Makin' Papers

"**Makin' Papers**" is a song by Chuckie featuring Lupe Fiasco, Too $hort and Snow tha Product, released as a non-album single on July 23, 2013. It premiered worldwide on SiriusXM radio and Eminem's Shade 45, with the official music video published to YouTube on December 3, 2013, directed by Larenz Tate.

## Background

In an interview with *Flavourmag*, Chuckie said, "I think 'Makin' Papers' was the natural next step for me. I have been merging hip-hop with dance music for years now but I've never taken it to this level before and it felt the right time to do that. The track has been a way of bringing two of my biggest passions, hip-hop and electronic music, even closer together. I'm really hyped that I have been a part of that." He added of the collaboration, "I've been a big fan of hip-hop for so many years and to work with people who have been so important for the scene was definitely a special thing for me. But what was even cooler was that these guys were really into the project as a whole and gave it everything. The guys were really fun to work with too plus, they know their shit... their skills are off the hook!"

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

In a whip that you've never seen before

Never blipped on your radar screen before

You're doing what I was doing when I did it a couple magazines ago

That means if you LeBron, I was doing that Kareems ago

Abdul-Jabbar, the coolest are light years ahead and 15 below

How high I am and cold I is is the words that I just spoke, I did

I hope I did, cause sometimes I forget how much of a GOAT I is

Not a measuring of how dope I did – not an athlete, but the black sheep

I just rap shit – I focus so hard last time I blinked I broke my lids

That was kind of weak (That was kind of weak)

But what you expect when I get no sleep?

I'm my own worst critic, most times we split it

But we see eye-to-eye on how well we speak

Perfect verses

Better yet, letters get together, graduations and auctions

Bad at lying, but I speak that well

Also awesome and talkin' to dolphins…

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]

Sorry I couldn't be there, but I'm back up in the lab

So just find somebody pretty to accept on my behalf

Sorry I couldn't be there, but I'm back up in the lab

Makin' papers, making paper front pages and the stash…

Makin' papers, makin' papers, makin' papers and a stash

Makin' papers, makin' papers, makin' papers and a stash

Makin' papers, making paper front pages and the stash…

Why im grizzly on my grizzly making All my haters mad(stash)…

[Verse 2: Snow Tha Product]

Look, I'm steppin' out of that all-black whip lookin' like death and shit

I'll spring forward, hoes fall back, I'll turn ‘em down like a pessimist

And I'm at their head like a ball cap, at their neck like a necklace is

So it's best to quit, 'cause my record spin, and keep gettin' replayed like the record skipped

Killin' game and whores alike, swagged out in my Jordan Flights

Hoes act like I won't toe-tag ‘em, I've got hoes gassed like a motorbike

Snow White, what more to like? Y'all luck ran out, don't roll the dice

Snow Tha Product'll make you aligned

‘Cause you messin' with me you was born to die

Killin' game and whores alike, swagged out in my Jordan Flights

Hoes act like I won't toe-tag ‘em, I've got hoes gassed like a motorbike

Motorbike, motorbike, motorbike, motorbike…

Got hoes gassed like a motorbike

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]

Sorry I couldn't be there, but I'm back up in the lab

So just find somebody pretty to accept on my behalf

Sorry I couldn't be there, but I'm back up in the lab

Makin' papers, making paper front pages and the stash…

Makin' papers, makin' papers, makin' papers and a stash

Makin' papers, makin' papers, makin' papers and a stash

Makin' papers, making paper front pages and the stash…

Why im grizzly on my grizzly making All my haters mad(stash)…

[Verse 3: Too $hort]

I wanna celebrate this, 'cause some of y'all ain't gon' never make it

I appreciate it, thanks… but I think she hates it

I don't wanna hit it, girl – in the hotel room lickin' pearl

I say “fuck the world” – make me mad, I'll fuck your girl

No disrespect, you think I just wanna hit that shit?

I'm makin' history – the truth: you can't take it, bitch

I'm playin' on the station, like your ass, I'm in rotation

Winnin', but there's no sensation – shoot it on her face then

What'd I win, what it do? I'll get it later, mail it to me

I'm gettin' higher – if it's money, send a wire

I do this daily, she know she gots to pay me

I never lose in the end, don't give a fuck when I win, bitch!

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]

Sorry I couldn't be there, but I'm back up in the lab

So just find somebody pretty to accept on my behalf

Sorry I couldn't be there, but I'm back up in the lab

Makin' papers, making paper front pages and the stash…

Makin' papers, makin' papers, makin' papers and a stash

Makin' papers, makin' papers, makin' papers and a stash

Makin' papers, making paper front pages and the stash

Well I feel I keep it way too real, even when I pretend, when!

## References

1. ↑ Spadine, Richard (July 22, 2013). "DJ Chuckie ft. Lupe Fiasco, Too $hort & Snow Tha Product - Makin Papers". *DJBooth*.
2. ↑ Dede, Abigail (September 9, 2013). "Interview Q&A – DJ Chuckie On 'Makin' Papers'". *Flavourmag*.