Lyrics

[Intro] Missy, it's Diane The information for the Where you can send the flowers to The florist for Aaliyah I'll give you the phone number in case you need it Okay, Missy, take care of yourself I love you I love you, bye-bye [Verse 1: Missy Elliott] I been checkin' on your moms and dad (Uh) And your brother since the day you left (Left) Passed on and went away with God (Uh) But for your mama, it's been so damn hard I hate to even hear her cry (Cry) Aaliyah, she asked me why (Why) Would her baby girl go this way? (Oh) Can you give me better words to say? [Chorus: Missy Elliott] Comе one day, she'll see you again With the samе old beautiful smile Long hair and the voice of a hummingbird You'll be singing them same old songs Aaliyah, can you hear me? I hope that you're proud of me Me and Tim, we been doin' our thing But it's never been the same since you had to go I ain't never met a friend more incredible, oh [Verse 2: Chilli & Missy Elliott] I know you in real good hands (Uh) With God, but damn, I miss you Aaliyah, if you see Left Eye, will you (Uh-huh) Tell her me and Boz miss her too? (Uh) 'Cause no one's gonna fill her space (Uh-uh) T-C, L not replaced (Uh) All the reasons we learned to love Fly high with your twenty-two doves [Chorus: Missy Elliott & TLC] One day, we'll see her again With the same old beautiful smile Crazy, but sexy cool And she'll be rappin' them same old songs Lisa, can you hear me? We hope that you're proud of us TLC has come a long way But it's never been the same since you had to go 'Cause the healing process will be long and slow (Yeah) [Verse 3: Missy Elliott & Chilli] Aaliyah, I know you in a safer place You're face-to-face with the creator and our maker And if you and Left Eye happen to chat Tell her me and Tionne, we know she much safer If you see Biggie Smalls up in the clouds Tell him he's still the illest emcee we had around 2Pac, there is only one, Big Pun, R.I.P. We say one, yeah, yeah [Chorus: Missy Elliott & TLC] One day, we'll see y'all again With the same old beautiful smiles All styles, so many styles And y'all be doin' the same old things The last time we seen ya We hope y'all can change the world Let 'em see how short life be It will never be the same since ya had to go To the music world, y'all are incredible [Post-Chorus: Chilli] Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Yeah, yeah, yeah [Outro: Missy Elliott] This is the end Bye, motherfucker, nah, I'm just playin' Anyway, uh, you know, once again, I hope y'all enjoyed what y'all heard You know, I know somebody gon' walk through the door who say they still don't feel me They, you know, don't like my album or maybe somebody just shitted in your corn flakes, so maybe somethin' stink But, far as I'm concerned, I do what I do the best way I can So hopefully you felt some old school flavor in there You, you may not feel like I'm, I'm a real hip-hop artist, but I don't have to be, I grew up on hip-hop and that's what motivated me to do music Uh, beef back then wasn't death threats between two artists Beefs was, you know, uh, who had the realest skills, who was the dopest on the mic So magazine, ready your folks, whomever, you know, this shit is kinda in your court I know sometimes you want the best stories and you gotta eat too just like everybody else But sometimes we gotta sacrifice and say the best stories don't have to be somethin' negative Let's not wait 'til we lose another important emcee in the rap game to start sayin' chill out with the dumb shit And all of that, you know, um We could all stand for goin' under a lil' construction So right now, I ain't gon' turn into Reverend Elliott on y'all I just love music and if you don't like it, I don't give a shit Aight, basically, I love ya, God bless, goodnight