Lupe Fiasco- Switch (Science Project)

[TheloxRR1]

Flowsik MY ASS!!! Someone smack that idiot who said flowsik did it better than Lupe. Can't nobody do it better than lupe.

[TOFreshforGod]

ouuuuuuh

[Marvylours]

to replay click ==> 0:00

[TheSweety328]

Aisha Sekhmet did a song wit this beat and she goes hard on the daily anyways Lupe does his thing all day too

[asdf1234971]

lupe usually does good with the remixes but he kind of comes of short here in my opinion. only cuz I heard a better verse sung on this same beat. Flowsik does it better

[suneater24]

@asdf1234971 The concept of what lupe's doin on this is what makes it so sick

[exochimeraa]

@asdf1234971 listen to what he's rapping man.

[chivoAmuerte]

@asdf1234971 haha- this is only one of the best track ever written- but ok

[ccspence8]

@chivoAmuerte Agreed. He switched up his flow how many times?! And never sounded off beat once. The concept of the song is deep, changing up from ghetto to intellectual. The lyricism in the first 10 seconds of him goin in had more syllables and rhymes than Mike Jones career.

[44harbordale44]

@ccspence8 this should be the god damn top comment, not the ones that are there now

[FailAwesome]

WHY IS HE SO FUCKING GOOD

[supermoneyify]

chicago run it bitch LUPE

[iamrj7]

every time he says switch, the song changes. he demonstrated hella versatility in this song.

[skateordieeeeee]

I was gunna turn my factory ass system up but I knew it wouldn't be able to handle it because Lupe goes waaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too hard!

[44harbordale44]

chinchillas ftw

[ddm881]

this beat is simply filthy

[Itsmedirteetee]

@ddm881ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh fucking tooooo massive man. cannot help but shack out to this.

[7eyeofprovidence7]

He is lyrically mind raping everyone to open your mind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! He is already the best all-time but won't be apprieciated till he 's gone a.k.a. retired after only 3 albumns!! Got tha H-town slim thug beat and kills it..... listen to the words, straight up mind rape!!!!!!! lmao!!

[VinceLP]

thumbs up if you think i am a fag for being the one dislike !

[Mn1710nM]

i dont even kno what to say but...id like to see fucking wiz khalifa try this, him and his same wack ass flow that he has every single song.

[KalphaO]

1 person has a factory ass system

[BusterrHimen]

I turned up the valume on my FACTORY ASS SYSTEM and it's the best thing i've done all year.

[2StepMyyo]

FUCKING REDICULOUS!!!!!

[jakoblhlfc]

Best beat ever!!!



[IntoPeezysMind]

Uhhh he straight wrecked on the "Still Tippin'" beat. He way too talented.

[crysta2k2]

Man, I just had a dream about Lupe; we we're at a barbeque...eating hella food.

LOL.

[INFERNOxBO]

@crysta2k2 haha I just have the image of Lupe flipping burgers in my head!

[ps365gamer]

they shouldnt even be a dislike button on this...and who's that 1 person who clicked it huh?..show yourself .

[SuperfuturePDX1]

This is hella dope. Lupe's underrated

[cubbies154]

straight destroyed it. idk about the rest of you.. but im gettin tired of this young money crap only talkin about how much money they get, and how cool they are. its getting annoyin

[pudo3792]

sickest lupe song i have ever heard.

[damone3000]

@DanteDhaGeek1 still tippin MIKE JONES

[CalumBurford98]

1 person has no sense of taste in music

[AClockworkPear]

I love how lupe plays a role in this song. He's the psychologist, and we're the patient under hypnosis. He has the power to "switch" our being from unconsciousness (materialistic coonery) to consciousness (education and humanity for our fellow people).

[sbj97]

Lupe should be consider the best rapper

[Rompadomp8]

Its soo fucking sick how he can go back through every flow in the third verse

[Jerz0neMUSICC]

this song is wayyy too complex... not many rappers can switch flows like this let alone in the same song

[BadBoyComedy]

Me : I would like to report a crime.

911 : What is it?

Me : Rape.

911 : on who?

Me : The replay button

[TvShowTube]

god bless you my nigga lupe

[Mugenate]

How about you all drop the race and conspiracy rambling. Listen, appreciate, and comment on how Lupe Fiasco, this amazing rapper, just blows through so many rapping styles rapid fire in this song. Is no one else amazed by this? L2appreci8

[aKidwCurlyHair]

His vocabulary is just too sophisticated for generations of kids that are just getting dumber and dumber. All they would hear is the beat and whatever he says about weed, cars and sneakers.

[GAIAisONE]

@aKidwCurlyHair

i mean, it's not even vocabulary. it's not like he's using words you need a dictionary for, but he uses these common words perfectly to make points and flow for a purpose

[waukeebuxman32]

you got download link?

[lorkaspa]

this ILL

[alittleovertheedge]

New favorite song!

[IanWalters]

shit is sick. its nasty how he makes fun of shit rappers. lupe all day.

[devon8trillionaire]

its ok

[387babycakes]

yo i luv dis cat he is that work

[fittingciobb]

Free energy technology exists!But the Oil coporations life depends on covering this up,Get a REAL working magnet motor at LT-MAGNET-MOTORdotCOM ,Let the revolution begin!

[Grigorian335]

album... or mixtape this is from...? o.O

[liljay2400]

@Grigorian335 Welll idk man, learn to read.in video say "the cool" use your head next time. -.-

[mcgowan4thr33]

@Grigorian335 fahrenheit 1/15 part 2: revenge of the nerds

[ballin85]

anyone know where i can find an instrumental?

[exceeded]

@ballin85 late reply, but, Mike Jones - Still Tippin'.

[pregnantkitty]

I LOVE THIS SONG SOO MUCH!!

[johncp1989]

@seegdog13 Still tippin mike jones

[seegdog13]

can anyone tell me what sample this epic piece is using?

[johncp1989]

DOPEST NIGGA ALIVE !!!!!! OH MY GOD!! A NIGGA IS A GENIUS

[LM44444]

first verse is eminem, second is DMX? not sure about the remix..

[LM44444]

@LM44444 i mean the "rest" not "remix. (i was looking at the word so it messed me up lol)

[flintowndancer]

I am going to be highly unhappy if I die without meeting LUPE FIASCO

[REZA1nr]

Murder niggas, step on my shoes I hurt a nigga. Kill a nigga. Fill a nigga with holes. Call women hoes. Hold up niggas, hold up hoes. Break the calm, dead in they bombs. Blow up niggas, blow up hoes. Turn around, smack they moms. Switch. Heal niggas. Educate and build niggas and still they niggas is real to respect women. Treat'em like they real, they fell nigga. Watch the birds, watch Dr. Phil nigga. Chill nigga. go learn a skill nigga. Aight.

[REZA1nr]

what Lupe is doing right here is exposing the trash the radio feeds us.. rap means (R)ythum (A)nd (P)oetry it does not mean ice cash and bitches.. what the radio is doing is dumming everyone down. giving everyone the mentality to have the best cars have the most money have the most jewlery to be a thug to pop caps to fuck bitches and etx. everytime he says switch hes exposing the styles of "music" being played on the radio.

[cibida1]

how the fuck does this only have 40,000 views?

[NBAkingsfan10]

GENIUS possibly the best of all time but i dont want to get ahead of myself

[MrPolarbear1223]

LUPE FIASCO YOUR ARE UNDER ARREST BECAUSE YOU ARE MASS MURDER YOU HAVE KILLED OVER 25+ TRACKS AND SHOW NO SIGNs OF STOPING. Keep up the good work lupe fiasco i know probaly got better thing then be on youtube but i got much love and repsect for you man. you and couple others are keeping (Real) hip hop and (Real) rap alive when some many others are destroying it Like LIL wanye and turing it into somthing ugly. Lupe fiasco keep it real and dont change. ((I'll help spread the word about you))

[EatLitenin]

@MrPolarbear1223 

dito... =]

[MrCombine]

Whats cool about Lupe is he's like old school East Coast rap (heavy on lyrics and flow) but he's also mixed with a fresh new style all his own. Absurd how underrated he is.

[thetevinguy]

The first verse is fucking AMAZING!!

[NSDilly]

lyrics are wrong

[MrAfliction]

Yo this shit is hottt..... if u understand what he means by "switch", you would understand why he's such a genius..

[Haters37]

@MrAfliction mhmmm every time he says switch the flow changes makeing him top 5 rappers alive with eminem bein number 1

[MrAfliction]

@Haters37 With all due respect, Eminem my ass!!

[Haters37]

@MrAfliction why u say that lyrcially lupe is the only 1 that can touch him

[MrAfliction]

@Haters37 I really dnt think so bro. There are other rappers with the sickest lyrics. Check the world play with most def and Talib. now thats if you wanna talk about lyrics. Asher Roth smokes Eminem

[Haters37]

@MrAfliction wow man...we got different thoughts on music then...eminems lyrics are great and im not calling u dumb but u have 2 have some brains to get his puns and ish eminem is the best rapper alive...ps i listen 2 most def and talib

[MrAfliction]

@Haters37 Yeah. Then again they're just opinions ... But Eminem is a beast rapper but i dnt think he's a lyrical genius ... Dnt get me wrong his lyrics are great but he's not the best lyrical.

[bevon17]

This song is filthy and fresh at the same time

[SuckkerFree215]

Why must Lupe always kill shit like this? Beast!

[DAtheBOYwonder]

you a beast for writin the lyrics to this song. real shit.

[e10ish]

omfg lol that was straight genuis lupe the truth......fuck wayne

[HtownDrummer04]

Listening to Lupe is like playing an addictive video game. Great lyricism. I would love to see match up against other lyricists just for sport. Hip Hop is so multi-dimensional, and he explores them all.

[13perspectives]

SWITCH. THEY BE HATING... SWITCH. THEY BE HATING... so true

[jrchockey7]

lyrics are spot on. except one word and its annoying because its so slick how he spits it. Wher it says "just like Thriller play Bambi and you gonna hear that double sound". It's "...and you gonna hear that THUMPER sound", like from the movie BAMBI"!!!

[debosel]

dis rap is hot niggas

[possesedbyaclown]

the beginning is sooo sick how he just blends the words together.

[drumsnhockey3]

this song proves that lupe lyrically is on another planet compared to ALL rappers right now. if his music and wiz khalifa's music, somehow fucked and had a baby, we would have the perfect antidote to hip hop right now. i rele hope both lupe and khalifa can change the game back to quality, great music

[BlackiceNoku]

I don't know Khalifa but I can tell you if Lupe's music had sex with Nujabes' beats...man, the Hip Hop messiah would be into this world. I look forward to that glorious day.

[mzred28]

How......Lil Wayne Is aGenius ANd Black.....Most Actors are Geniuses....So Wat Yhu Man

[DynastyEmpire]

i did a little remix to this beat a while ago! check it out if you like good hip hop music! thanks for the support

/watch?v=r8tUm1cGIzo

[thesir3nsong]

wtf is that garbage before the song starts?

[bozagah]

@thesir3nsong do u care about the garbage or the track

[HendrixLiveOn4ever]

Damn this song goesss harrrrrrd

[lolitaloca18]

niiiccceee

[thoth81]

There's some errors in the lyrics in the sidebar, but here Lupe not only mimics but satirizes "hip-pop", the current bullshit rap that gets most radio play. What a skilled artist.

[DynastyEmpire]

wow i love this song Lupe is genuinely a genius for these lyrics! i did a freestyle to this beat and ppl say i rap like Lupe but i know i cant compare! check it out if you like GOOD hip hop from Chicago

/watch?v=r8tUm1cGIzo

[RALPHpolo1967]

nigga buses ,trains......

[RALPHpolo1967]

i think the lyrics are.. i got the hood like a cobra nigga thank the team

[pmc820]

what sample is this?

[Vinny6420]

Alright I got it

1st Verse- He goes from slow to fast

2nd Verse- He goes from positives to negatives.

3rd Verse- He goes from slow to fast, like verse 1.

[jtbunch2]

he is satirizing the rap game. when he says "switch" and starts talking about "rims, mercedes benz" he is mocking the materialism of commercial rap and how people idolize their possessions

[Vinny6420]

yeah i didnt mean positive and negative i meant he is showing what bs rappers rap about and what is thr truth

[RAMONDlAZ]

Wow congratulations you can listen carefully!

[Vinny6420]

THANK YOU I WASNT SURE...

douche

[RAMONDlAZ]

No no no! You the douche.

[R24ay]

DON'T FORGET RICH AND POOR

[Vinny6420]

The first verse im not sure what happens when he switch but in the second one everytime he says switch he goes from the positive and negatives

[StreetStrider13]

lik dat

[Origins0]

Holy Shit i mean damn this is some real holy shit my god who you know rip tracks like lupe except maybe em on a good day i mean come on this is fire i think everyone needs a lil bit of lupe in their lives

[silvershell4]

yea but not everyone can digest and appreciate lupe's lyrics

[HybridHalfie]

HOLY SHIT

then the second and third verses when Lupe says "switch" he also chnges the flow of his rapping from quick fast to slow

Even sicker

[FottiK]

i think this song is a perfect expose to Lupe and his popularity, In my mind he is the best ever, but still i listen to rappers like Gucci. I think that people feel too much of what he is saying and can't enjoy it because that is how they live. so they would rather listen to mainstream to pretend they can pop crystal in the club, does it make us feel better? To tell ourselves that one day we could do that. Instead of knowing that Lupe is rapping the truth.

[Dom776]

this songs genius the way he plays roles of different people on each verse not 2 mention his flows wow

[melvonjw1010]

hes not underrated hes bein purposely withheld from the public because hes a Genius AND hes a black male! ... his subjectmatter is above most peoples heads anyway and that scares tha upperclass white community! (not to be racist tho(.. ONELOVE

[ccspence8]

@melvonjw1010 Its not that, its because rap on the radio has become all about beats and dumbed down lyrics.

They play this on the radio 95% of the people won't like it cuz they never listened to rap when it WAS real rap

[thenorman73]

@ccspence8 i agree...lupe is one of the best man.

[TurfOrGoHome]

@ccspence8 ma fuckin nigga finally some1 who understands im about to make an account that says FUCK GUCCI

[hiphopmovement101]

@ccspence8 so true bro!

[Libertymy03]

@ccspence8 Huh? hes appeared on the radio and MTV twice as much since "the cool" and hes gettin on the charts because he atopting more "pop"ish beats... lyrics havent been dumbed down if you really listen, he's just switched his style...

Im soo over his new itsh but everything B4 & including "Food N liquor iz timeless"..

[RAMONDlAZ]

lmao people like you crack me the fuck up

[bobby123greenhalgh]

@melvonjw1010 How would a male black rapper scare the upper class white community? The only thing that really scares the upper class is communism, they couldn't give two shits about anything else.

[TheGhillieCutter]

@melvonjw1010 ,lmao ,theres plenty of smart black men who came up big ,look at Nas probably one of if not The best lyricist of all time ,its just like what homie already told you most people wanna hear a club beat with a clean sounding hook no matter what it says...i mean how else do you think "party like a rockstar" became hot?

[drkshdw7]

@melvonjw1010 and cuz he's Muslim...

[bevon17]

@melvonjw1010

LOL

Trust me the upper white class does not know or care about lupe fiasco and most certainly don't fear him -.-

[676jkutc23]

@melvonjw1010 yo are jus a dumb nigga

[dcremixed]

@melvonjw1010 Lupe's non-transtion into the mainstream has nothing to do with ''the white man''. It's got everything to do with the collective public's wants, which, unfortunately, is garbage like Wayne and Rick Ross. Its got nothing to do with colour, and everything to do with the peoples' idiocy and low intelligence.

[RAMONDlAZ]

@melvonjw1010 lmfao listen to ccspence8 bro. Were in 2010 not 1960

[PinPoint88]

@melvonjw1010 I do not agree with the part that he is a genius and a black male because there are many black males on the radio. They may not be as smart but there are a lot. Just saying.

[ukrainianZAIKA]

@PinPoint88 no no its not so much about him just being black as it is about him being intelligent. Its like its not supposed to happen. Im NOT saying black people cant be smart, Im just saying thats the norm. you might not say it out loud, but you think it. thats why when obama became president everyone was like "WHaaaat"

[Libertymy03]

@melvonjw1010 Think your readin into it a lil bit too hard...,. there isnt any conspiracy against lupe... thats dumb bro, really... He almost took the game over in these dayz.. after the cool he lost underground respect in the game... his music iz sellin tha fukk out.. lyrics are still tight but the beats aint bangin nemore.... he says its because his influences have changed, if u ask me its cos he's chasin the charts the same way his comrade Kanye is these days.. bottom line,,,,, radio pays,

[YouTudeMyAss]

@Libertymy03 I understand that wasn't directed at me but I must point out that he surely cannot be chasing the charts? I haven't seen one Lupe track on the charts that wasn't ill. It's just that he's realised that his listeners are actually listening to the words so he switched his style to a more in your face beat. I, myself believe that he is just far too underrated in the modern day of hip hop and rap, luckily hes not amongst Weezy, Soulja Boy etc. But yeah, I can see what you're saying brah.

[Hazedman33]

@melvonjw1010 I love how you say not to be racist although its an obvious fact that it is a race issue with you or you wouldnt of brought it up there are other intelligent black rappers out there who are in the lime light, and lupe is underratted you make it seem like its the white man holdin him down like its a conspiricy. sorry but i thought the black rights movments were done years ago get over the race issue and listen to the music what does it matter if he's blown up or not? thats the ?

[GizmoMofo7]

lupe fiasco is so underrated

[MsTapper96]

Switch!........Lupe is my favorite rapper besides Eminem.

[BaybKD]

Yeaa Lupe!!

[olbi87]

and take the thing "over like a soldier, colder than the polar, got the hood like a cobra nigga thank the team"

that thank the team part i'm not sure of, but the rest is pretty right i think.

the cobras are a gang in Chicago, and the take over like a soldier, colder than the polar, makes sense. right?

[KBrizle]

he put irony in this music showing materialism in many niggaz or rahter people's mind and realism in life as it self because not people be lookin at the irrelevant... other than that song make you think so stay on that lupe|!!!

[iSmokepod]

Fucking ill

[lavs1223]

amishman dload the farenheit 1/15 revenge of the nerds mixtape and youll have it

[toothpickman92]

I hate Lupe... He's a fucking genius...

/jealousy

[genuinemindss]

like a soldier caught in a polo gather hood like a cobra nigga thank a teen

Somebody break it down for ya boy.

[lilcois]

I don't really think he says that... really doesn't make sense...

[genuinemindss]

I don't think he says that either but I'm just going off what homeboy wrote on the lyrics on the right.

BTW it does sound clean when you say it quick though, lol.

[kvelmusic]

It's "Take the thing over like a soldier, colder than the polar, got the hood like a cobra, nigga thank the team"

[amishmanforever]

wish i could get this song on a cd :(

[headybud]

this song bumps HARD.

[slangnocturno]

BRILLIANT

[TheAttackerify]

REVENGE!

[Soru475]

man dis song is so dope . and also it makes me wanna do something like dis but imma let lupe have it wit his Genius self

[cooltv4]

4 fundamental flows in one song. That is just amazing

[TheR33l]

you're amazing.

[REL819]

drake is no where close too LUPE

[felix2341]

great song.

But what was the experiment supposed to do/prove?

[pmaddamsetti]

it's "switch" like bait and switch, catch the listener with rhymes about hustling and pimping and then switch to hard truths about the self-destructive aspects of a ghetto mentality. the experiment is to sneak positive influence and a harsh dose of reality into a hip hop song that begins with mainstream themes, and see if people will start to change their attitudes

[carlSkatesEnjoi]

Finnaly someone that understands his lyrics, not just saying his shit is "dope"... his shit is dope too though hha

[kirbykankill]

pmadd has it right but also he was seeing if he could do different flows, everytime he says switch he switchs his flow for the next little part of that verse

[prime618]

After listening to the song a second time and reading the lyrics..i realzied that your 100% correct

[am3ch619]

hahah this nigga shit on lil wayne anyday.

[bhall198622]

DAMN LOL HE WUN SMART MUGHFUCCA

[earthicedvenom]

the beats sick

[8emup]

that bambi line was cool as fuck Whistle and watch my niggas come

from the underground,

just like Thriller play Bambi

and you gonna hear that double sound.

[HonoredNinpo]

He says "Just like Thriller play Bambi and you gon hear that THUMPER sound" Thumper was the rabbit on Bambi. Lol

[arekkusu1234]

or he could mean the cocking of a gun that someone was about to fire at bambi, that would also make sense.