Intro (Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor)

"Intro" is the opening track to American rapper Lupe Fiasco's debut studio album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006). The first verse is recited by his sister Ayesha Jaco, who discusses the city of Chicago. She references to the 1959 poem "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks ('Sing sin. We Thin gin.') It is followed by Fiasco's verse, who quotes from the Qur'an ("I seek protection from Allah against the Devil; In the name of Allah, most merciful, most kind.") He gives acknowledgement to his grandmother, then introduces his album to the audience with the concept of duality, food representing the "good" and liquor representing the "bad."
The two performed it live at the Red Bull Music Festival in Chicago in 2019.Kyles, Yohance (December 27, 2019). "A Conversation with Ayesha Jaco on Providing the Poem for Lupe Fiasco's 'Food & Liquor' & Their Childhood in Chicago". AllHipHop.
== Background ==
In an interview with AllHipHop, Ayesha stated that her brother approached her to write a poem. She continued, "I knew what the album was capturing—the duality of what a food and liquor store meant in our community. It's a place where you go for nourishment on the food side of things, but then there's unhealthy food there. There's also the liquor component. So you go for nourishment, but at the same time, there are the realities, and some cases temptations, of things that have to potential to be bad like liquor, cigarettes, etc." She continued, "I wanted to give an accurate depiction to someone that had never been to Chicago, never been to our block or community, what it felt like, what it smelled like, the background vocals of the kids on the block."
== Lyrics ==
== References ==
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