[Intro]
Today, nobody cares
But tomorrow they will, they will
Today, nobody cares
But, oh, tomorrow they will, they will
[Chorus]
They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I’m beamin’
(We are) They used to talk
When I wasn’t around (Lasers)
You see me now (We’re not)
(Losers) I’m beamin’
[Verse #1: Lupe Fiasco]
I get my energy from my inner G
I be in outer 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 places 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 hearin’ me
Me on my "black man in the future" shit, call me Billy Dee
See, I’m just forward-looking, that’s how I really see
See, while you Valentimes, I’m thinking Christmas trees
And that’s how this would be, even at Mickey D’s
Semicolon, close parentheses
[Chorus]
They said my future was dark
You 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 #2: Lupe Fiasco]
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 merged them
It's 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 learn some
And baby girl, what does it matter where your purse from?
Your hurr done, your nails did, your ass fat, but you’re dumb
Mix Melyssa Ford with Maya Angelou
Become a top model and Sojourner too
I try to follow this, what Muhammad do
It’s such a old soul inside the sonic youth
Swear I’m Ferrari’d up, and I’m conscious, too
I don’t prophesize: I promise you
[Chorus]
They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I’m beamin’
They used to talk
When I wasn’t around (Lasers)
You see me now (Ha)
I’m beamin’
[Verse #3: Lupe Fiasco]
Yeah, it’s me again, the guy from verse two
Well, this the last one, it’s almost curfew
It’s almost night out, so turn your lights on
Where all my 760s, witcha brights on?
Yeah, they are the ones to keep your eyes on
Like how we used to do, to keep the house warm
Now those the type of eyes, I not cry from
You see the tears of fire run out my cryin’ songs
Now the world’s shoulders is what we cryin’ on
The world’s fast lane is what I’m drivin’ on
What am I driving at? I’m tryna drive it home
I’m in the driver’s seat, but you can ride along
‘Cause never cyclops, it’s never I (eye) alone
I’m tellin’ your story wherever I perform
Now if they lookin’ for me, tell ‘em I’ve gone
Out in the bright lights, right where I belong
[Chorus]
They said my future was dark
You 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’
Fedie Demarco - “Grand Imperial” ft Ice-T
11 months ago
Become a Top Model, and Sojourner too......shouldnt dat be sojourner truth
ReplyDeleteNope, I'm pretty sure he's saying be both (a top model & Sojourner)
ReplyDelete"Where all my seven-sixties, with your brights on
ReplyDeleteYeah, they are the ones, to keep ya eyes on
Like how we used to do, to keep the house warm"..................i dont get what hes talking about there
@bongani I'd say 760's is in reference to a car, your brights being headlights.
ReplyDelete"Like how we used to do, to keep the house warm" refers to the eyes on a stove lol. Folks in the hood would turn on their stoves to keep their houses warm.
thanks mr genius ,kinda makes sense now.
ReplyDeletewhat's he mean when he says "And that's how this would be, even at Mickey D's"?
ReplyDeletehe is forward looking even if he was working at macdonalds.not being detered and held back by the situation.
ReplyDeleteAlso to add to that^,
ReplyDeleteEven at Mickey D's, semicolon close parentheses
the semicolon close parentheses, which looks like this --> :) , is a reference to the McDonald's logo. The arches with the smiling mouth under it.
http://thesituationist.files.wordpress.com/2007/06/mcdonalds-logo.jpg
remember 2 smile
it should be "Sojourner truth" not "too".....Sojourner truth is the name of a black female abolitionist....Sojourner too doesnt make sense a Sojourner is jus someone that lives somewhere briefly
ReplyDelete"Sojurner too" is what he's saying. It's obviouse that he's talking about S. Truth. He's says "too" as in "also" to say that you can be pretty like a model, but also intellegent with leadership qualities.
ReplyDeletefor the McDonalds reference, thre was a commercial that aired in canada for mcdonalds where the guy was saying what he was typing into his blackberry and he say's "Semicolon, close parentheses" so yea if that clears any thing up glad to help
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