Past My Shades
B.o.B Lyrics

If you asked me whats on my mind
If you were to ask me what's going through my head

You probably won't believe it
You most likely wouldn't trust my answer

Cause if life was one big pool
Because if life was a pool

I'd be in the deep end
I'd be in the deep part

So I play my role
So I act the way I'm expected to

And never ever speak it
And never reveal my true thoughts

Like a secret
Like it's something to be kept hidden

And all the while you just try to figure me out, but
And all the while, you're attempting to understand me, but

But you can't see past my shades
But you can't see the real me

Yeah

Well ask me a question I tell you no lies
If you ask me something, I'll tell you the truth

Cause there's nothing to hide my souls in my eyes
Because there's nothing to conceal - my emotions are apparent in my eyes

And I'm a head of my time but I cannot rewind
And I'm advanced, but I can't go back in time

The only thing I fear is the mirror in my bathroom
The only thing I'm scared of is the reflection I see in my bathroom mirror

People look and try to see a disguise
People attempt to find a mask

But there is nothing that nobody can't see in light
Yet, there is nothing that light can't reveal

If its a song with a rhyme or a verse with a line
Whether it's a musical verse with a rhyme or a poetic verse with a line

Then you understand my mind
Then you grasp my thoughts

Uh, who else but Lu'else
Uh, who could it be but Lupe Fiasco

You know I got two belts the black and the white one
You know I possess two belts - one black, one white

I begin and I master
I start and become proficient

I see in my eye glasses
I view through my eyeglasses

But they sayin' what I'm seeing through is false like Ross
But they're telling me that my perception is untrue, like Rick Ross

I can hear him through the wall like walk
I can hear him loud and clear, like he's walking through the wall

This way they tryin' to dissuade my thoughts
This is their method of deterring my mindset

I'm a slave to myself don't disobey my boss
I'm enslaved by my own self - I never disobey my rules

It's all in disarray this parade I walk
It's chaotic, this march I take part in

They get amazed when they catch a chain I toss
They become astonished when I show off a necklace I threw

Amidst this array of different ways I talk
In the middle of these array of manners that I converse with

And it hangs from your brain if my chain you caught
And it stays on your mind if you notice my necklace

Like I cough without covering my mouth
Like I cough without putting my hand over my mouth

I tip the scales like the King of the south
I sway the decision like the ruler of the southern United States

Forgot that I was fat I lost my way
I lost my understanding of my weight gain

But now I'm back looking for the shade I sought
But now I'm back - searching for the place I wanted to be

And not wonders, the sky summers
And not great things, the sky simmers

So don't make me take off my stunners
So don't make me remove my sunglasses

Bobby Ray you know you got my numbers
Bobby Ray, you know you have my way of communicating

And them there can't see us like hunters
And they can't find us like hunters

La la la la la

Oh yeah

You can't see past my shades
You can't see beyond my sunglasses

And you can't see past my shades
And you can't see beyond my sunglasses

And you can't see past my shades
And you can't see beyond my sunglasses

And you can't see past my shades
And you can't see beyond my sunglasses

La la la la la

You can't see past my shades
You can't see beyond my sunglasses

La la la la la

And you can't see past my shades
And you can't see beyond my sunglasses

Past my shades
Beyond my sunglasses

Past my shades
Beyond my sunglasses

Past my shades
Beyond my sunglasses

Past my shades
Beyond my sunglasses

And you can't see past my shades
And you can't see beyond my sunglasses

Past my shades
Beyond my sunglasses

Past my shades
Beyond my sunglasses

Past my shades
Beyond my sunglasses

Past my shades
Beyond my sunglasses

Yeah

And you can't see past my shades
And you can't see beyond my sunglasses

You can't see past my shades
You can't see beyond my sunglasses