"I guess you wonder where I've been" "I guess you wonder where I've been" "I guess you wonder where I've been" [Hook] I've been on my Charles sh** Making music that'd make em say "aw sh**" like... Bada-ba-ba-baaa Don't even bother talking "I guess you wonder where I've been" I've been on my Charles sh** When the ba** hit your face, you saying "aw sh**" like... Bada-dada-dada-baa-baba "I guess you wonder where I've been" [Verse 1] Wah gwan mi yute, it's Charles Marley All gnarly, y'all call me to start parties I ain't a Democrat, Harlem like The Diplomats This is crack mixed with black & mild, picture that In your lungs, breathe in, breathe out We in the house D-E-M-E, dig me? It's the kid of the century The conveyor belt of the industry I went from Morningside park in the dark To waking up in the morning in a Palazzo Got a bedroom with paintings from Pica**o One cool gato, papo, feeling that? Tato Watch hoes drop clothes when they spot dough My pockets got dough, watch them drop slow HCHO pushing the Navi, n***a drive slow We ain't from here, pops, and the cops know [Hook] I've been on my Charles sh** Making music that'd make em say "aw sh**" like... Bada-ba-ba-baaa Don't even bother talking "I guess you wonder where I've been" I've been on my Charles sh** When the ba** hit your face, you saying "aw sh**" like... Bada-dada-dada-baa-baba "I guess you wonder where I've been" [Verse 2] Spitting wild in Record Plant Getting down, my stomach growls then we out, Mr. Chows Konichiwa, I'm living loud, this n***a's wild This is how you go from rags to riches Mad at b**hes, didn't wanna show me no love Overdosing on d**, comatosing the rug Now they wanna get a hug, get a kiss, get a G stack You bisach, relax, roll a tree sack He's back from the dead, so many thoughts in the back of my head So I rap for the pa**ion, couldn't give a crap for the bread The contract was blacking, but the fact is I said I do it for the love, it's not surprising What's paranoid, now I'm smooth like Ronald Isley The Good Life Think that I'm co*ky? Ah well I'll do What You Won't Do For Love, Bobby Caldwell, aww well [Hook] I've been on my Charles sh** Making music that'd make em say "aw sh**" like... Bada-ba-ba-baaa Don't even bother talking "I guess you wonder where I've been" I've been on my Charles sh** When the ba** hit your face, you saying "aw sh**" like... Bada-dada-dada-baa-baba "I guess you wonder where I've been" [Verse 3] The troublemaker on ba**, I'm the treble-maker The hellraiser to you pinheads, the heaven breaker Even God told Moses to split the sea Listen please or get fried to a frica**ee This is me, The Real McCoy Keep it real, you know you gon feel the boy You still enjoy music that I made two years ago My kicks are fresh, you gon need new stereos When I step on tracks like a runner Got clapped in the summer, now I'm back for her number Dear Summer, I know you gon miss me When I make history, you know, you lyin' to piss me Off, only right I dropped in August But whenever this sh** should drop It'd be a out of body, your hip for hop, spit so hot, nothing I flip will flop That hit the spot, like a quicky at six o'clock [Hook] I've been on my Charles sh** Making music that'd make em say "aw sh**" like... Bada-ba-ba-baaa Don't even bother talking "I guess you wonder where I've been" I've been on my Charles sh** When the ba** hit your face, you saying "aw sh**" like... Bada-dada-dada-baa-baba "I guess you wonder where I've been" [Outro] I've been to... n***a, Em flew me out Flew me out of the leer I call it the leer, it was a private plane Yea My man 3H took me to Nobu What was the bill? I think it was what, I think it was over a G What you know about filet mignon at a Japanese Restaurant, ya dig I'm out here in Cali, rolling up the Cali Yea You already know, Harlem World to fullest Lenox, 7, 8 And what about the east side