Lupe Fiasco

Released: December 31, 2020

Songwriter: Lupe Fiasco

Producer: Danger Mouse

[Intro]
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah

[Verse 1]
Yeah, message from the DOOM fans
Whoops, who left the whips for the coon's hands?
I heard they want equity in the broom brands
Royalties from the cotton fields, 40 acres of moon land
Scram, quick before the portal ends
Mind the coral, especially around your dorsal fins
Could be horrible, you can go from adorable to barely morgue-able
I'm just warning you of possible injuries
If you wanna live long as centipedes
You gotta learn how to make lemonade to lemon trees
Going rate's five dollars a sip
Pro tip, no rips, I only smoke when the Pope's picked
Take the whole trip, with the old swole swift
Ex-dread locked, headlock with both pits
Living off borrowed time, the clock tick faster
MCs in the class, observe the slick master
Master of man kept a handle on the craft
Like a fondue of fine-blended words that you love like a Mom Duke
Verbal diversion for the pocket-pick
To fund your favorite main chick used whip shopping trips
It's carefully constructed
Precisely overseen and then merrily conducted
Plus, barely interrupted, rarely ever fucked with
DOOM make a Midas out of everything he touches
And that's how the vibe goes
Two trails of rust running from out of the eye holes
Been crying like a grown man
I promise to make rappers snatch mics outta they own hands
Exactly how you taught us
We'll take it from here, look how far you brought us
DOOM

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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