between us/
How the energy had changed and the day had came when you’d leave us/
Freed of the pain and all that you asked in return
is weather storms and never mourn/
Your passage is earned/
still it happened sudden
Never saw my father cry until he had to summon everything inside of him to let you go/
Stolen moments I hold on that path that wasn’t/
didn’t get to meet my wife/
So I write this to let you know we’re still grieving your presence, but receiving the lessons/
Seeing your essence breathe in my niece is a blessing/
Because as the sunshine follows the moon,
as one dies then a young mind is brought into bloom/
It’s all in tune/
So as the cycle repeats and the light and you greet,
I shed tears of joy as the voyage of life is complete/
And see the only way to repay you is carry on living
because every farewell is a new beginning

[B Magic]
Too many goodbyes, too many farewells/
we lost a couple angels so we don’t fear hell/
I woke up to the news that you had left us/
blessed us with every meeting/
Now you upset us like why’d you have to leave without a warning?
Spilling out a 40, the only way we know to mourn him/
Shit, it was yesterday that we were shooting hoops/
On the block balling, he would come through and round the troops/
God needed G to run the point guard/
we try to heal but I know a couple boys scarred/
I’m just trying to hear his voice, God/
they say the good die young, you had no choice, God/
And we’re going to watch out for your brother/
He be doing good, he’s trying to watch out for your mother/
And the only way to repay you is carry on living
because every farewell is a new beginning

[Scotty IV]
I seen a picture of Sam and I thought it was me/
I wondered if life was everything he thought it would be/
Blessed him with a wife, beautiful like his 2 daughters/
He left the world with a son then he had to move farther/
A true honour, I guess this is me/
a legacy of strength and honour that I’m set to repeat/
He made his mark on the land, I’ll be glad to make the same/
I only live to tell my pops he never passed away in vain/
I know that he would’ve said don’t forget what you seek/
Telling me that my aim should be set for the peak/
Telling me get respect and reflect what’s unique/
Telling me instead of tears let the sweat wet my cheeks/
Life is like the cycle of the rifle,
I’ve become the gunpowder that’s the light to his ash/
My first year of life was his last,
so I say my farewell and start anew, following his path

[Chorus]
For the past and the present we left/
still holding on the last of the memories kept/
You’ll be on your way/
only leaving with everything that you came with/
For all you gave and the days spent/
This is for the past and the present we left/
still holding on the last of the memories kept/
You’ll be on your way/
only leaving with everything that you came with/
For all you gave and the days spent/
Farewell