[ti:]The Future [ar:]P Diddy [al:]Press Play [00:04.32]I can't hear you! [00:13.49]I like it when you say my name [00:16.28]("The Fu-The Fu-The-Future-ture-ture-ture-ture...") [00:23.67]Y'all gon' love me [00:25.37]Feelin it's about to get ugly [00:27.67]Inject this dose of the future [00:30.35]Tap them veins, grab hold, let me shoot ya [00:33.56]Mainline this new Diddy heroin [00:35.60]The Afro-American dream is too evident [00:39.13]The potential to be the first black President [00:41.60]iTunes, download me in every resident [00:44.59]Early, I skip break-fast [00:46.88]Nigga be on his grind like he need new brake pads [00:50.06]We in the hood like black soap and dollar vans [00:52.74]My CD's in 3-D, holograms [00:55.92]The future, y'all need to holla man [00:58.58]The live show's a hard act to follow man [01:01.60]Bronze my likeness, y'all need to follow him [01:04.09]From now to 3000, I'll be a problem man [01:06.39]The future [01:14.77]Always before you [01:15.83]("The Fu-The Fu-The-Future-ture-ture-ture-ture...") [01:16.75]Always ill [01:18.57]With my demeanor, flip, assemble my own team to [01:21.54]Say fuck FEMA in case there's another Katrina [01:24.50]And you, laughed at the past, said I was a dreamer [01:27.00]But it's, back to the future, sold out arenas [01:29.84]We, take 'em to the cleaners, calm ya nerves [01:32.98]This is the man who provided more jobs for blacks than armed services [01:35.69](Let's go) Cut them corners, stay ahead of them sharp curvages [01:38.53]Yeah, ya heard of us, hits stay superflous [01:41.56]Man, I extend credit to a vagabond [01:44.09]Run yo' city, and we not talkin marathons [01:47.22]Bang like chitty chitty here to disturb you [01:49.93]New CD, watch it spread like bird flu [01:52.85]America, fall back, you can't stop me [01:55.75]Got a thing for pigeon-toed chicks who walk knock-kneed [01:58.55]Skin-tight jeans we call that botoxied [02:01.18]I'm desensitized baby, you can't shock me [02:03.45]I'm the future [02:11.15]Always before you [02:11.50]("The Fu-The Fu-The-Future-ture-ture-ture-ture...") [02:12.84]Always ill [02:14.38]I went from, blocks to greater to fortunes rock related [02:17.82]Now my entire crib is voice activated [02:20.45]Television on, Mr. Combs is home [02:23.03]Solar panel rooftop my, kitchen is chrome [02:26.32]Dim the lights to a purple haze then answer the phone [02:28.90](Hello?) Peep the moon through my retractable dome [02:31.82]What they thought they assassinated was only a clone [02:34.96]We about to venture off into the unknown (let's go) [02:37.21]Where sunrays hook off layers of ozone [02:39.84]Chips inserted in the brain, the new cell phone [02:42.89]The future, fuck with me now [02:46.02]I'm Grammy certified the committee can pick me now [02:48.85]And they all green with envy like Bill Bixby [02:51.50]Bow down, kiss the tip of my cane, I paid sixty thou' [02:54.69]You know the suit stay crispy now [02:57.20]Hands to the sky and get ready if you wit me now [02:59.74]The future [03:01.51]Never seen before, never will [03:04.57]Always before you, always ill [03:07.87]I AM!!!