chorus: 
have you ever seen me 
i`m the future 
i represent how it`s gone be 
i`m the future 
born in 1987 
i`m the future 
party people get ready 
i`m the future 

hook: 
i don`t know about ya`ll, but i know about me 
and when you think about the future i`m all you see 
cause i`m the future. 

verse 1-bow wow 
i`m something you not i`m just right 
for the block every jam i make 
you gotta go knock knock the biggest thang since hugo 
you know ya`ll cats do a whole lot 
but we do more believe me 
i`m loose now and at full speed 
like the juice now 
back in `73 ya`ll heard of me 
had to i`m that lil bad dude 
running around putting it down with jd 
i`m the h in the hit 
i`m the prince of the click 
what you think making shorty have them fits 
i`m the b capital O w ow 
like mos def how you like me now 
tryna do it big like chris and them 
but if this thang don`t work 
i`m above the rim between the legs 
and behind the back yeah i`m small but i got that 

chorus: 
have you ever seen me 
i`m the future 
i represent how it`s gone be 
i`m the future 
born in 1987 
i`m the future 
party people get ready 
i`m the future 

hook: 
i don`t know about ya`ll, but i know about me 
and when you think about the future i`m all you see 
cause i`m the future. 

verse 2 R.O.C. 
now look up ahead that`s me 
far beyond the the flow was gone 
come on you know the kid is crazy 
like britney spears and i`m in the prime of my years 
oh yeah i know what pops up in ya head first 
wait a minute how he keep comin up with verses 
well i`ma tell you something don`t get nervous 
my secret is i`m donig it on purpose 
why 
to get a billion copies purchased 
if your styles sick mines must be allergic 
my rhymes and the beat merges like innerstate traffic 
oh my bad 
it`s just a habit i flows it i know it a probably 
be a 3 before them o`s before you even close to me 
to see o r even backwards i`m hard and i give my reguards 
but i`m ain`t rapping with ya`ll i`m a year after the mark 

have you ever seen me 
i`m the future 
i represent how it`s gone be 
i`m the future 
born in uh `79 
i`m the future 
party people get ready i`m the future 
i`m the future