[Verse 1: Fat Joe]

You know he saved my life you know?

I got pictures on 42nd street with 20 people in it

Everybody dead but me

If it wasn’t for him, I wouldn’t be here

I signed my first deal at my dope spot

That’s why the streets named me after coke rock

50 others 49 course 7 5

That’s why I say the nigga Chris saved my life

I’m a violator so don’t violate

Work the chi ali, walk for God's sake

What this man had to take his life

Now his kids gotta pay the price

I always loved you if I never told you

And can’t describe in words how much a nigga owe you

I know you couldn’t stop the fifty shit

But I ain’t never look at you no different Chris

You was my mentor, you started me

That’s why you’ll forever be a part of me

I pray to God to forgive him

And when you get to heaven tell Pun we miss him

(Hook)

Goodbye, goodbye, so long farewell

But it’s not the end of the chapter

Goodbye, goodbye, so long farewell

I’ll see you again in the after life

[Verse 2: Joell Ortiz]

I got the news while doing the interview

And had to stop talking

It’s not often somebody gives you a shot wanting

Nothing in return but to see you pop often

Who’s next to the stage I remember I hopped off and

The first person I saw had red hair

And thick glasses, he said congrats Joe you kicked asses

I can’t believe I’m really writing this verse

Man we was just laughing at the sea port with the click maggin

Sorry Addison, I’m sorry Coltrane, sorry Hot 97 i’m feeling your pain

Sorry I had to slide though

That slide show made them slide down my face yeah I cried too

Thanks for believing I could be a sick rapper

This is the farewell, Yaowa to Chris Nadler

And I know you summer jammin' in the sky

But from everybody down here, goodbye

(Hook)

[Verse 3: Joe Budden]

I remember it like it just happened

I could've sworn it was a dream

But in reality it hit me like a nightmare

Or at least that's how it seemed

I just got a grip on our relationship

We was ironing things out, started picking up steam

And when we didn't need it is when it all got heated

And we both said some things that we probably didn't mean

Then God intervened, guess more was at stake

Thought we left nothing over, He put more on the plate

She came home from the doctor with news I've been wanting

Says family was incoming, she's pregnant, twins coming

But that's gotta be a lie

She sighed, couldn't stop the tears coming from her eyes

That birth control she on, for them it's suicide

As long as it's still inside, two of them wouldn't survive

Hard turn from memorable to cynical

Picturing clothes for what would've been identical

Similar outfits, similar names

My deceased kids' ultrasound in a frame

So I'm deprived of my chance to be a better dad

Staring at my twins that I never had

I shed a tear, looking up in the sky

Even though y'all just got here, goodbye

(hook)

[Verse 4: Crooked I]

My biological sperm donor, didn't wanna be a daddy

So he hopped in his Caddy and turned corners on us

Turned on us out the clear blue

His last memory of his son is seeing me through his rearview

I still love him yo, but I love his brother more

My uncle showed me love no one could know

Young and poor with a tougher road

To suffer hunger was nothing but Unc' would hold

Us down, help moms lift the motherload

I got grown and

I used to wonder what it would be like to speak to pops as a grown man

He provided that feeling, told me to take my career into my own hands

He was there when I had no fans

My cellphone rings, and after I answer

A voice says "Your uncle's been diagnosed with cancer"

Worst news in my life

Him and chemo going 12 rounds with a disease and they both losing the fight

I'm rushing up to Cedars-Sinai

Praying for a miracle, I don't wanna see my idol die

Before he did, the look in his eyes

Said "Even though you just got here, goodbye"

[Outro]

Goodbye, goodbye, so long farewell

But it’s not the end of the chapter

Goodbye, goodbye, so long farewell

I’ll see you again in the after life

I’ll see you again in the after life

Someday in heaven we will reunite

The flesh disappears but the soul survives

Till next time my friend, farewell goodbye