This takes me back to the days I walked the tracks at 3pm or at 3am in Detroit. Man being young was definitely better back in the early 2000s. At least then there was a freedom and no risk of being all over social media. This song takes me back- but I'm in college now and this degree not going to get itself.
he's just so intricate with his rhymes that it can reach out to anybody, bad thing is you seldom hear him on the radio, so less people listen too him, it's too deep for the party list, which isn't a bad thing at all
+SEECH7 I think Immortal Technique does a good job as well. The major difference between them is that Lu has a lot of deeper meanings that can be extracted from his songs while Technique gets the point across without being preachy. Give him a shot.
well I'm glad that Lupe isn't gonna retire yet The Great American Rap Album in June 2009, two following albums in December 2009 and June 2010, with LupE.N.D. following afterward.
@stockton209kid its a good thing that lupe isnt mainstream enough, the moment he gets too mainstream his music will just get worst and worst. mainstream kills good music, because the moment rappers get a taste of it they either just want more and more and cant get enough, or they get stuck in it n stop producing good music. mainstream is all about the money, the message or lyrical quality dont mean shit anymore once you hit it big
it's a funny thing but I actually have to hear this song every now and then... like once a month... been that way since getting the album when it came out...
@Ev0lAnnA hahah i got an eye for that!!well of course we all need money and most of us would do the same as he did but there are always 2 sides and im sure he dont like lasers but he had to do it cos he need the money,its like a job you dont like but you have to do it!! thanks the name is actually taken from the Blu and Exile songs,if you like lupe im sure you will like their album too!!besides the music is nice to talk with you,cos usually especially the hip hop heads if you dont agree with
I heard that originally he was gonna retire after making LupEND but then I heard hes gonna come out with three albums before LupEND and one of the albums is called Lasers. anyone kno if this is tru?cuz Lupe my fav artist and id hate it if he retired, considerin hes one of the few GOOD (yet strangely underrated) artist out right now
I don't like this kind of hip hop music..i prefear old skool cuts and hard hip hop but this track is dope! i like it very much...great artist Lupe Fiasco!
Seein' with my ghetto eyes I walkeded with my ghetto feet I talkeded with my ghetto speech I'm copasetic, I won't let it bring me down Bring me down... SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE PEACE & LOVE
@Ev0lAnnA Hahah,i gotte admit the idea with mute and reading the lyrics is really good youre one smart girl :D ill do that!!but still take any of 50 cent album when its gangsta rap and tell lupe to do the same he would do a better gangstarap album then 50 or any rapper because he is versatile he dont need to do an hip pop album to be versatile hes songs are always very random its never the same!!the point of lupe doing LASERS is money,its not like he did what he want!!
@Mr60610 Nas is great but he is a little older, talib kweli is also really great, just go on pandora radio type in "lupe fiasco, kanye, or common" and it will play similar songs
@b3tr4y4l I don't see how that would relate to the lacking of self-confidence? But I see where this guy is coming from. IF Lupe became EXTREMELY famous, he could (im saying COULD) sell out. Which we, as lupe fans, don't want to ever happen. So in some cases, its best for an artist to remain somewhat unnoticed.....On the other hand, i agree with you to a certatin degree. Because if he obtains more fame, he could articulate his message in to a vast number of people's live's.
yea i heard lupEND was supposed to be a 3 part albulm but im pretty sure he scratched that and we are lasers is gonna be his last albulm...only thing i think we might here from lupe after lasers is CRS...hopefully
SOmeone PLEASE tell me sho sings the verse. and whether or not it was sampled from another song? I love the rap but I also want to buy the song where the verse came from.
lupe at his finest this might just be his best song
Btwn this and Hurt Me Soul
@@leonidastheking1185I’d say it’s failure
Still rocking this joint in November 2023!!! ❤
Jan 2024!!! ❤️
This song almost brought tears to my eyes one time. Its 2 real. Only ppl who know the ghetto can relate.
This !!!!! 9 years later
that first verse had the greatest opening line to any verse. ever
calm down lol
no he's kind of right lol,
Danny Brown - EWNESW first verse has the best opening line 😉
I knew it, its the same sample as Common's "The Light(2008)". I heard the guitar in the background and i was like i knew it.
LUPE FIASCO IS THE GREATEST RAPPER OF ALL TIME. (THIS HAS BEEN A PSA)
Fax
Summer 2024
One of my favorite songs by him 💯💯💯💯
This beat was Sooo Cold, and the message was so profound.
I heard this on college radio weeks before food and liquor dropped. It's even more relevant now than it was then.
thumbs up if this shoulda been on the official album!!
Lupe is underated. this is a great song
Man i love these smooth Lupe, Kanye and Common songs. Does anyone have any recommendations?
This takes me back to the days I walked the tracks at 3pm or at 3am in Detroit. Man being young was definitely better back in the early 2000s. At least then there was a freedom and no risk of being all over social media. This song takes me back- but I'm in college now and this degree not going to get itself.
I feel you on that bruh, I'm an undergraduate now and I do miss the 2000s when everything felt simpler
*mid 2000s
***** mid 2000s = 2020-2050 in there.
2000s=2000-2009.
mid-00s = 2004-2006
***** how are you rounding this?
Now that I think of it... in most of his songs... Lupe takes old skool rap songs meanings, and flows with it on some New Skool rap beats....
Lupe is the best thing going in hip hop right now. Mainstream or Underground. Most of his mixtapes are just as good as his albums.
My head just starts dancing on its own, when i play this SONG MAN.
top 5 Lupe songs for me
"for the comin of the carpenter" lOl
the way Lu flip shit shit is ill
i know man, it's a shame that there's still alot of people that don't recognize how talented Lupe is.
its a damn shame this mans retiring. he's a lyrical mastermind
now that lupe is off atlantic, hopefully he can go back to makin tracks like this.
he's just so intricate with his rhymes that it can reach out to anybody, bad thing is you seldom hear him on the radio, so less people listen too him, it's too deep for the party list, which isn't a bad thing at all
one of the best rappers the world has ever seen ! very gifted, he keeps the rap alive
I love his music this what we lack
is there a more lyrically underrated hip hop song than this? No.
no MC has ever made better poetry
Chi-Town love Lupe is that dude love his shit real hip-hop..
this is why i mess with lupe dawg
A Steppers Jam Still playing this
Steady MOB’in. #ClassicLu.
LUPE IS IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN ONE CONCIUS RAPPER THAN DOESNT SOUND TOO PREACHY I HATE THAT PREACHING HIPHOP BUT LUPE ELEVATED IT ON ANOTHER LEVEL
+SEECH7 I think Immortal Technique does a good job as well. The major difference between them is that Lu has a lot of deeper meanings that can be extracted from his songs while Technique gets the point across without being preachy. Give him a shot.
WOW very good song neva heard it before +I'm lovin it+
Lupe Fiasco proves that Conscious or Underground music > Party or Mainstream music
one of his best songs
well I'm glad that Lupe isn't gonna retire yet
The Great American Rap Album in June 2009, two following albums in December 2009 and June 2010, with LupE.N.D. following afterward.
Loved this song by him I can ride to this in my car on repeat 🔂
Magical Lyrics Lupe !! Luv ya to bits
lupe is legit the best.
Cruising to the sweet tune.
Reminds me of my past..good song..
SICK!, this beet is amazing. at first i was like "i dunno, kinda dirty" but i gave it a chance and im glad i did. This song is great!
Lupe 4eva
yeeah i hear u! i listen 2 this wenever im stressed an it calmz me RIIGHT down lol xoxo S.B
lupe speak the truth all da time dis some good shit
this message is so true
" why do the good die young, why ain't there no cure for cancer"
@stockton209kid its a good thing that lupe isnt mainstream enough, the moment he gets too mainstream his music will just get worst and worst. mainstream kills good music, because the moment rappers get a taste of it they either just want more and more and cant get enough, or they get stuck in it n stop producing good music. mainstream is all about the money, the message or lyrical quality dont mean shit anymore once you hit it big
Beautiful.
it's a funny thing but I actually have to hear this song every now and then... like once a month... been that way since getting the album when it came out...
nuff respect from the netherlands!!
Wow....all i gotta say.....Lupe is the realest rapper alive
Goodness what a great rap song!!
this is beautiful
It don't get any realer than this. If I was to write a book or something it'll be based off this song right here
the begining is so live!
He should of saved this for F&L. This is classic Lupe!
This is the same beat in The light 2008(it's love) by Common. Check it out!
i love these lyrics :D
i guess it must be natural for people to dislike things they dont understand
Lupe THE Fiasco!!!!
shit dawg... who else got goosebumps?
greatest song ever
@tmaccome This was on the "first" version of Food & Liquor. Then the album got leaked and he damn near re-did the whole album.
This record is great-Monroe
@LupeF0rLife14 i agree man. wayne has lyrical skill he jus does nothing with it. lupe on the other hand is delivering a message
I LUV IT
Classic lupe
@gottalovetonic It should register a like for every second of the song. I like this song x 352...sounds about right
sick song
@Ev0lAnnA hahah i got an eye for that!!well of course we all need money and most of us would do the same as he did but there are always 2 sides and im sure he dont like lasers but he had to do it cos he need the money,its like a job you dont like but you have to do it!!
thanks the name is actually taken from the Blu and Exile songs,if you like lupe im sure you will like their album too!!besides the music is nice to talk with you,cos usually especially the hip hop heads if you dont agree with
I heard that originally he was gonna retire after making LupEND but then I heard hes gonna come out with three albums before LupEND and one of the albums is called Lasers. anyone kno if this is tru?cuz Lupe my fav artist and id hate it if he retired, considerin hes one of the few GOOD (yet strangely underrated) artist out right now
thumbs up if you think lu is not mainstream enough
@lahij
Lowkey is Fire, All love for that Artist..
But Lu [in my opinion] is number one.
i cant wait!
I don't like this kind of hip hop music..i prefear old skool cuts and hard hip hop but this track is dope! i like it very much...great artist Lupe Fiasco!
Seein' with my ghetto eyes
I walkeded with my ghetto feet
I talkeded with my ghetto speech
I'm copasetic, I won't let it bring me down
Bring me down...
SHOUT OUT TO EVERYONE
PEACE & LOVE
they ask is this his day to day cause tihs is like a week to us
@SolidSnake240 and his mixtape had sum real deep lines and references
they should get rid of the dislike button in my opinion
@Ev0lAnnA Hahah,i gotte admit the idea with mute and reading the lyrics is really good youre one smart girl :D ill do that!!but still take any of 50 cent album when its gangsta rap and tell lupe to do the same he would do a better gangstarap album then 50 or any rapper because he is versatile he dont need to do an hip pop album to be versatile hes songs are always very random its never the same!!the point of lupe doing LASERS is money,its not like he did what he want!!
Got some big fish to fry like Marlins.
damn he's dope
RIP NIPSEY
hell yeh .
it was dropped off of the first album
@Mr60610 Nas is great but he is a little older, talib kweli is also really great, just go on pandora radio type in "lupe fiasco, kanye, or common" and it will play similar songs
it is
AfuzzAmro is rite. the mixtape with this song is called "It Was Written"
It's from the original Food & Liquor.
I can't download this jam on itunes, amazon or cdbaby. I can't find any straight-up fly tunes.
I need this song how can I get it it’s not Apple Music
@b3tr4y4l I don't see how that would relate to the lacking of self-confidence? But I see where this guy is coming from. IF Lupe became EXTREMELY famous, he could (im saying COULD) sell out. Which we, as lupe fans, don't want to ever happen. So in some cases, its best for an artist to remain somewhat unnoticed.....On the other hand, i agree with you to a certatin degree. Because if he obtains more fame, he could articulate his message in to a vast number of people's live's.
Im pretty sure this beat is sampled from Consequence - Pretty Little Sexy Mama..
@funnyrock1112 "enemy of the state"
yea i heard lupEND was supposed to be a 3 part albulm but im pretty sure he scratched that and we are lasers is gonna be his last albulm...only thing i think we might here from lupe after lasers is CRS...hopefully
SOmeone PLEASE tell me sho sings the verse. and whether or not it was sampled from another song? I love the rap but I also want to buy the song where the verse came from.
lets hope crs keeps going
i hurd that kanye wants to retire though :/
fnf up
crs up
I think I found REAL modern rap.
@kexim08 Yes I like that, this is real music here,
this shit fire
Free Chilly!!!!!!!!!!!!