Released: December 18, 2007

Songwriter: Soundtrakk Lupe Fiasco

Producer: Soundtrakk

[Intro]
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, say now
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, say now
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, hey
City in the whole wide world, hey
City in the whole wide world, hey

[Hook]
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow

[Verse 1]
I'm back, I'm back, I'm cool, I'm cool, Westside representative
All me, no ghost, no 16-bit like Sega Genesis
All G-ball on the board, Soundtrakk
On the track, Gemini, on the job, Shayla G
On the G, Sarah Green, for the green, free Chilly
And I'm back on my thing for the listeners' ears
What you are about to-to witness is
Lu' new valuable album two, credit for the ghetto Getty images

[Bridge]
From the M-A-D-I-to-the-S-to-the-O-N
Potent, to get you open
Movin like a nigga supposed to
Get the dough on the go with the flow that I'm holding

[Hook]
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow

[Verse 2]
Love, got the Windy City on my back
So I'm back on my grizzle like a bearskin rug
Plus I'm laying on the floor, blame it on the Go
Little rapper turn it out because I'm very plugged
I convert, I can work anywhere in the world
You can ask my brother Hugg
He'll concur that I'm serious with the words
To the man up above, thank you very much
That I got what I got and I'm at where I'm at
Like an "a" in a circle, with a pay, lil Urkel
What they say when they see lil G
From the F to the F with the amazing verbals
While they race in a circle like they racing a gerbil
I race in a circle like I'm racing a horse
I'm racing a Porsche, while they racing in place
They race in a cage, I race on a course
'Course, that case in the court did not defer the dream
I am still a raisin in the sun, raging against the machine

[Bridge]
From the M-A-D-I-to-the-S-to-the-O-N
Potent, to get you open
Movin like a nigga supposed to
Get your dough on the go with the flow that I'm holding

[Hook]
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow

[Break]
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, say now
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, say now
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, hey
City in the whole wide world, hey
City in the whole wide world, hey

[Interlude]
Hey, hey don't hate on me
My tank on full, your tank on E
Look good on you, look great on me
'Cause I'mma go and never gonna S-T-O-P
Like hey, hey don't hate on me
My tank on full, your tank on E
Look good on you, look great on me
'Cause I'mma go and never gonna S-T-O-P

[Verse 3]
Like hey, hey I'm the boss, rock Junya Watanabe Lacoste
Beyond clean, in phenom jeans, little rap Isaac Asimov
I let my momma in the rhyming that she raised me off
A 80s baby on fire like a safety off
Got my hood riding higher than some 28s
Off of everything I spoke like a 84
And they in love with him and I'm in love with them
And we'll never ride dubs again, no we won't
Trying to get Above the Rim
A little too short to dunk, so we donk

[Bridge]
From the M-A-D-I to the S to the O-N
Potent, to get you open
Movin like a nigga supposed to
Get the dough on the go, with the flow that I'm holding

[Hook]
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow
I got my go, go, go, go, go, go, go, go, gadget flow

[Outro]
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, say now
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, say now
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, hey
City in the whole wide world, hey
City in the whole wide world, hey
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, say now
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, say now
I'm from the city in the Midwest
Best city in the whole wide-wide world, hey
City in the whole wide world, hey
City in the whole wide world, hey

Lupe Fiasco

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.