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Future

Inspiration

Release date: 17th May 2021

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About This Track

Future addresses his mother directly across 'Inspiration', a track built around childhood memory and the weight of early hardship. The verses recall late-night shifts and tears, the confusion of a child watching a parent struggle, the wish that he wasn't a burden. The chorus refrain, 'I just need a little inspiration', sits plainly against those images, a request rather than a boast.

The production allows space for the lyric to carry the emotional freight. Future moves between the concrete of the ghetto and the tour bus, the distance travelled framed as proof rather than spectacle. The plea 'Mama don't give up on me I'm a rebel' repeats, acknowledging the wrong turns without disclaiming them, the rebel posture worn as both apology and identity.

"Inspiration" is a track by Future, released 17th May 2021. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Future

Future

Lyrics

Inspiration

[Intro]

Yeah, yeah, yeah, 'cause

[Chorus 1]

A perfect love story don't matter anyway that's all for the cameras

I can see the sun rising down through the middle of the concrete riding through the ghetto

You can see the love in the eyes of the kid that was lost and he turned to a rebel

Mama don't give up on me I'm a rebel

Mama don't give up on me I'ma get 'em

[Verse 1]

I was just a lil' bitty boy when you told me that it'd came back to haunt me when I turn to a man

I knew I should havе listened to you then, right thеn, right then, right then I couldn't understand (Couldn't understand)

Why you working long late nights on these shifts?

I thought having kids was a blessing and a gift

You crying every night make me wish I wasn't here

You crying every night make me wish I wasn't here

[Bridge]

Tears falling down, tears

Tears falling down, yeah

[Refrain]

Nobody but us, nobody but us

Nobody but us, nobody but us

[Verse 2]

I went through what I had to go through to get where I had to go to

I went the wrong direction, I do what I want, no lectures

We can do it for the culture

Baby, we can do it for the culture

Riding through the ghetto in the tour bus

I just want to show 'em where I came from

I just want to show 'em how I came up

[Chorus 2]

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little bit

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little bit

[Refrain]

Nobody but us, nobody but us

Nobody but us, nobody but us

[Chorus 1]

A perfect love story don't matter anyway that's all for the cameras

I can see the sun rising down through the middle of the concrete riding through the ghetto

You can see the love in the eyes of the kid that was lost and he turned to a rebel

Mama don't give up on me I'm a rebel

Mama don't give up on me I'ma get 'em

[Chorus 2]

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little bit

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little bit

[Bridge]

I went through what I had to go through to get where I had to go to

I went the wrong direction, I do what I want, no lectures

We can do it for the culture

Baby, we can do it for the culture

Riding through the ghetto in the tour bus

I just want to show 'em where I came from

I just want to show 'em how I came up

[Chorus 2]

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little bit

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little inspiration

I just need a little bit

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