Chorus
Carry on this life is not longGuaranteed to leave whether right or wrongBe Here Now before your time is gone We each have the need within to carry on

Verse 1
She wore a shirt to explore the hurt From the loss of a friend at the Dilla concert Front row didn't know what it meant til she left extension of Life through those who have breath Death isn't final cause just like vinyl the movement of grooves keeps energy recycled what a moment/ the clothes had meaning its almost as if the both them were seeing the scene so the tribute was more than a party connected in spirit/ experience out of body hergarment was art and it went to my heart when I found out that cancer had torn them apart celebrate life with music/ its therapeutic Life is a gift so we might as well use it let Gail a comment it had been 3 years you woulda had so much fun nearly brought me to tears

Verse 2
He lived a life that you never write home aboutyou know the type to do anything for the clout what is it worth/ selling your soul/ losing control Somehow he made it over 30 years old Strung out/ buggin out in public/ outta touch with The world/ succumbing to the underground thug tip Full of anxiety and battling sobriety Uppers and downers/ pills, needles/ the whole variety Caught up in a blizzard of the cold war livin' It stunted his vision and growth/ so both of em were limited disappeared for years/ his homie locked down ended up on television/ still entertaining crowds when he died/ couldn't pretend like I was surprised why's it take death to begin living our lives? why not be an angel while you're walking on the Earth? sometimes/ R.I.P. are just letters on a shirt

Outro
Carry on y'all/ and it just don't stop we carry on y'all/ and it just don’t quit we carry on yall/ be strong stand tall We carry on yall/ we love em all love em all we carry on yall/ carry on carry on we carry on yall/ carry on carry on we carry on yall/ carry on carry on We each have the need within to carry on