Pills

"Pills" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, created as a track for his debut studio album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006). It samples the 1974 song "Out There" by Willie Hutch in the chorus. With the leak of the LP's unofficial material in April 2006, months before its scheduled date in June, it was not added in the official track listing. The song, along with "I Gotcha," were included on the compilation album, MTV2 My Block: Chicago, released through Asylum Records on October 10, 2006.Zisook, Brian (October 9, 2006). "Asylum Records & MTV2 Present My Block: Chicago - The Soundtrack". DJBooth. On October 13, 2023, Fiasco dropped the song under the name "Out There" through 1st & 15th Entertainment and Thirty Tigers as part of Chill's Spotlight, Vol. 6 - Underground.
The record introduces two characters from his The Cool storyline, The Streets and The Game.
== Background ==
Fiasco told Format Mag in December 2006, "There was another song that we didn't get a chance to put on the album that was called the "Pills," which came out on this MTV My Block compilation and that song kind of personified the ills of the world standing next to the beauties of the world."Coachman, Dale (December 24, 2006). "Lupe Fiasco". Format Mag. In a 2020 video, he clarified that it was not actually titled "Real Recognize Real," which was supposedly done by uploaders who assigned their own names."The Cool Wiki". YouTube. May 13, 2020.
== Personnel ==
* David "Prolyfic" Ewing Jr. – producer
* Joey Fernandez – masterer
* Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – vocals, writer
* Willie Hutch – vocals, writer
* Yuki Tasaka – mixer
== Lyrics ==
== References ==
Category:2006 songs
Category:2023 songs
Category:Explicit songs
Category:Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Category:Lupe Fiasco songs
Category:Songs