De La Soul - The Future lyrics

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

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
Quit's for those who oppose the new
Playin' they've outgrown rap like
A size 5 shoe
Oh they all neo 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 pop this
Girl named Chrissie was the first
Which made it even worse not to miss me

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

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, hold 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

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