Charles Brown

Im trying to know what the future holds
But it aint for you to know
I treat my self like the usual
But it aint for you to know
Im thinkin clear, never losin hope
But it aint for you to know(But it aint for you to know)
Tell myself like usual (I say)
But it aint for you to know
Sometimes I gotta be dolo alone, just walkin around
Young Gerald, young Charlie Brown
Some shits better to keep to yourself than say aloud
Some shit you see and they dont,
So I simply jot it down
It was written, had the vision as a youth
That I would make it here one day
A flight to the top, cop a one-way
But looking out the window on the subway,
16, slapping Mac Dre
Somehow I always knew itd be that way
I felt this so clear
Its like a rode a time machine and I saw it
I paint the picture and draw it,
I fold it up in my wallet
Keep it with me everywhere I go just as a reminder
Told myself every time I get discouraged or tired
I got greatness inside of me
I go against the greats until they tired of me
Ive heard it all, nothing surprises me
See, Im the one, Im the anomaly
But never mind me,
Ill just be up over here killing em quietly
You know?
Im trying to know what the future holds (trying to know)
But it aint for you to know(But it aint for you to know)
I treat my self like the usual (I just keep it to myself)
But it aint for you to know (keep moving, you know)
Im thinkin clear, never losin hope
But it aint for you to know
Tell myself like usual
But it aint for you to know
Yeah, and I heard em say
Nothings ever promised, tomorrow or today
From the Bay
Like 40 & Dre
So Imma do it in a major way
I said, I heard em say
Nothings ever promised, tomorrow or today
From the Bay
Like 40 & Dre
Chasing dreams, its the only way
Im still here, remember these lyrics
And when Im dead and gone, Ill be there in spirit
Dont let em run my name in the mud,
Dont let em smear it
Just pour some Rossi out, go ahead and tear it
One of a kind, no copy
Tell your grandchildrens children bout me
Tell em I was the illest
Let em know I spit the realest
Went from pennies and nickels to large amounts
Kept it in the hood, where it counts
Never was them, always was him
Had to prove myself, time and time again
Just when they thought it was it,
He back with another hit
We brought the Bay to the rest of the world (who was it?)
E-40 & Gerald
Im trying to know what the future holds
But it aint for you to know
I treat my self like the usual
But it aint for you to know
Im thinkin clear, never losin hope
But it aint for you to know
Tell myself like usual
But it aint for you to know
So where I go from here?
I did the most you could possibly pack into a year
Now Ican either fall off and completely disappear
Or, I can move up to the highest tier
Conversations with Gerald, standing in front the mirror
Ask myself like 'Fuck the bullshit, what you really fear?'
We all want to be understood, hope they hear us clear
But that shit never happens everywhere
So I just do me on my 'fuck the world' shit
Im riding through the town listening to Earls shit
Been trying to lift the Bay up, I could probably curl it
I learn from the legends, they tell me 'youre it'
So I always maintain and try to stay sane
But, just do you, give a fuck what they sayin
We artists are all alike, we feel the same pain
You want the whole world? You want the same thing
Im trying to know what the future holds
But it aint for you to know
I treat my self like the usual
But it aint for you to know
Im thinkin clear, never losin hope
But it aint for you to know
Tell myself like usual
But it aint for you to know
But it aint for you to know
But it aint for you to know
Im thinkin clear, never losin hope
But it aint for you to know
But it aint for you to know