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Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk – Oh Yes
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[Chorus] / I push Lambo coupe, was in the fast lane / I push Rari too, was in the fast lane / I push SLS, I'm in the fast lane / Put that on the crew, now homie, that's gang / Free
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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 – WAV Files
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In this sixth song off of DROGAS WAVE, Lupe speaks from the perspective of kidnapped Africans that jumped overboard slave ships during the middle passage. Lupe spins the narrative
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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 (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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Kanye West (Ft. Lupe Fiasco) – Touch the Sky
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Produced by Just Blaze, using a slowed down sample from Curtis Mayfield’s “Move On Up”, a style that Kanye also employs.
This song notably features Lupe Fiasco’s first big
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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 – Hood Now (Outro)
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[Intro] / This one for the hooooood! / [Verse 1] / What do you do when it's so unequal? / Wear Michael Jordan’s with your tuxedos / It’s hood now / It’s hood now / Yea, yea / It’s
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Lupe Fiasco – The Champ is Here (Freestyle)
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Wasalu Muhammad Jaco (born February 16, 1982), better known by his stage name Lupe Fiasco (play /ˈluːpeɪ/ LOO-pay), is an American rapper, record producer, and entrepreneur. He
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Lupe Fiasco – BMF (Building Minds Faster)
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Initially intended for Lupe Fiasco’s Enemy of the State, this is Lupe’s freestyle over the beat to Rick Ross’s “BMF (Blowin' Money Fast)”.
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Lupe Fiasco – Sunshine
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From the mind of The Cool saga comes a more lighthearted song about a first date, complete with tricky lyrics and extended metaphors. Lupe uses the song to not only express his
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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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Diggy (Ft. Lupe Fiasco & Pharrell Williams) – Oh Yeah!
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[Intro] Lupe' Fiasco / Diggy what's good man, its your big brother, Lupe' / Long time coming / Its like the future meets the future, of the future / You heard / Its some of that
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Lupe Fiasco – And He Gets the Girl
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The song is about Lupe the Nerd trying to overcome his fear and talk to the chearleader-girl he likes.
Samples the N.E.R.D. song “Maybe”
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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 – Run Game
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Co-founder of 1st and 15th Entertainment on long-time business partner of Lupe Fiasco, Charles “Chill” Patton began releasing older Lupe Fiasco songs from his vaults.
A tagged
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Genius – October 2020 Singles Release Calendar
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WELCOME TO GENIUS' OCTOBER 2020 SINGLES RELEASE CALENDAR!!!
For October 2020 album releases, visit this page
This page highlights the notable singles released in all genres
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Matthew Santos) – Shining Down
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In the street single (bonus track) to his third album LASERS, Lupe Fiasco re-introduces himself to the rap game with a hook from frequent collaborator Matthew Santos
The song
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Lupe Fiasco – Go to Sleep
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The third single for Lupe Fiasco’s fourth album, The Great American Rap Album: Food & Liquor II, is a densely-packed tour-de-force from the RapGenius™ King of Lyrical Trickiness
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Lupe Fiasco – SLR (Super Lupe Rap)
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Track off the mixtape, Friend Of The People; itself is indeed super as the title indicates. Fiasco flexes his lyrical muscle from beginning to end of the 6-minute Soundtrakk-
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Lupe Fiasco – Outty 5000
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[Intro: Revenge of the Nerds sample] / Are all nerds as good as you? / Yes / [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] / Look look! Gander gander / It's the young boy from the Lambda Lambdas / The
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Lupe Fiasco – Cold Out
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Intro: / Hold Me close, Let Me Come, Garb Your Arms Around Me, Tonight / Hook: / Cause It's Cold Out,Tonight But It's So Warm In Your Arms(x3) Ooh Ooh Ooh Ooh / Cold Out Tonight
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Poo Bear) – I Don't Wanna Care Right Now
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This song is off Lupe Fiasco’s album LASERS (Love Always Shines Everytime Remember 2 Smile). In this song, Lupe takes a more bold and boastful approach, telling us how his name is
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Lupe Fiasco – Not A Costume
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[Intro] / Yes yes / Spooky hour / Happy Halloween, yah / Congratulations to Jay-Z / On the Hall of Fame, ha / Boo, spooky nigga / Yeah, uh-huh / Uh / [Verse] / He can be so cold-
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Sway) – We Love You
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We Love You Lupe / (I Love You, Baby, I Love You) / We Love You Lupe / We love You / (I Love You Too) / Uh, thats what they say to me / And I entertain it quite playfully / But
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Lupe Fiasco – You My
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Fresh to def she is / From her steps to her set she is / So death might not let me live / Ya dig / Fresh / Yes she is / Had a feeling / That it would be a day like this / The
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Lupe Fiasco – Introduction
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This skit begins with an excerpt from a speech by the late, great historian and author Howard Zinn, who died in 2010. We miss you, buddy..
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Lil Ronnie & Travis Barker) – Joaquin Phoenix
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[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] / Welcome to my whirlwind, turn like Tilt-A-Whirls / I be throwing up my set, yes, hurlin' up the world and / Going out, we goin in', say "hello" to my
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Lupe Fiasco – #DopeFrancis (American Trap)
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Playing off the name of the recently-elected Pope Francis, Lupe released this track on Soundcloud on August 14th via his twitter feed along with the hashtag #FL22. This has led
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Lupe Fiasco – Absolute Freestyle
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In this freestyle, Lupe talks about how he runs the streets like a marathon
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Lupe Fiasco & Soundtrakk – Apologetic
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[Verse 1] / Top-down coupe that breeze, it feel like woo / Shoutout to my niggas that's on lockdown just like Roots / Locked around some lifers, they got snipers on the roof
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Kanye West – Black Skinhead
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Making its debut on Saturday Night Live, “Black Skinhead” (stylized as BLKKK SKKKNHEAD in reference to the Ku Klux Klan) is a dark, rebellious and near-tribal record that threads
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Lupe Fiasco – Philosophy Sunday (Uomo Mangiato Tigre)
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The topic of Lupe’s final Twitter-based Philosophy Sunday discussion was his painting Uomo Mangiato Tigre, which was used as the cover art for his 5th studio album Tetsuo & Youth.
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Lupe Fiasco – Can I have it like that freestyle
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This is a freestyle Lupe did on Rap City. They promised it wouldn’t be the last time Lupe is there, but, that promise was broken. Anyhow, Lupe goes in as the Nerd taking his
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Killa Kyleon & Twista) – Get Throwed
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[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] / My name, L-U-P that trill nigga / Lean on me like Bill Withers / I’m a shark fin you a seal flipper / No liquor, no weed, no pills nigga / Still I feel I
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Ty Dolla $ign) – Next To It
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“Next To It” was the second promotional single of his fifth studio album, Tetsuo & Youth, being “Mission” the first.
The track features singing and production by Ty Dolla $ign
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Ab-Soul) – THORNS & HORNS
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[Produced by Floss & Fame] / [Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] / Read my lips, clarinet, talk that walk, pair of steps / Two shots, parachutes, two drops, pair of troops / New drops, wearin
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Chris Brown (Ft. Lil Wayne & Lupe Fiasco) – Forever (Remix)
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[Intro: Lil Wayne, Chris Brown] / Remix, baby, fire / Chris, I got you / Okay, this your boy Chris Brown / And right now, y'all are listenin' to Tape Masters 8 / Let's go / [Verse
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Kanye West (Ft. Lupe Fiasco) – Touch the Sky (Live at Abbey Road Studios)
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[Chorus: Kanye West] / Ho! I gotta testify / Come up in the spot lookin' extra fly / 'Fore the day I die, I'ma touch the sky / I gotta testify / Come up in the spot lookin' extra
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Lupe Fiasco (Ft. Ayesha Jaco) – Intro
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The first part of the intro to Lupe Fiasco’s first studio album is given by his sister, Ayesha Jaco (Lupe’s birth name is Wasulu Jaco). It introduces the topic that Lupe will delve
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