Pumpkin Seeds

"**Pumpkin Seeds**" is a song by American rappers Aesop Rock and Lupe Fiasco, with production handled by American hip hop producer Blockhead. The cover artwork was illustrated by Justin "Coro" Kaufman. Proceeds from the single went in aid for two skateparks in Dayton, Ohio: the Claridge DIY and the Home Ave DIY.

## Background

Their first collaboration together, Fiasco has previously named Aesop as the greatest rapper alive. Along with the single, merch was available to pre-order, consisting of a limited 7" vinyl, new t-shirt design, and an exclusive skate deck before dropping officially on February 17, 2023.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1: Aesop Rock]

Outside isn't what it seem, it seem like nothing up the sleeve

Until it's something loveless digging holes to cover up with leaves

Between you and your pumpkin seeds and Powerball and Sunkist Peach

At 1 or 1:15 AM when all you want is drugs and peace

All you get is waves and waves of uninvited company

Ranger, cleric, hunter, thief, druid, vandal, huckster, priest

Amateur usurpers and catechism deserters

Re-tuning truffle pig noses to catalytic converters

In between the stirring creatures, I'm keen to the furthest needle drop

Before requesting stitches, it is not that type of needle, dawg

Dog, the truest unicorn of all is human at rest

Waltzing through some hood the future forgets

I just been cooped up in that cuckoo's nest, one phase after complaining

Which depending on your frame is apathy or acclimating

Happy cutting off and jumping in and yelling "Someone, shut the top!"

It isn't just some Funyun run that got him on that cut the lock, it's

[Hook: Aesop Rock, *Lupe Fiasco*]

Inside of the box is just another box

Inside of the box is just another box

You should probably get accustomed to the culture shock

Plot to jump behind some bushes when they cull the flock

*Inside of the box is just another box*

*Inside of the box is just another box*

You should probably get some wind up in your mutton chops

Note the general tone is get the dough, and fuck the ops

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]

Uh, yo, yeah, uh

Pandora has a Pandora, shorter

Sorta like a daughter, in the core of her, there is more of her

Each subsequent layer has an inner and an orbiter

Corridor after corridor

A never-ending meta-narrative that forever cabbages

Inside of your word salad sandwiches, a formal moral beef

I don't call 'em teeth, I call 'em oral coral reefs

Let 'em sink, ya still in sync the more you pry, you'll find another five

Hiding inside like a denied's ride across a border multiplies

Ya strict discarder is outrunning ya inner hoarder

The more you excavate it, the more it just absorb her

Can't Art and force a Mario Kart into a Forza

Obscure ya speed limit and then record ya Porsche

Report to court more that Zsa Zsa Gabor divorce lawyer

According to my FOIA spit fire sword drank

In a speakeasy, wrote peace treaties in war paint, hah

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco, **Both**]

Inside of the box is just another shoe

Inside of the sock is just another tube

You can put it on if your foot is long

If you find the lost legs of my journeys, tell 'em I'm looking for 'em, hah

**Inside of the box is just another box**

**Inside of the box is just another box**

The general tone is what it is, is what it's not

Don't be a fool, ya luck is shot, I rigged the wheels, go gut the slots

## Merch

* 7" Vinyl
* $15.00
* 7" Vinyl
* $15.00
* 7" Green Vinyl
* $25.00
* 7" Green Vinyl
* $25.00
* 7" Yellow Vinyl
* $35.00
* 7" Yellow Vinyl
* $35.00
* T-Shirt
* $35.00
* Skate Deck
* $80.00

## References

1. ↑ Saint-Louis, Tai (December 9, 2022). "Lupe Fiasco & Aesop Rock Join Forces on Blazing New Track 'Pumpkin Seeds'"". *HipHopDX*.
2. ↑ Harling, Danielle (December 15, 2017). "Who Does Lupe Fiasco Think Is the Best Rapper Alive?". *HipHopDX*.
3. ↑ Lesuer, Mike (December 9, 2022). "Aesop Rock Teams Up with Lupe Fiasco for One-Off Single "Pumpkin Seeds"". *Flood Magazine*.