So Long (Imitator) - CEE, Po3

Verse 1: Po3

A thug changes, and love changes

And as they tell me best friends become strangers

Yea, word up, but… I never thought this could’ve happened to us

I truly believed you had my back and so I granted my trust

Instead of hands upon my shoulder, it was dagger you thrust

And while it hurt I just imagined you must, like it was a part of the cycle

Harder you fight, the less you win

Back at the start of the hike I wanted to write with the best of them

Halfway up the mountain now and I question when the quest begins

Once I hit the crest I can address the wind, catch a breath again,

spread it thin

I remember when intelligence was welcome in a conversation

But can’t recall just when we stopped relating

It’s hard to say it but I think we simply grew apart

I was so moved the day you introduced me to this art

That I would never stop and couldn’t do it just to prove I fit the part

I knew the hardest move to make was keeping true at heart

And so I meditated on it, my message stayed as honest

As a medicated prisoner who would get a steak for talking

And I’m a goner now, missing you is all I got left

I met you in a park back when I knew myself a lot less

I was a hot mess, you taught me how to cool my jets and talk fresh

Then you jetted, and I just couldn’t get to where you were headed, shit

Hook: Po3

So long, you’re not the man I used to know now

An imitator steady fakin' on the low down

But hold on, me and the family got that old sound

Demonstratin' how to hold down for the whole town

So long, you’re not the man I used to know now

An imitator steady fakin' on the low down

But hold on, me and the family got that old sound

Demonstratin' how to hold down for the whole town

Verse 2: Cee

Yeah, best friends become, best friends become

Best friends become strangers

Yeah, yo, I don’t have beef with anybody but I’m mad at you

And everybody changes but you morphed into a different dude

We met when I was a kid at 12 or 13

And I was immediately hypnotized by the way you dress and you speak

You was the coolest thing I ever seen or heard

I was impressionable, and soaked up all the game you puttin' down in your words

And you was too real, my parents tried to stop me being ‘round you

But we never let a little interference stop us hanging out

And shit I studied you, you gave me a voice

I’ve given you love, you given me art, awakening passion that be moving the boy,

pause

You showed me how to stand up as a man and speak my truth

Giving me confidence for shit I never knew I could do

But that’s a distant memory, I mean, I still feel your effect on me

But things ain’t been the same since you put money in your recipe

And there’s an element of fraudulence taintin' your style I’m hearin'

A fuckin' shame if you ask me but hey, you livin'

And I bet your soul is still intact

Behind the facade, behind all the lights and smoke and mirrors lies a realness

that cracked

And here’s to hoping you don’t lose your glow

But for now, imitator, so long, you’re a shadow of the man I used to know, oh

Hook: Po3

So long, you’re not the man I used to know now

An imitator steady fakin' on the low down

But hold on, me and the family got that old sound

Demonstratin' how to hold down for the whole town

So long, you’re not the man I used to know now

An imitator steady fakin' on the low down

But hold on, me and the family got that old sound

Demonstratin' how to hold down for the whole town

So long, you’re not the man I used to know now

An imitator steady fakin' on the low down

But hold on, me and the family got that old sound

Demonstratin' how to hold down for the whole town

So long, you’re not the man I used to know now

An imitator steady fakin' on the low down

But hold on, me and the family got that old sound

Demonstratin' how to hold down for the whole town