F#m     E
        Yo
Bm
yo Drew and Inf, this-this, this right here is craz--
     C#m
Yo I, I feel big, you know what I mean?
                          F#m
Like, not, not big in the sense of, weight
                                   E
You know what I mean? Like gainin' weight or nothin' like that, 
 
Like colossal, like, you know what I mean, like
Bm          C#m 
 (sighs)  I heard you were lookin' for me

 
[Chorus: Sha-Ron Prescott & Lil Wayne]
         F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (Hello)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (Haha, you know, hehe)
                   Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin'
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (I know, haha)
         F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (Hey, hello)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (Shit, you know)
                   Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin'
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (Hahahah)
 
[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]
     F#m
Yeah,   to you forever, from me to you
E
  I heard somebody say "Church", I'ma need a suit
Bm
   I'ma need a coupe, I won't need a roof
C#m
   Flyer than Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice
F#m
   I got the flow, I'm tryin' to see the roof
                E
Didn't wear a bulletproof so I got shot and you can see the proof
Bm
   Blind eyes could look at me and see the truth
C#m
   Wonder if Stevie do?But I'ma leave it to
F#m
God, not Beaver, neither you
                  E
Cause I'ma murder Y, kill O, and even U
           Bm
Man, I got summer hatin' on me cause I'm hotter than the sun
    C#m
Got Spring hatin' on me 'cause I ain't never sprung
    F#m
Winter hatin' on me 'cause I'm colder than y'all
    E
And I will never, I will never, I will never Fall
Bm
   I'm being hated by the seasons
        C#m
So fuck y'all who hatin' for no reason
 
[Chorus: Sha-Ron Prescott & Lil Wayne]
         F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (I am him!)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (Around the world and I'm back again!)
                    Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searching (Who's been askin' about me?)
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (In case you wonderin', hah!)
          F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (I am him!)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (Around the world now I'm back again!)
                   Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin' (Who's been askin' about me?)
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (In case you wonderin', hah!)
 
[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
F#m
   Yeah, I been in and out the bank, bitch
E
   While y'all asshole niggas been on the same shit
Bm
   I flush and watch 'em go down the drain quick
C#m
   Two words you never hear: "Wayne quit!?"
F#m
   Cause Wayne win, and they lose
E
   I call 'em April babies, cause they fools
Bm
   And when they snooze, we up!
C#m
   Feet up, like a paraplegia
F#m
   Or paraplegic? I parallel park
E
   In that red-and-yellow thing; old school Atlanta Hawk
Bm
   Like I'm from College Park, but I'm from Hollygrove
C#m
   Now all my Bloods scream "Soo-woo" and "Da-da-doe"
F#m
   I know my role and I play it well
E
   And I weigh it well, on my Libra scale
Bm
   I suck a pussy, fuck a pussy, leave it there
C#m
    Long hair, don't even care
 
[Chorus: Sha-ron Prescott & Jay-Z]
         F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (Young! I am him)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (Around the world now I'm back again)
                   Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin' (Who's been askin' about me?)
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (In case you wonderin')
         F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (Young! I am him)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (Around the world now I'm back again)
                   Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin' (Who's been askin' about me?)
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (In case you wonderin')
 
[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
    F#m
I'm right here in my chair with my crown and my dear
E
Queen B, as I share, mic time with my heir
Bm
Young Carter, go farther, go further, go harder
   C#m
Is that not why we came? And if not, then why bother?
F#m
   Show no mercy in Murcielagos
    E
I'm far from bein' the bastard that Marcy had fathered
Bm
   Now my name's been mentioned with the martyrs
    C#m
The Biggies and the Pacs and the Marleys and the Marcuses
F#m
   Garvey; got me a molotov-cocktail
E
flow, even if you box well, can't stop the blows
Bm
  Kaboom! The Roc Boy in the room
C#m
  The dope boy I just came off the spoon
F#m
  Also, I'm so fly I'm on auto-
E
  Pilot, while guys just stare at my wardrobe
Bm
  I see Euros, that's right: plural
  C#m
I took so much change from this rap game, it's your go
                 F#m
(Hey Mr. Carter) Young!
 
[Verse 4: Lil Wayne]
                F#m
It's my go, yeah… And I'ma go so opposite of soft
        E                                     Bm
Off the richter, Hector, Camacho Man, Randy Savage
 
Far from average, above status–
C#m
quo, flow so pro
  F#m
I know, I ride slow, and when I pass
          E
They say, "What up, killa?" Man, stop bringin' up my past
Bm
  And next time you mention Pac, Biggie, or Jay-Z
C#m
Don't forget Weezy, Baby!
 
[Chorus: Sha-Ron Prescott, Lil Wayne & Choir]
          F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (Amen)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (Yeah)
                   Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin'
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (Haha)
         F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (Amen)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (Hova!)
                    Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin' (Weezy)
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (Baby!)
         F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter (Hahaha)
                        E
Tell me, where have you been? (I been hustlin')
                   Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin' (Hustlin' hard)
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why (Chyeah!)
         F#m
Hey, Mr. Carter
                        E
Tell me, where have you been?
                   Bm
Cause they've been askin', they've been searchin'
             C#m
They've been wonderin' why
 
[Outro: Lil Wayne]
      F#m
And I swear to everythin', when I leave this Earth
           E
It's gonna be on both feet, never knees in the dirt
            Bm
And you can try me, fucker, but when I squeeze, it hurt
     C#m
Fine, we'll lose two lives; yours and mine
        F#m
Give me any amount of time, don't let Ms. Carter grieve
      E
At the funeral parlor, drippin' tears down my sleeve
        Bm
Give me any amount of time, don't let Ms. Carter grieve
C#m
F#m
E
Bm
C#m