This is for my people's who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby
Your man or your lady
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye

Mamas, daddys, sisters, brothers
Friends and cousins
This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky
Cause we will never say goodbye

As a child there were the times
I didn't get it
But you kept me in line
I didn't know why
You didn't show up some times
On sunday mornings and I missed you
But I'm glad we talked through
All them grown folk things
Separation brings
You never let me know it
You never let it show
Because you loved me
And obviously
There's so much more left to say
If you were with me today
Face to face

I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life rolls on I wish
I could talk to you for a while
I miss you but I try not cry
As time goes by
And it's true that you've
Reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
And the hardest thing to do is say
Bye bye

You never got a chance to see
How good I've done
And you never got to
See me back at number one
I wish that you were here
So we could celebrate together
I wish that we could
Spend the holidays together

I remember when you used to
Tuck me in at night
With the teddy bear you gave me
That I held so tight
I thought you were so strong
You'd make it through whatever
It's so hard to accept
The fact you're gone forever

I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life rolls on I wish
I could talk to you for a while
I miss you but I try not cry
As time goes by
And it's true that you've
Reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
And the hardest thing to do is say
Bye bye

This is for my people's who just lost somebody
Your best friend, your baby
Your man or your lady
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye

Mamas, daddys, sisters, brothers
Friends and cousins
This is for my peoples who lost their grandmothers
Lift your head to the sky
Cause we will never say bye

I never knew I could hurt like this
And everyday life rolls on I wish
I could talk to you for a while
I miss you but I try not cry
As time goes by
And it's true that you've
Reached a better place
Still I'd give the world to see your face
And be right here next to you
But it's like you're gone too soon
And the hardest thing to do is say
Bye bye

This is for my people's who just lost somebody
Put your hand way up high
We will never say bye