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  • The second chorus, the last two lines are Its holding on Its holding on. :)

  • @jasmineskye121 I mean the last line.

  • Far bettor than Lazers.

  • "before you bust in her face finish listening to the tape" LOL before u have an orgasm (or eargasm) finish listening WOW

  • All the songs on Enemy of the State have sampled beats.

    And he kills every single one of them.

  • @NYGandNYJ most mixtapes feature sampled beats. And whats with the username? Giants AND Jets?? boooooo

  • Lupe is the best! If you like lupe, check a rapper named Ry Geus

  • "My new nickname's Genghis Kahn

    But without the Ye but his last name's my side..." This is one of the best lines I've EVER heard. Lupe plays with words and names like its nothing, Genghis KAHN and KanYE plus the reference to west-side Chicago (kanye WEST) is FLAWLESS. Lupe, you are a legend (and by the way,we need FOTP immediately!)

  • oh god... I vomited in my mouth.

  • killed, the original is to good to sample

  • @bawb100 hhahaha okkkayy. im a huge radiohead fan but i actually prefer this version.

  • Wow!

  • check me out

    bet you like it

    u mite even subscribe

    definitely will friend me

  • I love Lupe but I think the beat is actually what makes this song, and he over powers it a little. Props to him for recognizing the killer background National Anthem would make.

  • This dude lyrics are always sick!!! He is one of my favorite rap artist....Very underrated!

  • I don't listen to rap often, but I like this a lot. Plus it's Radiohead, you can't go wrong with that.

  • "How you going to school me when I grew up with your teachers

    I know that you can't hear me, Cuz I blew up all the speakers"

    (Y)

  • one of the best of all time

    put this guy with the kings of rap

    tupac eminem jay LUPE big ( not in order)

  • Damn, this is some talented shit.

  • Everytime i hear this sing...i understand a new metaphore! lol

  • Feeling Red Hot Chili, I'm Anthony Kiedis. haha My fav MC.

  • Good thing this mixtape is so short, otherwise we'd be here to til the year 3000 trying to decipher every metaphor, theme, literary works sprinkled throughout this.. the craziest part is lupe is the only rapper besides andre to make it sound EFFORTLESS.

    at the end when he describes the facets of life not just our american reality, likening it to life is a bitch.. then he says before you bust in her face finish listening to the tape.. listen to the mixtape before you die. so clever

  • @Legerdemainmusic i would have been getting a headache from trying to decode so many lines

  • @Legerdemainmusic Yea...I agree!

  • what is a song similar to this i can rap to like Lupe? what is a good rock song period like this not too hip hoppy but that i can rap to?

  • Does anyone else even know that radiohead did this song first? or is everyone just a bunch of 12 yearolds that don't know shit about good music?

  • @haasy2 he sampled their song, so stfu.

  • @haasy2 Sampling.

    Kanye West is famous for it.

  • The 3best rappers in my opinion are jay electronica , lupe fiasco , and j.Cole

  • "Yeah, I am back up on the airwaves

    Feeling like a Soldier and I ain't talking where the Bears play

    Flair, look how I Fred Astaire down the staircases

    It's finna be a hair-raising tortoise versus hare race"

    I love his flow on that part. The way he says it plus that horn backing him up is just awesome.

  • "How you gon' school me when I grew up with your teachers" Holy Guacamole every rapper could just retire and sit down after hearing that

  • everytime i listen i hear something new

  • this is what music is about

  • lupe the truth

  • I know attentions all about how you pair things So when I want them to hear me out I just sit them next to some pictures of Rosa splitting with her titties out And whats written on her titties is what it's really about Then her vagina is some poor kids from China Nipples nuclear missiles Ass is a daughter without a dad Back is like Afghanistan, Iraq Health care hair Drive by thighs Education lips HIV eyes Environment feet Justice get her so wet, brains get you brains You Can F...
  • I know attentions all about how you pair things So when I want em to hear me out I just sit it next to a picture of Rosa splitting with her titties out And whats written on her titties is what its really bout And her vagina is some poor kids from China Nipples nuclear missiles Ass is a daughter without a dad. Back is like Afghanistan, Iraq. Health care hair Drive-by thighs Education lips HIV eyes Environment feet Justice get her so wet Brains get you brains you can fuck her if you protest
  • @RavanNightmaree illest part!

  • this guy is too good

  • Lupe Fiasco and Radiohead, a match made in mix tape heaven

  • lupes wordplay is untouchable!

  • :slick:

  • Lmao!! Lupe ripped this song!!

    "I know that you can't hear me

    Cause I blew up all the speakers

    And the power line is hanging

    Cause I threw up all the sneakers

    I ate up the imposters

    And I chewed through all the pizzas

    I blacked out with a black card

    And I maxed out all the Visas"

  • lol how u gonna school me when i grew up wit yo teachers

  • i still dont see how people can say j cole is better tthan lupe

  • @bswiffable j coles a great rapper but lupe is on another level

  • and if you like the last 30 seconds check out the non prophets song: new world order. it's like a five minute long wheel of fortune same name puzzle.

  • if you like lupe check out sage francis or anyone on strange famous records.

  • How are you going to school me when I grew up with your teachers?

  • the beat is a radiohead song called "the national anthem"

  • And then Jared Leto was dissed for singing nirvana... i officially hate Lupe fiasco

  • can someone explain the Ghengis Khan refrence

  • @jesseclifton It's a reference to Kanye Wests name and West Side (him being form chicago)

  • "but before u bust in her face, finish listenin to this tape, enemy of the staaate.."

    do i need to say anything? nope

  • @Longshot32

    I don't agree but we have our own opinions and I will accept yours.

  • i wish i had a mop so i could clean the brains lupe just splattered all over the floor

  • funny how ppl still claim weezy da best after lissenin 2 real music like dis

  • If this is really a freestyle... there's just no hope for any other rappers...

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  • @hacymera its just fucking stupid spam. i think its a facebook type site and the guys created it are spamming everywhere trying to promote it. dont be surprised if all the accounts talking about it are the same person just making fake accounts

  • @bloodmoney52 wow

  • This song made stop listening to music for awhile cuz this song was just that good to me

  • My spirit smells teenage

    And Chi-towns feelin' excellent

    We hit them with the President (Obama)

    See we set the precedent (First black president)

    I dont feel Im best

    I just feel Im better than (double meaning maybe, of course lupe is saying he's not best just better then but then again many people didn't think Obama was the best but he was better then Mccain)

    Maybe overthinkin it but makes sense.

  • @DJSJ31 too bad obama has been shit.

  • @DJSJ31 That would make sense if Lupe actually agreed with Obama overall... He was merely giving love to Chicago seeing as how Obama was a Senator from Illinois so Chicago hit "them" with the President and was once again giving love to Chicago by stating they set the precedent.

  • Lupe Fiasco scratched my itch

  • im red, hot, chilly im anthony kiedis. WHO THE FUCK THINKS OF THIS TYPE OF SHIT!! *mindfuck*8)

  • "And the power line is hanging

    Cause I threw up all the sneakers

    I ate up the imposters

    And I chewed through all the pizzas" when he says threw up the sneakers he also means throw up like threw up food cuz he goes on to talk about eating....genius

  • @zapdos2 "i ate up the im(pastas)" lupe throwin around them double entendres again

  • People never cease to amaze me, why can't you guys just accept that two great artists from different genres made something great like this.

    Really what do you gain from all this onesidedness, think outside the box man!

    Love this one, love Radiohead, love Lupe, also for the people that appreciate this i'd recommend you listen Lupe's track called "Fire" which features a Hendrix sample :)

    Enjoy everyone!

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  • im sorry all u fans but he just raped radiohead.

    is it really so hard to make ur own backing track

  • @domandbom Shut the fuck up. Sampling the tracks of other artists is a huge part of hip hop and always has been. It's not "raping" Radiohead, it's a sign of respect for Radiohead, and it furthers open-mindedness in music and helps break the genre barrier and open people up to different styles of music. Track sampling is a good thing, and this is a great example of that.

  • Woaaaaaah, RADIOHEAD + LUPE?

    sickk

  • When he says, "my friends are all in gangs, my new name is Ghengis Khan, but without the Ye", not only is he talking about Kanye but he could also be referring to drugs as in cocaine; because some gangs are known to sell drugs.

    Not really sure if that intent was their, but if it was his lyrics are more mind blowing than I thought.

  • @iluvutube420 m new name is gang is con/ghangis khan.....but without the ye, he has a gang but without the drugs............thats atleast what i got from it......im not sure though, he goes over my head most the time

  • @iluvutube420 He was talking about drugs too...check out "failure" by him...that will make you understand what this man is really capable of. There is a great video called "failure lyrics breakdown" that explains it too.

  • @iluvutube420

    exactly what you said. that's what he's talking about.

  • Lupe just took shit on this awesome song. Completely took out of context the lines "Everyone....Everyone is so near", just as he did on "Us Placers". Fucking dog-shit....altough actually good on the mic, but why did he had to ruin "National Anthem"?

  • nice

  • this nigga said how you gonna school me i grew up with your teachers

  • @BlueUltim ha!!! thats problly the only partt of the song you understood! yes i heard it! but come on he described all of fucking society into one human form! thats just insane!

  • @NuMeskeetVideos yea towards the end he described all problems of society with one woman... fucking genious.

  • So when I want them to hear me out I just sit them next to some pictures of Rosa splitting with her titties out And whats written on her titties is what it's really about Then her vagina is some poor kids from China Nipples nuclear missiles Ass is a daughter without a dad Back is like Afghanistan, Iraq Health care hair Drive by thighs Education lips HIV eyes Environment feet Justice get her so wet, brains get you brains You can fuck her if you protest
  • @NuMeskeetVideos ok i dont know what the fuck u just said but it made my day hahahaha

  • @DatNewIsh2010 yhur welcome ahahahaha

  • I practically jizzed when he said "How you gonna school me when I grew up with your teachers?"

  • I know that you can't hear me

    Cause I blew up all the speakers

    And the power line is hanging

    Cause I threw up all the sneakers

    nobody is fucking with lupe

  • lupe is not the best hes just better than EVERYONE!

  • I know attentions all about how how you pair things, So when I want em to hear me out, I just sit them next to some pictures of Rosa splittin wit her titties out...

  • Lupe Fiasco and Radiohead?

    OK this couldn't possibly get better.

  • Before you bust in her face, finish listenin to the tape, Enemy of The State. Jesus, Lupe! You're a champ.

  • "I take it back for you like the wild stallions of san demis" Yes! Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure, wow sick reference

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  • @bloodmoney52 yo i just got that bar after trying to figure it out for almost a year. thanks!!!

  • my favorite song on the mixtape. his flow was just crazy and that last verse ridiculous.... Lupe = best rapper out

  • Greatest freestyle I've ever heard. Excellent sample choice, perfect flow and delivery. Damn, Lu.

  • man this guy is good, his rhymes are as tight as last years jeans.

  • 5 stupid people...

  • @bloodmoney52 No its not. As i said earlier, name one line from the song thats gangsta

  • I wish more people listened to stuff like THIS.

    "But you can't bring it to my court, not even with subpoenas."

  • this was better as a radiohead song.

  • @SuperiFox who cares lupe spit striaght fire over it

  • @FMurdaBIllz i agree

  • this is my second favorite freestyle so far after jay z grammy faimily freestyle

  • Man when you listen to Lupe with the Lyrics in front of you the result is Undescribable.

  • @KevthaRebel I think that line is " I ate up the Imposters (im pastas) and i chewed through all the pizzas"

  • Lol I love this vid, I'm doing real girls these days fieryvid dottt commm

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  • Justice get her so wet, brains get you brains. You can fuck her if you protest.

  • "And what’s written on her titties is what it’s really about Then her vagina is some poor kids from China Nipples nuclear missiles Ass is a daughter without a dad Back is like Afghanistan, Iraq Health care hair Drive by thighs Education lips HIV eyes Environment feet Justice get her so wet, brains get you brains You can f-ck her if you protest But before you bust in her face, finish listenin’ to the tape… Enemy of the State" - Lupe Fiasco
  • Was so excited before i'd heard this all, but quite underwhelmed. Massive Radiohead fan and Luoe's lyrics are on point but his delivery is off.

  • Lupe + Radiohead = god like

  • I'm feeling a lil' bit uncomfortable to say that, but that sucks. I Love Hip-Hop, but that was just bullshit. To mess up such a brillant song like "The National Anthem" with some really bad gangsta-rap. That guy should get arrested for sampling.

  • @MacRaisen im sorry that you feel that way. but trust me he isn't trying to diss anything by sampling this. he produces very heavy wordplay on all of his songs. you really need to listen to his music alot cause he is (in my opinion) one of the greatest of our time.

  • @nicknac1137 It's not just your opinion, its a fact! He is the best rapper to come out in the last 10 years! This dude is on his shit, and can lyrically crush the comp. Ranked up there with Mos Def, Talib Kweli, and Nas

  • @MacRaisen i'm sorry, but you sound extremely ignorant and moreover completely fucking stupid. gangsta-rap? i can't possibly imagine how anybody who even remotely listens to lupe (let alone this song) could say that. i love music of all genre's, and while lupe is my favorite ARTIST (not just hip-hop artist) i love radiohead as well. i understand it is your own right to have an opinion and feel uncomfortable with the mixing of genres...but "gangsta-rap"? fuck outta here with your close-minded bs

  • @MacRaisen Dude thats the stupidest thing ive read all week! DO you know what gangsta rap is?!!?!?!?!? How is this gangsta rap!?!?!?!?? Give me one line from this song thats gangsta rap... As a matter of fact give me one line from the whole mixtape thats gangsta rap. Just one line, go ahead.....

  • @MacRaisen before u listen to epic songs like this get all the dicks off ur face...or else the song will sound like wut i do to ur mom

  • @MacRaisen "gangsta rap"!? name me a lyric in this song that had anything to do with gangsta rap.

    So ignorant...

  • @MacRaisen Your so stupid this isnt gangsta rap at all. Think about what you sayy and actually listen to the lyrics before you say something stupid like that

  • @MacRaisen how is that gangsta rap you douche bag just because hes rapping doesnt mean its gangsta rap you ignorant fuck

  • @originaldrmafia

    It's ignorance. The best thing to do is just ignore it.

    Lupe is the truth.

  • @MacRaisen You should feel uncomfortable, your deaf.

  • @MacRaisen I hope you catch ear cancer or some shit.. just lose the ability to hear.

  • haha "I Just feel i'm better than...'everyone'...."

  • this iz y far the sickest shit i herd cummin frm Lupe Fiasco... i mean im gunna hav a heart attack if i here sumthin sicker by Lupe Fiasco

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  • smh

  • "Your attention please, your attention I need it

    So I can sit you in a position from which I see it

    Where I’m seated is scenic

    Heavy-weight or slim as the Machinist, so bulimic

    Which means you somewhere in between it

    I take it back for you like the Wyld Stallyns of San Dimas"

    Anyone fucking with this guy right now, outside the exception of maybe Eminem? I think not Lupe is just raw.

  • @BusterEason30 explain what he's talkin about

  • @jesseclifton They attention please line to the where I'm seated is scenic line is pretty self-explanatory.

    If you're a heavyweight in boxing for example you're usually well over 200 pounds and in the movie The Machinist lead actor Christian Bale lost over 60 pounds for the role and weighed 120 lbs. while shooting the film, so if you're were bulimic you would probably fall somewhere between a heavyweight of Christian Bale's character in The Machinist. And Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure is a

  • @jesseclifton movie about two teenagers who were in a band called the Wyld Stallyns and they live in San Dimas, California and continuously go back in the past using a time machine to collect famous people from the past to help them from failing school for example: Abraham Lincoln, Beethoven, Genghis Khan & Napoleon Bonaparte . So Lupe's literally taking it back for you like Bill & Ted were in the movie.

    I don't know if that explained it well enough, but I tried.

  • awsome bitiches

  • "I take it back for you, like the Wild Stallions of San Dimas" lol Lupe watches Bill & Ted??

  • poetry.. takes about 3 or 4 replays to soak it all in

  • wow i was blown by his the lyrics

    "her vagina, poor kids in china!"

    wow

    i had 2 listen 2 get full effect

  • I ate up the imposters (im-pastas)

    And I chewed through all the pizzas

    wow...

  • so you say 'fuck" but "ni***s"...something wrong with that in my mind

  • two words, THE TRUTH

  • Amazing.

  • I like it *end communications* ¬_¬

  • once he said "i dont feel im best i just feel im better than.....(Radiohead:everyone)" i had to replay like 10 times just to make sure that he really did something so clever and simple as that

  • @MugenFicoInfinite14 If you like stuff like that kano did it years ago in 'no no no'/ that was impressive

  • whats the meaning behind the ending of the third verse, can anyone explain

  • @peggsheg If your talking about when he is explaining the body of a girl her is saying that now a days people can only pay attention and lissin if things are sex related, so inoder for him to get people to pay attention thats how he breaks it down.

  • @peggsheg Never mind i thought you said 4th

  • Radiohead is the sht, Lupe is the sht, this song is the sht squared, end of story.

  • And you cant sit there, That sections for the seniors And the sexy senoritas, So just move up to the bleachers! How you gonna school me when I grew up with your teachers? I know that you can't hear me Cause I blew up all the speakers And the power line is hanging

    Cause I threw up all the sneakers!

    I ate up the imposters and I chewed through all the pizzas,

    I blacked out with a black card

    And I maxed out all the Visas!

    Lupe is a FUCKING BEAST!!!!! 5/5 one of the best lyricists of this time!

  • read what you wrote. "when he talks about soldier "not where the bears play""

    he pretty much said he wasnt talking about soldier field.......

  • "And you can't sit their, that sections for the seniors!"

    Lupe has some sick lyrics

  • why cant we all just agree that Lupe has put some sick lyrics over a sick song by Radiohead?

    Personally I think it sounds freakin dope put together. Why do all the Radiohead fanboys (and I love Radiohead too) have to bitch about Lupe "copying"? I think this is tight as fuckk

  • This got a Raw Rock Thing Going On.

  • it was my first time hearing this song thats why im just noticing that

  • "So you should hang around here (hair) like some earrings, I know attentions all about how you pair things, So when I want them to hear me out, just sit them next to some pictures of Rosa splitting with her titties out".........

    lol @ lupe for throwing Rosa Acosta in there on the last verse and personifying her body parts...pure genius

  • yoo he got kanye

  • Ya, he did. just noticed that!

  • Nooooo Lupe what have you done!

  • @Sherpafry Dis song is  fiya.....

  • i still cant believe he went at kanye and no one sees it