I Gotcha

## Single by Lupe Fiasco

"**I Gotcha**" is the second single and fifth track from Lupe Fiasco's debut studio album, *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor*. It was released on August 8, 2006, with production handled by The Neptunes. The music video was directed by Kevin Hunter and filmed in Los Angeles. Cameo appearances included Williams and Fiasco's sister.

In the audio "Ten Yurrs Layda," he believed that the song did not appear on the original *Food & Liquor* track listing, but with the leak they went back and did "I Gotcha" with Pharrell Williams.

Fiasco made a cameo appearance in the TV show *One Tree Hill* in season 4, episode 4. The character Peyton Sawyer introduces him at the nightclub, Tric, where he is the musical performer.

## Track listings

**CD single 1**

1. "I Gotcha"
2. "And He Gets the Girl" (non-album track)

**CD single 2**

1. "I Gotcha"
2. "Pills" (non-album track)
3. "I Gotcha" (Video)

**US Promo single**

1. "I Gotcha" (Radio Edit) – 3:59
2. "I Gotcha" (Instrumental) – 3:58
3. "I Gotcha" (Album Version) 3:58
4. "I Gotcha" (Acapella) 3:59

**UK 12" Single**

1. "I Gotcha" – 3:58
2. "I Gotcha" (Instrumental) – 3:58
3. "I Gotcha" (A Capella) – 3:39
4. "And He Gets the Girl" (Non-album track) – 4:11

## Personnel

* Andrew Coleman – recording engineer
* Pat Viala – mixing engineer
* Pharrell Williams – writer
* The Neptunes – producer
* Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – vocals, writer

## Gallery

* A capella
* AOL
* Instrumental
* Live
* One Tree Hill

Photo by Myung J. ChunPhoto by Myung J. Chun
## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Ho! Yeah (A-yessir)

Haha (A-yessir)

You know what it is, Lupe!

Chicago man, yeah (Uhh, uhh)

Hahah, man (Uhh, uhh)

You know I have you (Right, right, right, right)

You know! Uhh (Right, right, right, right)

[Verse 1]

They call me Lupe, I'll be your new date

They wanna smell like me, they want my bouquet

But they can't, they accented like the UK

Turn that eau de Lupe to Pepe Le Pew spray

Flagrantly fragrant and they can't escape it

My perfume pursued them everywhere that they went

You don't want a loan, leave my cologne alone

It's a little too strong for you to be putting on

Trust me, I say this justly

I went from musty to musky and y'all can't mush me

I warn y'all cornballs, I hush puppies

The swans in the pond call my duck ugly

But now they hug me, because it's lovely

They love the aroma of a roamer of the world

Got the shakers and the skaters and the players and the girls

Keep the fakers and the flakers and the haters in a twirl

[Hook]

You want the flava ma? Hey, I gotcha

You want the realness? Well, I gotcha

I know you sick of them n\*\*\*as big car and watch you

Either they pimps or they macks or they mobsters

You want the real shit? Well, I gotcha

You see my n\*\*\*as here, you know we proper

You know we do it right (Right) right (Right)

Right (Right) right (Right)

Right (Right) right (Right) right (Right) right (You know we do it)

[Verse 2]

And I'm from Chi-Town, that's where I flies 'round

Keep some Cartier frames over my eyes now

We used to gangbang, a lot of that done died down

Children of the hat tiltin' keepin' hope alive now

All with no high, I do it so fly

Banksy's attack helicopter with the bow tie

I love my city, really hope that God bless it

Have my mind moving faster than that hog in the hedges

Welcome all of y'all to my dark recesses

This is where I keep the bars like bathtub edges

My Ivories and my Doves, my Levers and my Zests

This takes half of your bubble bath to match the freshness

The belly of the beast, you know I'm from it

I wrap it in a towel, hit Gomer Pyle in the stomach

And I be on my green like Irish Spring and I coast

Fudge with it, get a mouth full of soap

[Hook]

You want the flava ma? Hey, I gotcha

You want the realness? Well, I gotcha

I know you sick of them n\*\*\*as big car and watch you

Either they pimps or they macks or they mobsters

You want the real shit? Well, I gotcha

You see my n\*\*\*as here, you know we proper

You know we do it right (Right) right (Right)

Right (Right) right (Right)

Right (Right) right (Right) right (Right) right (You know we do it)

[Verse 3]

And so to sign off, this beat I rhyme off

Is from Thelonious P and Hugo Mind Boss

You feel it in the air, it's such a fine force

But you don't hear me though, just like a mime's talk

That's cause I'm in Europe, me in my French tour

I'm on my pimp, my temperature is tempura

I take it easy on my watch, I'm watching TV

In my cleanest Maharashi, see the hare is tryna beat me

I continue to do Lu's pace

They say him got two heads and four eyes just like screwface

But see my secret's safe, it's in my secret safe

That's in my secret room on my secret base

So from the runner of the FNF crew

Come in hip hop, we've come to resurrect you

You, you, you, you, you, you

You, you, you, you, you

[Hook]

You want the flava ma? Hey, I gotcha

You want the realness? Well, I gotcha

I know you sick of them n\*\*\*as big car and watch you

Either they pimps or they macks or they mobsters

You want the real shit? Well, I gotcha

You see my n\*\*\*as here, you know we proper

You know we do it right (Right) right (Right)

Right (Right) right (Right)

Right (Right) right (Right) right (Right) right (You know we do it)

[Outro]

Yessir

F&F U-P

## References

1. ↑ Espinoza, Joshua (September 18, 2016). "Lupe Fiasco Shares a Guided Audio Tour of 'Food & Liquor' for Its Upcoming 10-Year Anniversary". *Complex*.