Now You’re Gone

[Intro]
(Now you're gone) Check it
(You know I miss you mum)
(I really miss you)
(Now you're gone)
(Now you're gone)
(You know I miss you mum)
This one's goin' out to you mum (I really miss you)
I know you can hear me (Now you're gone)
This is for you (Now you're gone)

[Verse 1]
I know you're looking down on me, are you proud of me?
Or are you upset I don't spend time with the family?
Or do you understand me, the way I've become?
There's so many things I wish that I could say to you mum
I was seventeen years young when you past away
I found it had after you and Dad divorced to find my way
I've cried away the pain, although I didn't complain
Caught in the middle of the family separation
Was stress in my brain, depression came I don’t know how I coped
Hit the pipe, all my dreams up in a cloud of smoke
That didn't help but got me more confused
Then I went to stay with Dad when you moved and you were crushed
When I saw you in court after that letter I wrote
The one that I'm regrettin' I wrote
Felt like you'd lost your son, felt like I'd lost my mum
That was enough and there was worse to come

[Chorus]
You know I miss you mum
I really miss you
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone, uh
You know I miss you mum
I really miss you
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone, uh

[Verse 2]
I never felt so close to anybody
As I did with you and now that I'm older, I understand why
People do the things they do
But I was lacking life experience, around '89, shit got serious
Started with some lumps, next thing I hear's tumours
And everything the doctors tried was useless
Radiotherapy, chemotherapy
Fourth of July '91 down at the cemetery
Knowin' that this day would eventually come
I hope you know what you meant to me Mum, you were the one
Who said experience the world and do whatever you wanna do
So I hope you're really proud of this man standing in front of you
I know you're watching me and I can feel you at times
You're still in my dreams and you’re still in my mind
It's been fifteen years since you left me behind
And I wish you were here now with me, sipping this wine
I miss you

[Chorus]
You know I miss you mum
I really miss you
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone, uh
You know I miss you mum
I really miss you
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone, uh

[Verse 3]
When I look back, I didn't even know you at all
I was still growin' up and just a little confused boy
Who never said goodbye when you left
Last time I saw you, Nan told me not to talk about death
And on the day you passed away I was the last one called
And when they knew the day before, nobody called at all
But you still see me goin' to Christmas, buying gifts
Doing it for you, that's what you would've wanted me to do
I’m getting through life, yeah and I’m doing okay
Started with you watching break dance back in the day
How funny's that? And you were there when I first did graff
And you were my inspiration to get out and rap
I miss you so much Mum but I'm not sad and grievin'
When I was younger I was mad at you leavin'
But the reason don't matter anymore, I still love you to death
And forever after till I see you in the next

[Chorus]
You know I miss you mum
I really miss you
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone, uh
You know I miss you mum
I really miss you
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone
(Now you're gone) Now you're gone, uh