this is such an amazing song…the rhythm, timing, flow…everything is beautiful
11.05.07 at 1:39 pm
well liked jerk
dope video ….
11.05.07 at 1:44 pm
DJ A.n.T.
iLL
11.05.07 at 1:55 pm
ChrisFromthaDtothaPHX
i dont know if it’s just me, but i cant exactly figure out what the fuck is sooo special about lupe fiasco.
I say this being a a Fan of Ye, Common, Rhymefest, even Consequence.
I just dont understand this nigga Lupe.. straight up.
This song is maddd wackkk.
11.05.07 at 2:19 pm
T Taverniti
lupe is bout to drop another gem.
the cool.
a lot of yall niggas are out here chasing the cool. you might need to give his shit a listen.
11.05.07 at 2:23 pm
Tonythetiger
This song is definetely gonna put Lupe in the spotlght and give him the shine that he deserves. This is the future of Hiphop, and oh, is it bright.
11.05.07 at 2:26 pm
Tonythetiger
And if any record executives are reading this page GIVE US MORE LUPE FIASCO/WALE (from DC) TYPE RAPPERS who spit concious but interesting lyrics.
Not everyone can appreciate genius CHRIS, but its good to know you know that too.
11.05.07 at 2:31 pm
#############
well
you cant put so many flashing light in a video like that,
ofcorse the song is about the spotlight etc, but there are mad people with epilepsy out there and notice how theres now warnings of videos with flashing light etc.
and i got tired after a minute.
NEXT
11.05.07 at 2:38 pm
Tonythetiger
How do you think it feels to be a superstar then, lol, no homo
11.05.07 at 2:46 pm
ronnie coleman
#9 u mad?
11.05.07 at 2:48 pm
TJB
nice song and video kanye should been on this one
11.05.07 at 2:50 pm
well liked jerk
my boy did his own take on this song..
11.05.07 at 2:57 pm
Tonythetiger
[Chorus – Matthew Santos]
[Verse 1 – Lupe Fiasco]
Yeah, uh
A fresh cool young Lu’
Tryna’ catch his microphone check 2, 1, 2
Wanna’ believe my own hype but it’s too untrue
The world brought me to my knees, what have you brung you?
Did you improve on the design? Did you do somethin’ new?
Well ya’ name ain’t on the guest list, who brung you?
YOU! The more famous person you come through
And the sexy lady next to you, you come too
And then it hit me
Standin’ outside of heaven waitin’ for god to come and get me
I’m too uncouth
Unschooled to the rules and too gum shoe
Too much of a new comer and too un-cool
Like Shadow and Lavelle, I battle wit’ it well
Tho I need holiday like lady who sung “Blue”
Go back, whatever you did you undo
Heavy as heaven
The devil on me, two ton’s too
[Chorus – Matthew Santos]
[Verse 2 – Lupe Fiasco]
And ya’ better wear ya’ shaaades
The spotlights here can burn holes through the staaage
Down to the basement pass the Indian graves
Where the dinosaurs laid
Then out through shinin’, nearly miss the airliners
Magnified times five, ‘less its pointed at the ryhmer
Ricochets off the moon and sets the forest ablaaaze
Now that’s important to say
‘Cause even with all that most of us don’t want it to faaade
We want it to braid, meaning we want it to grow
Meaning we want it to staaay
Like the Governor called and he told him to waaait
Un-strap him from the chair and put him back in his caaage
The audience ain’t faaazed
And they ain’t gon’ clap and they ain’t gon’ praise
They want everything back that they’ve paid
‘Cause they’ve been waitin’ since ten to see the lights get dim
[Chorus – Matthew Santos]
[Verse 3 – Lupe Fiasco]
So chauffeur chauffeur come and take me away
‘Cause I’ve been standin’ in this line for like five whole days
Me and security ain’t getting’ along
And when I got to the front, they told me all of the tickets were gone
So just take me home where the mood is mellow
And the roses are grown, M&Ms are yellow
And the light bulbs around my mirror don’t flicker
Everybody gets a nice autograph picture
One for you and one for your sister
Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener
Every songs her favorite song and mics don’t feedback
All the reviewers say “You need to go and see that”
And everybody claps ’cause everybody is pleased
And then they all take the stage and start performin’ for me
Like, ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha, ha
[Chorus – Matthew Santos]
READ THE LYRICS, and then tell me Lupe isn’t cold.
11.05.07 at 2:58 pm
C.A.S.H.
#9 is a hater…..definetly need more lupe and Wale, both some fresh emcees!!!!
11.05.07 at 3:04 pm
Fuckyocouch
Thats Lupe?????????? I thought it was Kanye for a min
11.05.07 at 3:25 pm
YoungPlayah
Nice, hopefully this shuts up all the haters who got mad about his ATCQ comments.
11.05.07 at 3:41 pm
MAK A.K.A. FUCK BILL O'REILLY
IM SORRY TO ANY BACKPACKERZ I OFFEND, BUT IM NOT FEELING THIS SHIT. TELL ME SOMETHING THATS HOT IN THIS VERSE? “JUST CAUSE YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HIM DON’T MEAN THAT HE’S NICE”-JAY-Z.
11.05.07 at 3:51 pm
Baby Girl
I love the song and hype did his thing with the video, but Lupe is a Kanye West wanna be.
11.05.07 at 3:54 pm
Tonythetiger
First of all Jay-Z said that about Nas when we ALL know Nas is lyrically better than Jay-Z.
Second you quoting Jay-Z to prove Lupe is wack is STUPID because the first nigga who said Lupe was nice as hell was, hmmm, Jay-Z himself, president of Def Jam, just before he did a remix on Lupes 1st album.
Third if you can’t see what differentiates Lupe from all the other mainstream and manufactured ‘gangsta’ rappers right now then you should stick with your ipod-playin-wipe-me-down songs.
11.05.07 at 3:56 pm
Tonythetiger
NO Kanye west is a lupe wannabe, that nigga stole so many of lupes songs when lupe was still underground that Kanye HAD to put him in his touch the sky video and record.
DOn’t believe me, learn about who originated the original diamionds from sierra leone record.
11.05.07 at 4:00 pm
Dacia
nice Lupe Fiasco! nice.
11.05.07 at 4:14 pm
Jince
tonythetiger is speaking the truth!
11.05.07 at 4:24 pm
MAK A.K.A. FUCK BILL O'REILLY
TONYTHETIGER CALM DOWN SON. YOU GOT UR L.R.G. TURLENECK 2 TIGHT. I KNOW WHO JAY MADE THAT FOR, I JUST FELT IT WAS FITTING FOR LUPE. I ALSO HEARD WHAT JAY SAID ABOUT LUPE. SO WHAT, IM NOT JAY. JUST FROM THE SAME BLOCK IN BROOKLYN. ANYWAY AS FAR AS LUPE WANTING TO BE LIKE KANYE: THIS BOOK WORM WAS ON KAY SLAY SHOW TALKING BOUT HE USE TO PACK GATS AND HE DIDNT ALWAYS RAP LIKE THIS. WHO WANNABE LIKE WHO. HE STILL TRYING TO FIND HIMSELF. NOW, I DONT KNOW HIM PERSONALLY BUT THAT WAS DRASTIC CHANGE FOR ME.
11.05.07 at 4:35 pm
Quag
“Is Lupe gonna have to choke a bitch?”-Gotty(c)
11.05.07 at 4:37 pm
DJGX
Hottest shii i’ve heard this month…..
The Cool-Tru lyricism is reborn
11.05.07 at 5:03 pm
White Bread
Chitown stand up’ lupes in the building….love the video that shit was hiphop n cool…copin the album
I wish I lived in a world where music/artist like this got all the attention.
11.05.07 at 7:52 pm
Tonythetiger
For a sec I thought I was talking to a wall
11.05.07 at 9:03 pm
laosket
this is what hip hop needs right now.I pray to God that a video or song like this makes it number one on the countdowns on radio and tv because I am sooooooo SICK of hearing Crank Dat bullshit everyday playing 45 times a day and every dumbass that listens to dat bullshit dancng to it!
11.05.07 at 9:40 pm
Baby Girl
at 21 i dont know that my bad
11.06.07 at 2:11 am
SAM FROM THE BAY
hot track and video!!!
feeling it
11.06.07 at 4:52 am
Ahijah
I love this song and video is great, this song & video will push Lupe more into the limelight can’t wait for the album.
11.06.07 at 7:41 am
Juicy
ooooooowwweeeeeee!!!
11.06.07 at 10:56 am
flatbush34st
TonytheTiger sonning niggas….let em know son….Lupe is one best out rite now
11.06.07 at 11:53 am
MAK A.K.A. FUCK BILL O'REILLY
YOU MAKING THE BUSH LOOK BAD SON.
11.08.07 at 2:44 am
The correct lyric is...
… “Tryna’ cash his microphone check 2, 1, 2″
11.10.07 at 6:03 pm
oc
i dont want lupe to be mainstream, cuz then the same shit that happpened to kanye will happen to him. no disrespect to kanye, but when preppy bitches are reppin the college dropout shirt, something is wrong. keep lupe where hes at now, and his name will not be blemished
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Video is flames. Can’t wait fa The Cool to drop.
this is such an amazing song…the rhythm, timing, flow…everything is beautiful
dope video ….
iLL
i dont know if it’s just me, but i cant exactly figure out what the fuck is sooo special about lupe fiasco.
I say this being a a Fan of Ye, Common, Rhymefest, even Consequence.
I just dont understand this nigga Lupe.. straight up.
This song is maddd wackkk.
lupe is bout to drop another gem.
the cool.
a lot of yall niggas are out here chasing the cool. you might need to give his shit a listen.
This song is definetely gonna put Lupe in the spotlght and give him the shine that he deserves. This is the future of Hiphop, and oh, is it bright.
And if any record executives are reading this page GIVE US MORE LUPE FIASCO/WALE (from DC) TYPE RAPPERS who spit concious but interesting lyrics.
Not everyone can appreciate genius CHRIS, but its good to know you know that too.
well
you cant put so many flashing light in a video like that,
ofcorse the song is about the spotlight etc, but there are mad people with epilepsy out there and notice how theres now warnings of videos with flashing light etc.
and i got tired after a minute.
NEXT
How do you think it feels to be a superstar then, lol, no homo
#9 u mad?
nice song and video kanye should been on this one
my boy did his own take on this song..
[Chorus – Matthew Santos]
[Verse 1 – Lupe Fiasco]
Yeah, uh
A fresh cool young Lu’
Tryna’ catch his microphone check 2, 1, 2
Wanna’ believe my own hype but it’s too untrue
The world brought me to my knees, what have you brung you?
Did you improve on the design? Did you do somethin’ new?
Well ya’ name ain’t on the guest list, who brung you?
YOU! The more famous person you come through
And the sexy lady next to you, you come too
And then it hit me
Standin’ outside of heaven waitin’ for god to come and get me
I’m too uncouth
Unschooled to the rules and too gum shoe
Too much of a new comer and too un-cool
Like Shadow and Lavelle, I battle wit’ it well
Tho I need holiday like lady who sung “Blue”
Go back, whatever you did you undo
Heavy as heaven
The devil on me, two ton’s too
[Chorus – Matthew Santos]
[Verse 2 – Lupe Fiasco]
And ya’ better wear ya’ shaaades
The spotlights here can burn holes through the staaage
Down to the basement pass the Indian graves
Where the dinosaurs laid
Then out through shinin’, nearly miss the airliners
Magnified times five, ‘less its pointed at the ryhmer
Ricochets off the moon and sets the forest ablaaaze
Now that’s important to say
‘Cause even with all that most of us don’t want it to faaade
We want it to braid, meaning we want it to grow
Meaning we want it to staaay
Like the Governor called and he told him to waaait
Un-strap him from the chair and put him back in his caaage
The audience ain’t faaazed
And they ain’t gon’ clap and they ain’t gon’ praise
They want everything back that they’ve paid
‘Cause they’ve been waitin’ since ten to see the lights get dim
[Chorus – Matthew Santos]
[Verse 3 – Lupe Fiasco]
So chauffeur chauffeur come and take me away
‘Cause I’ve been standin’ in this line for like five whole days
Me and security ain’t getting’ along
And when I got to the front, they told me all of the tickets were gone
So just take me home where the mood is mellow
And the roses are grown, M&Ms are yellow
And the light bulbs around my mirror don’t flicker
Everybody gets a nice autograph picture
One for you and one for your sister
Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener
Every songs her favorite song and mics don’t feedback
All the reviewers say “You need to go and see that”
And everybody claps ’cause everybody is pleased
And then they all take the stage and start performin’ for me
Like, ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha, ha
[Chorus – Matthew Santos]
READ THE LYRICS, and then tell me Lupe isn’t cold.
#9 is a hater…..definetly need more lupe and Wale, both some fresh emcees!!!!
Thats Lupe?????????? I thought it was Kanye for a min
Nice, hopefully this shuts up all the haters who got mad about his ATCQ comments.
IM SORRY TO ANY BACKPACKERZ I OFFEND, BUT IM NOT FEELING THIS SHIT. TELL ME SOMETHING THATS HOT IN THIS VERSE? “JUST CAUSE YOU DONT UNDERSTAND HIM DON’T MEAN THAT HE’S NICE”-JAY-Z.
I love the song and hype did his thing with the video, but Lupe is a Kanye West wanna be.
First of all Jay-Z said that about Nas when we ALL know Nas is lyrically better than Jay-Z.
Second you quoting Jay-Z to prove Lupe is wack is STUPID because the first nigga who said Lupe was nice as hell was, hmmm, Jay-Z himself, president of Def Jam, just before he did a remix on Lupes 1st album.
Third if you can’t see what differentiates Lupe from all the other mainstream and manufactured ‘gangsta’ rappers right now then you should stick with your ipod-playin-wipe-me-down songs.
NO Kanye west is a lupe wannabe, that nigga stole so many of lupes songs when lupe was still underground that Kanye HAD to put him in his touch the sky video and record.
DOn’t believe me, learn about who originated the original diamionds from sierra leone record.
nice Lupe Fiasco! nice.
tonythetiger is speaking the truth!
TONYTHETIGER CALM DOWN SON. YOU GOT UR L.R.G. TURLENECK 2 TIGHT. I KNOW WHO JAY MADE THAT FOR, I JUST FELT IT WAS FITTING FOR LUPE. I ALSO HEARD WHAT JAY SAID ABOUT LUPE. SO WHAT, IM NOT JAY. JUST FROM THE SAME BLOCK IN BROOKLYN. ANYWAY AS FAR AS LUPE WANTING TO BE LIKE KANYE: THIS BOOK WORM WAS ON KAY SLAY SHOW TALKING BOUT HE USE TO PACK GATS AND HE DIDNT ALWAYS RAP LIKE THIS. WHO WANNABE LIKE WHO. HE STILL TRYING TO FIND HIMSELF. NOW, I DONT KNOW HIM PERSONALLY BUT THAT WAS DRASTIC CHANGE FOR ME.
“Is Lupe gonna have to choke a bitch?”-Gotty(c)
Hottest shii i’ve heard this month…..
The Cool-Tru lyricism is reborn
Chitown stand up’ lupes in the building….love the video that shit was hiphop n cool…copin the album
look! nice vid ‘n’ song…
Video and track both go hard…
Tell em Tonythetiger
I wish I lived in a world where music/artist like this got all the attention.
For a sec I thought I was talking to a wall
this is what hip hop needs right now.I pray to God that a video or song like this makes it number one on the countdowns on radio and tv because I am sooooooo SICK of hearing Crank Dat bullshit everyday playing 45 times a day and every dumbass that listens to dat bullshit dancng to it!
at 21 i dont know that my bad
hot track and video!!!
feeling it
I love this song and video is great, this song & video will push Lupe more into the limelight can’t wait for the album.
ooooooowwweeeeeee!!!
TonytheTiger sonning niggas….let em know son….Lupe is one best out rite now
YOU MAKING THE BUSH LOOK BAD SON.
… “Tryna’ cash his microphone check 2, 1, 2″
i dont want lupe to be mainstream, cuz then the same shit that happpened to kanye will happen to him. no disrespect to kanye, but when preppy bitches are reppin the college dropout shirt, something is wrong. keep lupe where hes at now, and his name will not be blemished