Paris, Tokyo

## Single by Lupe Fiasco

"**Paris, Tokyo**" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, released as the third single and sixth track for his second studio album, *Lupe Fiasco's The Cool* (2008). The accompanying music video was directed by Erik White.

Fiasco shared in an interview, "What inspired me to write the song was that between *Food and Liquor* and this album we travelled EVERYWHERE—multiple countries, multiple towns, multiple tours. [...] And of course another side to it all is, when you travel, you leave people behind. So I actually wrote the song for my girl, 'cause I'd be gone so much we'd go for two months at a time without seeing each other. So it's basically her song. Just to let her know that, wherever I go, she comes with me—even if it is just mentally or in spirit."

## Credits and personnel

* Chris Gehringer – mastering
* Eumir Deodato – writer
* Greg "G Ball" Magers – recording
* Jesse Gladstone – assistant mixing engineer
* Rudolph "Soundtrackk" Lopez – producer
* Wasalu "Lupe Fiasco" Jaco – writer
* "You Can Ask" Giz – mixing

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

I know, I know but I gotta get up outta here, you know?

I gotta go pay these bills, I got a show to do, you know?

One time, for your mind

[Chorus]

Let's go to sleep in Paris

Wake up in Tokyo

Have a dream in New Orleans

Fall in love in Chicago, man

Wherever I go she go

[Verse 1]

I love her, and I hate to leave her lonely

Ring-ring went the iPhone, it was my homie

He said, "Let's hit Japan, if we can make 'em jam

We can make a hundred grand, spend it in the south of France"

Nothing further; I jumped, grabbed my Goyard trunk

Got ready to walk it out like Unk in my John Lennon Chucks

That's when I heard murder

"You're killing me, you're filling me with sorrow

Sunrise, goodbyes, and missing you tomorrows"

I turn to see my dream, love supreme queen

Meanest thing on the scene cry

I drop my bags in a flash, that's faster

Than 180 on that dash, shirt to dry her tears

And wipe the rain from my dear like Dasher

You's the dame who's the username to all my passwords

The reason I get fly is Ibn Jasper

I even keep your picture in my passport

Love, love

[Chorus]

Let's go to sleep in Paris

Wake up in Tokyo

Have a dream in New Orleans

Fall in love in Chicago, man

Then we can land in the motherland

Camel-back across the desert sand

And take a train, to Rome, or home

Brazil, for real

Wherever I go she goes

Wherever I go she goes

[Verse 2]

So let's keep it real, all in together, "Free Chill"

Tell the stewardess to throw a movie on the reel

Heat up my kosher meal, exchange my dollar bills

Lean back in my first class seat and sleep

Don't wake me 'til I land

Where they barely understand what I speak

But they nod to my beats

I tell my fans who I am and they stand

And they clap, they applaud, they love me, my God

Otsukaresama deshita, or maybe au revoir

A spree on Saint-Honoré, then back to Charles de Gaulle

So I can get home and tell her everywhere that I been, and

Everything that I done, and

Tell her that she's the one, and, umm

[Chorus]

Let's go to sleep in Paris

Wake up in Tokyo

Have a dream in New Orleans

Fall in love in Chicago, man

Then we can land in the motherland

Camel-back across the desert sand

And take a train, to Rome, or home

Brazil, for real

Wherever I go she goes

Wherever I go she goes

[Verse 3]

Guess who's back in the house

With a bunch of souvenirs and a smile for your mouth

I really missed you, each and every night I kissed you

In my dreams 'fore I went to sleep

To la-la land to count them sheep

I swear you're looking prettier than ever

It's got to be a prophecy for us to stay together, evermore

For better or, less or poor

Or worth our weight in buried treasure, X's on the shore

I know my world tour's like war to you

But Ian said, "Aloha", and Harley said, "Cheers"

Julian said, "Bonjour", Big O was like, "Yeah!"

Amanda and Le Messie want to know when we going there

Edison sends his love, so does the rest of the club

Of the international playboys and playgirls

But I revoke my membership, all for My Tenderness

She said, "Pursue your interests 'cause even if I'm ticketless

I'll be there, by your side

In your heart, and on your mind"

So, as I taxi down another runway

I gotcha, who loves you bae

Now bring it back now

[Chorus]

Let's go to sleep in Paris

Wake up in Tokyo

Have a dream in New Orleans

Fall in love in Chicago, man

Then we can land in the motherland

Camel-back across the desert sand

And take a train, to Rome, or home

Brazil, for real

Wherever I go she goes

Wherever I go she goes

Wherever I go she goes

Wherever I go she goes

## References

1. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco: 'Paris, Tokyo'... Blues and Soul"