[Verse 1]

So I took my hat and said goodbye to the game

Back in '98, I couldn't understand that phrase

It's been shown to me that crime will always pay

I guess I'll be the only one to survive those ways

'Cause out of five, I'll be the only one alive

So till I do away, I'll be the one on the brain

And it's plain to see, you can't change me

'Cause I'mma be your soldier for life

It's a goodbye

A goodbye, a goodbye, a goodby-bye-bye

Devil try to shake me but it's no longer I

Got all the help and I'mma drop the pride

Goodbye to all the drugs and the women passing by

Goodbye to all the lies, wonderin' lies, can't deny

I'mma say goodbye to gettin' high

Don't say those things why, I'mma tell you why

Grown folks never wanna deal with the problems inside

[Chorus]

Good-, goodbye

So I took my hat and said goodbye to the game

Goodbye, bye, bye, by-bye

So I took my hat and said good-

-bye, -bye, -by-bye to the game

[Verse 2]

It's a goodbye

A goodbye, a goodbye-bye

I no longer wanna do the things I did

I wanna spend some time with my wife and my kid

Instead of workin' two jobs tryna make ends meet

Even if the critics say my lyrics don't carry heat

It's important that my seed will grow to be me

In fact, I'mma teach him to be better than me

Even if he ends up with a B or D degree

It's a goodbye

A goodbye, a goodbye-bye

There's miles to climb, no more wasting your time

Tryna make five dollars out of nickels and dimes

Notions illustrated right through my mind

If the public may think he's no longer my pride

There's always a thin line between love and hate

Read these words, I'm not here to be great

But expand the kingdom, Jesus have your way

[Chorus]

Good-, good-, goodbye

So I took my hat and said goodbye to the game

Good-, good-, goodbye

So I took my hat and said goodbye to the game

Good-, good-, goodbye

So I took my hat and said goodbye to the game

The game, bye to the game

[Verse 3]

So tell him that I said bye, let the world cry

In heaven I can say full-heartedly I try

To do things the right way, but I always fail

A light of shade, a great feeling, let the cat grail

To the boys in EOG, goodbye forever, G

The good times we had always be a memory

Anonymous I remain, in my own heart

Despite whatever happened, that drove us apart

Be faithful in the small, instead of climbing charts

So I did what I was told, and showed that I was bold

Even if it all falls, I can say I've been blessed

When put to the test, my soul will rest

The beginning to end, it starts over again

'Cause this art has been injected in my vein

Take the last plane and fly really, really high

Life, situation, stories ask me why

I can give it all, a long kiss goodbye

[Chorus]

Goodbye

So I took my hat and said goodbye to the game

Game, bye to the game

Goodbye

So I, so I took my hat and said goodbye to the

Good-, -bye, by-, by-, bye

So I took my hat and said goodbye to the game

-by, by-, by-, bye to the game

Good, good-, good-, good-, good-, good-, goodbye

So, so, so I took my hat and

So I took my hat and

So I took my hat and

Goodbye

Bye