Lupe fiasco - what it Do

[rioslive]

who produced this?

[sunshinecaligirl]

What....the......fuck

[WestCoastBiased]

I love this song and Lupe, but for real this song makes no sense

[whoneedtrouble]

@WestCoastBiased Um, it's a sequel to "The Instrumental" I believe since this is a bonus off of 5th anniversary F&L. It's mainly about marketing or commercialism,

[WestCoastBiased]

@whoneedtrouble Yeah, but it still makes my head hurt :)

[whoneedtrouble]

@WestCoastBiased Haha. :p

[o0CASHBOY0o]

@Scubajam1 LOL

[NoUsernameDisplayed]

Lupe The G.O.A.T, Enough Said.

[jaquel491]

DVD - 7

TV - 13

CD - 15

It seems like a lot more than that though

[1990Delo]

Food and liquor 2 = What it do 2

[LittleWayneCarter619]

Damn this is why Lupe isnt as succesful as he should be, hes too smart for most listeners hahah

[fiftytimez]

Lu-ception....and it goes deeper!!

[hiphoprocklover2]

This whole song is a "Yo dawg" moment...

[BlackaliciousRok]

Listened to it a few times now and I think I get the first verse, rest sounds good but no idea what its really trying to say. Someone care to break it down for those of us whos heads its going over??

[whoneedtrouble]

@BlackaliciousRok Hm...I'm still trying to figure that out too, but looking at the lyrics helps a ton. ( You probably was doing that X D.) Here's a good website for this song's lyrics. rapgenius.c o m /Lupe-fiasco-what-it-do-lyrics

[Carreralu01]

Lupe Fiasco! my goodness, moma there goes that man!

[Carreralu01]

finally lupe puttin some good shit out, keep it comin lupe im waitin 4 food n liquor 2.

[SpeekEZ23]

@Carreralu01 Finally?! Song hella old, fam.

[greg20423]

yeahh dis shit went over my head can some one plz explain dis to me plz

[robertquintana559]

Finally it's on itunes!!! Awsome song btw!!!

[Clutch3Ball]

Lupe Fiasco is like Yami Yugi of YuGiOh!

He always "Mind Crushes" you with his lyrics.

[celtics3456789]

Reminds me of Shad's "We,Myself & I." The first verse is about I, 2nd verse about Myself, 3rd verse about We. He is an incredible artist!

[PS3COMING]

#Classic lol but he lost me in the first verse

[1337azk]

this shit can't go mainstream because 90% of lil wayne fans wouldn't understand lyrical brilliance

[Jellobabysnumber1fan]

@1337azk exactly. he doesn't need mainstream, we need his fans to show whose the losers who like wayne and the people who appreciate real music like lupes.

[jamesmckinnon13]

@1337azk im a lil wayne fn and i get this lupe and lil wayne both coexist as my favs

[idropbombes]

@1337azk 99% actually

[BlackaliciousRok]

@1337azk Wayne doesn't really make much sense most of the time either man, I enjoy listening to Wayne the same I enjoy listening to music or conversations in the sims. They sound like they make sense but if you really try to listen it's just gibberish. I'm a big fan of Lupe but I don't really get this song tbh sounds awesome. If I had to get meaning from it only thing I can think of is how connected/wired we all are & as result you get shit focus. haha its a stretch I know.

[dinkhead1]

Better put it on your fork like G.E. Hooverrrrrrrr-ah!

[MrThekill12]

the one person who disliked this mustve been drunk

[HokutoAnsatsuken]

@MrThekill12

He's not drunk. He just doesn't know what it do

[1337azk]

@MrThekill12

haha not even drunk, he's just a fool

[Samuelrocks1993]

Someone pressed the disslike button and was like "What it do?"

[777krim]

@Samuelrocks1993 lol



[congoMEGA]

"breaka breaka ee-hee-hawwww !"

[nomandic1]

i can,t still understand what this song really is about and that is one of the reason i like lupe,s music. i might use more than 10 weeks to understand one song from lupe. i think lupe is famouse cuz he got his own styl and not cuz he copy others.

[tonytonboy]

@nomandic1 very true my dude!

[pretzelpimp]

what is this on? it's definitely not on my copy of Food and Liquor

[doc2raw]

@pretzelpimp Its not on an album nor any of his official mixtapes. Its on a buncha unofficial mixtapes though. I OIff the top of my head i know its on his "The Coolest Mixtape".

[likeaswinger]

@pretzelpimp it was on the first official release. it had two other banger too.  had to get it early

[BLinGBLinGiTZKiNgZ]

1 guy cant do it

[cisseusa123]

The two guys saying this and "Blackout" are his "worst" songs are insane lol gtfo with that

[KTC12490]

where can i get this song?

[SuperCVelocity]

@KTC12490 Its on his mixtape, U can get it at datpiff.com I think its called the super fiasco bro's or something

[KTC12490]

@SuperCVelocity i found it its on the mixtape called "it was written" on datpiff thx for the help

[LupeF0rLife14]

Thumbs up if you looked up the lyrics.

[mmckoy24]

Hes too good. My Brain hurts.....Im going to bed Lol

[kamrantahir111]

i just convinced my friend into liking lupe fiasco with this song

[Wordlaw12]

@kamrantahir111

Good job

[EDWARD9265]

Who ever disliked this gave it 1 more view.

[jspears19]

Mr. Walking Inception-Lupe Fiasco

prepared to become mind fucked

[bently103]

"wait this is CD so you cant see me": excellent

[5nowwy]

Only Lupe can make a symphony sound bad ass....damn

[makemillz]

lyrically gifted!! Hands down

[Quake2815]

Bonus track on Food and Liquor. Its limited though.

[PrincessJlo421]

Shit is TOUGH! Get em Lupe!

[karkissa]

@rzcmch  your dumb

[rzcmch]

@karkissa every artist has a worst song. imo this is it for him. it's boring. he's one of the best, just saying

[tjmack010]

@rzcmch, I think this is actually one of his best, this is just as lyrical or half as lyrical as Failure, I think his worst song is Blackout.

[congoMEGA]

i bump this song when im surrounded by nonsense

[TheFriNightDelight]

what album is this from??

[sedsta09]

@TheFriNightDelight

mixtape

[jwilk11]

@sedsta09 It's actually on some exclusive versions of Food and Liquor as one of the extra tracks.

[jordan32none]

@jwilk11 its also on 'the coolest mixtape'. crazy song.

[tetw34]

holy shit lupe is so intelligent ....

this song crearly proves this guys is in a league of his own

fck em electronic, candysucking fack ass wana be G rappers

[nicoletran08]

TRIPPY !!! >___<

[SuziieRoqkz]

- S I C K .|| .. period .!

[ddatboi3]

He's talking about (to an extent) rap videos and how the viewers perceive them... How rappers are portrayed on tv to give you a "feel" of how they're living pertaining to what their cds say... He mentions green screen to give you that idea... And how kids perceives these images to be real life when they're really not

[jspears19]

@ddatboi3 well said

[RaqifHart]

i only got one line in this song everything else is a blur :/

[lreco02]

IM MINDFUCKED RIGHT NOW!

[lreco02]

I CAN ONLY KEEP UP WITH VERSE 1

[benton153]

Lupe's word play is SiCK

[HydrosJr]

" They can't do what they see me do , but i'm the dude that is easy too , like I'm easy jr " - SICK

[animal491]

What it is-1 st verse, What it did- verse 2, what it do- 3rd

dang

this man is sick

[Al2SaAd1]

Crazzzzzyyyy!!

[iKillMuffins]

only if he had air time

[clueless301]

-_-... THIS IS BLOODY SICK!!! but but but I do not get it.... MAN!(I'm pretty sure it has meaning because this guy's mind is so vast and in depth.)

[crankman123456]

MAn Lupe Needs to come Out RAW again hes to good to stop so quickly!

[mbpnba]

@crankman123456 so true man he was tryna retire after his second album but luckily for us he ccomin back in a few months, i hope he decides to make even more

[zekeo420]

siick lupe da best rapper alive

[trickboss89]

As young girls would say OMG! This is another reason why this boy is my favourite rapper, lyricist, whatever you want to call him: Point Blank PERIOD!

[LilRedRasta]

is he talking about how he does what he raps about.? like he's real and doesent pretend to be anybody else but himself?.....mann my brain hurts lol its refreshing

'If you play the DVD at the same time that you start the CD

you gon' see that they sync up

And if you happen to doubt, just play the CD while you watch the TV

and you gon' see that I'm doing what I'm rappin' about"

[omwebu]

CD DVD CD TV O_o

[HotPlatez]

It's from the It was Written mixtape

[Renarudo]

Oh my god, I listened to this banga like 50 times in a row and I still get blown away by it.

[HieiGogetaKira28]

what mixtape is this from??? i have the Fahrenheit series, Follow the Leader, and Enemy of the State.

[thesupplierofmusic]

was an bonus song from food and liquor when you bought it from best buy i think

[Jamesmill82]

@HieiGogetaKira28 i get this song from the coolest mixtape

[Thanatologist]

song is produced by speakerbomb from souldiggaz... produced in propellerhead reason

[harrysanghain]

yeah some subliminal shit, lot of subtexts, bang from the begining when he says 'believe me like you saw me on tv'...think he sayin how ppl believe in a lot of garbage/stuff they see on tv and then it goes on about commercialism in the society etc...and everything you see when you go out is an adverstisment screamin in your face - buy buy buy

[Saints9R]

Sounds like he is trying to do something similar to The Instrumental.

Swin n Miss tho.

[mryungyash]

this nigga dope but i dont get it dats wat make this song dope

[WutMMOuPlay]

believe him like you saw him on tv..... he is saying that you shouldn't believe everything he says. listen to the instrumental for that part. But he also talkin bout recording songs makin move

[kolptin567]

sounds like hes talking about subliminal messages

[Vanfecto]

anyone know who produced this track

[aza0269]

karalho esse som  é muito loko mano dahora...

[doc2raw]

tinkle bell got it as close as you can possibly get it. But like most songs this one is symbolic/metaphorical and can likely have multiple meanings based one who listenin. What I got was most highly advertised rappers rap abotu bullshit and what he right is real

[withoutacare129]

i have no idea what hes talking about...all i know is that its dope!

[marqj30]

Nobody, and I mean, NOBODY will understand the meaning of this song the first time they hear it. I didn't even understand it for a long time. All I knew was that it had a sick beat to it. Props to Lu

[TheKurd99]

can someone message me the meaning of this track?? i cant decode it for nothing!

[tinkle2bell]

basically he's saying we have all these difference sources of media that are saying the same thing and all these unnecessary things....and at the end where he says " and if you doubt just play the cd while you watch the tv and you goin see that i'm doing wat im rapping about"...hes saying he does what he talking about.

[dreadsandmusic]

i get the song at least i think i do lol

[usooicee]

one of my favs from him. i sorta get the song bt then i dont lol

[gizmoexplodes]

anyways what is this beat called

[gizmoexplodes]

nah even Fiasco says dumb it down is his most complex and metaphorical song he's written  but the cool is a great story

[Baller33313]

this dude is sick

[TWill16]

i CANNOT decode this for nutin

[kazooie123456]

listen to it over a couple times i cracked it in the end

[sidthekid2009]

is he just talkin bout over consumption or am i wrong????

[youngboydev]

this is 2nd most complex and dumb it down really isn't complex...most complex has to be the cool because of the story and the syymbolism used in the story...

[phsycokidx000]

the coolest is reallly complex too

[14starj]

Not alot of ppl would understand what he is saying in ths song

[Wordlaw12]

Thanks for uploading this song dude please please please don't take it off I love this song so much. Thanks capitalben11

[xiefour]

this is among the most complex tracks he's done...right behind "failure", "dumb it down", and "twilight zone"

[TWill16]

i can get the other songs u mentioned...but i cannot get this damn song even tho i heard it a million times