Lupe Fiasco

Released: September 19, 2006

Featuring: Evidence

Songwriter: Evidence Lupe Fiasco

Producer: Dan the Automator

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me like Spalding
Catch me like Spaldings
If he indeed the MC
Vitamin like GNC
Can't see me like B-I-G, on C-M-T
Then a little bit of time on B-M-G
But this right here homie, this all me
Can you be down?
Naw, C-M-B
That's cold that ain't ice G
So what though?
Little homie remind me of Ice-T
By the way we share the same birthday
The word play is work but pimpin is easy
So catch me I'm ballin
I'm sick two of you?
Catch me like coughing back when I said you should catch me like Spaldings
It's cool cause most cats I bump into can't catch me that often
Most times they just end up fallin
Ball for a few then end up walkin
Catch me in the ball when a cinderella Waltzing
And I do it until it's no longer exclusive
Might go once, might go twice
But never three times like I auctioned to it
See I, walk into it, I do my thang
Then tell the owner that it's cool to let y'all into it

[Chorus: Lupe Fiasco]
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me like Spalding
Catch me like Spaldings
If he indeed the MC
Vitamin like GNC
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me like Spalding
Catch me like Spaldings
A.B.B. to A.L.C
Man, we stay on the J.O.B

[Verse 2: Evidence]
We on some, E.V. to the T.O.P
Did a little bit of time on C.A.P
But this right here dawg, there is no fee
To gettin' down, if I don't really feel your steez
See, I never trust 'em, catch me I'm ballin'
Taylor made custom, must be I'm all in
Still wanted like Worst Come To Worst
To the point where I never call myself O.G
I end games, never go O.T
And if so, Time's Up like O.C
And if not, then it wasn't my calling
Catch me like Spalding
Catch me like Spalding
Rest in peace to my {edited}
Cali gold rush is here, we never staling
If all goes down, we still get fouled
Understand man, that's how it's supposed to be

[Chorus: Lupe Fiasco]
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me like Spalding
Catch me like Spaldings
If he indeed the MC
Vitamin like GNC
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me I'm ballin
Catch me like Spalding
Catch me like Spaldings
A.B.B. to A.L.C
Man, we stay on the J.O.B

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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