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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Lupe Fiasco
Lupe Fiasco
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
P. Williams
P. Williams
Songwriter
W. M. Jaco
W. M. Jaco
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ramon Rivas
Ramon Rivas
Assistant Engineer
Andrew Coleman
Andrew Coleman
Recording Engineer
Brian Gardner
Brian Gardner
Mastering Engineer
Fabian Marasciullo
Fabian Marasciullo
Mixing Engineer
The Neptunes
The Neptunes
Producer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Today nobody cares
But tomorrow they will, they will
Today nobody cares
But, oh, tomorrow they will, they will
[Verse 2]
They said my future was dark, see me now?
Just look around, I'm beamin'
They used to talk when I wasn't around
You see me now, I'm beamin'
[Verse 3]
I get my energy from my inner G, I be in out of space
But I got inner peace
So tell my enemies that they can't injure me
I know that irritates you have my sympathies
Well you should protest, yeah you should picket me
I'm on a losing strike, I'm on a winning streak
I'm out in left field, I'm speaking mentally
But that's a better place than where the benches be
I'm feelin' really good, me and my different beat
Me and my different drummer, he play the timpanis
See that's what got me here, you hearing me?
Me on my, black man in the future, shit
Call me Billy D, see I'm just forward-looking
That's how I really see
See while you Valentines, I'm thinking Christmas trees
And that how this would be, even that Micky D's
Semicolon, closed parentheses
[Verse 4]
They said my future was dark, see me now?
Just look around, I'm beamin'
They used to talk when I wasn't around
You see me now, I'm beamin'
[Verse 5]
Do you remember me? The guy from verse one
Failure s my last name, Never s my first one
You see I hood a lot, and yeah, I nerd some
Hood's where the heart is, nerd's where the words from
Don't represent either because I merge them
Theres kids who wanna leave and I encourage them
Go out and see the world never return from
Yeah you don't come back unless you learned something
And, baby girl, what doesn't matter what your purse from?
Your hair done, your nails did, you ass fat, but you're dumb
Mix Melyssa Ford with Maya Angelou
Become a top model and Sojourner too
I tried to follow this, what Muhammad do
It's such a old soul inside the sonic youth
Swear I'm Ferrari'ed up, and I'm conscious too
I don't prophesies, I promise you
[Verse 6]
They said my future was dark, see me now?
Just look around, I'm beamin'
They used to talk when I wasn't around
You see me now, I'm beamin'
[Verse 7]
Yeah it's me again the guy from verse two
Well it's the last one it's almost the curfew
It's almost night out so turn your light on
Where all my seven sixties which your bright on
Yeah they are the ones to keep your eyes on
Like we used to do to keep the house warm
And those type of eyes I'm not cry from
You see the tears of fire, run out my crying songs
Now the world shoulders is what I'm cryin' on
The world's fast lane that's what I'm driving on
What am I driving at? I'm trying to drive it home
I'm in the driver seat but you can ride along
It's never cyclops it's never I alone
I'm telling your story whenever I perform
Now if they lookin' for me you tell 'em I've gone
Out in the bright lights right where I belong
[Verse 8]
They said my future was dark, see me now?
Just look around, I'm beamin'
They used to talk when I wasn't around
You see me now, I'm beamin'
Written by: P. Williams, W. M. Jaco, Wasalu Jaco
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