Dear Fall

"**Dear Fall**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco. He freestyles over the 2005 song of the same name by Memphis Bleek featuring Jay-Z.

The track was published to his SoundCloud on September 4, 2016, where the caption read: "Back in 2006, I did this freestyle to announce the coming of my debut album "Food & Liquor" which released on September 19th of that year. I can't remember if I recorded it at G-Ball's house, a studio that was called The Attic were I recorded a majority of all my mixtapes and albums. I think it was at G-Ball's house because that 'clank' noise you hear at the end sounds like the music stand where the head phones hung off of in the booth. But i could be wrong lol."

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Yessir!

What up Shinobi? Suzie, what up?

As-salaam alaikum, ugh, yeah

What up Chi-Town? What up, Westside?

What up, everywhere else in the world?

Haha! President Carter, what up?

[Verse]

Dear Fall! You might not know what my album is called

It's *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor*

God willing, September is when I plan to fall

I mean drop like the temperature

Then rock on right through the winter

Put something on they mind, give em lines to remember

Aw! a lifetime remembered, which is mine

Then recorded, put it in Georges then rewind then look into

My mis-adventures, adventures into the Underworld

Hanging with them Cover Girls, this ain't my enter, nawww

On Arista, I coulda been a contender

But BMG had a different agenda

What up, L.A. Reid? I still see ya

You still my homeboy, won't even charge ya for a feature

I went from MC to being MS

That's "microphone controller" to "motivational speaker"

N\*\*\*as...

Astaghfirullah, I'm not a prophet

But *Fahrenheit 1/15* is being quoted by preachers

Far from being a leader, but I'm still being invited by teachers

With no Hennessy, and no reefer

Give him a hand, I came from hand-me-down sneakers

And I don't wanna boast or brag

But for what most n\*\*\*as hope, a n\*\*\*a done had

Chop game with my folk and split it in half

You ain't gotta bring it back tomorrow, a n\*\*\*a can have

Rich or broke, a n\*\*\*a ain't mad

Self-esteem will make a Regal ride like a Silver Seraph

Just wipe the french fries off the seat

Lean back, and I tilt my hat, uh!

And nod my head to the baseline

Freebase to the 8 times at Baseline watching Jay put it together

I wonder if he knew

While he was mumbling that this would push Lupe forever

Together, with the FNF crew

Atlantic on post, proudly present to you, uh!

Some new, something fresh, something different

A lil to the left, a lil upliftin'

A lil good game, a lil hustlin' in it

Some SB Nikes, some nice crushed linen

Don't forget the skateboard, of course, the nice women

Can I get a mic check? And a lil light dimming?

And a fresh bottle of Voss, maybe with some light lemon?

And you gotta blame my momma for the lil light-skinning

And this ain't written, I swear, Autumn

I was just recording 'em as I thought 'em

A YG, FNF U-P

23-year-old VP

With a flow like Laudanum, that'll getcha sleepy

But soon as they nod off, that's when I smelling-salt 'em

What up, Madison Street?

How they gonna keep us off them? Peace

## References

1. ↑ "Dear Fall Freestyle (2006)". *SoundCloud*. September 4, 2016.