Just Might Be OK

"Just Might Be OK" is the third track from Lupe Fiasco's debut studio album, Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor (2006). It features guest vocals from GemStones.
== Background ==
GemStones shared in an interview that the song was inspired when Jay-Z took a hiatus from hip hop and Charles Patton was sentenced to 44 years in prison. He continued, "Gangster rap was popping heavily. It was like yo, we coming. We just might be OK. The sun is gon' to shine on this day. Keep hope alive. Just listen to the hook. It just might be OK. You know why? Because there's hope. Yeah Chilly is going to jail but our company is still moving. Yeah Jay Z is retiring but fret not, you got these kids Lupe and Gemstones here. We just might be OK Hip Hop. Kanye wasn't popping like that yet the way he is now but we just might be OK. Black people stand up. We may be going through things but we just might be ok. That title is deeper than you think. You really have to listen and meditate on that." He added about Chilly, "A lot of things going on today within the industry, Chilly is behind it. He's making moves from behind bars. Chilly is the one who released "Just Might Be OK." Lupe is the face of 1st & 15th but in any company, there's a machine behind it that makes things happen."Garrett, Ural (May 8, 2015). "GemStones Explains How Jay Z & Chilly Inspired Lupe Fiasco's "Just Might Be OK"". HipHopDX.
== Music video ==
A music video was released on April 30, 2015, directed by Chris & Blaq. It depicts montages of downtown Chicago, interspersed with scenes of peaceful and solidarity #BlackLivesMatter protests. It acknowledges Eric Gardner, who died at the hands of police officer Daniel Pantaleo in a chokehold.Fleischer, Adam (May 1, 2015). "Lupe Fiasco Offers Hope to Protesters in His 'Just Might Be OK' Video". MTV. This was also in recent time to the Baltimore death of Freddie Gray, who died in police custody. The video concludes with the quote, "Revolution is hope for the hopeless."Elliott, James (April 30, 2015). "Lupe Fiasco Releases "It Just Might Be Okay" Video". Complex.
About the video, GemStones said, "I was just about to reach out to him after them releasing the "Just Might Be OK" video featuring me. [...] That record was made over ten years ago. The Baltimore thing is just happening. Is that kind-of like prophecy? How can you release a video ten years later on a record that was slept on. We was speaking on that type of stuff back then. We were making music for today. [...] It only helps as positivity only came from the record. That record can be a help. Half the stuff that's playing on the radio plays a reason as to why we're going through what we're going through in Baltimore and why police is shooting us and treating us the way they're treating us. The stuff that's playing on the radio is a big part. We know it and we're conditioned to accept this."
== Lyrics ==
== References ==
Category:2006 songs
Category:Collaboration songs
Category:Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor
Category:Lupe Fiasco songs
Category:Songs
Category:Songs with music videos