Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus

"**Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus**" is a song by American rapper Lupe Fiasco. He published the track to his SoundCloud on September 11, 2013. It uses the instrumental of "Holy Grail" by Jay-Z.

He first announced the record on August 3, 2013, followed by the post of its lyrics on August 7.

## Critical reception

*HotNewHipHop* wrote, "It's a nice addition to the impressive catalogue Lupe Fiasco has been building over the years." *Vibe* praised, "he sets off on a 7-minute meat-and-potatoes beat with very little room to breath" and described Fiasco as a lyrical genius. *DJBooth* similarly said, "continues the streak of dope lyricism." *Hypebeast* penned, "walking the line between diss and reference as only he can."

## Gallery

**@LupeFiasco**: "PEACE OF PAPER/CUP OF JAYZUS"
* August 7, 2013
* Twitter

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
Dis n\*\*\*a, like he's so exclusive

Sometimes dreams, peace of paper I got reams

Where the D go? Put that on a rose now you

Pronounce it hero, you see?

Lu see like La Brea & Pico, with binoculars on my peephole

I feel my best work was album zero

Now with Deniro its boo boo in my backyard and

Ben burnt down my gazebo that dinero's a casino

Wit spit in the sandwich of the police though

They ain't see the steel plate up under my seat though

Still play it like Shaquille but I can free throw

I ain't playing but I compete, I ain't a player but I'm complete

And that's the win win a mason mind can't sign if the pen's Templar

Night vision on white linen is still green

Peace of Paper I got reams, make it rain

To make 'em smile, now rake it into piles

And go buy ya self some style, prom night/cat walk

Prepared the suit for weeks, or effortless as a Parisian

Walking down the street, I ain't in it

I'm just walking round some beats

Tongue in cheek, just talking round some teeth

Neighborhood watching

Made of good options, mastermind times

Neighborhood hoodie take the hood shopping

Back track to the stolen plates

What's a closed wallet to an open safe

Say your grace

Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus what we writing?

These ain't entendres these are secret indictments

Litte secret excitements

For willing minds I'm feeling fine

Balling hard and killing rhymes

Knocking off bigs and stealing shines

Hey shawty is it a crime?

To DMV everytime until I give 'em license

They waiting on lines

Peace of Paper I'm Kerry James

Commissions fly as the Constitution as a plane

Peace of Paper Cup of JAYZUS what we doing?

Pizza Lasers/Cup of Razors

What you choosing?

Choosy mothers choose the smoothest peanut butters

And more cognizant fathers do George Washington Carver

A break from the paper it means do you identify more

With what's being made or the maker?

I'm what's being chased

I'm not the chaser

Cup of JAYZUS Peace of Paper

Check it, now paper make a plane & paper make it rain

But how fly is paper plane in the rain?

I'm fly paper on the brain

This and two-ply paper just ain't the same

I do do it for the bottom

In the air is where I stop 'em

I threw words like two birds, that's Batman and Robin

To answer all your hunches that's just how I throw my punches

We must somehow become a family that's why I throw 'em in bunches

Mushroom clouds or on the flo' with the fungus

If you look 'em up and down

From the foot to where he put his crown

The slow Pan to understand is Shaq on the shoulders of Yao

Over and over for miles

Peace of Paper, Cup of JAYZUS made a movie

Thank God on Friday, then buy a ruby on Tuesday

A couple beats from Jay, a couple beats from Ye

And make food for thought, that's a restaurant in a day!

It would behoove thee

The critics say that I fell off I acknowledge I slipped

But what do you call falling from space into a bottomless pit?

And not pit like how Lui Kang can knock Baraka off with a hit

Knock it off for a bit

What would be really funny if I blew up after Drizzy

And started from the bottomless back to the topless like a watcher of Strips

Peace of Paper, Cup of JAYZUS

Peace of Paper, Cup of JAYZUS, 'bout it, 'bout it

Don't let ya inner fears result in a outer coward

From baby showers to 80 flowers upon my coffin roof

The upper class glass is not filled up with the coughing proof

Be more P and step ya Yessirs Up

P-O-P! Jayzus a cup of Courage, I can't can't

That's double negative it's two earls

They really nice but they'll never touch the cup its like I gave it to two girls

This my odd future out in front Supreme shop

Fly as Rick Ross at a Wing Stop

Thought Kick, Push was about drugs

It's not but just to be super sure

But from your perspective it might seem

Like Supreme out in front of Odd Future Store

So that skaters and skiers

Nose grinders and grinding up

Nose powders with ether

Not an Earl diss either but he might think it be and be like

"Lu's new should be Mr. Pure 2positive Shakur and to be sure he's

Not that really nice, that two girls and cup line sucked

It really means he gave himself a cup twice"

You just witnessed a double, a probable Odd Future diss in the future

And me ghostwriting my own rebuttals

You can't do that with a single cup

You gone need a couple, again you got a double

Got my shot on the rocks, but don't stop, keep pouring 'til it's a puddle

Peace of Paper, Peace of Paper Cup of JAYZUS what's the drive?

Greatest Rapper Alive or Greatest Rapper That Died?

Then on judgement day they say the greatest rapper's revived

Oh look who's here the greatest rapper's arrived!!

At the birthday party the greatest rapper surprised!!!

Bumped into Doom the greatest rappers collide

Everybody dead but AZ the greatest rapper survived

I'm not the greatest rapper... the greatest rappers' a lie

Got the same points as Lux the greatest rappers a tie

Told Jean, Foxy, & Rah the greatest rapper's a girl

They said the greatest rapper's a guy

Phone rang it was Ghost he said "Kiss the greatest rapper... Goodbye!"

Chris said Common, Common said Kweli, Talib said I'm sure it's Mos Definitely!!

Peace of Paper Cup of JAYZUS

Smack might have the greatest but now I'm just playing favorites

Playing flavored to be reminiscent of Miles on smack playing faded

Peace of.... these n\*\*\*as is nice

Knees like these n\*\*\*as aight

Shins like listen to them, ankles like shins making sense

Feet like why you running behind these n\*\*\*as

They still trying to step inside ya prints

Bear trap rap don't step inside the clinch

Where da at? Don't jeopardize a better stride for limps

I exercise at length so electrify the fence

Let me inside the danger room on Level 5 with the weaponized defense

With an extra side of the next guy's petty exercise attempts

The ghost of my career, better than most of what they revere

I take my targets and throw them back on my spear

I'm outta here

Drogas

Shaka Zulu

## References

1. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco (@LupeFiasco)". *Twitter*. August 7, 2013.
2. ↑ Goddard, Kevin (September 11, 2013). "Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus". *HotNewHipHop*.
3. ↑ Murphy, Keith (September 12, 2013). "Review: Lupe Fiasco's 'Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus' Proves He's the Best Lyricist Alive". *Vibe*.
4. ↑ Spadine, Richard (September 12, 2013). "Lupe Fiasco - Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus". *DJBooth*.
5. ↑ "Lupe Fiasco - Peace of Paper/Cup of Jayzus". *Hypebeast*. September 12, 2013.