[Intro: Lil Wayne]
Yo! Yo, Drew and Inf, this, this, this right here is crazy. Yo I, I feel big, you knamean? Like, not, not big in the sense of, weight, you knamean? Like gainin' weight or nothing like that, like colossal, like, you knamean, like–
I heard you were lookin' for me.

[Chorus: Sha-Ron Prescott (Lil Wayne)]
Hey, Mr. Carter! (Hello)
Tell me, where have you been? (Ha ha, you know, he he)
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching,
They've been wondering why. (I know, ha ha)
Hey, Mr. Carter! (Hey, hello)
Tell me, where have you been? (Shit, you know)
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching,
They've been wondering why. (Ha ha hah)

[Verse 1: Lil Wayne]
Yeah, to you forever, from me to you,
I heard somebody say "Church", I'ma need a suit,
I'ma need a coupe, I won't need a roof,
Flyer than Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice.
I got the flow, I'm tryna see the roof,
Didn't wear a bulletproof so I got shot and you can see the proof,
Blind eyes could look at me and see the truth,
Wonder if Stevie do?
But I'ma leave it to God, not Beaver, neither you,
'Cause I'ma murder Y, kill O, and even U,
Man, I got summer hatin' on me 'cause I'm hotter than the sun,
Got spring hatin' on me 'cause I ain't never sprung,
Winter hatin' on me 'cause I'm colder than y'all,
And I will never, I will never, I will never fall.
I'm bein' hated by the seasons,
So fuck y'all who hatin' for no reason!

[Chorus: Sha-Ron Prescott (Lil Wayne)]
Hey, Mr. Carter (I am him)
Tell me, where have you been?
(Around the world and I'm back again)
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching,
(Who's been askin' about me?)
They've been wondering why.
(In case you wonderin', hah)
Hey, Mr. Carter (I am him)
Tell me, where have you been?
(Around the world now I'm back again)
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching,
(Who's been askin' about me?)
They've been wondering why.
(In case you wonderin', hah)

[Verse 2: Lil Wayne]
Yeah, I been in and out the bank, bitch!
While y'all asshole n**gas been on the same shit,
I flush and watch 'em go down the drain quick,
Two words you never hear: "Wayne quit?!"
'Cause Wayne win, and they lose,
I call 'em April babies 'cause they fools.
And when they snooze, we up,
Feet up, like a paraplegia
Or paraplegic? I parallel park
In that red-and-yellow thing, old school Atlanta Hawk,
Like I'm from College Park, but I'm from Hollygrove,
Now all my Bloods scream "Soo-woo" and "Da-da-doe"!
I know my role and I play it well,
And I weigh it well on my Libra scale,
I suck a pussy, fuck a pussy, leave it there,
Long hair, don't even care.

[Chorus: Sha-Ron Prescott (Jay-Z)]
Hey, Mr. Carter (Young, I am him)
Tell me, where have you been?
(Around the world and I'm back again)
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching,
(Who's been askin' about me?)
They've been wondering why.
(In case you wonderin')
Hey, Mr. Carter (I am him)
Tell me, where have you been?
(Around the world now I'm back again)
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching,
(Who's been askin' about me?)
They've been wondering why.
(In case you wonderin', chyeah)

[Verse 3: Jay-Z]
I'm right here in my chair with my crown and my dear
Queen B, as I share mic time with my heir.
Young Carter, go farther, go further, go harder,
Is that not why we came? And if not, then why bother?
Show no mercy in Murcielagos,
I'm far from bein' the bastard that Marcy had fathered.
Now my name's been mentioned with the martyrs,
The Biggies and the Pacs, and the Marleys, and the Marcuses
Garvey; got me a Molotov cocktail flow,
Even if you box well, can't stop the blows.
Kaboom! The Roc Boy in the room,
The dope boy I just came off the spoon.
Also, I'm so fly I'm on auto-
Pilot, while guys just stare at my wardrobe,
I see Euros, that's right: plural,
I took so much change from this rap game, it's your go.
(Hey Mr. Carter) Young!

[Verse 4: Lil Wayne]
It's my go, yeah!
And I'ma go so opposite of soft,
Off the Richter, Hector, Camachoman, Randy Savage,
Far from average, above status quo, flow so pro.
I know, I ride slow, and when I pass,
They say, "What up, killa?" Man, stop bringin' up my past!
And next time you mention Pac, Biggie, or Jay-Z,
Don't forget Weezy Baby!

[Chorus: Sha-Ron Prescott & Choir (Lil Wayne)]
Hey, Mr. Carter! (Amen)
Tell me, where have you been? (Yeah)
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching,
They've been wondering why. (Ha ha)
Hey, Mr. Carter! (Amen)
Tell me, where have you been? (Hova)
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching, (Weezy)
They've been wondering why. (Baby)
Hey, Mr. Carter! (Ha ha ha)
Tell me, where have you been? (I been hustlin')
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching, (Hustlin' hard)
They've been wondering why. (Chyeah)
Hey, Mr. Carter!
Tell me, where have you been?
'Cause they've been asking, they've been searching,
They've been wondering why.

[Outro: Lil Wayne]
And I swear to everything, when I leave this Earth,
It's gon' be on both feet, never knees in the dirt.
And you can try me, fucker, but when I squeeze, it hurt
Fine, we'll lose two lives: yours and mine.
Give me any amount of time, don't let Ms. Carter grieve,
At the funeral parlor drippin' tears down my sleeve,
Give me any amount of time, don't let Ms. Carter grieve.