Lupe Fiasco

Released: March 24, 2006

Songwriter: Lupe Fiasco

Ya'll dont wanna see them pop pops when this on
Cause if niggas get them pop pops
Then they gone
You know i dont pop pop at the bar
But i might send pop pops through your car
Ya'll dont want them pop pops when this on
Cause if niggas get them pop pops
Then they gone
Who is that kid with the jewels in his face
With the tools in his brace
Put the tool in your face

Got the police the hustlers and the gangstas nervous
And all these little rappers on basic service
I'm knowin
I ain't the hottest nigga out
Got that fire though
You gone have to put your hottest nigga out
And i ain't talkin bout when the partys over
I'm a moltov cocktail bicardi thrower
Fifteen karrot bezzled out bigari holder
Size ten alligator skin Mari loafers
And I'm just like the cops
Word to the life
Cause i serve and protect
Wit a bird and a tech
And when the lights on
Gotta merge to the right
Sixteen drop in new jers[ey]in with rice
Or in chicagow with the truck
Or in the valow with the luck
Or in lala with chuck
Or in Ghana gettin' ducks
Or in Jamaica speakin' patois in the huts

Ya'll dont wanna see them pop pops when this on
Cause if niggas get them pop pops
Then they gone
You know i dont pop pop at the bar
But i might send pop pops through your car
Ya'll dont want them pop pops when this on
Cause if niggas get them pop pops
Then they gone
Who is that kid with the jewelry on his arm
With the fury in his palm
Got the fury all along

Fiasco fiasco
Send shots ten blocks
Split tops i rent cops
And bend blocks and Benz drops
I been hot now shake spot
Or take shot like hen rock
My gridlock on big blocks that miss not that a
Tip yachts and flip drops
So spit out the hip hot
The wrist watch rock don't risk it watch in the ristwat with chics who sip ---
Livin so cris pop my clique cop pot
Your clique get kidknocked
Your clique stop
We spin knots
Send hustler to my hustlers locked in jin pop and they able to switch spots there is not
Stand back hand clap kick stomp
What you in pop
Bust m's put you inbox
I'll push box dog
You push my r
Its L U when I tell you
All ya'll

Ya'll dont wanna see them pop pops when this on
Cause if niggas get them pop pops
Then they gone
You know i dont pop pop at the bar
But i might send pop pops through your car
Ya'll dont want them pop pops when this on
Cause if niggas get them pop pops
Then they gone
Who is that kid with the jewelry on his arm
With the fury in his palm
Got the jewelry all along

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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