Lupe Fiasco

Released: January 20, 2015

Featuring: Nikki Jean

Songwriter: Lupe Fiasco Nikki Jean DJ Dahi

Producer: DJ Dahi

[Produced by DJ Dahi]

[Intro: Lupe Fiasco]
Immaculate mother of the holy soul
On behalf of the overdose
We come to you uncomfortable in our ways
Please don't slam the door all in my face

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
Tried to go to church, church ain't work
Still want to kill niggas
Tried to go work, but work ain't work
Work ain't work for the feel nigga
Really make me feel like a field nigga
Make me feel worse, really tryna' chill
But inside I feel like a steel mill, nigga
And it's hard when these niggas steal mama (what)
When you ain’t got, got a meal still mama
Living off a meal deal mama
Can't stunt with them lil wheels mama
Need a real purse, real heels mama
How dem liquors and them pills feel mama? Lil mama

[Pre-Hook: Nikki Jean & Lupe Fiasco]
No man shall prosper
Lord knows if I said it, it's gospel, lil mama
Madonna (donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna)
No man shall prosper
Lord knows if I said it, it's gospel, your momma
Madonna (donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna)

[Hook: Nikki Jean & Lupe Fiasco]
No man shall touch this
Lord said nobody can fuck with, your momma
Madonna (donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna)

[Post-Hook: Lupe Fiasco]
I be just trying make it, I be just trying make it
I be just trying make it, I be just trying make it
They be just trying break us, they be just trying break us
They be just trying break us, they be just trying break us
Interlace your fingers, and put your hands behind your head

[Verse 2: Lupe FIasco]
White T on they shoulders, what drags em off through the streets
In the whip wit' they soldiers, stations of the police
Trying to stick all this time to me
Trying to stick all these crimes to me
Could you just send a dime to me?
Mama please send a sign to me
What's looking like life, is probation and a fine to me
Lawyer said I'd be alright, but I think that he lying to me
They really wanna throw those lines to me
Put me in a line, put the knives to me
Put me in the sky, put it to my side
Then push it inside of me
Holy mother of the blessed soul
They don't love you there, they love you here
I love you like I'm Mexico, say yeah
Santa Maria, Madre de Dios, ruega por nosotros pecadores
Ahora y en la hora de nuestra muerte, amen

[Hook: Nikki Jean & Lupe Fiasco]
No man shall touch this
Lord said nobody can fuck with, your momma
Madonna (donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna)
No man shall touch this
Lord said nobody can fuck with, your momma
Madonna (donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna)

[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]
They sent them all to the slaughter
Baby mama, no father
He was hanging round them murderers
And them prostitutes and them robbers, yeah
Them dope fiends and that water, yeah
Wit' angel dust in they nostrils, yeah
They hit em up wit' that chopper
She was holdin' him in her hands, just like Stigmata, yeah
Said you gon' live here forever
Salvation and treasure, you gon' live here forever, yeah
Died like Ricky on his mama couch, right there in his mama house
Only child, the holy mama's your mama now

[Hook: Nikki Jean & Lupe Fiasco]
No man shall touch this
Lord said nobody can fuck with, your momma
Madonna (donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna)
No man shall touch this
Lord said nobody can fuck with, your momma
Madonna (donna, donna, donna, donna, donna, donna)

[Outro: Lupe Fiasco]
Mama said, "My son never been no killer"
Mama said, "My son never been no gangster
No drug dealer, no gang member"
Mama said, "My son never been no trouble"
Mama said, "My son never been no trouble"
Mama said, "My son never been no killer"
Mama said, "My son never been no gangster
No drug dealer, no gang member"
Mama said, "My son never been no trouble"
Mama said, "My son never been no trouble"

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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