and people Lupe is not the most complex lyricist he's top 10,and being complex doesnt mean your the greatest it takes more than complexity cayse if being complex meant you are the GOAT the Canibus would be by far the Greatest
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@Nigger115 I disagree sir, this is literally the most lyrical song I have heard. The metaphors are sick, wordplay is sick. Basically every single line is a metaphor. And unlike alot of rapppers each verse is actually conveying a complete message. Unlike some artist who just put together great punch lines but as a whole the verse makes no sense. No lupe is not the best rapper ever or even the most lyrical. But to me this is the most lyrical song in hip hop history.
THERES SNAKES IN THE HOOD! GOTTA WATCH FOR THAT COBRA BITE LET ME SEE: THERES SNAKES IN THE HOOD, A BIRD, A HORSE BEHIND A GRILL GATOR ON THE SEAT AND A FOX BEHIND THE WHEEL NO ITS NOT NOAH'S ARK...OCK!!
my favorite verse wit those lines in it..Lupe just ran thru this joint on everything..
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Lupe has a boring style ....its cool he is trying to be intricate the way he spits about stuff....but dude spit something people understand cause trying to figure out raps is only for lupe nerds ...or o boy that takes 2hours per 16. get some swag lupe cause sometimes u come off as plan boring.. n stop trying to hide behind a skateboard...come harder dog
@yungsal hahahha c'mon,lupe isn't coming HARD,c'mon man,don't hate,go out now and find any dawg that is more completed than lupe,and then we can argue about his style,he is the only xxl freshmen that got the A+ since 2006,so what the fuck are u talkin' about ?
@ardithe1 xxl plz homie that mag is for kids same mfers on the cover every other month...u need to develop ur own opinon instead of jumping on what an ignorant mag says. another more complete easy nas.
@yungsal people hate that which they don't understand. and who you tellin to come harder? dawg you the one watching and commenting on pokemon videos so shut the fuck up about being hard. gotta be fuckin jokin...
@yungsal let me just get this right, He's to intricate? Meaning too hard to understand. God forbid he makes people think. SWAG? fact that u used that word is enough, And you think the songs "plan" boring because you dont get it. Hide behind a skateboard? Kid has 2 songs about skating i know, Come harder? Lol this songs easily the hardest song to come out in the last...10 years. AND ITS OLD. Kid you need to listen to dumb it down. You're the guy they are talkin about in dumb it down.
@TheOriginalCoasta meaning the dude dont make sense...do u know what hip hop is n what makes it??? its relating to people...lupe aint reaching to everyday people...this is for ...nerds..talking space babble.. dont get me wrong i like lupe......hardest ok let lupe spit this in the streets...this is poppin in ur suburban area ya dig, i dont kno where else....son i got dumb it down on a cd....n that went hard....but i aint trying to throw my music on a chalkboard ya know...make sense is wat i mean.
Pennies from heaven is the same as the semi from the second (pennies falling form the John Hancock and a semi from second has no meaning. just a comparrsion)
And I reign supreme ("reign" and "rain"-reign-lupe is the highest, rain refers to semi shots- "rain of bullets")
Turn your umbrellas upside down (unbrellas catch the "rain" of pennies from the heaven and unbrella upside down is a kings crown-"reign"
@possesedbyaclown semi from the 2nd means 2nd floor. pennies falling from heaven will have the same force as bullets from a 2nd story window from a semi auto gun.
Some potpourri, a little machine oil (these are the items used to distract drug sniffing dogs to get rid of the smell of drugs)
I stack my paper and throw off my cents
This is top floor, better look out below
(paper-money and rap sheets, cents-refers to the "scents" of the previous lines and throw cents off the John Hanock bc supposedly if you throw a penny of the tower, you can die. last line is self explanatory. watch for lupe bc he is supreme
"wit da cats that push, 40 ounces thru da hood, like king cobra see we sling soda, cuz da extra 4 in da split is mix its really 36" a kilo of coke is 36 grams. when u cook it into crack u wanna add an average of 1/9 parts baking soda (4 grams)which is how u end up with 40 grams of crack. it is said that a king cobra holds up to 40 ounces of venom and we all know a cobrahas a (hood). also refrence to the malt liquor 'cobra' which is sold most famously in 40 ounce bottles. =) ur welcome
I just found a complete breakdown of this song. Lupe is fuckin insane lyrically. I missed like half of these lol. Oh, and Lasers is coming out March 8, 2011!
Watch how they mugs drop when they see my verbals able
(that's the usual).......im in awe right now. im repeating to myself "omfg" lol thats one of the hardest and most complex lines i have ever heard. makes u think about the stuff that goes on in his head.
@possesedbyaclown i think there is a legend/myth that someone dropped a penny or something from the tower in chicago and killed someone. The velocity and weight built up from the penny fallin would have enough power to kill someone on impact. So its like pennys fallin from heaven is the same as a semi (semi-automatic rifle) from the second floor. I THINK
@FlashCLownP Uh, no. Terminal velocity of a penny is about 65 mph. It would require well over 10 times that to break the skin. Pennies killin people is simply a myth. (Sorry, physics major here, couldn't help myself lol) BLUNTS UP FOR LUPE THE GORILLA!
its like every time you listen to lupe fiasco you catch some new genius line in the song you missed before... this man with a beat is like jordan with a ball
its like every time you listen to lupe fiasco you catch some new genius line in the song you missed before... this man with a beat is like jordan with a ball
I dnt normally try and advertise other artist on lupe's songs but check out Black Dove. ( symphony, the matriarch of my heart, mental entrapment etc) he's one of the few artist ive heard who come close to lupes lyrical content lol
did yall catch at 4:51 u see world is brail hear, im bumby johnson ( a deff blind piano player) i stick to the streets (the stick thing blind people tap on the streets and ground) keep my dogs oun in front of me (the dogs that guide blind people on the sidewalk) u c what im sayin ( super sayin from dragonball z ) and i push keys wonderfly (blind man playing piano, and those energy ball things dragonball z throw at eachother) ...AHHHH!!!!!
@oUNIVERSALo yeah its not just any blind man playing piano either its stevie wonder (wonderfully) Lupe has sick lyrics man. hes got like 3 meanings in one..
@oUNIVERSALo that all made sense, but ive never heard of bumby johnson. googled it too. i believed that it was bumpy johnson though, until reading this and u made alotta sense, now that i cant find any bumby johnson, imma say it is still actually bumpy johnson lol
"turn your umbrellas upside down, did u even catch the change(like the money he threw off the building) in theme?" he is by far the smartest rapper alive
No one comes close ta Lupe, on lyrical wordplay, like he leaves his verses at Chuckie Cheese's all day... He goes thru the lunchline, but he's just thirsty for a punchline... Add all his tracks together and it equals a positive more than sum-times...
This, and every other song that Lupe does, should come with a warning label! like "Warning: Brain Rape can and will occur! Side effects include nightmares, not listening to Lil Wayne, inprovement of your own rap skills and a brighter intelligent view! Call your doctor to see if Lupe Fiasco's Music is right for you" lol every song gets better and better! LUPEmperor all day
@DynastyEmpire I can't like that enough. Lupe made me got from good to HOT DAMN. Somebody asked me how did you get so good. I said I listened to lupe and laced him in my style.
all that gas cant help you but solar might so just call on SUN...drop an S (UN) pick up an O (UNO= one in spanish) you know (or U NO) put it all on ONE...........genius
Good rappers use similes, dope emcees use metaphors, but Lupe's goin crazy doin double-entendres, he aint my favourite MC yet, but this is one of the illest hiphop songs ive heard in a long time
@SlawtaProducer EXACTLY!!!! god damn i wish people would stop sayin "wayne got those metaphors and shit" no nigga he got simple ass simile's. this is metaphors and intellect
@SlawtaProducer i hope you realize similies and metaphors are the same thing basically..Only difference is that similies use the words "like" or "as" while metaphors just straight up compare stuff.
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i dont get like half of this, over my head. I feel like it's too complex to be enjoyable. Not saying dumb it down but part of hip-hop is directness. I shouldn't have to listen to it like 50 times and analyse to get it. feel free to argue with me
@Youkj3: It can be kind of hard to get at first but the thing I like about Lupe is you can get a lot of his lines the first or second time and continue figuring out new lines as you listen. Wasn't the half you got good enough to make you want more?
"Pennies from heaven is the same as the semi from the second And I reign supreme Turn your umbrellas upside down Did you even catch the change in theme?" Damn Lupe is a Best
when he says" its the foundation the i beams and the antenna's im so serious" serious is actually sears(double interpreatation) bc hes tlking about the sears tower bc u can see detroit from the top of it and aluminum foil and potpouri etc. are thing you buy at sears then he compares his stack of money being as tall as the sears tower and if he throws a penny off it "pennies from heaven" it'l kill you (like the myth) so its the same as a semi from the second (if a semi-truck hits you you're dead)
@broncos1579 also those things he named are used to mask the smell of drugs. and u left out the former line. "niggas is tall as yao ming, where LUPEmperor, is the foundations i beams and the antennas" hes saying niggaz think there big but compared to him there yao and hes sears towers.
take my time but wait (weight) behind only pertains to that porche grill....
talkin about the bricks in the box earlier in the song.
ive memorized every word in this song and ive analyzed it down to everything i think but i still think im missing shit BECAUSE HES JUST THAT DAMN GOOD
@jthomas4psh yup horse (heroin) in the porshe. also there is a horse on the porshe emblem. and some porshes have the trunk in the front. and bricks (coke) in da (glove box) isay the trunk in the front to analyze the line u just said with the "wait behind.
I've listened to this song 1000 times and finally caught the "watch how they mugs drop when they see my verbal's able (that's the usual)" is from the movie "The Usual Suspects" and at the end Verbal the main character shows that he is not actually handicap and the coffee mug drops. Too Sick!!!!
@santiw616 haha- now i HAVE to watch that movie! ive heard this song over a thousand times too & i still be catchin new things every now & then.. my newest is the vending machine part (hats on tilt; shake; drop a bar etc- 2nd verse) i almost jumped out the chair when i broke that one down.. What i have yet to discover is what the hell he means when he says turn ya umbrellas upside down
wrong. he still spits out of his mind lyrically on his last album. and he mixes up the beats and tempos. its variety, i dont agree that he has gone pop. cant wait for his next album.
just out of curiosity, does anyone know what song he sample from, bc i love the beat but i wanna tweak it a lil.
btw, lupe fiasco is like the luke skywalker of hip hop, he is the one and only true hope for hip hop to go back to the way it was, the way it should be but at the same time is progressive. god we need more peeps like him in the game
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Damn, this nigga is whack. Ya'll young bucks are buying some bullshit. This guy couldn't rap his way out of a wet paper bag. I'd love to see him go up against a bonified lyricist. He'd get straight up destroyed.
are you actually serious? please name someone to go against him. i guarantee you lupe would straight fry them. im not saying hes the best rapper alive but hes getting there. plus hes better than the garbage lil wayne comes up with
Kool Keith, GZA, anyone from The Roots or Blackalicious, Rakim, Ghostface Killah, Del the Funky Homosapien.....the list could get quite long my friend. Its unfortunate that so many of you haven't been exposed to real hip hop. Dr. Suess wrote better rhymes than some of the shit niggas are writing today. Today's hip hop is straight up unlistenable.
most of those rappers are sick and your absolutely right today's hip hop is unbearabley bad but the point is if you actually take the time, i think that you will find that lupe is actually pretty good.
if you don't like failure then you don't like lyrics. this guy has line with up to three metaphors. which is fucking insane , his word play is on point ...so if you don't like this song you really don't understand it .....
I no im late to this convo but i have to agree wit my mans above me. Lupe is 1 of the sickest lyrisit to ever grace tha mic. nevamind tha rest of those mc's u mentioned. besides out of all of tha 1's u mentioned Ghostface is tha only 1 that can keep up wit LUPE.
0:16 Lu like "Who the fuck them niggas in the corner men?"
BIGMrighthere 2 months ago
what song does this beat sample?
unocname 4 months ago
@unocname Idris Muhammad - Could Heaven Be Like This
symmetryx 4 months ago
and people Lupe is not the most complex lyricist he's top 10,and being complex doesnt mean your the greatest it takes more than complexity cayse if being complex meant you are the GOAT the Canibus would be by far the Greatest
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mohassin1 9 months ago
Great song but you kinda messed up some lyrics
royal44100 10 months ago
top 20 most creative song all-time top 15 most complex song all time not the greatest but top 20 mc all time
Nigger115 10 months ago
@Nigger115 I disagree sir, this is literally the most lyrical song I have heard. The metaphors are sick, wordplay is sick. Basically every single line is a metaphor. And unlike alot of rapppers each verse is actually conveying a complete message. Unlike some artist who just put together great punch lines but as a whole the verse makes no sense. No lupe is not the best rapper ever or even the most lyrical. But to me this is the most lyrical song in hip hop history.
kwright2933 7 months ago
@kwright2933 nah any song from rip the jacker is more complex than this song but besides that and Curriculum 101 this is very complex
Nigger115 7 months ago
@Nigger115 You might have a point but It's all opinion really lol agree to disagree
kwright2933 7 months ago
Great song. I love it!
grawlick123 11 months ago
THERES SNAKES IN THE HOOD! GOTTA WATCH FOR THAT COBRA BITE LET ME SEE: THERES SNAKES IN THE HOOD, A BIRD, A HORSE BEHIND A GRILL GATOR ON THE SEAT AND A FOX BEHIND THE WHEEL NO ITS NOT NOAH'S ARK...OCK!!
my favorite verse wit those lines in it..Lupe just ran thru this joint on everything..
LAlingo 11 months ago
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imPulse1919 1 year ago
This nigga iz ill.
yungbates00 1 year ago
Lupe has a boring style ....its cool he is trying to be intricate the way he spits about stuff....but dude spit something people understand cause trying to figure out raps is only for lupe nerds ...or o boy that takes 2hours per 16. get some swag lupe cause sometimes u come off as plan boring.. n stop trying to hide behind a skateboard...come harder dog
yungsal 1 year ago
@yungsal hahahha c'mon,lupe isn't coming HARD,c'mon man,don't hate,go out now and find any dawg that is more completed than lupe,and then we can argue about his style,he is the only xxl freshmen that got the A+ since 2006,so what the fuck are u talkin' about ?
ardithe1 1 year ago
@ardithe1 xxl plz homie that mag is for kids same mfers on the cover every other month...u need to develop ur own opinon instead of jumping on what an ignorant mag says. another more complete easy nas.
yungsal 10 months ago
@yungsal people hate that which they don't understand. and who you tellin to come harder? dawg you the one watching and commenting on pokemon videos so shut the fuck up about being hard. gotta be fuckin jokin...
iseankimi 1 year ago
@iseankimi son pokemon videos go harder than this song thats the sad part....the real joke is ur sac kings...tube my balls in ya mouth in ya mouth..
yungsal 10 months ago
@yungsal lupe nerds? haha don't listen then, it's that simple
Andohhh 1 year ago
@Andohhh o snap we got a lupe nerd....take that bait ...with ur lupe dictionary ..
yungsal 10 months ago
@yungsal ironic cos lupe is a nerd hold tight all the nerds around the world.
looks like i dont need to bother with you, seeing as you listen to shitty chris brown and fabolous hahahaha
Andohhh 10 months ago
@yungsal so u askin for him to "DUMB IT DOWN?" lmao
Jbosshog123 1 year ago 3
@Jbosshog123 bitch making sense aint dumbing down ho.
yungsal 10 months ago
@yungsal let me just get this right, He's to intricate? Meaning too hard to understand. God forbid he makes people think. SWAG? fact that u used that word is enough, And you think the songs "plan" boring because you dont get it. Hide behind a skateboard? Kid has 2 songs about skating i know, Come harder? Lol this songs easily the hardest song to come out in the last...10 years. AND ITS OLD. Kid you need to listen to dumb it down. You're the guy they are talkin about in dumb it down.
TheOriginalCoasta 11 months ago
@TheOriginalCoasta meaning the dude dont make sense...do u know what hip hop is n what makes it??? its relating to people...lupe aint reaching to everyday people...this is for ...nerds..talking space babble.. dont get me wrong i like lupe......hardest ok let lupe spit this in the streets...this is poppin in ur suburban area ya dig, i dont kno where else....son i got dumb it down on a cd....n that went hard....but i aint trying to throw my music on a chalkboard ya know...make sense is wat i mean.
yungsal 10 months ago
@yungsal You dont want to take time to understand it. Thats you. Dumb it down is for you. Its relatively simple in comparison to this song.
And If you're saying thats what's keeping Lupe from being a huge success you're damn right. There's enough people making bullshit music as is.
TheOriginalCoasta 10 months ago
@yungsal You goin over niggas heads Lu! Dumb it down!
redblocks989 11 months ago
Love this song! Anyhow anyone care to break it down. Also for me deciphering Dumb it Down entirely is still a home work and I love that one too!
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MrUltraVirez 1 year ago
Pennies from heaven is the same as the semi from the second (pennies falling form the John Hancock and a semi from second has no meaning. just a comparrsion)
And I reign supreme ("reign" and "rain"-reign-lupe is the highest, rain refers to semi shots- "rain of bullets")
Turn your umbrellas upside down (unbrellas catch the "rain" of pennies from the heaven and unbrella upside down is a kings crown-"reign"
Did you even catch the change in theme?
(he changes theme of bullets, pennies, and king
possesedbyaclown 1 year ago
@possesedbyaclown or the sears tower whatever you want
9budah3 1 year ago
@possesedbyaclown semi from the 2nd means 2nd floor. pennies falling from heaven will have the same force as bullets from a 2nd story window from a semi auto gun.
novelenterprise 1 year ago
This is saran wrap and aluminum foil
Some potpourri, a little machine oil (these are the items used to distract drug sniffing dogs to get rid of the smell of drugs)
I stack my paper and throw off my cents
This is top floor, better look out below
(paper-money and rap sheets, cents-refers to the "scents" of the previous lines and throw cents off the John Hanock bc supposedly if you throw a penny of the tower, you can die. last line is self explanatory. watch for lupe bc he is supreme
possesedbyaclown 1 year ago
"wit da cats that push, 40 ounces thru da hood, like king cobra see we sling soda, cuz da extra 4 in da split is mix its really 36" a kilo of coke is 36 grams. when u cook it into crack u wanna add an average of 1/9 parts baking soda (4 grams)which is how u end up with 40 grams of crack. it is said that a king cobra holds up to 40 ounces of venom and we all know a cobrahas a (hood). also refrence to the malt liquor 'cobra' which is sold most famously in 40 ounce bottles. =) ur welcome
r3d2skn 1 year ago
like he said "And I shake niggas up every time I drop a bar
(2 for 1)"
BuckMarley 1 year ago
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Hadria5564 1 year ago
turn the fuckin umbrella upside down so the fuckin pennies wont fall threw your head they will bounce off like rain duhhh
poundsofthatkush 1 year ago
Who Produced this track Nottz or Needlez
gio1764 1 year ago
I just found a complete breakdown of this song. Lupe is fuckin insane lyrically. I missed like half of these lol. Oh, and Lasers is coming out March 8, 2011!
dcmadness27 1 year ago
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See, I couldn't walk the walk
Couldn't really talk the talk
Had to get my talk to properly explain my walk
Cause this lack in talk had my walk lookin' off
Now I'm over the limp
Watch how they mugs drop when they see my verbals able
(that's the usual).......im in awe right now. im repeating to myself "omfg" lol thats one of the hardest and most complex lines i have ever heard. makes u think about the stuff that goes on in his head.
katharyncrimson 1 year ago
by this track, you can tell that Jay-Z is one of his main hip-hop inspirations. Lupe needs to release that Lasers album!!
DJContagious718 1 year ago
Lupe>>>
U Mad?
BusterEason30 1 year ago
@ santiw616 dos r lyrics rit der lol nvr knew wat he meant by dat
bulls007 1 year ago
the metaphors in this song are waaaaaaaaaaaayyyyy over my 15 year old head :(
RileyFree1 1 year ago
@RileyFree1
not over my head,and im only 18
gio1764 1 year ago
Pennies from heaven is the same as the semi from the second
anyone care to explain?
possesedbyaclown 1 year ago
@possesedbyaclown i think there is a legend/myth that someone dropped a penny or something from the tower in chicago and killed someone. The velocity and weight built up from the penny fallin would have enough power to kill someone on impact. So its like pennys fallin from heaven is the same as a semi (semi-automatic rifle) from the second floor. I THINK
FlashCLownP 1 year ago
@FlashCLownP Uh, no. Terminal velocity of a penny is about 65 mph. It would require well over 10 times that to break the skin. Pennies killin people is simply a myth. (Sorry, physics major here, couldn't help myself lol) BLUNTS UP FOR LUPE THE GORILLA!
1throrugh9 1 year ago
i get tired of this song everytime i listen to it cuz i alwayz have it on repeat
REIGN131 1 year ago
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possesedbyaclown 1 year ago
Great flow, and it quietly stands as the sickest song ever written...
and mainstream listeners are still lyrically ill-literate...
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rhcp2031 1 year ago
its like every time you listen to lupe fiasco you catch some new genius line in the song you missed before... this man with a beat is like jordan with a ball
lakerskins21 1 year ago 16
its like every time you listen to lupe fiasco you catch some new genius line in the song you missed before... this man with a beat is like jordan with a ball
killahdadon910 1 year ago
people think jr writer is better than lupe. I'v never laughed so hard in my life.
septemberkid1 1 year ago 3
I dnt normally try and advertise other artist on lupe's songs but check out Black Dove. ( symphony, the matriarch of my heart, mental entrapment etc) he's one of the few artist ive heard who come close to lupes lyrical content lol
RaGInBaLLeR23 1 year ago
did yall catch at 4:51 u see world is brail hear, im bumby johnson ( a deff blind piano player) i stick to the streets (the stick thing blind people tap on the streets and ground) keep my dogs oun in front of me (the dogs that guide blind people on the sidewalk) u c what im sayin ( super sayin from dragonball z ) and i push keys wonderfly (blind man playing piano, and those energy ball things dragonball z throw at eachother) ...AHHHH!!!!!
oUNIVERSALo 1 year ago 4
@oUNIVERSALo yeah its not just any blind man playing piano either its stevie wonder (wonderfully) Lupe has sick lyrics man. hes got like 3 meanings in one..
sTaydHest 1 year ago
@oUNIVERSALo lol, the fuck u talkin bout nigga? Bumpy Johnson was a fuckin Harlem drug lord
Phantom23Menace 1 year ago
@oUNIVERSALo WHY??????????? IS THERE SO MUCH BEHIND ONE FREAKING VERSE!!!! lupe are you some sort of wizard......
w3795 1 year ago
@oUNIVERSALo that all made sense, but ive never heard of bumby johnson. googled it too. i believed that it was bumpy johnson though, until reading this and u made alotta sense, now that i cant find any bumby johnson, imma say it is still actually bumpy johnson lol
sosadagr8 1 year ago
@oUNIVERSALo holy shit i found him. you sir are CORRECT!
sosadagr8 1 year ago
@sosadagr8 lol yup, theres still more to the song
oUNIVERSALo 1 year ago
Dude has mad style, lyrics r hella fresh
goresabeast 1 year ago
Lupe killed dat. Check me out! Haters welcome!
swillirap 1 year ago
what song duz dis album come off
reneperez50 1 year ago
"turn your umbrellas upside down, did u even catch the change(like the money he threw off the building) in theme?" he is by far the smartest rapper alive
bball2908 1 year ago
what if we are all just over analyzing things?
ra611594 1 year ago
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Somebody decent needs to rap over this beat. It's wasted by both Lupe and Drake
tpl89 1 year ago
@tpl89 How is lupe wasting the beat
jacksonrrr 1 year ago
No one comes close ta Lupe, on lyrical wordplay, like he leaves his verses at Chuckie Cheese's all day... He goes thru the lunchline, but he's just thirsty for a punchline... Add all his tracks together and it equals a positive more than sum-times...
1214gooner 1 year ago 5
This, and every other song that Lupe does, should come with a warning label! like "Warning: Brain Rape can and will occur! Side effects include nightmares, not listening to Lil Wayne, inprovement of your own rap skills and a brighter intelligent view! Call your doctor to see if Lupe Fiasco's Music is right for you" lol every song gets better and better! LUPEmperor all day
DynastyEmpire 1 year ago 43
@DynastyEmpire I can't like that enough. Lupe made me got from good to HOT DAMN. Somebody asked me how did you get so good. I said I listened to lupe and laced him in my style.
lccne 1 year ago
lupe is like one of the greatest like cory gunz, j cole, old skool drake... etc. but i aint like dis too much
montanadash20 1 year ago
@montanadash20 just read the comments and u will see that it is the most gangster song ever recorded
r3d2skn 1 year ago
Runners at Interscope are not as Stoute as him
CharacterIssuez 1 year ago
u can't get more lyrical than this, waka need to take notes
Rahlo718 1 year ago 5
@Rahlo718 did u really jus say that? be serious dude he's 1 of the worst mc's to ever to get in the game ever. No exagerations
majacity 1 year ago
dang aint heard this in like 3 years. one of lupe's hardest tracks
thecool702 2 years ago
all that gas cant help you but solar might so just call on SUN...drop an S (UN) pick up an O (UNO= one in spanish) you know (or U NO) put it all on ONE...........genius
jcvens 2 years ago 3
@jcvens lol daaaang,,,thanx 4 pointin dat out, i wud of neva caught it
DarkFlare91 1 year ago
It's so SEARS every time I write my John Hancock like
Could damn near see Detroit
Niggas is scared of heights
sears and john hancock towers in Chicago...u can damn near see detroit...
deeeeeeyum LU KILL EM!!
jthomas4psh 2 years ago
[DROPS MIC]
[WALKS AWAY]
fiftytimez 2 years ago 6
@fiftytimez
exactly
lawskiner 1 year ago
have you noticed that alot of chi town lyricists have really complex wordplay?
possesedbyaclown 2 years ago 4
@possesedbyaclown ya but lupe takes the crown.
EarBudz123 1 year ago
wahts he talking about in this song
theturkeybeacon 2 years ago
lol you cant tell?.....take your time....you'll figure it out
ramzx22 2 years ago
"This is saran wrap and aluminum foil
Some potpourri, a little machine oil
I, stack my paper and throw off my cents
This is top flo, better look out below
Pennies from heaven is the same as the semi from the second
And I reign supreme
Turn your umbrellas upside down
Did you even catch the change in theme? (this is gangsta man)"
damnnnnn this is defintely gangsta!!!
EarBudz123 2 years ago
One the the best rap songs ever made. Period.
TheOriginalCoasta 2 years ago 2
See, I couldn't walk the walk
Couldn't really talk the talk
Had to get my talk to properly explain my walk
Cause this lack in talk had my walk lookin' off
Now I'm over the limp
Watch how they mugs drop when they see my verbals able
(that's the usual)
speechless... lol
CardiacKatz 2 years ago 5
Good rappers use similes, dope emcees use metaphors, but Lupe's goin crazy doin double-entendres, he aint my favourite MC yet, but this is one of the illest hiphop songs ive heard in a long time
SlawtaProducer 2 years ago 22
@SlawtaProducer 100% right anybody can use similes but if ur really intellgent u use metaphors and dope wordplay.
EarBudz123 2 years ago
lol this film made me watch The Usual Suspects, dope film by the way, finally realised what "Verbal's Able" meant
SlawtaProducer 2 years ago
@SlawtaProducer also check this out...walk the walk-now im over the limp
talk the talk- verbals(words) able. just incase u missed that
r3d2skn 1 year ago
@SlawtaProducer EXACTLY!!!! god damn i wish people would stop sayin "wayne got those metaphors and shit" no nigga he got simple ass simile's. this is metaphors and intellect
BTNHwishbone 1 year ago
@SlawtaProducer i hope you realize similies and metaphors are the same thing basically..Only difference is that similies use the words "like" or "as" while metaphors just straight up compare stuff.
Koolakobs 1 year ago
@Koolakobs its harder to make a metaphor than a simile is basically what hes saying
ra611594 1 year ago
does anyone know what mixtape this is on
mgp266 2 years ago
@mgp266 Its on "Touch the Sky" and " Da Exam" mate
keytwice 2 years ago
fahrenheit 1/15 part 1
Marcussvg 2 years ago
"Its so serious (Sears) everytime i write my John Hancock" as a nigga from chicago i can appreciate that shit
DynastyEmpire 2 years ago
he sad we sling sodas (COKE) aka CRACK he killed drake on this beat
14onrockets 2 years ago 2
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i dont get like half of this, over my head. I feel like it's too complex to be enjoyable. Not saying dumb it down but part of hip-hop is directness. I shouldn't have to listen to it like 50 times and analyse to get it. feel free to argue with me
Youkj3 2 years ago
@Youkj3 you dumb as as shit boi
th3villain 2 years ago 3
and thats wht hip hop is dead cuz dumb fucks like you dont understand lyrics...but i bet u understand im wet like i just jumped in a pool lol...
ballstothewall44 2 years ago
@ballstothewall44 aint that some gucci man line? i cant stand him flow so elementary. i like intellectual raps
BigStacks18 2 years ago
@Youkj3 then find another rapper cuz he just not for u then cuz he not gone dumb it down.
teezy50 2 years ago
@Youkj3: It can be kind of hard to get at first but the thing I like about Lupe is you can get a lot of his lines the first or second time and continue figuring out new lines as you listen. Wasn't the half you got good enough to make you want more?
wwesuperstar1234 2 years ago
"Pennies from heaven is the same as the semi from the second And I reign supreme Turn your umbrellas upside down Did you even catch the change in theme?" Damn Lupe is a Best
"K"
kz424 2 years ago 2
"You see i'm a roller right...so it might be a 'ROVER' right. But everytime i drop a 'R'(get off the streets) its 'OVER' ïight"
Lupeeeeeeeee
HipHopWisdomAndTruth 2 years ago 2
@HipHopWisdomAndTruth u gotta take the r from rover(over) and right (ight) just incase u missed it
r3d2skn 1 year ago
check my freestyle on this...
/watch?v=ym_Nctnx0ao
illric5 2 years ago
is this an og or did someonelse do this?
IMTHA1KING 2 years ago
Idris Muhammad created the original but juelz and lupe sampled it....Lupe has done it justice..... Could Heaven Ever Be Like This
BeatBishop 2 years ago
when he says" its the foundation the i beams and the antenna's im so serious" serious is actually sears(double interpreatation) bc hes tlking about the sears tower bc u can see detroit from the top of it and aluminum foil and potpouri etc. are thing you buy at sears then he compares his stack of money being as tall as the sears tower and if he throws a penny off it "pennies from heaven" it'l kill you (like the myth) so its the same as a semi from the second (if a semi-truck hits you you're dead)
broncos1579 2 years ago 2
i think he ment semi like the gun
jjn3420 2 years ago
he's talkin about the hancock building no the sears tower
and1walk 2 years ago
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broncos1579 2 years ago
Not only do u know great music and understand it...u are a fan of a great team....Go Broncos lol
Gami3it 2 years ago
@broncos1579 semi (automatic)
BuckMarley 2 years ago
@broncos1579 also those things he named are used to mask the smell of drugs. and u left out the former line. "niggas is tall as yao ming, where LUPEmperor, is the foundations i beams and the antennas" hes saying niggaz think there big but compared to him there yao and hes sears towers.
r3d2skn 1 year ago
Gave me the Green light like YODA KNIFE
toothpickman92 2 years ago
take my time but wait (weight) behind only pertains to that porche grill....
talkin about the bricks in the box earlier in the song.
ive memorized every word in this song and ive analyzed it down to everything i think but i still think im missing shit BECAUSE HES JUST THAT DAMN GOOD
jthomas4psh 2 years ago
@jthomas4psh yup horse (heroin) in the porshe. also there is a horse on the porshe emblem. and some porshes have the trunk in the front. and bricks (coke) in da (glove box) isay the trunk in the front to analyze the line u just said with the "wait behind.
r3d2skn 1 year ago
If you are not feeling Lupe on this one, then you're not smart enough. He did more on this song, than most rappers do on an album.
LUPE the KILLA
vittyman22 2 years ago 4
ANY RAPPERS HAVE EVER DONE ON AN ALBUM
ballingangsta4 2 years ago
I've listened to this song 1000 times and finally caught the "watch how they mugs drop when they see my verbal's able (that's the usual)" is from the movie "The Usual Suspects" and at the end Verbal the main character shows that he is not actually handicap and the coffee mug drops. Too Sick!!!!
santiw616 2 years ago 24
damn thats deep, even when u explained it it took me like 10 seconds to get it lol, lupe too deep gotta luv it
converseshoeboy 2 years ago 2
@santiw616 OMG....I just lost my mind.....
HEishere2 1 year ago
@santiw616 never heard of the movie but now i know what it means... this fuckin guy is a flat out genius.
BTNHwishbone 1 year ago
@santiw616 haha- now i HAVE to watch that movie! ive heard this song over a thousand times too & i still be catchin new things every now & then.. my newest is the vending machine part (hats on tilt; shake; drop a bar etc- 2nd verse) i almost jumped out the chair when i broke that one down.. What i have yet to discover is what the hell he means when he says turn ya umbrellas upside down
REIGN131 1 year ago
@REIGN131 Turn your umbreallas upside down like to float in the rain because he rains/reigns supreme/so hard is what I always thought.
1throrugh9 1 year ago
@santiw616 ...that is dumb nice..i'm glad you cleared that up for me
poetmob19 1 year ago
J.cole claim he made beat similar to this
YungFlyness27 2 years ago
See, I couldn't walk the walk, couldn't really talk the talk
Had to get my talk to properly explain my walk
'Cause this lack in talk had my walk looking off
Now I'm over the limp
Lupe is a beast
DatDude912 2 years ago 3
The double entendres in this are unbelievable. Reminds me of a young Jay Z with his wit.
grahamdunne 2 years ago 6
the greatest lyrical masterpiece lupe has put out , && possibly the best in our history
This is top flow better look out below !
fyekid101 2 years ago
@fyekid101 i wud have to disppute that with 'dumb it down'
r3d2skn 1 year ago
check my verses on this beat what yall think?
/watch?v=ym_Nctnx0ao
illric5 2 years ago
it's not for sale.. which is pissing me off!! royally.
snootus0722 2 years ago
thats because it was on mixtapes, that are available for free.
trimbyi 2 years ago
me too!
sugarfree133 2 years ago
can any one find this song on itunes cuz i cant
leos41494 2 years ago
好, I like dat!
Lupe keeps Rap and Hip Hop alive!
WrestlingKingTV 2 years ago 4
Werd its like Soulja Boy is the AIDS thats slowly killin hip hop. And Lupe is the treatment for the AIDS that keeps it alive
yomotha617 2 years ago 23
@yomotha617 u mean Drake is da antidote
skdatzme 1 year ago
@skdatzme lol drake. Good one.
BusterEason30 1 year ago 3
Lupe's best song hands down, he kills every single bar... crazy lyricisim
flipberrios 2 years ago 8
will he make more songs like these?
RikAmmo 2 years ago
@RikAmmo: Look up Enemy of the State by Lupe also look up Fire by Lupe.
wwesuperstar1234 2 years ago
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he sux at rapping O_O
dude like seriously compare him to other niggas like yung la yung la beats him over all no problems askd dis nigguh sux
danielo1ondeck 2 years ago
did you seriously say yung la is better than lupe fiasco? fucking LUPE "best rapper alive" FIASCO?!?!?! kill urself
BTNHwishbone 2 years ago 9
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will he ever make songs like this again? or he going the dik hop route like kanye?
he need to pick heavy beats and drop street shit like this for real....i think he forgot his formula.
RikAmmo 2 years ago
wrong. he still spits out of his mind lyrically on his last album. and he mixes up the beats and tempos. its variety, i dont agree that he has gone pop. cant wait for his next album.
maloneyluke 2 years ago 3
thanks alot 4 puttin up one of the greatest lyrical performances of the young century.
however just a slight correction... instead of niggas brwonose they are like "after him" i think it should be
niggas brownose they are like ALF to him. as in the long time television show .thanks again yo.
tappa308 2 years ago 3
just out of curiosity, does anyone know what song he sample from, bc i love the beat but i wanna tweak it a lil.
btw, lupe fiasco is like the luke skywalker of hip hop, he is the one and only true hope for hip hop to go back to the way it was, the way it should be but at the same time is progressive. god we need more peeps like him in the game
drumsnhockey3 2 years ago
Who got the original beat? This dude got bars for days man.. dude is ill!, haha this auto preview is crazy haha!
gettinitgettinit 3 years ago
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Damn, this nigga is whack. Ya'll young bucks are buying some bullshit. This guy couldn't rap his way out of a wet paper bag. I'd love to see him go up against a bonified lyricist. He'd get straight up destroyed.
kkobra30 3 years ago
are you actually serious? please name someone to go against him. i guarantee you lupe would straight fry them. im not saying hes the best rapper alive but hes getting there. plus hes better than the garbage lil wayne comes up with
Cougarben21 3 years ago
Kool Keith, GZA, anyone from The Roots or Blackalicious, Rakim, Ghostface Killah, Del the Funky Homosapien.....the list could get quite long my friend. Its unfortunate that so many of you haven't been exposed to real hip hop. Dr. Suess wrote better rhymes than some of the shit niggas are writing today. Today's hip hop is straight up unlistenable.
kkobra30 3 years ago
most of those rappers are sick and your absolutely right today's hip hop is unbearabley bad but the point is if you actually take the time, i think that you will find that lupe is actually pretty good.
Cougarben21 3 years ago
Then I will try to remain objective and give him a chance. So far I ain't feelin' it though.
kkobra30 3 years ago
@kkobra30: All those rappers you mentioned can rhyme bar for bar with lupe but I wouldn't say any are better.
wwesuperstar1234 2 years ago
@kkobra30 I laughed at this comment. LOL May God bless your soul.
cisseusa123 1 year ago
if you don't like failure then you don't like lyrics. this guy has line with up to three metaphors. which is fucking insane , his word play is on point ...so if you don't like this song you really don't understand it .....
TRUTH0FAL1AR 3 years ago 4
I no im late to this convo but i have to agree wit my mans above me. Lupe is 1 of the sickest lyrisit to ever grace tha mic. nevamind tha rest of those mc's u mentioned. besides out of all of tha 1's u mentioned Ghostface is tha only 1 that can keep up wit LUPE.
majacity 3 years ago 2
try jay-z nas and andre 3000
kwesi216 2 years ago 3