The Future - De La Soul.mp3

[00:00.00] 作词 : David Jolicoeur/Vincent Mason/Kelvin Mercer/Jermaine Jackson/Hazel Jackson/Eddie Fluellen/David West
[00:01.00] 作曲 : David Jolicoeur/Vincent Mason/Kelvin Mercer/Jermaine Jackson/Hazel Jackson/Eddie Fluellen/David West
[00:53.91]We are singing, you this message
[01:28.29]Through our music, reaching for a, brave and brighter
[01:34.50]new tomorrow, is the future
[01:40.20]We must make it, safe and happy, for the children
[01:44.58]Or... or... they will be lost
[01:54.84]Or... or... they will be lost
[01:55.29][Pos]
[01:55.44]Aiyyo I jump back, put the aim on my shot
[01:57.75]It's mandatory, handle glory over with the rock
[02:00.33]I'm not a rough guy but a tough guy to beat over drums
[02:03.27]No son to this, I'm a rhyme bastard
[02:05.43]Some mastered the art of cash, but not the part that lasts
[02:08.43]and disappear after doin two albums
[02:10.62]We're not your normal team and we still do ours to fit
[02:13.50]hope inside this, don't define it's
[02:16.02]quits for those who oppose the new
[02:17.85]Playin they've outgrown rap like a size 5 shoe
[02:20.79]Oh they all {?} now, alternative touch
[02:23.28]were surprised, no demise for us
[02:25.11]We on the rise to bust big, how you fig' we couldn't
[02:27.99]Never run out of verbs for you to sip, I told you we wouldn't
[02:30.90]I never popped Crist' or popped fists, girl named Chrissie
[02:33.66]was the first, which made it even worse not to miss me
[02:39.66][sampled vocals]
[02:40.11]Or... or... they will be lost (the future)
[02:40.86]Or... or... they will be lost (the future)
[02:41.55][Dave]
[02:45.87]So do you understand it now? Well try standin over
[02:49.20]seven box sets, reppin sixteen years
[02:51.90]This rap career ain't work, it's the life in-between
[02:54.81]bedtime 'til the next said time and date
[02:57.21]Know the name and salute them dudes
[02:59.40]Put the nutrient in rap when they cook them foods
[03:02.01]Gotta be like eighteen million heads served
[03:04.38]****, imagine if there wasn't no us huh
[03:06.75]So I'd like to take the time to shout out the JB's
[03:09.75]Next on my list is A Tribe Called Quest
[03:12.24]Latifah my Queen, Monie Love, Dres and Mr. Lawnge
[03:15.33]Chi-Ali, on your head God bless
[03:17.43]Never ring chasin, the permanent tat
[03:19.92]in this rap shit, y'all are just temporary lick-on
[03:22.62]Fadin in the days to come
[03:24.33]While the name De La and the legacy built lives on
[03:27.78][sampled vocals]
[03:28.23]We are singing (sing it out now)
[03:30.36]you this message (sendin you a message y'all)
[03:32.79]Through our music (through the music)
[03:35.85]reaching for a, brave and brighter new tomorrow
[03:39.54](another day y'all) is the future (it's the future)
[03:42.69](it's the future) We must make it (we gotta make it)
[03:45.57]safe and happy, for the children (for the children)
[03:48.66]You little brats