Thank You

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Thank You**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco. It was released as the ninth track from his mixtape *Enemy of the State: A Love Story* (2009). He freestyles over the song of the same name by Jay-Z.

## Cultural references

* Bubble Tape is a type of Hubba Bubba bubble gum introduced in 1988.
* Chiclets is an American brand of candy-coated chewing gum introduced in 1900.
* Buster Bunny and Babs Bunny are characters of Tiny Toons Adventures.
* Muhammed Ali (born Cassius Clay Jr.) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
* Mistah F.A.B. is an American rapper.
* Victor Frankenstein is the fictional title character in Mary Shelley's 1818 novel, *Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus*. Frankenstein was a scientist who creates a monster, though is horrified by its ugliness. The creature attempts to fit into human society but is shunned, which leads him to seek revenge against his creator.
* The Bilderberg Meeting (also known as the "Bilderberg Group") has participants including political leaders, experts, captains of industry, finance, academia, numbering between 120 and 150.
* The Flash is a DC Comics superhero that possesses superspeed.
* Usain Bolt is a Jamaican retired sprinter, widely considered to be the greatest sprinter of all time.
* Saddam Hussein was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003. He was captured by American forces after being found hiding in a hole in the Middle East.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Aw

You don't get it

[Verse]

I'm just a wolf inside a lion's suit

A shark shirt, a panther's pants, piranha hat and tiger shoes

I got a lion's den inside the booth

That right there is point-blank

This here is from where the snipers shoot

Might take a long time to get it, by the time I hit it

I done ran Bubble Tape around them Chiclets—poof!

I ain't the bomb, I'm the company that got the contract

To rebuild during the aftermath—have a blast

Going green only using half the gas

The calming comes through after disasters have

But this calm has the same fury that disasters have

I should have a class

I'm the son of the South Pole, plus Alaska's dad

Got n\*\*\*as like, "Dag!"

Flow is like crazy, gone mad

And villains gone bad

Punk-ass n\*\*\*as—don't be so daft

Baby, why you hanging with them Busters, like Babs?

They are such a drag—you should move 'em to the "Trash"

Feel like I'm walking 'round upon Cassius calves

Quite a beautiful script, and such a gift of gab

A big Bay shout-out to Mistah F.A.B.

Young Frankenstein reporting live from the lab

I bought the bars out—put it on my tab

If you came here to box, you'll leave in a bag

I run the game: Bilderberg Group

In the lead with The Flash

Usain Bolt ain't even even this fast

Why you take offense with your defensive ass?

Never Hussein in the hole—not even in the half

'Cause, n\*\*\*a, I ain't hiding

I'm the whole world; n\*\*\*a, you're an island

And the seas rising; if I keep shining—

You going have to take submarines to the drive-in, now

[Outro]

Great

Enemy of the State

Go, go, go, go