Good By Now - Nate Smith

It seems like yesterday we were cutting up in class No worries in the world except chasing girls and burning gas Then one day you wake up, you're tossing up them caps Don't it seem like the good times go by too fast Yeah, I wish time would tick a little slower Sometimes it feels like I blink and then it's over Better soak it in, better make it last Live it up while we can 'cause the good times go by too fast It feels like yesterday I walked in that bar Wasn't looking for nothing, now look where we are We're watching our kids growin' up in a flash Don't it feel like the good times go by too fast Yeah, I wish time would tick a little slower Sometimes it feels like I blink and then it's over Better soak it in, better make it last Live it up while we can 'cause the good times go by too fast Before you know it your baby's having babies You're 21, close your eyes then you're 80 So laugh every laugh like it's your last 'Cause you can't get them back The good times go by too fast Yeah, I wish time would tick a little slower Sometimes it feels like I blink and then it's over Better soak it in, better make it last Live it up while we can 'Cause the good times go by too fast The good times go by too fast The good times go by too fast

We ain't good good, but we still good We ain't good good, but we still good I hate that we didn't make it to forever Probably ain't getting back together But that don't mean that I can't wish you better We ain't good good, but we still good I realize that I can't be your lover Let's just keep it honest with each other I'll be happy for you when you find another We ain't good good, but we still good Who knew it'd be like this? Usually my exes turn to enemies But this is different 'Cause we don' got closer now that you ain't with me All that love that we had Ain't no way we gon' forget that And your family, love me like I'm family You know where you stand with me, so when they ask tell them "Right one, right place, wrong time Can't say we didn't try" But you always been a real one even though we ain't together It was real love and baby it's still love I hate that we didn't make it to forever Probably ain't getting back together But that don't mean that I can't wish you better We ain't good good, but we still good I realize that I can't be your lover Let's just keep it honest with each other I'll be happy for you when you find another We ain't good good, but we still good All them plans you made for me to be your Mrs. All the stacks that you done spent on me at Lenox It don't go forgotten But we're happier apart than locked in No smoke with me, I promise boy I don't do drama It didn't work, but I hope you find another I wish you peace, I wish you good sex and good sleep Find the girl of your dreams 'Cause I sleep well at night knowing this ain't meant to be Right one, right place, wrong time Can't say we didn't try All good things come to an end So let's just learn the lessons and find loving again I hate that we ain't make it to forever Probably ain't getting back together But that don't mean that I can't wish you better We ain't good good, but we still good I realize that I can't be your lover Let's just keep it honest with each other I'll be happy for you when you find another We ain't good good, but we still good No matter who you with I want to see you happy (on God) It didn't work out, but that don't mean you should attack me (21, 21) We enjoy the five star meals, but you was with me for the Zaxby's (facts) Holding me down from the start, I used to be broke I was actually (21) I hate that we didn't tie the knot, but shit that's how life goes (on God) You always will say that I might blow (21) Got rich and I paid for your lipo (21) I know the person you is (yeah) That's why I still want to be friends (on God) If you wanna open up a new salon, I still help pay for the wigs (straight up) And I help with the lease (on God) You know I ain't never been cheap (21) Relationships don't always last, but let's not turn it to beef (21) I come through from time to time and have you grabbing them sheets That's if you want to, I'm just playing girl Stop smacking your teeth (21, 21) I hate that we didn't make it to forever Probably ain't getting back together But that don't mean that I can't wish you better We ain't good good, but we still good (we still good) I realize that I can't be your lover Let's just keep it honest with each other I'll be happy for you when you find another We ain't good good, but we still good

Pretty thing you're making me go back Looking like a Shania Twain throwback Picture-perfect girl, I gotta post that Sippin' seven and seven in your seven jeans Put on a string, a little rip on the seam A southern boy's dream, like a movie scene So go on shake your thing like a leaf Nobody gonna see it but the moon and me Come on You know you got that fire right Girl, you my good, good Give me a chance to make your night You know that I would, would You wanna dance girl, I'll get you spinning You wanna see the world, I'll be your ticket I'll put your hand in my hand I'm winning, I'm winning You like that way that diamond shines You know you got that fire right Girl, you my good, good You know you got that fire right (that fire right) Another shot of them blue eyes Won't need any more of that moonshine You're lighting me up my little firefly I can feel the heat, heat Blazing to the beat, beat Backseat, Jeep, Jeep, baby when you do your thing You know you got that fire right Girl, you my good, good Give me a chance to make your night You know that I would, would You wanna dance girl, I'll get you spinning You wanna see the world, I'll be your ticket I'll put your hand in my hand I'm winning, I'm winning You like that way that diamond shines You know you got that fire right Girl, you my good, good You know you got that fire right Girl, you my good, good Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, I can feel the heat, heat Blazing to the beat, beat Backseat, jeep, jeep, talking no sleep, sleep Talking no sleep, sleep Baby, when you do your thing You know you got that fire right Girl, you my good, good Give me a chance to make your night You know that I would, would You wanna dance girl, I'll get you spinning You wanna see the world, I'll be your ticket I'll put your hand in my hand I'm winning, I'm winning You like that way that diamond shines You know you got that fire right Girl, you my good, good You know you got that fire right What do you say girl? You got that fire, that fire Girl, you my good, good You got that fire, that fire Girl, you my good, good

CEO of the free world now Build your walls up high and wide Make it rain to keep them out That won't change what we are inside Pick the fruit of your labor Cultivate, plant your seeds now and watch them grow Man, I'll holla at you later Let you find out what you're made of Just saying... Is that the look of freedom, now? Is that the sound of freedom, now? 'Cause it's plain to see a man's integrity By the way he treats those he does not need And it's time we talk about it Let's not waste our common ground We will fall for standing and watching, all in silence Dear Lord, are we numb? Where we going right now? No, not later, no, no, no, not later Oh, right now, oh, right now Now, not later, no, not later No, no, no, not later This can't wait, now CEO of the free world now Should we teach our children hatred? Chase the inner cities, shoot them down It's like we're still running races I'm just saying... Is that the look of freedom, now? Is that the sound of freedom, now? 'Cause it's plain to see a man's integrity By the way he treats those he does not need And it's time we talk about it Let's not waste our common ground We will fall for standing and watching, all in silence Dear Lord, are we numb? Where we going right now? No, not later, no, no, no, not later Oh, right now, oh, right now Now, not later, no, not later No, no, no, not later Oh right now, oh right... Now, now, now Now, now, now Now or never, we can work together Now, now, now Now, now, now We only suffer what we allow Now, now, now For all the people In Puerto Rico Way down in Houston In Flint, Michigan And standing right here Way down in New Orleans All of the dreamers The black lives that we've lost right now Now, now, now This can't wait, no Oh, right now Now, now, now, now Now, now, now We are the look of freedom, oh We are the sound of freedom We are the look of freedom We are the sound of freedom

You, you always said That I'm better when I'm not trapped in my head And you try to explain But forgiveness feels much better than the pain Here and now After everything we thought we knew Broken lies and shattered truths Lost and found Every memory that's bleeding through They all just seem to lead me back to you And I can finally see The mistakes I've made are glaring back at me For all I've done, for all I've lost Because of "in the moment" wasn't worth the cost Here and now After everything we thought we knew Broken lies and shattered truths Lost and found Every memory that's bleeding through They all just seem to lead me back to you They lead me back to you Here and now After everything we thought we knew Broken lies and shattered truths Lost and found Every memory that's bleeding through They all just seem to lead me back to you Here and now After everything we thought we knew Broken lies and shattered truths Lost and found Every memory that's bleeding through They all just seem to lead me back They all just seem to lead me back They all just seem to lead me back to you

I'm walking on a thin line I try not to look down Can't stop my hands from shaking I got too far to fall now But I see a moon Shining over me What has been will not always be Steady now, eyes on the horizon This will pass and the world will keep spinning on and on And on and on Got waves all around, but we'll make it out Steady now, steady now Wind upon the water Storm under the sea You might make it harder But you won't define me 'Cause I know the moon is watching over me What has been will not always be Steady now, eyes on the horizon This will pass and the world will keep spinning on and on And on and on Got waves all around, but we'll make it out Steady now, steady now Oh, steady now, steady now Steady now, eyes on the horizon This will pass and the world will keep spinning on and on Steady now

Saint in this- Re- Re- Muhfuck- (Saint in this muhfucka') Light that muhfucka' up (Reid) You not knowin' what you really worth Why you actin' like you ain't the shit, huh? I put stones on my neck So them fuckers hit when I feel the breeze, huh You ain't never take a chance That shit changin' when you come with me All this swag, everything you need Good Comme baby, on the feet I know your worth, I'm losin' my mind tryna make this work I could say "Fuck you" and leave you so lost But baby I know how that hurts I could say "Fuck it, I'm cuttin' my losses" And go to hell, go to work But I hopped back in, in the game If they say I changed, them fuck-niggas hatin' Pass that shit We got blunts in the lounge, but baby we also got lines Come get you a sniff Bitch I could turn you to a fuckin' star, but it'll take some- Don't gas that bitch This hoe think she the one and she really just not And she stay tryna be my stitch Get away from me, they gotta wait for me just to get in They see them numbers don't lie The AC been crankin' cause I brought the heat in this bitch I ain't turnin' it down The AP don't tick in the UK, it got a timezone lock on the dial Why would I care 'bout what you say? You ain't never made a rack in an hour, huh My nigga he keep him a lil Drac I'm not talkin' 'bout the one with the owl When I come through, your bitch throw in the towel Make a grown ass man fall down like a tower How you gon' get that paper, you sittin' there poutin'? I cannot fuck up, I need that lil B in the driveway I knock a fuck-nigga off, he try to get in my way I got these groupies switchin' up their timeframes Throw 'em a loosie, they gon' lose they minds gang, huh You not knowin' what you really worth Why you actin' like you ain't the shit, huh? I put stones on my neck So them fuckers hit when I feel the breeze, huh You ain't never take a chance That shit changin' when you come with me All this swag, everything you need Good Comme baby, on the feet I know your worth, I'm losin' my mind tryna make this work I could say "Fuck you" and leave you so lost But baby I know how that hurts I could say "Fuck it I'm cuttin' my losses" And go to hell, go to work But I hopped back in, in the game If they say I changed, them fuck-niggas hatin'

متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف وتفوت أيام وتمر سنين وانا حالي غريب انا مين انا مين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين مشدود في الساقية وعايش مبسوط وحزين ومحبط وجرئ ورزين على غفلة اتحول بركان جبار انا ضلمة وليل أنا نار ونهار متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف ماشي على طريق مكتوب مرسوم بس انا مسؤول وعليا اللوم ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول ماقدرش أقول من الذنب برئ لا انا ابليس ولا هبقى رسول قدامي طريق همشيه همشيه نفهم في الآخر كل ده لية متكتف مهموم موجوع وضعيف وشجاع مليان أحلام وعشان مربوط مكسور وبكسر في المآديف

فوسط زحمة وناس كتير وطريق أنا ماشي فيه عكس السير وسط الطموح والأمل والتمني فاضلي خطوة توصلني فوسط حاجات ومكيفات بحاول أنسى كل اللي فات في وسط صدري ضلعي مكسور ومن خلاله قلبي شايف نور أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع فوسط الليل وأنا بعيد عن البشر شفت نور يشبه نور القمر بس القمر مسيره يفارق ويسيبني تاني مع الوحدة أحارب فوسط قصة حب يعني وهمية كان لازم أصدق اصل الوحدة قوية مش كل المشاعر حقيقية أنا شفت نور معرفتش اغمض عنيا أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع أنا كنت فاكر اني طاير وأتاريني على وشي بقع أنا كنت فاكر إني هوصل لكني بهرب من الوجع

You got a fast car I want a ticket to anywhere Maybe we make a deal Maybe together we can get somewhere Any place is better Startin' from zero, got nothing to lose Maybe we'll make something Me, myself, I got nothing to prove You got a fast car I got a plan to get us out of here I been working at the convenience store Managed to save just a little bit of money Won't have to drive too far Just across the border and into the city You and I can both get jobs Finally see what it means to be living See, my old man's got a problem He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is He says his body's too old for working His body's too young to look like his Mama went off and left him She wanted more from life than he could give I said, "somebody's got to take care of him" So I quit school and that's what I did You got a fast car Is it fast enough so we can fly away? Still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car We go cruisin', entertain ourselves You still ain't got a job So I work in a market as a checkout girl I know things will get better You'll find work and I'll get promoted We'll move out of the shelter Buy a bigger house, live in the suburbs So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car I got a job that pays all our bills You stay out drinking late at the bar See more of your friends than you do of your kids I'd always hoped for better Thought maybe together you and me would find it I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere So take your fast car and keep on driving So, I remember when we were driving, driving in your car Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk City lights lay out before us And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder And I, I, had a feeling that I belonged I, I, had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone You got a fast car Is it fast enough so you can fly away? You still gotta make a decision Leave tonight, or live and die this way