Countdown

## Single by Consequence and Lupe Fiasco featuring Chris Turner

"**Countdown**" is a song by Consequence and Lupe Fiasco, released on May 31, 2015, as a single and the sixth track from the former's album *A Good Comback Story* (2016). It features Chris Turner on the hook. The official music video was uploaded to Consequence's VEVO YouTube channel on July 7, 2015.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1: Consequence]

The only dog from the kennel who made it up to Kimmel

And that's a symbol some will say is symbolic

Of the sentiment that we should have a seminar in college

'Cause the way we take a term and turn it into paper

You could turn it in and tell 'em that's your term paper

'Cause we been takin' paper on our own terms

The kind of paper that'd make 'em say, 'It's your turn'

But those turns'll take the 'hey' to a 'hooray'

And have you like Frank when his bird was in the fireplace

My mistake must've been punctuality

'Cause fuckin' up some commas isn't everyone's reality

But fuck them other hitters, anyone I go to bat for

Is 'bout to have a Benz symbol on they dashboard

So watch who you pinch wit' them crab claws

Cause safe flight won't come to fix a glass jaw, it's the Cons, fool

[Hook: Chris Turner]

Yeah, I make you count

That's why you hear me on the countdown

Cost so many bodies that it's gettin' hard to count now

I just keep countin', aw, yeah, as we count it all

I just keep countin' away

Yeah, I make you count

That's why you hear me on the countdown

Cost so many bodies that it's gettin' hard to count now

I just keep countin', aw, yeah, as we count it all

I just keep countin' away

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]

Out the door of the limo to make it up to Leno

And at a tempo, some would say it's Ben Wallace

The defensiveness of n\*\*\*as who ain't never left the projects

'Cause we can never trust, but we be havin' fun

But that's what happens when you hatch without a trust fund

So you trust the fundamentals that's your net worth

And only fund the trustworthy n\*\*\*as in your network

Keep your eyes on the prize, watch 'em dilate

And hope the prize stare back at you like a fire escape

My mistake must've been my reality

'Cause when you spittin' facts and turn saliva into salaries

Don't fuck wit' other spitters, but the ones that go to bat for us

Like the Benz got a bat symbol on the dashboard

Backballin' and the ones that turn to Shaq 4

Better sin safe like to fix the backboard, it's Lu', n\*\*\*a

[Hook: Chris Turner]

Yeah, I make you count

That's why you hear me on the countdown

Cost so many bodies that it's gettin' hard to count now

I just keep countin', aw, yeah, as we count it all

I just keep countin' away

Yeah, I make you count

That's why you hear me on the countdown

Cost so many bodies that it's gettin' hard to count now

I just keep countin', aw, yeah, as we count it all

I just keep countin' away

[Bridge: Chris Turner]

I just keep countin' cause I know we're number one

I just keep countin' cause I know we're number one

And I know when the summer comes

She gon' tell me, 'You're the one'

I just keep countin' cause I know we're number one

I just keep countin' cause I know we're number one

And I know when the summer's done

She gon' tell me, 'You're the one'

So I just keep countin' as I count it all

So I just keep countin' as I count it all

[Hook: Chris Turner]

Yeah, I make you count

That's why you hear me on the countdown

Cost so many bodies that it's gettin' hard to count now

I just keep countin', aw, yeah, as we count it all

I just keep countin' away

Yeah, I make you count

That's why you hear me on the countdown

Cost so many bodies that it's gettin' hard to count now

I just keep countin', aw, yeah, as we count it all

I just keep countin' away

Catchin' the sun

## References

1. ↑ Walsh, Peter (June 1, 2015). "Listen to Consequence Feat. Lupe Fiasco, "Countdown"". *XXL*.