Stellar Light

"**Stellar Light**" is a song by Lupe Fiasco, first released on June 26, 2014, as the official rallying anthem for the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team at the 2014 FIFA World Cup. It features guest vocals from singer-songwriter and producer Jason Gill on the hook, with production handled by iSHi.

The full censored version was published to his SoundCloud eight months after the World Cup on March 2, 2015, though some time later removed for unknown reasons. The cover artwork was done by Chuck Anderson, who also did the artwork for his 2006 debut studio album, *Lupe Fiasco's Food & Liquor*.

## Cultural references

* Superman, a DC superhero who is known for possessing common elements of superheroes: the codename, superhuman abilities, altruistic nature, and of course, the cape.
* Latrell Sprewell, the former NBA professional basketball player who played for the Golden State Warriors, the New York Knicks, and the Minnesota Timberwolves.
* Jonylah Watkins, a six-month-year-old baby who was shot in downtown Chicago in 2013. She was also memorialized in his 2018 tribute song, "Jonylah Forever."
* Mountain Dew, a carbonated soft drink brand. Lupe compares this with spilling tears for E. Till, where a "mountain" suggests much lamentation.
* Emmett "E" Till, a 14-year-old African American boy who was abducted, tortured, and lynched to death in 1955 after being accused of offending a white woman.
* Brad Pitt, an Academy-Award winning actor.
* Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti.

## Videos

* Preview
* U.S. Men's National Team Highlights

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Hook: Jason Gill]

We can have the world shining in stellar, stellar light

We can make our dreams brighter in stellar, stellar light

Crossing the sun together, we are the ones to make it

We can have the world shining in stellar, in stellar light

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

In the new better, Lu ether, Lu effort like two extras

Four actors, no rappers, hundred takes for a hundred keeps

I went a hundred straight for a hundred weeks

That's too real from a projector

Set trippin' 'em black kid and put a light beam on that white screen

Black sport, take that boy pay, that's oy vey but I take that

Make great rap, I can [Censored] then bake that and give you cake back

I felt like I Superman with his cape trapped

Then Lu perform in no uniform in my human form

And still super to 'em so you safe at

Mi casa es su casa, throw a ball where your base at

In the worst case, they at first base 'cause I threw a ball where they face at

And they don't want seconds, I was so sick that I threw up all where they plates at

If the money small, then we money ball, and put us all where first place at

Bless up

[Hook: Jason Gill]

We can have the world shining in stellar, stellar light

We can make our dreams brighter in stellar, stellar light

Crossing the sun together, we are the ones to make it

We can have the world shining in stellar, in stellar light

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]

Energy, not friends

Those are just the enemies of my enemies

Violins, all inside my symphony

But I'm composed when I execute

Over drum rolls in the face of all these rim shots

I Sprewell, if my rim stops put a new spin on that movement

Did it for the streets, now I'm tryna do it for the museums

Good stated I ain't hood enough

Good 'cause the hood ain't good enough

I want whole worlds with soul girls that pose well at my parade

Celebrating before elevating to a destination tryna isolate

Activist or artist? Fuck with me 'cause I'm smart bitch

No fuck you, 'cause you aren't this and you should fuck with me 'cause I'm smart

Have smart kids all started on armpits

Then dearly depart from the part played and got the script started for part 6

Bless up

[Hook: Jason Gill]

We can have the world shining in stellar, stellar light

We can make our dreams brighter in stellar, stellar light

Crossing the sun together, we are the ones to make it

We can have the world shining in stellar, in stellar light

[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]

You play with it but I stay with it

That's the reason I stay with it

I live with it, did did it

Queen Jonylah gon' live with us

You 'bout that, then we real

We spill a lil Mountain Dew for E. Till

On the mountain top that we built

We will, that's it

Chiraq to the Brad Pitts

Foreign borders to the poorest corners of Port-au-Prince

No preach, no beach, so sure

More schools, no war

No more, oh lord

Star light, it's your world go for it

Bless up

## References

1. ↑ Tardio, Andres (March 2, 2015). "You Can Finally Listen to Lupe Fiasco's 'Stellar Light' in Full". *MTV*.