i used to tell my homie slow down time after time but he never would listen until he got some time the life that he was living i knew it wasn t right the judge gave him that sentence and put him up for life you don t miss the water til the well runs dry don t miss the living til they die don t know the reason don t know why we just let life pass us by chorus cause you never know (never know) what you got (what you got) until it s gone (gone away) away away away away long long gone cause you never know (never know) what you got (what you got) until it s gone away away away away away long long gone rock city see my best friend used to stay with me each and every day he d chill with me always told me to pray for me but i always thought that he ll be fine now i got to watch his mother cry cos she loved him child don t miss the water til the well runs dry don t miss the living til they die don t know the reason don t know why we just let life pass us by chorus cause you never know (never know) what you got (what you got) until it s gone away away away away away long long gone cause you never know (never know) what you got (what you got) until it s gone away away away away away long long gone so don t you take for granted the life you ve been handed be thankful and grateful cause life goes on with or without you plus there s so many people worse off than you with no chance of changing it s truly up to you chorus cause you never know (never know) what you got (what you got) until it s gone away away away away away long long gone cause you never know (never know) what you got (what you got) until it s gone away away away away away long long gone
[00:01.51] [00:10.63] [00:30.96]i used to tell my homie [00:32.69]slow down time after time [00:34.62]but he never would listen [00:36.42]until he got some time [00:38.37]the life that he was living [00:40.15]i knew it wasn t right [00:42.05]the judge gave him that sentence [00:43.87]and put him up for life [00:46.06]you don t miss the water [00:48.32]til the well runs dry [00:50.05]don t miss the living til they die [00:53.48]don t know the reason [00:55.37]don t know why [00:57.92]we just let life pass us by [01:00.66]chorus [01:00.87]cause you never know (never know) [01:03.08]what you got (what you got) [01:05.18]until it s gone (gone away) [01:08.13]away away away away [01:13.21]long long gone [01:15.61]cause you never know (never know) [01:17.92]what you got (what you got) [01:20.00]until it s gone away [01:22.93]away away away away [01:27.91]long long gone [01:29.24]rock city [01:29.60]see my best friend used to stay with me [01:31.64]each and every day he d chill with me [01:33.53]always told me to pray for me [01:35.31]but i always thought that he ll be fine [01:38.42]now i got to watch his mother cry [01:42.60]cos she loved him child [01:45.76]don t miss the water [01:47.39]til the well runs dry [01:49.18]don t miss the living til they die [01:52.83]don t know the reason don t know why [01:57.12]we just let life pass us by [01:59.56]chorus [01:59.77]cause you never know (never know) [02:02.21]what you got (what you got) [02:04.26]until it s gone away [02:07.27]away away away away [02:12.42]long long gone [02:14.73]cause you never know (never know) [02:16.97]what you got (what you got) [02:19.11]until it s gone away [02:22.07]away away away away [02:27.07]long long gone [02:29.52]so don t you take for granted [02:31.70]the life you ve been handed [02:33.38]be thankful and grateful [02:36.03]cause life goes on [02:41.83]with or without you [02:44.33]plus there s so many people worse off than you [02:48.10]with no chance of changing [02:56.52]it s truly up to you [02:59.16]chorus [02:59.32]cause you never know (never know) [03:01.33]what you got (what you got) [03:03.47]until it s gone away [03:06.32]away away away away [03:11.27]long long gone [03:13.77]cause you never know (never know) [03:16.12]what you got (what you got) [03:18.16]until it s gone away [03:21.14]away away away away [03:26.18]long long gone