Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down

I've been up and I've been down and I ain't sleepin' on em'
I keep on creepin' on em', creepin' on em', creepin on em'
Oh my bone never divide
Baby this is my third time, turn while, the world marched
Struggle to come up, that's when the family huddles
We live in ghetto's, to make it out the family hustle
My dear beloved, as if you ever love it
We gon' now discover
Still have the rule above it
Bone Bone, we grow it all
The way we live it but we zone, zone, we gon' move on
I'll be there ready, people always out to getchu
The way your father out to getchu
The haters always out to getchu
So you went to deal with issues
Ain't no helpin hand'll get you
Damn friend saw me, need tissues, you know we'll miss you
And I'll stay up with you
And problems they keep touching you, wassup with you

We've been so high around the world
There and back again
We've seen some messed up things fo sho
Yeah, We've lost some friends
You think you know us but you don't
'Cause

Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down

I remember my daddy told me, "Say boy, you need to get up and go get you some"
So I went out and got me some
And when I got it, make sure that I got a lot of it
'Cause life you can only live it once
So you need to get it done
Before you know it, they don't know you no more
They never knew ya, you feel just like they treat you like a stranger
Act like they treat ya they can't use you no more
That's how they do ya
Sometimes it really sucks to be famous
I guess everybody gotta take they fall from grace
So just know, that one day, we all fade away
I knew rappers used to be active but they gone today
It's the coldest thang
Nobody loves you when you find out when it's over that you really have more foes than friends
It's a cut throat game, It's cut throat game
Any second you could be thrown away, thrown away

We've been so high around the world
There and back again
We've seen some messed up things fo sho
Yeah, We've lost some friends
You think you know us but you don't
'Cause

Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down

No we never gonna ever waste no opportunity
'Cause as long as we still standing we'll be family
No we never gonna ever waste no opportunity
'Cause as long as we still standing we'll be family

We've been so high around the world
There and back again
We've seen some messed up things fo sho
Yeah, We've lost some friends
You think you know us but you don't
Because

Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down
Whatever goes up, it must come down, down, down, down


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Whatever Goes Up Lyrics as written by Charles Scruggs Bryon Anthony Mccane Ii

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