Genius Lyrics
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Sarah Green) – Real
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The introductory track to Lupe Fiasco’s debut album Food & Liquor details his overall goal: To deliver “real”, as opposed to “fake” and label-driven, music
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Lupe Fiasco – In
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This track serves as intro to the mixtape Pharaoh Height 2/30. Lupe raps over the ‘Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain E3’ Game Trailer instrumental. Since its release Lupe was
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Nayirah) – AUTOBOTO
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The song’s title makes reference to Transformers, a fictional type of car that can transform itself into a humanoid being. The “good” Transformers are called Autobots, hence the “
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Lupe Fiasco – The Cool
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Taken from his debut album Food & Liquor, Lupe Fiasco spins a lyrical tale about a hustler who is shot to death but miraculously comes back to life.
This track became the basis
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Lupe Fiasco – KIOSK
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This song uses the perspective of a kiosk owner in a mall that is trying to sell jewelry to offer critical commentary on both capitalism and the conspicuous consumption of hip hop
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Bishop G & Nikki Jean) – Little Weapon
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“Little Weapon”, produced by Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy, looks at children with guns, from child soldiers in Africa to high school shooters to violent video games
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Poo Bear & Snoop Dogg) – Hi-Definition
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[Chorus: Pooh Bear & (Snoop Dogg)] / Gather 'round, go a-head and stare / (You street folks don't need permission, my life's in hi-definition) / Listen with your eyes follow with
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Lupe Fiasco Explains Why He Isn’t Concerned With Fans Understanding All His Lyrics
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“I’m not trying to belittle you if you don’t understand it.”
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Nayirah) – SEATTLE
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[Intro: Lupe Fiasco] / Yeah-yeah, yeah, yeah-yeah-yay / Ayy, ay-yeah-yeah / Ayy, ayy / Ayy / [Chorus: Nayirah, Lupe Fiasco] / I'd keep a secret, but I'm honest / If I ever go and
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Lupe Fiasco – N.E.R.D.
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Released about a week after J. Cole’s industry diss track “Everybody Dies,” Lupe similarly addresses the current state of affairs in rap music. In doing so, he utilizes the same
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Lupe Fiasco – The Show Goes On
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Lupe fans, the moment you’ve been waiting for is here – Lupe’s first official single off of the long-delayed LASERS!
Lupe interpolates the popular Modest Mouse single “Float On
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. GemStones) – Just Might Be OK
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This is Track 3 from Lupe Fiasco’s debut album entitled: Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor
The title of the album refers to the various Food and Liquor stores in Chicago neighborhoods (
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Lupe Fiasco – Kings
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The 4th track from Lupe Fiasco’s surprise mixtape Pharaoh Height 2/30. Many titles of this mixtape express dominance (ex: “Of”, a possessive word), this one being a nod to his
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Chef Tone) – Mission
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In 2014, Lupe joined Stand Up To Cancer (SU2C) as a celebrity ambassador. In a press release, they explained:
“Mission” is a track to empower those facing cancer, revere cancer
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Matthew Santos) – Superstar
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In the first single off his second concept album The Cool, Lupe Fiasco delivers one of his most popular songs yet with a melancholic, lyrical meditation on the drawbacks of being
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Lupe Fiasco – I'm Beamin'
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The lead single to Lupe Fiasco’s much-delayed third album, Lasers, features production from The Neptunes. The song is a call for positivity in the negative atmosphere of today’s
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Lupe Fiasco – NAOMI
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[Intro] / Can you see it? You see it / I know you see it, uh / Signs of intelligent life / Mosquito nets repel anopheles bites, look at the night / Nice, we look alike, they want a
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Nayirah) – PRECIOUS THINGS
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“PRECIOUS THINGS” is the fourth track off of Lupe Fiasco’s eighth studio album, DRILL MUSIC IN ZION.
In this tongue in cheek masterful track, Lupe Fiasco deploys anthropomorphism
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Skylar Grey) – Words I Never Said
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Lasers’s second single is a political statement by Lupe, and it was seemingly inspired by the events of the 2011 Egyptian Revolution.
Addressing topics such as war and racism
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Poo Bear) – Bitch Bad
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The second official single from Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1, Bitch Bad tackles the use of the notorious word, “bitch”, and its effects
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Lupe Fiasco – DRILL MUSIC IN ZION
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[Intro] / Yeah / [Verse 1] / The August symphonic, power of a Blahnik / To heal steel, medical bill drill harmonics / Silver sonnets from the "bonne nuits" and bonnets / I leave a
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. GemStones & Graham Burris) – Dumb It Down
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A sprawling polemic about the pressures to simplify one’s lyrics to appeal to the mainstream – Lupe will have none of it.
It is a song Russian novel-esque in its depth, and rich
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Lupe Fiasco – Paris, Tokyo
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The sixth track on Lupe’s The Cool. Lupe explained the inspiration behind the song:
I love Paris, I love Tokyo… And what inspired me to write the song was that between ‘Food And
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Lupe Fiasco – Around My Way (Freedom Ain’t Free)
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This is the first single from Lupe Fiasco’s much anticipated sequel to his rookie effort, Food and Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album.
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Lupe Fiasco – Of
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The third track off Lupe Fiasco’s Pharoah Height mixtape, released August 2015. It only consists of one verse, making it the shortest track in this whole album, spanning only a
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Matthew Santos) – American Terrorist
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Off Lupe Fiasco’s debut album, Food and Liquor – a critique of the United States' humanitarian record in history (except George Washington is our Osama)
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Lupe Fiasco – Express
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In anticipation of his upcoming 6th studio album, DROGAS, Lupe released “Express”, a freestyle over the Menace-produced beat to Desiigner’s hit “Panda” on his Soundcloud. He
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Lupe Fiasco – ON FAUX NEM
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[Intro] / And they sing, singy-singy-sing-sing / Singy-sing-sing-sing-sing / Sing, mm-mm-hm / [Chorus] / I wish you were lying, oh, oh, oh / Yes, I do / I wish that you were lying
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Lupe Fiasco – Kick, Push
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Lupe Fiasco’s debut single from his first album Food & Liquor tells the story of young boy and his love for skateboarding. The lyrics follow the skateboarder through many stages of
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Nikki Jean) – Stronger
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[Intro: Lupe Fiasco] / And they say / [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] / Opium to the ceiling / All for the love of plugs, squealing "ugh", healing / No more Timberland turf, you're too soft
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Lupe Fiasco – Twilight Zone
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Perhaps the famed Lupe Fiasco’s first song off his first mixtape, Fahrenheit 1/15 Part 1 (The Truth is Among Us). This song is essentially, like many of the mixtape pieces, an
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Lupe Fiasco – Valleys
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This is the second song off Lupe Fiasco’s mixtape series Pharaoh Height 2/30, and contains signature elements prominent in all of the other tracks: ancient history and racial
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Lupe Fiasco – Failure
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Exemplary lyricism from the Fahrenheit 1st & 15th mixtape. The title of the song is a play on the meaning of Lupe’s stage name “Fiasco”, meaning “failure” in Latin
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Lupe Fiasco – GHOTI
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“GHOTI” is derived from a popular joke regarding the English language and its phonetic inconsistency.
If you pronounce the “Gh” like you do in “enough,” the “O” like in “women
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Lupe Fiasco – Schemes
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The final track on Lupe Fiasco’s Pharoah Height mixtape features the telling of a very exciting bedtime story.
The story begins with the description of the main character and his
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign) – NGL
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[Intro: Lupe Fiasco] / Niggas wanna win / These niggas wanna win / These niggas wanna win / Everybody wanna be a motherfuckin' winner / But that ain't how it work though, yeah / [
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Crystal Torres) – Adoration of the Magi
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The Adoration of the Magi is a name traditionally given to the artistic portrayals of Jesus Christ’s Nativity. Three Magi, often represented as kings or wise men, find Joseph
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Lupe Fiasco – Thank You
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This is Lupe’s version of Jay-Z’s “Thank You”. This is off Lupe’s mixtape “Enemy of the State.”
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Lupe Fiasco – Pyramid
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The fifth track from Lupe Fiasco’s Pharoah Height mixtape, released August 2015.
The beat is from Flying Lotus‘ “All In”, the opening track from his fourth album Until the Quiet
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