Good As Gone Songtext
von Dilated Peoples

Dilated Peoples
DJ Premier on the beat
DJ Babu on the cut

"You know the saga"
"Who live"
"Sacrifice my life but I won′t give in"
"That's why I′m driven to bless you with the God-given"
"See with your eyes dilated for the sake of the Gs"


I was getting buried alive
Heard the dirt hit the coffin top, I barely survived
But I broke through my grave, ripped the pine box cell apart
Head first, yelling maggot brain, Funkadelic art
There is a dark side, fair weather friends fly
Hitchcock, same birds scatter when the end stop
Couple let their guards down, figured it was death for certain
Talking 'bout, "Next, time to pull the plug and close the curtains"
Eyes wide, bugged like holy leaping Lazarus
I thought that y'all were... never mind
Material still hazardous, hazmat
Clutching their chest like asthmatics
From mathematics, a natural dash of black magic
Salute to new voices flexing power, advancing the balance
Of modern branding versus classic sound clashing
Took heavy fire, survived the crash landing
Smiled and walked away from the wreckage, the last standing

They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone

"You know the saga"
"Who live"
"Sacrifice my life but I won′t give in"
They thought that it was gone for good
"See with your eyes dilated for the sake of the Gs"


Devise a plan then I execute it ′til I'm undisputed
If the record never state it, I′ve been showing most improvement
At a time when my peers declined, I used it as a booster
Used the dedication as a plus, I ain't used to losers
Locked the rare loops from the safe then I changed the combination
And I set the pace, settled down and laid the conversation
Drew an outline that made me think, "Is this a new beginning?"
I kept an older frame of mind when I′ve been spraying all the fill-ins
So God bless us, cut from different cloths and different textures
Different walks of life, some act, some are directors
Some are extras and those ain't easy to find
And I ain′t easily defined, what's fame? A thin line
I've been thinking, walking over the edge but keep blinking
Taking two steps back to my zone for no reason
Call it comfort and that is not the best for my art
Not the best way to end and not the best way to start
Good as gone

They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone

"You know the saga"
"Who live"
"Sacrifice my life but I won′t give in"
They thought that it was gone for good
"See with your eyes dilated for the sake of the Gs"

I was out of mind and sight
Dark clouds all around me, trying to find the light
I took flight with the dot dot
Legs dangling, cliffhanging, never docking my spot
I stand by what I say cause I′m easy to find
Gates posted every day of the year in bold lines
The more that I roam, the more that I'm free
The more I′m in Rome, the more that I'm me
The more I′m at home, the more that it's stress
The moral is we be touring at best
I′m not the same old run of the mill
Who keeps running until the feet tell him put the runners to rest
I've seen the last come first, I've seen the first last
Double majored in life, some of the worst paths
Back to school, learning secrets that the Earth has
Sat in coach and studied business before my first class

They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone
They thought that it was gone for good
They figured it was good as gone

"You know the saga"
"Who live"
"Sacrifice my life but I won′t give in"
They thought that it was gone for good
"See with your eyes dilated for the sake of the Gs"