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Popular Demand

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Popular Demand**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco. It was released as the eleventh track from his mixtape *Enemy of the State: A Love Story* (2009). It remixes the instrumental of the 2009 song "Popular Demand (Popeyes)" by Clipse.

## Cultural references

* Damien Hirst is a British artist and art collector.
* Takashi Murakami is a Japanese contemporary artist.
* Kingda Ka is the world's tallest roller coaster, located at Six Flags Great Adventure in New Jersey.
* Kahlúa is a brand of coffee liqueur. The drink contains rum, sugar, and arabica coffee.
* Yakuza are members of transnational organized crime syndicates originating in Japan. Often they perform yubitsume, a Japanese ritual to atone for offenses to another by means of amputating portions of one's own little finger.
* Red Zinger is herbal tea.
* The DeLorean is a time travel vehicle created from a DMC DeLorean.
* Jay-Z is an American rapper who helped Fiasco sign to Atlantic Records. He is also co-founder of the clothing brand, Rocawear.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Aww

Shout-out to Push, shout-out to Malice

Fam-Lay, Ab-Liva (*Enemy of the State*)

Re-Up

N\*\*\*a, we up

G's up

Winding it down, but

Yeah

[Verse 1]

It's Hirst verses and Murakami rhyming

All my raps is superflat, all your raps is super wack

Tell him that the future's back, DeLorean rolling down the block

You can call it "shooting craps," and my roof is back

And my wings is up

Kingda Ka without Kahlua

So, you ain't got to pour the king a cup

Young Yakuza, but none of my fingers cut

So I can still sip Red Zinger with my pinkies up

Made man: You can call this "cleaning up"

I'm OCD: I never think it's clean enough

That's what defines me: I never think it's mean enough

Lines deeper than those waiting on a sneaker, cuz

You gon' need two heads like the King of Clubs just to figure out the meaning of

I'm just achieving buzz

So, stay out of son way like you're drinking blood

This is what it feels like to be in love

[Break]

Enemy

*Enemy of the State*

State

Haha

I mean, come on

[Verse 2]

I mean, look at what I'm dropping here

Do this for the block and the blogosphere

No, you ain't ready for the heavy

So, I'll keep it light as jogging gear

I don't want the throne—I want the helicopter rocking chair

Jay gave me a co-sign like I was Rocawear

But be clear: I'm not the heir

I'm the water, fire and the earth

That means I'm doing dirt, spitting flames and quenching thirst

And plus, the real God has been on my side since birth

I hope that He forgives me

I hope I do His work in every single verse

Now I might do a dance—I might even jerk

Tell them n\*\*\*as, "Don't hate"

Only God is great, Enemy of the State
I'm Coming (Freestyle)

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**I'm Coming (Freestyle)**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released as the 12th track from his mixtape, *Fahrenheit 1/15 Part II: Revenge of the Nerds* (2005). It features guest vocals from American singer Opal Staples on the hook.

## Cultural references

* Super Mario Bros. is a 1985 platform game developed and published by Nintendo.
* Koopa Troopas are a fictional turtle-like race of characters from the *Mario* media franchise.
* The bazooka (also referred to as the "Stovepipe") is a rocket launcher weapon used against tanks. Fired from the shoulder, they were commonly used during World War II by the United States Army.
* The Hoover Company is a home appliance company, which dominated the electric vacuum cleaner industry, to the point where its brand name became synonymous with vacuum cleaners.
* In the 1993 film *Tombstone*, Doc Holliday says "I'm your huckle bearer" twice to Johnny Ringo. This meant, "I'm the right one for the job." Because of the Mandela effect, many believe Holliday said "I'm your huckleberry" instead.
* West Coast Productions is an American pornographic film studio.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse]

Uh, momma raised a trooper

They trynna hit me in my head like Koopa

But I move like Super

With the hood on my shoulder like Bazookas, early (Revenge!)

I'm waking up the roosters

Until I'm late, and they waking up the future

And send me to the great wise [?]

In a suit or, something looser

See, I grew up around rootas of the tootas

I rephrase

I mean supporters of the snortas, I retrace

Become recorder of the corner, free base

Or the shooter

I set Madison on fire, like the looters in Ninety-two-uh

Cooler, much more mature

You can pick it up off the floor like Hoovers

A newcomer, lookin' with two numbers

The holidays of the hustlers

I be a Huckleberry Doc Holiday with the peacemaker

FNF Upwards

I'm coming

'Bout my money shot like West Coast Productions

But I'm Chicago-born and raised, formed and made

Company's coming, please inform your maids

First and!
Lupe the Gorilla

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Lupe the Gorilla**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, released as the lead track from his mixtape *Fahrenheit 1/15 Part III: A Rhyming Ape* (2005). It samples the 2005 song "Intro" by Gorillaz.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
*Angel nights*

Nah, so... so, just listen. All right so, so what you do is, right. You take Lupe Fiasco, right, okay? You take Lupe Fiasco, you know and then you take the Gorillaz, right. You take the Fiasco on Lupe Fiasco, you take the Fiasco off, right. And then you take

The z off, off the Gorillaz—you take, you take that off, drop that, and then, like, put it together. You know, put it together. You got Lupe the Gorilla. You know what I'm saying? You got me doing my thing, you know what I'm saying? With the rappin' and stuff I know how to do. Then you got, you got the Gorillaz doin' they thing over here with the beats, you know what I'm saying? You know, I—you know I rhyme over that, do that; do that. Y'know, Lupe the Gorilla. I - I thought it was dope. I was thinkin' it was dope, you know what I'm sayin'? And then I was thinkin', like, you could call it, ya know, *A Rhyming Ape*.

## References

1. ↑ "Lupe the Gorilla". *Hypebeast*. July 16, 2005.
Mobb Deep

"**Mobb Deep**" is a freestyle by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, which he performed for the Rhymen Shop on the Clubhouse app. He reposted it to his social media on August 17, 2021. It samples the 2001 song "Nothing Like It," performed by Beanie Sigel and produced by Kanye West.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Yeah, yeah

That's what it means, what it means, what it means

Uh-huh

Rhymen Shop #2

Uh, for the Clubhouse view, you understand?

Yeah, uh-uh

[Verse]

I endure certain artistic approaches

To obtain a, auspicious hypnosis

Let's call it vibe, October 1995

Have faith in being big

Notoriously, we've been that way since we was kids

Who? Me and my phat street crew

Let me drive, you can take the back seat, too

On this ride, but if you need the tre' say to live another day

Or maybe keep health, lord willing there will be seatbelts

If you stay inside, we just talking; walking

Laying stride, this the type of texting that's

Saving lives, word to my favorite side

Spaghetti west

Where big hearts steadies the heavy chest as we

Carry the buried shooters, once married to Larry Hoover

Pause, moment of silence

They put the onus on us of, promoting the violence

We was just open and vibrant coping

Noticing hybrids, oppression and ambition mixed

You know, different shit

Acting as if it was normal, born into ridicule

Formed in the formidable, ghetto

Uh, it's young L-O that's the beginning and end

All these alterations had me penning the hymns

That you could call voodoo doll

How I be moving y'all using scroll

Noose removing nuisance

Gnaws tooth and too I'm chewing fall

Truant students stupid? Nah, superhuman suits involved

Lucent hue in lieu of stars

Moving balls like two Gasol's

We can do it, Aww

You been hooping dawg

They was duping, we was juking too enthralled

Cooped in coupes and cars

Shoulda been alley-oop'ing the movement cause

For loose and stupid stalling and goofing off

Uh, assistance

Then at a distance

Prodigy from Chicago

Profiting from the potholes

Yachting above the Ott Rose

Poverty with my Vatos

Gobbling up the nachos

This fool

Bars feel like Whittier boulevard full o' cars

You just focus on getting to the paint

I'll focus on the lobs

We call that there, "doing our jobs"

Alley on purpose, never off odds

Jumping out the gym, landing on the stars

Shout out to the Mobb

## References

1. ↑ Espinoza, Joshua (December 5, 2020). "Lupe Fiasco Shares "Mobb Deep" Freestyle He Made on Clubhouse". *Complex*.
Heat Under the Baby Seat

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Heat Under the Baby Seat**" is the fifth track from American rapper Lupe Fiasco's mixtape *Fahrenheit 1/15 Part III: A Rhyming Ape* (2005). It details the relationship between guns and violence, and samples the 2005 song "Kids with Guns" by the Gorillaz. The first three scenarios of Terry, Khalil, and Alex would be used in his song "Little Weapon" from his *Food & Liquor* album.

## Cultural references

* Kalashnikov rifles or AK rifles are a family of assault rifles, originally manufactured in the Soviet Union.
* Glock 9s are pistols which have a safe action system.
* Intratec was a firearm company based in Miami, Florida.
* *A Better Tomorrow* is a 1986 Hong Kong action film about two brothers, where one is a former criminal looking to reform and the other a police officer.
* *Grand Theft Auto* is a series of video games, where players drive and shoot.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]

*A Rhyming Ape*

(Pppp-pp)

(Pow, pow!)

(Ch-Ch, pew)

How you gonna get up, man?

I shot you, you did

You can't get up when you did

You gotta lay down

Man, you ain't, you ain't, you ain't playin' right now

Y'know, I can't even play with you no more

You supposed—well you did—you supposed to lay down, man

Whatever

[Verse]

Now little Terry got a gun he got from the store

He bought it with the money he got from his chores

He robbed the candy shop, told her lay down on the floor

"Put the cookies in bag, take the pennies out the drawer!"

Little Khalil got a gun he got from the rebels

To kill the infidels and American devils

A bomb on his waist, a mask on his face

Prays five times a day and listens to heavy metal

Little Alex got a gun he took from his dad

That he snuck into school in his black book bag

His black nail polish, black boots, and black hat

He going to blow away the bully that just pushed his ass

Little Joker got a gun he bought on the street

To go and kill the n\*\*\*as that beat him up last week

'Cause he don't let go of none of his past beefs

Bullets flying out the window, shells landing on the seats

Little Sarah got a gun from her Uncle Sam

She got armor-piercing rounds and her gun don't jam

She got laser-guided rockets, she killing to go to college

She thought it was an insurgent, it was some old man

Now, you can get guns on the internet

AK's, Glock nines, intratecs

So when you see shorty don't disrespect

Watch *A Better Tomorrow* and play *Grand Theft Auto*

Hear a bang
PJ

**Paris "PJ" Jones** (born March 14, 1990) is an American Grammy-nominated, platinum singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles, California. She has collaborated with the likes of Lupe Fiasco, G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, and Common. Her debut extended play *Walking Around Pools* was released by Atlantic Records on March 10, 2015.

## References

1. ↑ Gore, Sydney (February 14, 2017). "PJ Refused to Let the Music Industry Tell Her She Wasn't Something Special". *NYLON*.
SOB's

**SOB's**, also known as **Sounds of Brazil**, is a music venue in New York City. Lupe Fiasco first performed at the venue in 2006 with the release of his debut album, *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor*. Kanye West joined him. He performed a sold-out show on May 14, 2008, in between West's Glow in the Dark Tour. Matthew Santos joined onstage for "Superstar".

## References

1. ↑ "SOBs (@SOBs)". *Twitter*. June 8, 2017.
2. ↑ "SOBs (@SOBs)". *Twitter*. March 3, 2012.
Taste of Tokyo

***Taste of Tokyo*** is a podcast uploaded to Lupe Fiasco's IGTV from July 30-31, 2021. It was split into four parts where he talks with Chef Aki and Alonzo Cudd from Marugame Udon about the Japanese food, culture, and the upcoming Tokyo Summer Games. It was in collaboration with Say What Media, the same studio he worked with on *The Lupe and Royce Show*.

Fiasco said in a press statement, "Japanese culture is fascinating and rich, and I love immersing myself in it through martial arts and of course the food. Marugame has stayed true to its roots and serves up completely authentic udon and other dishes—I feel like I'm in Tokyo whenever I go in for a meal." Marugame's Chief Operating Officer, Pete Bontonis, added: "Our partnership with The Lupe Fiasco is a fun way to showcase how accessible and enjoyable authentic Japanese food is. As the world focuses on Tokyo for the Summer Games, we think it's a great time to celebrate and experience the rich culinary tradition of udon and our deep roots in Japan with our Taste of Tokyo event."

## Description

I love food and I have a preference for delicious Japanese food. Check out this conversation about #udon, #tempura, culture and the Olympics with Chef Aki and @AlonzoCudd. Paid partnership with @Marugame\_Udon brought to you by the good people @saywhat.media

## References

1. ↑ "Marugame Udon Celebrates Summer Games with Lupe Fiasco and a Taste of Tokyo". *PRNewswire*. July 22, 2021.
Studio SV

**Studio SV** is a production company founded by Lupe Fiasco and Bonnie Chan Woo in 2017. Based in Hong Kong, their first released project was *Beat n Path*, a documentary series where Fiasco travels across China and learns martial arts from various grand masters.

In an official statement, Fiasco said, "At our core we seek to nurture and champion creative talent who have like-minded visions of creating exceptional cross-cultural content that can be enjoyed universally—not just in specific countries or regions." Woo added that their first series originated from her idea of documenting the rapper's experience in China, and continued, "As we examined our combined resources, and the landscape of the entertainment industry, we saw a tremendous opportunity for a new approach."

## References

1. ↑ Brzeski, Patrick (October 12, 2017). "Lupe Fiasco Launches Hong Kong Production Company". *The Hollywood Reporter*.
Rock 'n' Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen

*Tetsuo & Youth*This article is part of the Tetsuo & Youth era.Released: January 20, 2015
Label: 1st & 15th Entertainment / Atlantic RecordsCategory

## ***Rock 'n' Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen***

### **Runtime**

90 minutes

***Rock 'n' Roll Guns for Hire: The Story of the Sidemen*** is a 2017 documentary film, directed by Francis Whately and released on BBC4. It features commentary from American rapper Lupe Fiasco.

## Synopsis

Film shining a spotlight on the untold story of the sidemen, the musicians behind some of the greatest artists of all time. The sidemen are the forgotten 'guns for hire' that changed musical history. Featuring interviews with Mick Jagger, Billy Joel and Keith Richards, taking viewers from the 1960s to today, via global stars such as Prince, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones and Beyoncé.

## Quotes

 Lupe
 Lupe
Tape Tape

***Tape Tape*** (stylized in all uppercase) is the two-track extended play by Soundtrakk and Lupe Fiasco, released on October 2, 2020. The two have collaborated since Fiasco's 2006 album, *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor*.

Fiasco did a YouTube livestream the same day of its release, describing it as an "ongoing project," and "not really for the super Lupe lyrical, conceptual, political situations." It is directed into the genre trap, inspired by artists like Travis Scott and Lil Uzi Vert. He continued there would not be a sequel, but rather, songs added to the record over time, like a playlist, depending on the response.

## References

1. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco". *Twitter*. September 21, 2020.
2. ↑ "TAPE TAPE". *YouTube*. October 2, 2020.
Slow Down

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* Slow Down (Eva song)
* Slow Down (Lupe Fiasco song)
The Corner (Freestyle)

"**The Corner (Freestyle)**" is a freestyle by American rapper Lupe Fiasco, over the beat of Common's 2005 song of the same name, "The Corner". It was included in the fanmade mixtape, *Before There Were Lasers*, titled as "Freestyle III" (2010).

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse: Lupe Fiasco]

You see it ain't safe pumping weight, it's trouble

So they gotta turn to muscle, like they pumpin weights

'Cause it ain't soft in the turnbuckle, you could get jacked like a pumpkin face

Catch a Sleepy Hollow or a Pumpkinhead pumping weight

'Specially if you woofin' pumping base

Or you doing dirt looking clean (It's mean)

It could jump off like The Ultimate Warrior

With you laying on the floor of the ring (Ugh)

Or catch a cage match, have to report to the bing

See a muscle, give a dap to the vice tag-team

If I could never own it (Ugh)

Why would I catch a bullet, dye my clothes and die on it?

I warn ya, Shorty: It's corny on the corner, I'm saying my piece

Only turn my back on The West when I pray to The East

My favorite corner
You Are Here

## Song by Japanese Cartoon

"**You Are Here**" is a song by American indie-rock band Japanese Cartoon. It was released as the seventh track from their debut studio album, *In the Jaws of the Lords of Death* (2010).

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

(Where are you now?)

(Where are you now?)

(Where are you now?)

You are here!

[Hook]

Let me in your super-future

Up, up, and away

Super-duper!

Tell me right now where you moved the

Where are you now?

Let me in your super-future

Up, up, and away

Super-duper!

Tell me right now where you moved the

Where are you now?

[Verse 1]

Mind state

Critical

Metaphysical weight

Of the world

Or your soul is at stake

Break under the pressure

Tethered to your mistakes

Safe under the feathers

Falling off of the face

Planet

Landing

Yeah right on top of your fate

Look at it in the eyes

Tell it goodbye straight?

Yell it into the sky

Tell em' your irate

You're not irie

Nothing is ok

Mushroom cloud

Blow everything away

It's much too loud

All that sound you play

Champion lightning coming down today

Your synthesized living your giving is too late

On time

Authenticity's online

Put everything that I have up on mine

Don't look right in the light

You'll go blind

You don't look right in the night

You don’t shine!

[Hook]

Let me in your super-future

Up, up, and away

Super-duper!

Tell me right now where you moved the

Where are you now?

Let me in your super-future

Up, up, and away

Super-duper!

Tell me right now where you moved the

Where are you now?

[Verse 2]

Resonate

Resilience

Never break

Detonate

Fragility

Devastate

Aww, look at now it’s all broke

Look at it!

All of the shit that you called dope!

You’re picking up all of the pieces of it off of the floor

Dirty

Ewwww

Look it

It’s so gross

So close

Like Glen or next to him

I'm sorry but no smoke

Also I don't pose

But I threaten your status quo

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro]

You are here!

Let me in your super-future

Up, up, and away

Super-duper!

Tell me right now where you moved the

Where are you now?

Let me in your super-future

Up, up, and away

Super-duper!

Tell me right now where you moved the

Where are you now?
Pound of Flesh / Paris, Tokyo 2

"**Pound of Flesh / Paris, Tokyo 2**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco. It was released on September 24, 2013, the remix of Canadian rapper Drake's song, "Pound Cake / Paris Morton Music 2." At the end he acknowledges fellow Chicagoan rappers, including Lil Durk, Lil Mouse, Chief Keef, Chance the Rapper, Common and Kanye West.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1]

This your beat I'm sorry, but her eyes were so starry

I just had to get some-uhh… one up it

Hit the bricks, drop the coins, pick up the shit

Like a pooper scooper even dog shit was once Eukanuba

Underdogs of the past can be the shit up in the future

I brush my shoulders off to remove my bazooka

What we doing? Deck full of spades, hold a mic like Bob Barker

It's manure if you new to the ways of the Lupester

The base meaning is I'm a roofer, (Woo!), I'm going like fuchsia

All I need is a coup and a princess behind me like King Koopa

If a n\*\*\*a with me and he black he might shoot ya

And that's motherfuckin' real, even my mother, is fucking, real

Kitchen counter tapping then undercover skills

Your beat is in my bedroom giving head to 'em

Stretch it out, stand up in it and call it leg room

Beat the beat till it's beat there's eggs to 'em

Then repeat, eat it till it sleep, then wake it up

But then don't speak to it cause now it's like the feds to 'em

Beats having trouble going to sleep cause now I'm like Fred to 'em

And if I can be any meaner, our patina was Martin and Gina

To her I would have ran, but now she like Pam

She still want the flow but now I'm like damn

Whisk her away, but I had to scram back to the bullshit

Scramble to ya pulpits and tell the preacher he legit

Beats get weaker the deeper that I get

Damn right she ain't even get the shaft, I'm just speaking from the tip

When the fire gone then I quit, cellphone still along on the trip

So I can speak to the choir from the throne on my ship

And noble or sober or my song nobler

Eating with our hands and the waiter is a fan

Shout out to Mike Ferro keeping paper in my hands

Tailored Savile Row, or Mastermind Japan

Sky dropped six on the blazer

Drop top Aston versus Cobra, I'mma race ya

Free Rico, before he do his bid

Got a father tatted on him, gone show him where it is

Black dragon slayer they ain't knowing what he did

Want everybody in Bull city eating like a pig, lets do it!

Durk, Mouse, Paris, Keef, Boolu, Dub, Pharris

Drama, Common, Flict, Ye, Chance, Illinois, Lupe

## References

1. ↑ "Listen: Lupe Fiasco "Pound of Flesh/Paris Tokyo 2"". *Complex*. September 25, 2013.
Soundset Music Festival

**Soundset Music Festival** was a hip-hop music festival created by Rhymesayers Entertainment. It was held annually in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area over Memorial Day weekend. Lupe Fiasco was part of the 2012 lineup along with Atmosphere, Ghostface Killah, Kendrick Lamar, Aesop Rock, Danny Brown, Big K.R.I.T., and more. Its fifth annual year was held on May 27, 2012, at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minnesota. Tickets went on sale on March 10.

During Fiasco's performance at the Main Stage - East, he declared, "Pray for those clouds to open up and rain on us." This happened later on, where there was a tornado warning. This also conflicted with Atmosphere's set, causing audience evacuation and the event ending an hour and a half earlier than intended. *StarTribune* reported of Fiasco's set, "Sporting a new mop-top hairdo and old-fashion microphone, Lupe Fiasco was already kicking up a storm when the dark clouds arrived—with smart, Kanye-grandiose songs..."

## Set list

* "Words I Never Said"
* "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom) (Remix)"
* "Go Go Gadget Flow"
* "Kick, Push"
* "Hip-Hop Saved My Life"
* "Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)"

## References

1. ↑ Martin, Andrew (March 5, 2012). "Exclusive: 2012 Soundset Festival Lineup Revealed". *Complex*.
2. ↑ DelaCuesta, JP (May 30, 2012). "RECAP: Soundset Festival Where Lupe Fiasco, Kendrick Lamar, Big K.R.I.T. and Aesop Rock Put On in 95-Degree Heat". *AllHipHop*.
3. ↑ Riemenschneider, Chris (May 29, 2012). "Soundset 5 an all-day whirlwind". *StarTribune*.
Pyramid

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**Pyramid**" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, released as the fifth track from his 2015 free mixtape, *Pharaoh Height 2/30*. The beat interpolates the 2012 song "All In" by Flying Lotus.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

FlyLo, Lupe, I go

[Verse]

Metabolize on the scattered snare

With the banana pies that he don't like

Like mosquito bites on the shins or ankles

In the end it bends

Let's begin and pretend it's tranquil

Upset stomach on the boat to Lucerne to see the lion

Carved in the wall by the pond

To commemorate the soldier dying over old divines

Ergo sum empire, not the inch but the entire

More pills mean more spills by the whore house with the extra door

To let the divorced out with force

And other course routes, of course

Cleopatra speaking patois with a mouth full of that jerk chicken

With rum in hand for the curse lifting

Onion bread with the shine to it

It's up and fair to define stupid

But she ain't dumb, at least she know that he ain't fun

And neither's Europe, even to the Middle Eastern tourists

Where oil is spent by the drum load

How many millionaires can the slums hold?

Potentially all of us, this whole plane and all the bus

As juggernauts bust through a wall of trust

You strain to see through the fog of dust

Like spaghetti for the meatballs

Of dust Parmesan immaculates

Head over heels like a back is flipped

The Japanese don’t perceive Atlanta-ness

Love labors, get her backstage like the judge chambers

Everyone under the sun loves hugs from a young stranger

Or do us, oh foo us

On boats in the Bay of Pigs

Runaways wait with the wayward kids

And the underpaid slaves from Jamaican gigs

Don't shoe us, cause we ain't Bush

We ain't hoofs don't boo us cause we ain't cooked

But who else could hook the fufu up

In this book I mean, dumplings with dark continents

Dumb things even bar common sense

Sometimes, sometimes, sometimes a terpin intertwines with the turbans

Vines with turbans and removes the minds of serpents

Detergents, deterrents and permits, to build a hut

Twerk team, Operation Build-a-Butt

Great like Gildersleeve

As a king breathes through a silver sieve

Jack and Jill ain't up that hill enough

Filtering lean through a gold grill

Theorize things from swole hills

They came became what that po' kills

Throw ho drills on that hotel, that'll oil spill

Looking at space from a submarine

Putting that bass in the club machine

Pushing that cake till it mush in that face ain't no love between

Fancy ass man wearing glove and rings

Flying round town in a tub of wings

Found out how to make love to fiends

He mixing that fudge with the drug of dreams

She too teenage to have a drug of choice

But she fuck with that Royce like she love Detroit

She rollin'

(Pharaoh, pharaoh)

## References

1. ↑ Hunte, Justin (September 3, 2015). "Lupe Fiasco - Pharaoh Height 2/30". *HipHopDX*.
Righteous Kung Fu

**Righteous Kung Fu** is a company founded by Lupe Fiasco in 2005. It designs fashion, toys, video games, comic books, and graphics for album covers and skateboard decks.

## Background

When asked about the future plans of the company in 2006, Fiasco told *Format Magazine*, "We're doing our clothing line out of Righteous Kung Fu called Trilly & Truly, which is like high-end clothing joints that we're putting together and we have a lot of collaborations with a few companies out of Japan and London. So we're just putting it together and building it up, it's our little baby and hopefully we'll have a full line by next fall."

## References

1. ↑ Coachman, Dale (December 24, 2006). "Lupe Fiasco". *Format*.
Wild 'n Out

*Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor*This article is part of the Food & Liquor era.Released: September 19, 2006
Label: 1st & 15th Entertainment / Atlantic RecordsCategory
*Drogas Wave*This article is part of the Drogas Wave era.Released: September 21, 2018
Label: 1st & 15th Entertainment / Thirty TigersCategory

## ***Wild 'n Out***

### **Genre**

* Comedy
* improv

### **Runtime**

30 minutes

***Wild 'n Out*** is an American sketch comedy and improv game show series created and hosted by musician and comedian Nick Cannon.

American rapper Lupe Fiasco first appeared in the 8th episode of Season 3 as the musical guest, where he performed "Kick, Push." The episode aired on October 5, 2006. In 2018, he appeared on the 23rd episode of Season 13, where he was the Black Team Captain against Nick Cannon. Later, he performed the song "Cripple" from his *Drogas Wave* album. The episode aired on September 8, 2019.

## Critical reception

*Pitchfork* wrote of Fiasco's 2006 performance, "Lupe appeared ill-prepared and uncomfortable. His hype man doubled up almost all his lines, perhaps due to the club's surprisingly shitty sound system. […] At one point, the crowd began jeering and shouted out for Lupe to 'entertain us.' Lupe responded with a fit of nervous energy that made him overcompensate for the subtly of his lyrics with a shouted, indiscernible delivery."

## Videos

* Sneak Peek
* Rap Battle
* "Cripple"

## References

1. ↑ "1st & 15th (@fnfstudios)". *Instagram*. November 7, 2018.
2. ↑ Price, Joe (September 12, 2019). "Nick Cannon Takes on Lupe Fiasco for a Rap Battle on 'Wild 'N Out'". *Complex*.
3. ↑ Chennault, Sam (September 26, 2006). "Lupe Fiasco and Talib Kweli". *Pitchfork*.
The One

## Song by Lupe Fiasco

"**The One**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco. It was released as the tenth track from his mixtape *Enemy of the State: A Love Story* (2009). He freestyles over the beat "The One" by Slaughterhouse.

## Cultural references

* Slaughterhouse was an American hip hop supergroup consisting of rappers Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I and Royce da 5'9".
* Muscle Milk is a protein shake designed for athletes after their workout.
* William "Billy" Blanks is an American fitness guru who invented the Tae Bo exercise program, which incorporates martial arts and boxing training.
* Theodore "Ted" DiBiase was a wrestler for the WWF who went by "The Million Dollar Man".
* *Inglourious Basterds* is a 2009 film that tells an alternate history story of two plots to assassinate Nazi Germany's leadership.
* "It's Hard out Here for a Pimp" is a song written by American hip hop group Three 6 Mafia, alongside Cedric Coleman, as the theme song to the American drama film *Hustle & Flow*. The song was performed in *Hustle & Flow* by Terrence Howard and Taraji P. Henson as their respective characters DJay and Shug.
* Nobu is a Japanese restaurant chain founded by Nobuyuki Matsuhisha in 1994.
* Pro Tools is music software developed and released by Avid Technology.
* *Matchstick Men* is a 2003 black comedy crime film that centers on conman Roy Waller, who plays the confidence game.
* Kanye West owns the label GOOD Music, which signed the two artists Common Sense and Consequence.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro]

Aww

Shout-out to Slaughterhouse

Joe Budden

Royce, Crooked, Joell

Ugh

Yeah

[Verse]

The game was looking weak, the whole scene starved

So, I came through with some Muscle Milk and protein bars

Barbells and jump ropes, Bowflexes to body it

And a couple Billy Blanks Tae-Bo Karate kicks

If you ain't million-dollar-dreaming, then we opposites

In high school, I was voted "the most Ted DiBiase-est"

Also "the most slept-on," 'cause my Ted DiBiase-ness

An *Inglourious Basterd*, and you looking like a Nazi, bitch

They say, "It's hard out here for old boy"

Then, tell me where Taraji is

I am going so raw—watch me soy-sauce, wasabi this

Nobu a damn Pro-Tools, hot as H-E-double hockey-sticks

Make sure you give the chef your compliments

And thank him for his constantly great tasting accomplishments

Or smiley face emoticons if you want to remain anonymous

My retirement's on hold, I got the whole world on conference

*Matchstick Man*, I really have the confidence

That I'ma give them good music like Common Sense and Consequence

Content that's relative across the continent

New York, Houston, Chi-Town, Los Angeles

[Outro]

Enemy

*Enemy of the State*
Say Yeah

## Song by Jay Sean featuring Lupe Fiasco

"**Say Yeah**" is a song by Jay Sean featuring Lupe Fiasco, released as the eighth track from the former's 2011 debut mixtape *The Mistress*.

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Intro: Jay Sean]

Oh yeah, baby

When we were young, we used to laugh about

Saying that we should run away, to a far and distant place

It was love, but nobody let us say that

Say that we were from two different worlds

And you were meant to be my girl

[Hook: Jay Sean]

And they couldn't stop us at all

God knows that they tried to

But I can't deny or hide you

And then the same things crossed my mind

Then maybe we should get away

I've got one thing left to say

Girl if you with it, baby just say the word

We can pack our bags and run off into the night

There might be obstacles, some twists and turns

But we'll ride it together, girl just

Say Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 1: Jay Sean]

Girl, think about it

Cause we can take you to another level if you really want

And there ain't no doubt about it

We ain't getting any younger

So if you really wanna go there

Say the word, baby

[Hook: Jay Sean]

And baby you stop us..

God knows that we tried

Ohh, they tried

But you know that I can't

And then the same things crossed my mind (Crossed my mind)

Then maybe we should get away

So there's just one thing, one thing left to say

Girl if you with it, baby just say the word (Say the word)

We can pack our bags and run off into the night

There might be obstacles (Said there might be obstacles)

Some twists and turns (And maybe some twists and turns)

But we'll ride it together, girl just (As long as you)

As long as you say

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]

Companions

Runnin' through the bombs and the canon

Flames in the rain and the dangerous challenge

Down for the cause, let's donate to the famine

Live life alive, a reckless abandon

Which means that we never don't care

Which is rare

From the foundation to the Phantom

From the moment that made us, 'till death separate us

Everything in between is dedicated to the greatest

Hopefully never

But if we ever, become sick, we're so close together

We can medicate to a status that's better

In the midst maybe even set a record

Get Lupe on on the verse, then Jay on the rest of it

And put it on at the slightest displeasure

And take you back to the back where we started this endeavour

Huh

[Hook: Jay Sean]

Girl if you with it, baby just say the word (Ohh just say the word)

We can pack our bags and run off into the night (Into the night)

There might be obstacles (Said there might be obstacles)

Some twists and turns

But we'll ride it together, girl just (We'll ride it out, we'll ride it out)

[Outro: Jay Sean]

Girl if you with it, baby just say the word (Just say the word)

We can pack our bags and run off into the night (We can pack our bags)

There might be obstacles (Oh there might be obstacles)

Some twists and turns

But we'll ride it together, girl just

Girl just Say Yeah

All you gotta do is say, say, say, Say Yeah

Girl whatever you want

## References

1. ↑ Lilah, Rose (September 4, 2011). "Say Yeah". *HotNewHipHop*.
Wango Tango

**Wango Tango** is an annual one-day concert hosted by Los Angeles radio station KIIS FM. Lupe Fiasco performed on May 14, 2011, at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.

## Set list

1. "Words I Never Said"
2. "Out of My Head"
3. "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now"
4. "The Show Goes On"
5. "Superstar"

## References

1. ↑ "Britney Spears Introduces Lupe Fiasco at Wango Tango Video". *Rap-Up*. May 15, 2011.
2. ↑ "KIIS Fm's Wango Tango 2011 Concert Lineup Revealed!". *TigerBeat*. March 28, 2011.
List of interviews

**List of interviews** American rapper Lupe Fiasco has done throughout his career, including with companies, magazines, websites, and on radio, podcasts, and television programs. During the release of his 2012 album, *Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album Pt. 1*, he informed *Rolling Stone*, "These are my last interviews. We're doing a big documentary for the album, which will hopefully come out, if not the album day, hopefully a few days after—we've just got to finish it. That will be my *pièce de résistance* about who Lupe is and what his music is, and that's it. After that, you'll have to talk to the publicist". In the course of the promotion of his 2015 album, *Tetsuo & Youth*, it was reported on *Sway in the Morning* to be one of his last-ever radio interviews.

On September 19, 2018, he took to Twitter to address: "Let me be clear I'm turning down interview requests not because I think I'm too good to do them it's actually the reverse. I don't think in these times I'm GOOD ENOUGH to do them. I've never seen myself as a star and I still don't. 🤓".

## Miscellaneous

* Auckland
* Australia
* Canada
* Japan
* United Kingdom
* United States

* The Cool
* Lasers

 "Lupe Fiasco Unreleased "Lasers" Album Interview" | July 11, 2011

## References

1. ↑ Trammell, Matthew (August 27, 2012). "Q&A: Lupe Fiasco on Tupac, Album Leaks and Leaving the Game". *Rolling Stone*.
2. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco's Last Interview: Opens Up About New & Best Album, Kid Cudi & President Obama". *YouTube*. January 23, 2015.
3. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco)". *Twitter*. September 19, 2018.
4. ↑ "Video: Lupe Fiasco Speaks on Why He Doesn't Spit Gangsta Lyrics". *RealTalk NY*. December 20, 2007. Archived from the original on December 21, 2007.
5. ↑ Lamarre, Carl (June 11, 2014). "Lupe Fiasco Went into the Studio with Katie Couric". *XXL*.
6. ↑ Horowitz, Steven (June 20, 2011). "Lupe Fiasco Clarifies Obama Statement in Clip from "The O'Reilly Factor"". *HipHopDX*.
7. ↑ "Rap Artist Lupe Fiasco"
Roy

***Roy*** (stylized in all caps) is a scrapped album by Lupe Fiasco, initially supposed to be one of the three releases of 2016 along with *Drogas Light* and *Skulls*. He replaced this LP with *Drogas Wave* as the final 2016 trio.

*Roy* was named to be his "final and last album," referencing to "LupEND." However, *Skulls* was also named to be his final album, where he stated, "There will be no more albums after the 2016 release of SKULLS."

## References

1. ↑ Baker, Soren (April 14, 2016). "Lupe Fiasco Seemingly Scraps "Roy" LP & Names "Drogas," "Drogas Light\*" & "Skulls" as Final Albums". *HipHopDX*.
2. ↑ Strauss, Matthew (January 8, 2016). "Lupe Fiasco Says *Roy* Will Be His "Last Album"". *Pitchfork*.
3. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@Lupe Fiasco)". *Twitter*. January 8, 2016.
4. ↑ Thompson, Desire (April 14, 2016). "Lupe Fiasco Releases the Names of His Final Three Albums". *Vibe*.
Rick Ross

**William Leonard Roberts II** (born January 28, 1976), known professionally as **Rick Ross**, is an American rapper, record executive, and former athlete. He was featured on Lupe Fiasco's promotional single "Tranquillo" alongside Big K.R.I.T. from the *Drogas Light* album.

Fiasco noted to *Loud and Quiet* of his 2010 song, "B.M.F. (Building Minds Faster)," which freestyles over Ross' "B.M.F (Blowin' Money Fast): "Gangsta rap is entertaining and I come from that, so I can relate to what Rick Ross is saying. Do I combat it? Yes. When he made 'Blowing Money Fast' did I make 'Building Minds Faster'? Yes I did. Because I don't want my son saying that he wants to be [Detroit drug lord] Big Meech or [Chicago gangster] Larry Hoover, and I don't want your son saying that. I want him to have the opportunity to say, 'I wanna be Malcolm X or Martin Luther.'"

On November 30, 2011, for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards nomination live concert, the two alongside Common performed "The Message" in honor of Grandmaster Flash.

## References

1. ↑ Stubbs, Stuart (February 25, 2011). "Lupe Fiasco Isn't Retiring, but the Making of His Third Album, 'Lasers', Almost Made Him Wish That He Were". *Loud and Quiet*.
2. ↑ Depland, Michael (November 28, 2011). "Rick Ross, Common, Lupe Fiasco to Honor Grandmaster Flash at Grammy Concert". *Billboard*.
S-X

*Tetsuo & Youth*This article is part of the Tetsuo & Youth era.Released: January 20, 2015
Label: 1st & 15th Entertainment / Atlantic RecordsCategory
*Drogas Light*This article is part of the Drogas Light era.Released: February 10, 2017
Label: 1st & 15th Entertainment / Thirty TigersCategory

## **S-X**

### **Born**

Sam Andrew Gumbley
 (1992-08-04) August 4, 1992 (age 31)
Wolverhampton, UK

### **Occupations**

* Singer
* songwriter
* record producer

## **Musical career**

### **Genres**

* R&B
* trap
* electronic

### **Labels**

* Atlantic
* BMG
* RBC
* Universal

**Sam Andrew Gumbley** (born August 4, 1992), professionally known as **S-X**, is a British singer-songwriter and record producer. He has worked with American rapper Lupe Fiasco on several tracks.
The People Speak

***The People Speak*** is a 2009 American documentary film directed by Howard Zinn, Chris Moore, and Anthony Arnove. It documents struggles against social injustice throughout American history and is based on Zinn's books, *A People's History of the United States* (1980) and, with Arnove, *Voices of a People's History of the United States* (2004). The movie premiere was held in November 2009 at Jazz at Lincoln Center in New York.

## Background

Lupe Fiasco performed in the section, "Acts of Defiance," which address the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, Petition Against the War in Vietnam. As part of History's The People Speak Tour, he did a live reading where he performed Muhammad Ali's 1966 speech on the Vietnam War; Ali in defense of the draft.

## Trivia

* Zinn was featured in his song, "Introduction," from his mixtape *Friend of the People: I Fight Evil* (2011).

## References

1. ↑ Confessore, Christopher (February 12, 2009). "The People Speak, And Lupe Fiasco Listens...". *Guest of a Guest*.
2. ↑ Gill, Lauren (November 21, 2009). "Lupe Fiasco, Darryl McDaniels encourage the people to speak". *The Temple News*.
Spark in the Park

**Spark in the Park**, also known as simply **Spark**, is a music festival held at the University of Illinois in Chicago, Illinois, free for all UIC students. Lupe Fiasco performed in 2011, as the first date of his Generation Lasers Tour.

## Set list

1. "Words I Never Said"
2. "State Run Radio"
3. "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now"
4. "Everyone Nose (All the Girls Standing in the Line for the Bathroom) (Remix)
5. "Go Go Gadget Flow"
6. "Coming Up"
7. "Till I Get There"
8. "Touch the Sky"
9. "I Gotcha"
10. "Kick, Push"
11. "Hip-Hop Saved My Life"
12. "The Coolest"
13. "All Black Everything"
14. "Out of My Head"
15. "Break the Chain"
16. "Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)"
17. "Never Forget You"
18. "Superstar"
19. "Daydreamin'"
20. "The Show Goes On"

## References

1. ↑ "The Cool Kids (@theCoolxKids)". *Twitter*. September 1, 2011.
Stack Bundles

**Rayquon Maurice-Lee Elliott** (October 21, 1982 - June 11, 2007), professionally known as **Stack Bundles**, was an American rapper from Far Rockaway, Queens, New York. On June 11, 2007, he was fatally shot three times near the lobby of his Redfern Houses residence.

## Background

*Complex* detailed, "After a series of introductions, Stack ended up on the radar of an up-and-coming rapper from Chicago named Lupe Fiasco. In 2001, Stack traveled to Chi-town, and moved in with Lupe for about six months. The two created the song "Keep It Gutta" during Fiasco's early mixtape days, which was eventually officially released from the posthumous compilation mixtape, *Library of a Rockstar: Chapter 2* (2019).

Fiasco gave a shout-out to Elliott on his 2006 song, "Outro," from his *Food & Liquor* album. At the news of Bundles death, he posted to his Myspace bulletin board:

>
> R.I.P. Stacks Bundles…My Homey
>
>
>
> My Dear Friend…it hurt so much to wake up to this…So sad…I've
>
> watched from the humble beginnings…when he used to live with me out
>
> in Chicago we rocked together everyday…He'd write rhymes in one room
>
> and I'd be writing rhymes in the other…He was there with me through
>
> many a milestone in my life , the up's and the downs, and I was so
>
> proud and happy to see him acheive success in his life at what he
>
> loved…Hip-Hop…Stacks was the first person that was signed to
>
> 1st&15th way back when it first started FYI…Even beyond that I
>
> considered Stacks family…My heartfelt condolences go out to his
>
> family and friends in this time of sadness…We all lost a Good Friend
>
> today…But He wont be forgotten…May God have mercy on his soul,
>
> Forgive him for his sins in this Life, and watch over him in the next…
>
>
>
>

The funeral service was held on June 18, 2007, where many of Stack's close friends attended at the J. Foster Phillips Funeral Home. Fiasco had stated afterwards, "It's sad. Product of the environment. But you know, honor him. Honor him always. Rest in peace, Stack Bundles." In a 2007 *Billboard* interview, Fiasco mentioned, "The reason behind the whole 'The Cool' concept is because I miss my father, Stack Bundles, my auntie and Chill. I found solace in the miracle in itself and it came out in 'The Cool.'"

On May 14, 2008, he performed a tribute to Bundles at SOB's in New York.

His 2018 song, "Stack That Cheese," references to Elliott in the third verse.

## References

1. ↑ Watkins, Greg (June 19, 2007). "Suspect in Stack Bundles Death Murdered; Rapper Laid to Rest". *AllHipHop*.
2. ↑ Setaro, Shawn (January 10, 2018). "The Story of Stack Bundles, the Murdered Rapper Whose Album Might Finally Be Released". *Complex*.
3. ↑ "Update: Details Emerge in Stack Bundles Murder". *HipHopDX*. June 11, 2007.
4. ↑ Reid, Shaheem (June 18, 2007). "Stack Bundles Mourned at Funeral in New York". *MTV*.
5. ↑ Crosley, Hillary (November 27, 2007). "The Unclassifiable Lupe Fiasco". *Billboard*.
Walmart Soundcheck

**Walmart Soundcheck** was a series of musical performances and interviews created by American corporation Walmart, that made its debut in 2006. Lupe Fiasco performed on February 27, 2011, in Brooklyn, New York, at the Music Hall of Williamsburg. The concert was free entry, presented by Axe Body Spray. The official footage of the performance dropped on March 15, 2011, after the release of Fiasco's third studio album, *Lasers*.

In the middle of the show, Fiasco mentioned that his album will drop on March 8th. Brandon Soderberg of *Spin* wrote in a review, "[F]or much of the set, Lupe was a ball of stomping, lurching, headbanging energy. He seemed intent to destroy the contemplative, glasses-wearing wordsmith persona that made him famous."

## Set list

1. "Shining Down"
2. "State Run Radio"
3. "I Don't Wanna Care Right Now"
4. "Go Go Gadget Flow"
5. "Hip-Hop Saved My Life"
6. "Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways)"
7. "Superstar"

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Soderberg, Brandon (February 28, 2011). "Lupe Fiasco Unveils The Rocker Within". *Spin*.
2. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco". *Soundcheck*. March 15, 2011. Archived from the original.