Channel No3

"**Channel No3**" (stylized as "**CHANNEL N°3**") is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released on July 7, 2023. He first published to the Threads app of an upcoming record "tonight" on July 6, followed by posting its cover artwork on Reddit, Instagram and Twitter an hour later.

The rapper reminisces about the days of playing video games at his mother's house, naming the gaming consoles Nintendo, Genesis, and PlayStation. Fans remarked that it reminded them of his early mixtape days, and sonically strays away from his two rap-trap singles that preceded it, "Checkin'" and "Outside." Lyrics were published to the AZ Lyrics website beforehand.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1]

If my Nintendo could talk

And the door was a jaw

And the cartridge was a tongue

It ah, say "Come

You can meet the final boss

If you don't take a loss

So just know when to run

Or when to jump

Or just when to slide

Know where the secrets are

Know where the treasure hides"

Pleasure televised

Computer terrorize

But I got the cheat code

So I will never die

[Chorus]

I got them video games, video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

In my mama house

I got them video games, video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

In my mama house

[Verse 2]

If my Genesis could sing

It uh, be crowned the king

Of R&B make me fall in love with the screen

RNG got me shedding blood for the fling

Controller 2 get inside the plug for the team

Need twice the help 'cause it's quite hard

Stick a knife into my life bar

Save it at the right part

So we ain't resetting to the beginning

Memorizing the maps a collection of positions

In my mind start flying we running outta time

If we can reach the next checkpoint we'll be fine

They say it's more fun out in the sunshine

But I ain't going outside 'cause I

[Chorus]

I got them video games, video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

In my mama house

I got them video games, video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

In my mama house

[Verse 3]

Before the turbo graphic magic and the PlayStation nation

My dad had cabinets all in the basement

So going downstairs was like taking a vacation

A kid in a arcade my daily situation

We used to have floppy disks

CDs was a major innovation

I remember Commodore 64

Quarters going to the store to go to war

But wasn't nothing like sitting on the floor

Flipping up the door and slipping in the game

And remembering the code and forgetting you was poor

GGs my Gs Westside is logging out one hand on WASD

The other hand on my mouse playin'

[Chorus]

I got them video games, video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

In my mama house

I got them video games, video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

In my mama house

[Chorus]

I got them video games, video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

In my mama house

I got them video games, video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

In my mama house

[Outro]

I got them video games

Silly old things I be playing

In my mama house

GG, GG, yeah

I got them video games, video games

In my mama house...

## References

1. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@lupefiasco)". *Threads*. July 6, 2023.
2. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@lupefiasco)". *Instagram*. July 6, 2023.