âThen Ya Goneâ
(Featuring Chink Santana)
(Intro: Ashanti)
Well, well, well, well⌠hello babyâŚ
For one day youâre here, and then yah goneâŚ
(Rap: Verse 1: Chink)
Iâm wakinâ up to anotha day, itâs amazinâ, its gettingâ crazy.
âCause why I wonder how I stuck this out,
I got this touch this pain and may be this might just be my prayers be.
As in these strange ways stuck in these dreams,
âCause if yah hood like my hood then you would --- up.
âCause the world is the ghetto, we gonâ go get locked upped.
Yâall go get yah hustle on and yah struggles on.
(Bridge: Chink)
See, one minute yah here,
And then the next day yah goneâŚ
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby,
And then yah gone
(Chink: the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby,
And then yah gon-ooh-oh-on
(Chink: and then the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby,
And then yah gone
(Chink: the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby,
And then yah gon-ooh-oh-on
(Chink: and then the next day yah gone).
(Verse 2: Ashanti)
Listen, see everyday we complain about little upsâ and downsâ.
We need to be thankinâ the Lord that we are still around.
Youâll never ever know when it is your time to go,
And I know itâs hurtinâ so bad to people that we love,
Gotta use that example and try and straighten up.
Yah gotta live everyday as if your last one.
(Bridge: Ashanti)
See, one minute yah here,
And then the next day yah goneâŚ
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby (aah-ohh),
And then yah gone
(Chink: the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby (oh, no),
And then yah gon-ooh-oh-on
(Chink: and then the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby
(Mmmmmmm),
And then yah gone (mm-mmmm)
(Chink: the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby,
And then yah gon-ooh-oh-on
(Chink: and then the next day yah gone).
(Verse 3: Ashanti)
See, lately I wake up in the morninâ wantinâ to cry,
I been my knees and raise my head up into the sky.
And sometimes I just canât fight my feelings I have inside, I.
See, I always wish that you could be here right by my side.
Iâm glad I told you âI love you so muchâ before yah died.
I knew you couldnât and wouldnât be here for very long,
(Bridge: Ashanti)
See, one minute yah here,
And then the next day yah goneâŚ
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby (aah-ohh),
And then yah gone
(Chink: the next day yah gone), (aah-ooh-ooh-aah-oh-ohh).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby,
And then yah gon-ooh-oh-on (aah-aah),
(Chink: and then the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby (oh-no, no-no),
And then yah gone
(Chink: the next day yah gone), (aaaaaah-haaaaaahhh).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here baby (ah!),
And then yah gon-ooh-oh-on
(Chink: and then the next day yah gone).
(Spoken: Ashanti)
See, what I need (what I needâŚ)âŚ
Is for yâall to know (yâall to knowâŚ)âŚ
That livinâ life (livinâ lifeâŚ)âŚ
Can come and go (come and goâŚ)âŚ
Yah gotta face (gotta faceâŚ) reality (realityâŚ)âŚ
I want the world (want the worldâŚ)âŚ
To sing witâ meâŚ
(Verse 4: Ashanti)
Sometimes the world that we live in,
Donât seem so fair or forgivinâ.
See, these streets are hard to survive in,
âCause all day yah see people dyinâ (no, no, no, no, no, noooâŚ).
And I pray that one day we all see
That life ainât promised to you and life ainât promised to me.
Never forget this and be clear,
We donât know how long we gonâ be here.
(Harmony: Ashanti)
Ooooooooooh-ooooh-oooh (oooooohâŚ)âŚ
They gone (so goneâŚ)âŚ
I know, you know, yeahâŚ
I know, la-la-la-ahâŚ
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here (yeah) baby (yeah, yeah),
And then yah gone (yeah, yeah),
(Chink: the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:)
(Aah-ooh-ooh-aah-oh-oh)
One day yah here (goneâŚ) baby,
And (well, wellâŚ) then (well, wellâŚ) yah gon-ooh-oh-on
(Chink: and then the next day yah gone),
(Well, well, wellâŚ).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) One day yah here (aah-aah-aah!) baby,
(Hooooooooooooh) And then yah gone
(Chink: the next day yah gone).
(Chorus: Ashanti [and Chink])
(Ashanti:) (Hoo-ooh-no)
One day yah here baby (they gone),
And then yah gon-ooh-oh-on (they gone),
(Chink: and then the next day yah gone).
(Outro: Ashanti)
(Ah-hah-hah-no-hah-ah)
Donât leave me baby, yeahâŚ
I know, you know, no, no, no, no, no, nooâŚ
Yeah, yeah⌠la-la-la⌠la-la-la-ahâŚ
Gon-ooh-ooh-gon-ooh-onâŚ
Oh, no, yeahâŚ
