Featuring: Sky Gellatly

Producer: (SNDCLSH)

[Verse 1]
You're just a city in the state of mind
And the streets so cold they are
To get to you up in space and time
Yeah across these stars for you
You're just a picture in my frame of mind
Hanging on these lonely walls inside
To feel and get around way of crime
But they'll never take me alive

[Hook]
Cause we thieves
Don't die
We thieves don't die
Cause we thieves don't die
But we leave behind-hind-hind-hind-hind

[Verse 2]
You're just a city in the state of mind
And the streets so hard they are
To get to you up in space and time
And the Universe are a call
You're just a picture in my frames of mind
But they're falling down to the floor
To feel and get around a way of crime
But they'll never take me alive

[Hook]
Cause we thieves
Don't die
We thieves don't die
Cause we thieves don't die
But we leave behind-hind-hind-hind-hind

[Verse 3]
You're just a city in the state of mind
And the streets so cold they are
To get to you up in space and time
And the Universe are a call
You're just a picture in my frame of mind
Hanging on these lonely walls inside
Feel and get around a way of crime and they'll never take me alive!

[Hook:Extended]
Cause we thieves don't die!

Cause we thieves don't die
We thieves don't die
We thieves don't die

Believe in mine
We lie, we lie down
With a picture on the floor

Believe in mine
We thieves don't die
We thieves don't die
We leave behind
Believe in mine
Believe in mine

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.