Until It's Gone

About Until It's Gone

"Until It's Gone" is a song by American recording artist Monica. It was written and produced by longtime contributor Missy Elliott with additional penning from Jazmine Sullivan, Cainon "Lambo" Lamb, and Anthony "J. R. Smashh" Randolph for Monica's seventh studio album, New Life (2012), sampling both The Spinners' 1975 record "I Don't Want to Lose You" and Boogie Down Productions' 1987 song "9mm Goes Bang". A soulful, anthemic R&B ballad built upon percussion with piano chords, the song lyrically explores the breakdown of an old relationship. The track was serviced to digital media stores on September 27, 2011 in the United States, replacing "Anything (To Find You)" featuring Rick Ross as the album's initial leading single. Released to mixed reviews by contemporary music critics, who praised its more sophisticated and melodically complex structure but felt it formulaic, it failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100, but peaked at number 22 on the component Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart. While it would remain the highest-charting single offering from the New Life album, it was later demoted and replaced by Rico Love-produced "It All Belongs to Me", a duet with R&B singer Brandy, as the album's leading single. more »

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2012

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It's a shame you ain't wanted when you had it, hey
Gave my love and you took the shit for granted, hey
And it was me those nights that you didn't come home
Crying to my mama, blowing up your phone
Just wait a little while, baby you gon' see
That this gon' hurt you more than it hurt me

Cause one thing that I know for sure
Is you gon' miss me when I go
And it's gon' hurt babe
When you're all alone
I guess it's true what people say
You never know
What you have until it's gone

You can never say I didn't try, hey
Gave my all but I couldn't make you fight, hey
And it was me those nights that you didn't come home
Crying to my mama, blowing up your phone
Just wait a little while, baby you gon' see
That this gon' hurt you more than it hurt me

Cause one thing that I know for sure
Is you gon' miss me when I go
And it's gon' hurt babe
When you're all alone
I guess it's true what people say
You never know
What you have until it's gone

And I can't say enough that it's gon' be me you'll miss, no
And I can't say enough that it ain't gon' get no better than this
I'm tryna make you realize
I cried and I cried so many times
But one thing I know
It's gon' hurt when you go
But one thing that I know babe

One thing that I know for sure
Is you gon' miss me when I go
And it's gon' hurt babe
You're all alone
I guess it's true what people say
You never know
I guess it's true what people say
You never know
What you have until it's gone

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Monica

Monica Denise Brown (née Arnold; born October 24, 1980) professionally known as Monica, is an American R&B singer–songwriter, record producer, and occasional actress. Born and raised in College Park, Georgia, Monica began performing as a child and became part of a traveling gospel choir, at the age of ten. Guided by producers Dallas Austin and Tim & Bob, she signed with Arista Records at age thirteen and released her debut album Miss Thang in 1995. Its first two singles "Don't Take It Personal" and "Before You Walk out of My Life" made her the youngest recording act to ever have two consecutive chart-topping hits on the US Billboard Top R&B Singles chart. more »

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