Break the Chain

"Break the Chain" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, released as the 10th track from his third studio album, Lasers (2011). It features guest vocals from Eric Turner and Sway. It addresses the sociological perspective of crime-ridden areas, where social backgrounds affect the rate. To "break the chain" means discontinuing and becoming free from this pattern.
== Background ==
AllHipHop asked Sway how the collaboration came about, to which the UK rapper revealed:
When it came to 'Lasers'—he hit me up Twitter, even though he's got my number, saying; "Sway, I wanna get you on a verse for the album." I was like "cool lets do it!" no questions asked. Whatever the tune was going to be about I was going to do it, because it's Lupe and he's my people and I respect him and I respect his judgement musically. He gave me the record and it was produced by Ishi and features Eric Turner.
I was like; "It's got me written all over it" and he said the same thing. "You are the only person I could think of to be on this record." I didn't even know that I was the only (other) rapper on the album—it was only until he made the press release that I was like "woah!""UK Week on AllHipHop.com: Fast-Rapping Sway From Across the Way". AllHipHop. November 20, 2011.
Eric Turner told Directlyrics.com, "we had been going back and forth with Lupe on several tracks writing over Skype. He was originally gonna do "Stereo Sun" but it got dropped with all the controversy with releasing Lasers. [...] We worked on a song called "Voices of Fire" which was awesome and really rootsy then finally settled on "Break the Chain". It's probably one of my favorite songs I ever wrote 'cause it really says what I wanted it to say. I don't know if it will be a single, difficult to predict, my "hit song" center thinks they are crazy not to release it. It's a sleeper but it would def rise up the charts, like an Adele song."Apaza, Kevin (March 3, 2012). "KEVIPOD Interviews Eric Turner...". Directlyrics.com.
== Personnel ==
* Derek "Sway" Safo – vocals, writer
* Eric Turner – vocals, writer
* Eshraque "iSHi" Mughal – writer, producer, instruments
* Greg "G-Ball" Magers – recording
* Joe Peluso – mixing, additional engineer
* Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – vocals, writer
== Lyrics ==
== References ==
Category:2011 songs
Category:Collaboration songs
Category:Explicit songs
Category:Lasers
Category:Lupe Fiasco songs
Category:Songs