Lupe Fiasco

[fox69]

"I Gotcha"

"I Gotcha"


[Verse:]
They Call Me Lupe I'll Be Your New Day
They Wanna Smell Like Me They Want My Bouquet
But They Cant They They Accented Like The UK
Turn That Ude Lupe To Pepe Le Peu Spray
Flagrantly Fragrant And They Can't Escape It
My Perfume Pursued Them Anywhere That They Went
You Don't Want A Loan Leave My Cologne Alone
It's A Little Too Strong For You To Be Putting On
Trust Me I Say This Justly
I Went From Musty To Musky And You all Can't Mush Me
I Warned You all Cornballs I Hush Puppies
The Swans In The Pond Called My Duck Ugly
But Now They Hug Me Because It's Lovely
They Love The Aroma Of A Roamer The World
Got The Shakers And The Skaters And The Player And The Girls
Keep The Fakers And The Flakers And The Haters In A Twirl

[Hook:]
You Want The Flavor Ma
HEY! I Gotcha
You Want The Realness
WELL! I Gotcha
I Know You Sick Of Them Players Big Car And Watch Ya
Either They Pimps Or They Macks Or They Mobsters
You Want The Real Sh*t
HEY! I Gotcha
You See My Peoples Here
You Know We Proper
You We Do It
Right, Right, Right, Right, Right, Right, Right, Right

[Verse:]
And I'm From Chi-Town Thats Where I Flies 'Round
Keep Some Cartier Frames Over my Eyes Now
We Used To Gangbang A Lot Of That Done Died Down
Children Of The Hat Tiltin' Keeping Hope Alive Now
All With No High I Do It So Fly
Banksy's attack Helicopter With The Bow Tie
I Love My City Really Hope That God Bless It
Have My Mind Moving Faster Than That Hog In The Hedges
Welcome All Of You all To My Dark Recesses
This Is Where I Keep The Bars Like Bathtub Edges
My IVORIES And My DOVES My LEVERS AND MY ZEST'S
It Takes Half Of Your Bubble Bath To Match The Freshness
The Belly Of The Beast You Know I'm From It
I Wrap It In A Towel Here Go My Pal In The Stomach
And I Be On My Green Like IRISH SPRING And I COAST
Fudge Wit It And Get A Mouth Full Of Soap

[Hook]

[Verse:]
And So To Sign Off This Beat I Rhyme Off
Is From The Looniest P And Hugo Mind Boss
You Feel It In The Air Its Such A Fine Force
But You Don't Hear Me Though Just Like A Mime's *Thoughts*
That's Cause I'm In Europe Me And My Friends Tour'a
I'm On My Pimp My Temperature Is tem-pura
I Take It Easy On My Watch I'm Watching TV
Am I As Clean As Maharishi See The Hare Is Tryna Beat Me
As I Continue To Do Lu's Pace
They Say Him Got Two Heads And Four Eyes Just Like Screwface
But See My Secret's Safe Its In My Secret Safe
That's In My Secret Room On My Secret Base
So From The Runner Of The FNF Crew
Come In Hip Hop We've Come To Resurrect You
You, You, You, You, You, You, You, You, You, You, You,

[Hook]

 

[fox69]

"I'm Beamin'"

"I'm Beamin'"


Today, nobody cares
But tomorrow they will, they will
Today, nobody cares
But, oh, tomorrow they will, they will

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I'm beamin'

(We are) They used to talk
When I wasn't around (Lasers)
You see me now (We're not)
(Losers) I'm beamin'

I get my energy from my inner G
I be in outer space, but I got inner peace
So tell my enemies that they can't injure me
I know that irritates, you have my sympathies
Well, you should protest, yeah, you should picket me
I'm on a losing strike, I'm on a winning streak
I'm out in left field, I'm speaking mentally
But that's a better places than where the benches be
I'm feelin' really good, me and different beat
Me and my different drummer, he play the timpanis
See, that's what got me here, you hearin' me
Me on my black man in the future shit, call me Billy Dee
See, I'm just forward-looking, that's how I really see
See, while you Valentimes, I'm thinking Christmas trees
And that's how this would be, even at Mickey D's
Semicolon, close parentheses

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I'm beamin'

They used to talk
When I wasn't around
You see me now
I'm beamin'

Do you remember me, the guy from verse one?
Failure's my last name, Never's my first one
You see I hood a lot, and yeah I nerd some
Hood's where the heart is, nerd's where the words from
Don't represent either, because I merged them
'S kids who wanna leave, and I encourage them
Go out and see the world, never return from
Yeah, you don't come back, unless you learn some
And baby girl, what does it matter where your purse from?
Your hurr done, your nails did, your ass fat, but you're dumb
Mix Melyssa Ford with Maya Angelou
Become a top model and Sojourner too
I try to follow this, what Muhammad do
It's such a old soul inside the sonic youth
Swear I'm Ferrari'd up, and I'm conscious, too
I don't prophesize... I promise you

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I'm beamin'

They used to talk
When I wasn't around (Lasers)
You see me now (Ha)
I'm beamin'

Yeah, it's me again, the guy from verse two
Well, this the last one, it's almost curfew
It's almost night out, so turn your lights on
Where all my 760s, witcha brights on?
Yeah, they are the ones to keep your eyes on
Like how we used to do, to keep the house warm
Now those the type of eyes, I not cry from
You see the tears of fire run out my cryin' songs
Now the world's shoulders is what we cryin' on
The world's fast lane is what I'm drivin' on
What am I driving at? I'm tryna drive it home
I'm in the driver's seat, but you can ride along
'Cause never cyclops, it's never I alone
I'm tellin' your story wherever I perform
Now if they lookin' for me, tell 'em I've gone
Out in the bright lights, right where I belong

They said my future was dark
You see me now?
Just look around
I'm beamin'

They used to talk
When I wasn't around
You see me now
I'm beamin'

 

[fox69]

"I'm Beamin' Remix (We Beamin')"
(feat. All City Chess Club)

"I'm Beamin' Remix (We Beamin')"
(feat. All City Chess Club)



I’m beamin’

[Asher Roth:]
My aura takes the form of the aurora borealis
Or a floral pattern, more or less a forest to your salad
The neural path I’ve traveled has immediate reaction
Can’t you see that I am beaming? I’ll be leaving in a second
Sipping magic from a chalice, detached from the distractions
At last, I can relax, looking past all of the action
A fraction or a fragment of me actually is present
The rest of me is heavenly, the seventh house’s zenith
Yes, the fence intimidates, it’s meant to keep you out (But)
Let your senses resonate and leap it in a bound (‘Cause)
Freedom isn’t found inside a visa or a crown
And even the voice of reason couldn’t speak it out loud (But)
Mortals are immortal when their soul has been imported
To a source that is more sovereign, important to the whole (Whole)
This is the warmest moment of a poet turned heroic
As he slowly comes to focus, go ahead and watch me glow

[Charles Hamilton:]
Rey Mysterio flow, stayin’ clear
Of makeup-smeared hatin’ queers, makin’ clear this is spiritual
Though a spirit you owe, church final
Your funeral in an arena, you searchin’ for fire
Or titles, or tidal waves
Tie the game like a shot from outside when it’s 95 to 98
To throw slid into you left-side broke (Niggas!) (Beam!)
Boa constrictor, chokin’ (Niggas!), the grown man (Beam!)
Pawns mean, your controllers get broken (Niggas!) (Beam!)
Anarchy in the Ford, you need to focus (Niggas!) (Beam!)
Love, I get none, like sayin’ no to niggas
Hamiltonian’s loneliness, so I hold my (Beams!) (N-ggas!)
I logged on to see a c-section, a gross display
Sleep never, and Rolaids, deep lessons won’t go away
I keep pressin’ like my phone is afraid
To be a star, so I end it and pound it, see what the code can say

[Lupe Fiasco:]
Calling all the good rappers, had to get my crew together
Fire like the fire flower, flyer than the super feather
Superman with two propellers, enter that, ninja rap
You can call it Super Shredder, boss scene, Ross theme
You can call it super better, new to this, Ludacris
Foolishness, Lu been doin’ this since super letters
So I can’t spell and can’t mail it out
If you can’t feel, it’s too full, you can’t peel it out
Showboatin’ at the show, but you can’t sell it out
I’m on the sea shepherd deck, helpin’ the whales out
All my egos in the mirror, checkin’ themselves out
Tweeters in the trunk, helpin’ the twelves out
The speakers on bump, the rappers on acne
This track is what would happen if the rastas meet the mathletes
Yes, sir, then the Chess Club got dressed up
And went and took all the bitches of the athletes

[Mikey Rocks:]
Big up to what’s been up, nigga
Pinups from when we clicked up and posed for these pictures, good
And the kids connected up, and they clicked snap
Hollerin’, “Yeah, we weighed on the iPhone scale app!”
Without fail, the best to ever do it just will
Haven’t done it all, but we got copy wheelwell, though
But it ain’t no sweat, I got a whole outfit
And a new fitted cap that I ain’t wore out yet
(Check, check, check) And I’m beamin’
Yeah, and I seen it, like a twenty-seven inch Zenith
Projected widescreen, now they got it 3D
Now we NBA’d up from development leagues

[Chuck English:]
Ay, yo, they pale in comparison to stories we tell
Man, he see me on the hovercraft and he got a sail
Bubble-ass Brenda, stacked up in the window
Of whatever ‘Lac truck pick her up, retail
Nigga, what? It just hit me like a Mack truck semi
On my last trip to Sydney in the Sheraton lobby
Grab my coattails and get a grip (Grab ‘em)
You want the truth? Well, the truth is
This is it, pointin’ out the differences
This is exquisite shit, riveting, isn’t it?
Lizard king loafers on swole when I’m kickin’ it
Joe, the live nigga, real rig-a-marole
You a handshake away, and them fingers is cold

[Blu:]
Touch art, lush heart, brush my niggas’ shoulder off
Now that blessed soldier know that protocol, show me y’all’s
Maybe not, play me not, say we not remote at all
Roger that, scholars back, solid black, go God
Gobble Gats, go hard, condom snapped, so raw
Pompous asshole, flash flow, turn your soul on
So gone, strode strong through your lawn ’til the dawn
Tell you mom, name another real as John, kill a song
‘Cause when you feel it, and it make yo’ ass chill and calm
Payin’ more than just attention for that glass I’m sippin’ on
Dog, I would travel half the globe to kiss a broad
Kiddin’, ma? Scratch backs, bringin’ out them kitten paws
And pull a bottle out that cabinet while that kitchen’s warm
Back to attendin’ business, do not lay them digits wrong
Dippin’ all gangsta, but a renegade, no Crip or John
This is Blu, shit is true, pyramid, period

[Diggy Simmons:]
I know what you’re thinkin’, thinkin’ I do not belong
Tell me Diggy ain’t beamin’, ‘course I should be on this song
Yeah, I’m a child of God, my reflection is on
Yeah, I’m only 15 and, but my sixteens is strong
Didn’t want me to shine, now we sharin’ the stage
Twice as good as you rhyme, only half of your age
So the remains, and it ain’t even how
That Verizon flow, are you hearin’ me now?
Word to Wasalu, they was sayin’ my future was dark
I had the fame, but my name was missin’ the art
So I’m drawin’ the line, and I’m crossin’ the Ts
And I’m dottin’ my I’s, barely catchin’ my Z’s
But I’ll be good by the mornin’, on my global grind like JoJo
They be lookin’ at what I’m puttin’ on and, so fly, so fresh at the Soho
Most niggas don’t know though, they can catch me on the first flight
Been workin’ on a new mixtape, I got a call from Lupe
But I did it for the love, no check, mate

[Dosage:]
When people said I couldn’t, I wouldn’t, I made ‘em believers
I come from the school of hard knocks and overachievers
From the City of Brotherly Love, they sayin’ we need you
To be the voice of the people and go against all this evil
Some people hate it, but I made it, so I’m never concerned
About what they be talkin’ about, I’ve lived and I’ve learned
With my dream and my drive, I determined my turn
In this business, because I’m in control, meetin’ adjourned
I said, "It’s Third Degree, y’all heard of we?
I’m Dosage, have you heard of me?"
I come from the bottom, so the top where I deserve to be
Where people say it doesn’t matter to be much
I was on the Steppin’ Lasers tour, and man, I shooked it up
That was random, but so what? Life is a war, better load up
If you against me, come correct, I am the bomb, watch me blow up (Boom!)
Right before your eyes, forget about the dividends
I just want to say I remember when

[B.o.B.:]
Well, it’s B to the O, O to the B
You know it’s the flow, you know that it’s me, I flow to this beat
As easy as goin’ to the store and holdin’ receipts
And foldin’ ‘em neat, I’m focused as focused can be
You know I got phobias, please, approach me with peace
Or things could get heated and you’ll get ferociously beat
Speakin’ of ferociously beat, you know that girl ‘Nique?
You know she’s a freak, but anyway, back to what I’m supposed to be
Sayin’ all over this beat, you know that we G’s
You see all the crowns, you know that we kings, you notice the rings
Everywhere we go, we roll with the team, yeah
And you know that we lasers, so you know that we beam
It’s the All City varsity, hard-headed squad
We played y’all spades, y’all handle y’all cards
But we ain’t all odds, we just blaze, man
Y’all playin’ checkers in this game, this is chess, y’all pawns

 

[fox69]

"I'm Coming Freestyle"

"I'm Coming Freestyle"


Uh, momma raised a trooper
They trynna hit me in my head like Koopa
But I move like Super
With the hood on my shoulder like Bazookas, early
I'm waking up the roosters
Until they late, and they waking up the future
And send me to the great wise
In a suit or, something looser
You see, I grew up around rootas of the tootas
I rephrase
I mean supporters of the snortas, I retraces
Become recorder of the corner, free base
Or the shooter
I set Madison on fire, like the looters in '92
Cooler, much more mature
You can pick it up off the floor like Hoovers
A newcomer, locin' with 2 numbers
The holidays of the hustlers
I be a Huckleberry Doc Holiday with the peacemaker
F-N-F Upwards
I'm coming
'bout my money shot like West Coast productions
But I'm Chicago born & raised, formed & made
Company's coming, please inform your maids
First and!!! [Gunshot]

 

[fox69]

"In"

"In"


I was born in a small village
I was still a child when we were raided by soldiers
Foreign soldiers
Torn from my elders, I was made to speak their language
With each new post, my masters changed
Along with the words they made me speak
With each change, I changed too
My thoughts, personality, how I saw right and wrong
Words can kill
Time and again, the country was ruled by a foreign tongue
When he was young boy, he lost his native language
The bedrock for any developing child
His country, his family, his face, his identity
Everything was stolen from him

Meet me on the corner, I be waiting on you
Thousand years of better right into forever
Fire on my feathers, far from out of heaven
Fight without a weapon, life without a lesson
Lost, I'm my own boss, pay my own cost
Fill my own goals, see my own hopes
Tired of all of this, wish I had a switch
One kiss then you cut me off
Knowledge is the power, college is for cowards
Hollering for hours, swallowing the sour
Skin stuck around the rims, peeking in on a life so sweet
The other side made it, why don't we?

From ancient times, every civilization's ruler has had the same idea.
When people unite under one will, they become stronger than the sum of their parts and what do rulers use to bring people together?
Language. "This world will become one, I have found the way.
Race, tribal affiliations, national borders - even our faces will be irrelevant.
The world that the boss envisioned will finally become a reality and it will make mankind whole again

Found a friend in the words and my words and it works
Take away the pain, take away the hurt
Make a way to make a change, make it sane
Specially if you plan on staying on this Earth
Low to the lows, high to the highs
Eyes to the sky, strive to revive, dying to survive
Pool full of cries but it's cool, I'm still alive
And every breath is every left soul
And the family never kept whole
In the slum, want to quest to be the best of being less
Never let go, the best road to the next level
And the scenes where it's mean to do the right thing
Not to be a good king but the best devil
So it's horns for the crown, torn from the ground
Roses by the roots stolen from the roofs on parade days
Look at them rain down
I was brought here a slave
But I leave here a pharaoh

America is a country of liberty, a meeting of immigrants
Instead of simply assimilating, its citizens live alongside others
So the major sought a system that used information
Words to control the subconscious
In his eyes, the greatest symbiotic parasite the world's ever known isn't microbial - it's linguistic
Words is what keep civilization, our world, alive

If you are what you say you are, the coolest
Won't you just shine down?
You are what you say you are, the coolest
Won't you just shine down?

 

[fox69]

"Intro"

"Intro"


[uncredited female rapper]
Food and liquor stores rest on every corner
From 45th and State to the last standing hymn nuhana
J&J's, Harold's chicken, good finger licking
While they sin, gin, sin sin at Rothschild and Kenwood Liquors
The winos crooked stagger
meets the high stride of the youth searching for the truth
They rebel and raise hell across alleyways and in classroom settings
They get, high off that drum bass and 20/20 rims
They rock braids, Air Force Ones and Timbs
They drink Hennessy, Hypnotiq and 40's
They call they women hoes, bust downs and shorties
They keep funeral homes in business and gunshot wards of hospitals full
Prisons packed, bubbling over in brown sugar
They keep empty, Westside lots crowded, hype's powdered
The well is running dry, the days of Malcolm and Martin have ended
Our hope has descended and off to the side
Waiting for the reinstallment of the revolution
Because we are dying at the cost of our own pollution
But God has another solution, that has evolved from the hood
I present one who turns, the Fiasco to good

[Lupe Fiasco]
A'uzu billahi min ash shaitani r rajimi
Bismi 'llahi 'r-rahmani 'r-rahim
Dedicated, to my grandmother
Peace! And much love to you
YEAH!! And it start
1st and, 15, proudly present
You know what it is
See.. I got this philosophy right
I think the world, and everything in it
Is made up of a mix, of two things
You got your good, y'know, and you're bad
You got your food, and your liquor
That's right.. Chilly Chill!
You already know, it's a long time coming
I give you my.. I give you my heart
My soul, my mind my thoughts, my feelings
My experience, nothing more, and nothing less
Yes, FNF, uh-huh! So
With no further adieux...
Lupe, Fiasco's, "Food & Liquor"

 

[fox69]

"Introduction"

"Introduction"


[Howard Zinn:]
We have to stop wars, we have to stop this war
And we have to get out the habit of war
It's more than a habit, it's an addiction
We have to get out of thinking that we must be a military superpower

We must get out of thinking that we must have military bases, as we have in a hundred countries
Is it possible that having military bases in a hundred countries arouses a lot of antagonism?
Is it possible that it promotes terrorism when your soldiers and your sailors are all over the world, occupying this country and that? Is it possible?

Why do we have to be a military superpower?
Why can't we be a humanitarian superpower?
Instead of sending planes for bombs
Why don't we send planes for food and medicine?

[Soldier:]
Oh shit, it's one of the machines
Looks like it's trapped under something, it's broken or something
Hold on lemme get my keyboard, I can re-program this thing
No seriously, I can do it - just give me a second!
I swear to God I can do this, man, I can do this!
You have to work!

[Computer:]
Reprogramming unsuccessful

[Machine - continuously:]
I kill people

[Soldier:]
All right, this is the last time

[Computer:]
Reprogramming successful

[Soldier:]
Yes!

[Machine:]
Fight... evil...

 

[fox69]

"Intruder Alert"
(feat. Sarah Green, Matthew Santos)

"Intruder Alert"
(feat. Sarah Green, Matthew Santos)



She said that there was no love in her heart
Cause one day a rapist attacked her and broke
That all apart
She said there was no way to fix it
Or to cover her scars
Then one day a guy came along that
Probably could help her start
He was sincere made her believe it was safe
For her to trust again
Before long she was cool to giving hugs to him
Knew that it was right cause somethin was wrong
The alarms in her mind didn't tell her he didn't belong

There was no

[Chorus:]
Intruder [x4]
Alert [x4]

He said nobody else ever loved em (him)
Thats why he get high enough to go touch the heavens above em
Vividly remembers every pipe
Every needle that stuck em
Every alley he ever slept in
Every purse that he snuck in
Every level of hell he's been to
And the one that he's stuck in
The one he cant escape
Even tho it's of his own construction
Maybe you can relate
Maybe you one of those that just doesn't
Maybe he doesn't care
Loves to allow these demons to come in
With no

[Chorus:]
Intruder [x4]
Alert [x4]

Famine stricken his home
Land and no social standing
In the economic pecking order
Emergency relief
Distribution systems is in disorder
He's checking water making sure
It's safe enough for his
Daughter to float across in
The boat he built
Hopefully strong enough to support
Praying border patrols
Don't catch her
And process and deport her
Before she reach the shore
Of the land of the free
Where they feed u
Treat u like equals
Deceive you
Stamp u
And call you illegal

[Chorus:]
Intruder [x4]
Alert [x4]

Singin'

There's someone here
And it's not me
How could this be
I locked my doors
Kept my armies on my shore
Point my rockets at my skies

I'm so fortified
I built my wall so high
SO WHY OH'
YYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Intruder [repeat]

 

[fox69]

"It's Not Design"
(feat. Salim)

"It's Not Design"
(feat. Salim)



[Lupe Fiasco:]
What if I said, love was a lie though
It was more like hate with a eye closed
And the other eye had the eye rolled
That's contempt and ignorance, I know
But what do I know?
Only thing that I seen was the inside of a blindfold
And you just as blind as me
So how I look? Asking you where do I go
I and I keep high hope alive though
That loves not a lie it just likes to lie low
Likes to hide right there in plain sight
And you got to find it with your eyes, closed
And in the dark, you see the part, of your partner, that's the heart
If you die it's like apartheid
We can bring it back to the

[Salim:]
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
No, it's not designed to make you feel love
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
Oh no, yeah

[Lupe Fiasco:]
On second thought leave apartheid in the grave
But the heart part, that can be saved
The hard part's making sure it don't break into little sharp pieces that are hard to replace
Hard to find spare arteries these days
In decent shape, and know things decay
And at these rates you're gon' need to be paid
Like 3D wage just to see D. Wade
To the place that sells these parts
That you couldn't keep safe from the street art
So why would we waste our art on your mistake?
When you was driving reckless, didn't pump these brakes
Hate to have to shoot you down
A fine running heart makes a soothing sound
It's junkyard love in your future, pal
Didn't appreciate it then, bet you do

[Salim:]
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
(Yeah, yeah, make you feel)

[Lupe Fiasco:]
And in the futuristic love will be reduced to physics
Computer digits made by robots
That use statistics, algorithms, and group logistics
The mood-resistant downloadable thing that's used specific
Easily updated with few commitments
Can find it's way home if you forget it
Say, maybe on a starship tour
Heard a knock at your starship door
It was the girl that you had met at the starship bar
Had a dance on the starship floor
But then you got starship sick
So you had to run to the starship store
And then you got those starship pills
But when you back she wasn't there no more
She says, "Hope you got a starsuit at the starship store
Maybe we can take a trip to take a look at the stars around parsec 4"
And it was the most beautiful thing you both had ever seen in your lives before
And she pulled out her love, so you reached down in your starsuit for
But your pockets empty, now the moments passing
It'll probably never happen like this again
I guess it didn't work out for you in the end

[Salim:]
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
It's not designed to make you feel that way, now, baby (oh no)
Oh, no, baby

 

[fox69]

"Ital (Roses)"

"Ital (Roses)"


[Lupe Fiasco]
Black Panther, Black Panther, what do you see?
I see a dream ITAL watching over me
Back nigga
Yeah, hey, can we get a little break
From the cocaine and the kilos
Aiight nigga, we know
Aiight nigga, we know
Can we get a break from the strippers on the pill
Aiight nigga, we know
Okay nigga, we know

[Lupe Fiasco]
Hey shawty, ain't no future in no gang-bang
And ain't no manhood in no bang-bang
Ain't no honor cleanin interstates inside a chain-gang
Know some rap niggas put that shit inside your mainframe
Pills make you stupid and liquor do the same thing
'Raris too expensive and they way too hard to maintain
Get yourself a Camry, "nigga said a Camry?"
Watch that ho depreciate and then you'll understand me
It's called being fiscally responsible
Don't let these lying images up in hip-hop here conquer you
The TV's not your father fool, that video's not your momma
Try your best to be a man and your worst to be a monster

[Chorus]
May we have some roses for the ladies
A little appreciation for the gentlemen
And here's some kisses for the babies
Some peacenality for the whole wide-wide-wide world
More patience to the youth, sympathy for the poor
Empathy for the old, more justice for the down and pressed
Treat no liar ITAL, AY-YAH!

[Lupe Fiasco]
I know you're sayin', "Lupe rappin 'bout the same shit"
Well, that's 'cause ain't shit changed, bitch
And please don't excuse my language
Cause I would hate for you to misrepresent
The true expression of my anguish
And by this far I ain't shocked, upset, or appalled
I'm ashamed, bitch
I can't listen if you ain't sayin shit
And recognize all this emptiness is dangerous
Ain't buildin up they confidence, we teachin 'em that they ain't shit
If they ain't got the latest that they saw on someone famous
Mercy of the Lord on this double-edged sword
Instead of askin where the hoes is
Maybe maybe we could ask for roses

[Chorus - repeat 2X]

[Lupe Fiasco]
Called the President a terrorist
Corporate sponsors like, how the fuck you gon' embarrass us?
Ain't my fault, I was just repeatin this
Professor emeritus from America
But my tone was like an Afghani kid without a home
Blew that bitch up with a drone
An Iraqi with no daddy, Palestinian throwing stones
The fuck you think they call him, I'mma leave that all alone
Cause this, the focus on this new shit is that hopeless
Place that I was born into systematic brokeness
Took that downpression and developed it to dopeness
It's that great American rap-rap ferocious

[Chorus]