Lupe Fiasco

Released: February 10, 2017

Featuring: RondoNumbaNine

Songwriter: RondoNumbaNine Lupe Fiasco

Producer: B-Sides

[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
Say these niggas ain't ridin' on low, oh
Push Benz through the bitch, ayy, and a nigga gotta go, oh
DROGAS, I need a trophy for this shit, dawg
I need a trophy for this shit

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
City of the year, city of the year, that's where I'm from
City of the year, city of the year, they don't want none
City of the year, city of the year, them hoes can't come
Go hard or go home, I'm turnt up in the 'Go zone
City of the year

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
Ayy, born in the middle of the West
Lil' nigga, livin' in the middle of death
Raised 'round killers, that's why little impress
I'm sorry white folks, if it sound I'm a little oppressed
And I'm sorry, my niggas, but I think you the best
You don't need no Khaled, 'cause that's on me, valid
Let me push my brother, we don't need no malice
Niggas raised in the projects, now they gon' need a palace
Niggas want JJ's, don't eat salads
Fourteen with a AK, and he'll let a nigga have it (raaah raaah)
Fireworks in K-Town, man it's so tragic
Fireworks on the lakefront, shit look like Magic

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
City of the year, city of the year, that's where I'm from
City of the year, city of the year, they don't want none
City of the year, city of the year, them hoes can't come
Go hard or go home, I'm turnt up in the 'Go zone
City of the year

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]
My city look pretty in the summer
6th grade, moved out to the hundreds
Prolly wouldn't have made it hangin' 'round my mama's
Harvey World where I made my come-up
Bishop was a BD, Dope claimed Lord
Cliqued all up, put it all on CD
Neutron don, but I prolly been a GD
God knows best, so he put me where he need me
Puttin' truth in all these rhymes
State tried to shut a nigga down, gave my nigga Chilly all that time
People think it came out of nowhere, it's all by design
They took away the chiefs and the streets lost their minds

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
City of the year, city of the year, that's where I'm from
City of the year, city of the year, they don't want none
City of the year, city of the year, them hoes can't come
Go hard or go home, I'm turnt up in the 'Go zone
City of the year

[Interlude: RondoNumbaNine]
Turn up, let's get it
Turn up, life in the Windy City
Chiraq, Lupe, what up bro?
In the 'Go zone, in the 'Go zone

[Verse 3: RondoNumbaNine]
Go hard or go home, we turnt up (we turnt up)
I'm from Chiraq
When we come around, we rush stuff (we rush stuff)
I gotta keep that
Cause when I come around, they act tough (they act tough)
Chi Lupe, I'm so hard, I'm burnt up
City of the year, that's my shit, I'm ridin' 'round in traffic
Cdai, he got the mop stick, ain't shit change, I ain't quit
Ain't shit change, I ain't switch, I'm just smart, tryna get rich
I'm so high, you in a ditch, I'ma get mine, Money Makin' Mitch
You talkin' shit, you don't exist, I can leave you lost in the mist
I'm Rondo, real as it gets, either with me or you against

[Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
City of the year, city of the year, that's where I'm from
City of the year, city of the year, they don't want none
City of the year, city of the year, them hoes can't come
Go hard or go home, I'm turnt up in the 'Go zone
City of the year

The Chicago born Wasalu Muhammad Jaco first tasted success when he featured on Kanye West’s hit “Touch the Sky”, a track that shortly preceded his real breakout, his 2006 debut album Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor, and he never looked back. He has established himself as one of the greatest urban wordsmiths of all time, with Genius even dubbing him the ‘Proust of Rap’.

While he’s now regarded of one of the 21st Century’s Hip-Hop greats, he wasn’t always a fan of the genre, initially disliking it due to the prominence of vulgarity and misogyny within it. In his late teens, he aspired to make it as a lyricist. In his early twenty’s, he met Jay-Z, who helped him sign with Atlantic Records in 2005. The following year, he released his debut album (Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor), which was met with acclaim from fans and critics alike, as did his sophomore effort, Lupe Fiasco’s The Cool.

The following eight years of his career saw far less output than many would’ve anticipated. This can be partly attributed to his struggles with Atlantic Records. The executives wanted him to sign a 360 deal; however, as he refused to do so they instead shelved his already completed 3rd album, Lasers, and wouldn’t promote him as they had previously. The overseers at the label also interfered with his music (as they had tried to do with his fan-favorite track “Dumb it Down”); subsequently effecting the quality and sound of his third and fourth albums.

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