[Intro-Wale] That's why I knew you was gonna say that sh** I apologize for being to successful I know how some n***as get mad at that They can't really take it They can't stop the inevitable man DC, Maryland, Virginia please stand up If you don't, you will by the end of this f**ing recording [Hook] Hey Mr. Carter (No it's just Wale) Tell me where have you been? (Everywhere, all day) Cause they've been asking, they've been searching They've been wondering why? (Who's been looking for me?) Hey Mr. Carter Tell me where have you been? (Because I'm a millionaire) Cause they've been asking, they've been searching They've been wondering why? (It's my turn) [Verse 1-Wale] A million 50 god damn Wayne you k**ed them Good looking with the Nike boots, it boosted me a little I mean I had the city, I'm the meanest with the lyrics But I thought it was cliche to do a freestyle to A Milli A regional phenomenon, a leader put me on So I proceed to do the monologue and turn the game to Ramadan You hungry now but ain't hungry as I I devour humble pie though I signed to the Iovine Fe Fi Fo machine I'm absolute and they all obsolete Sometimes I wish it was '03, OG Rocafella throwing up isosceles And I ain't riding, I just paying homage If I ain't strive to be Shawn, I'd end up like Ki-Jana f** that, I'm no bang a llama lion up My mind Patrick Bateman with the rhyming You can't unwind it. Rising and climbing Ain't nobody brighter, there is not a list to find them Lex Luger, narcissist, the mirrors get excited Lyrically inclined and, the miracle what I am Maryland where I am, you n***as is behind us The game is a store. I'm the male Winona Ryder I'm a prove that it was just a fable on what Nas said Proving you don't have to be a fable to have a hit [Hook] Hey Mr. Carter (Damn Joe) Tell me where have you been? (See I'm on that you know, you gotta gotta think like Shawn and not end up like Ki-Jana) (Like, f** it, Wikipedia Ki-Jana Carter if you stuck) Cause they've been asking, they've been searching They've been wondering why? Hey Mr. Carter (And sensitive internet n***as, that's not a Nas dis, I'm just sawing like, you know you could, whatever.) Tell me where have you been? (Because I'm a millionaire) Cause they've been asking, they've been searching They've been wondering why? [Verse 2-Wale] Hundred fifty mill, god damn Jay, you k**ed it Roc Nation could be your artist, new form and let it get rich So you know you I had to get rich I am on a mountain of talent, so I'll get rich climbing Meanwhile, I vow that I will never tire Like Marty McFly skateboard, I am the pilot of it Great 5 in my greater good attire V8 sh**, Pusha T in my alliance In this life your only ally is Allah These n***as talk to much to the Matlock Rap stars be forgetting most actors They phony, the Grammy's should be held at the Tony's I set the tone for the under twenty-fourers While them n***as hate, I'm on my tour bus in Europe And I'm known to buck who*es and plural Been more tulips in here than a florist [Hook] Hey Mr. Carter Tell me where have you been? (I might can do a third verse) Cause they've been asking, they've been searching (But I'm just gonna stop it right there) They've been wondering why? (I be on my sh**) Hey Mr. Carter (Maryland what up) Tell me where have you been? (DC what up, Kate Wile what up) Cause they've been asking, they've been searching (Two Five, what up) They've been wondering why? (Six Four, what up) [Outro-Wale] I like to thank everybody for love and support on the mixtape I'll continue to bring y'all great material Until you know what I'm talking about Yeah, look out for the album; Wale