The Future Lyrics - De La Soul

[Intro: sampled vocals] 

We are singing, you this message 

Through our music, reaching for a, brave and brighter 

new tomorrow, is the future 

We must make it, safe and happy, for the children 

Or... or... they will be lost 

Or... or... they will be lost 

[Pos] 

Aiyyo I jump back, put the aim on my shot 

It's mandatory, handle glory over with the rock 

I'm not a rough guy but a tough guy to beat over drums 

No son to this, I'm a rhyme bastard 

Some mastered the art of cash, but not the part that lasts 

and disappear after doin two albums 

We're not your normal team and we still do ours to fit 

hope inside this, don't define it's 

quits for those who oppose the new 

Playin they've outgrown rap like a size 5 shoe 

Oh they all {?} now, alternative touch 

were surprised, no demise for us 

We on the rise to bust big, how you fig' we couldn't 

Never run out of verbs for you to sip, I told you we wouldn't 

I never popped Crist' or popped fists, girl named Chrissie 

was the first, which made it even worse not to miss me 

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[sampled vocals] 

Or... or... they will be lost (the future) 

Or... or... they will be lost (the future) 

[Dave] 

So do you understand it now? Well try standin over 

seven box sets, reppin sixteen years 

This rap career ain't work, it's the life in-between 

bedtime 'til the next said time and date 

Know the name and salute them dudes 

Put the nutrient in rap when they cook them foods 

Gotta be like eighteen million heads served 

Shit, imagine if there wasn't no us huh? 

So I'd like to take the time to shout out the JB's 

Next on my list is A Tribe Called Quest 

Latifah my Queen, Monie Love, Dres and Mr. Lawnge 

Chi-Ali, on your head God bless 

Never ring chasin, the permanent tat 

in this rap shit, y'all are just temporary lick-ons 

Fadin in the days to come 

While the name De La and the legacy built lives on 

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[sampled vocals] 

We are singing (sing it out now) 

you this message (sendin you a message y'all) 

Through our music (through the music) 

reaching for a, brave and brighter new tomorrow 

(another day y'all) is the future (it's the future) 

(it's the future) We must make it (we gotta make it) 

safe and happy, for the children (for the children) 

You little brats