Uh, we just gonna keep it goin' and goin',
until I feel completed and happy about it...You know?
Uh, Opus of a ghetto boy who grew into a project man
Brewster Place, he used to stick his scissors in his sockets damn,
clear that Project Runway, 'cause this is where my rocket lands,
ain’t got no problems, Houston, I A.K.A. then rocket land.
Events recent that lit a fire under him like pots and pans,
rockets and I (eye) up in the sky like helicopter cams...
And you down there in the traffic jam
from here I’ve seen a bunch of fake shit like avid wrestlin' fans...
Came up from the bottom of the eye exam ZOOM
Now I’m like the biggest G up in the room,
still hard to see me like the truth on TV
or the roof from the sidewalk, I don’t flo' (floor), I ceiling
My mama said they need me...
'cause, I’m made from the best stuff on earth like Snapple Tea Leaves,
they glass is half full so I spit into them like Celie,
no longer G, now you can see me
but your letter's still under my sea like seaweed
C and G but nothing bout me C-G, It’s all real, none of this is green screen...
"Shut Up and Let Me Go" just like The Ting Tings,
I’m feelin' like a Mac, standing around a bunch of PCs.
I’ve rocked it from the shouters to the soccer moms,
try to stop what’s going on...
you’ll see the back of my hand like the tops of palms,
I’m balling like the tops of pawns,
circle of influence getting bigger like the ripples on the tops of ponds.
Short-footed and War Headed like the tops of bombs,
Domino-in n****'s, delivery is Papa John's, Little Ceaser‘s, uh,
burning down your Pizza Hut...
Plaque collection building 'cause, I don’t brush my teeth enough,
yeah, Crack is wack and reefer sucks, you might think this deep as fuck
but this like my weaker stuff,
they ask “Is this his day-to-day 'cause this is like a week to us?”
Mic is shy and speakers blush, I is shy (Chi) and he is up,
I correct, me is up - no we is up - cause its like two of me
and each of us, rappin' acid, eat this up,
A-Town down, peace is up, New York to East Coast is tough,
West Side ridin', lot of n****'s salty 'cause,
'cause I be overseas and tough.
Everything seamless, WorldStar never seen this,
NahRight gotta stream this, motherfuckin' genius!
Brave and fly, you backbone-less and wingless,
bunch of chickens on the strip, I’m coming for they fingers...
till what they throwin' up is meaningless...
Chilly Chill you seeing this? This didn’t make MTV’s list...
Finish fingers, eating wrist, feedin' frenzy and shit,
Succotash stuffering, Chicken-Frikasee'en this...
a beat eatin' media blitz,
pace is getting feverish, pain is growing Seaver-ish,
these the peppers Peter picked,
things are at their easiest, Real Compton city G’in it
but I’m from Chicago...house lights, bravooos!
*Applause*.... Yeah, I’m just playin'....Internet, check!
Props to June, ItsAmazing from KLive & all of u who left comments...
If you don't have the track yet, download it HERE
i am NOT mad at lupes change in style and possibly goin a lil commercial. these freestyles are ridiculous.
ReplyDeletehes still not rappin gangsta or spreadin negativity, hes just cursin a lil more. hes a grown ass man tho, he can curse wheneva he wants lol. but i like the new cocky lupe.
if he has to make commercial records in order to get his album to sell, i dont mind at all. only a couple songs would be commercial anyway, and the rest of the album would be the regular concious lupe we all have grown to respect, thus changin the entire flow hiphop is goin in.
2010 = Lupe's Year!!!
^^^ especially since atlantic damn sure isnt doin anythin to promote him...
ReplyDelete2010 deff. lupes year bt i do kind of miss the old zodiac killer lupe you know when everything he said was just extremely complex & you took days tryna decipher what he was really saying. Not saying thats it not still there cause its obvious he's still goin over nigga's head's bt all the new shit is flame lu keep this fire goin
ReplyDeleteum...did you hear Fire? y'all fail. I love that it's not complex because you don't look at more than one line at a time...if you had brains you'd see the depth.
ReplyDeletepause
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shotgun wedding
awesome
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i dont think people have to worry about lupe completely changing his style up. these are just some awesome free styles he is doing to pass time till lasers and to show how awesome he is. On another note, still waiting for the twitter news
ReplyDeletelu's gettin alot of twitter action right now he needs to tread damn it lol
ReplyDelete^^ lets try and make lupe a trendin topic people!!!
ReplyDeletefirefirefire
ReplyDeleteLupe's is getting some serious buzz right now.It's about time.
ReplyDeleteMoar Moar Moar!
This is 3 minutes of straight FIRE! Lupe is just dumbing down a bit to appeal to main stream hip hop. He's got to make that money too! Sell some music ya dig. And you BEST believe this goes HARDER then anything on Wayne's, No Ceilings mixtape.
ReplyDelete"C and G but nothing bout me C-G, It’s all real, none of this is green screen.."
ReplyDelete"Nothin bout me C.G."
Its an abbreviaation of Computer Graphics, that's why he says its real, no green screen.
But someone explain "C and G" .. G as in gangsta, C as in cool? I'm stretchin? lol
seantherobot is this off of the drake's say something? because if it is drake and lupe should do a remix of this.
ReplyDelete^ It is.
ReplyDeleteoriginal: timbaland ft. drake - say something.
dam someone with some mixxing skills plz mix this with drakes version!!!...the version that leaked with no timbaland on it!
ReplyDeleteCorrection: Pain is growing, Seaver-ish
ReplyDeletehttp://www.tv.com/growing-pains/show/118/summary.html
Playing on the word severe, though ;)
there is so many references in this it's dope. I love the Color Purple line
ReplyDelete"glass is half full so I spit into it like Celie"
haha.
I don't mind it. I've listened to this track about 5 times. Still not neccessarily catching the lyrics. Even the metaphors/wordplay from the All The Way Turnt Up freestyle I'm JUST getting. I hope he doesn't comepletly dumb it down but this is good.
ReplyDeleteim mad worldstar dont got this on there site..somebody send it to worldstar!
ReplyDeleteI don't know why a started doubting Lupe but this shit right here is very reassuring that he still gonna be beastin tracks with the complex lyrics. All I had to hear was the I/Eye up in the sky line to be hooked.
ReplyDeletesomeone explain...
ReplyDelete"i is shy and he is uh"
"I is Shy" equals "I is Chi"
ReplyDeleteand I think it's actually "up" instead of "uh"
The use of the letter's C and G throughout the verse is amazing. He introduces them when saying that he made it big, referring to C and G as the largest letters on the eye exam.
ReplyDeleteThough he's both "C and G", nothing about him is C-G, or fake-it's all real.
Towards the end he says people are salty because Lu's over"C"s and tough...
Lupe's like a writer of literature--every word is handpicked for a specific reason. Any "G" or "see" or "sea" or "C" in the verse is not a coincidence.
wtf are u people talking about Lupe's changing his style and being cocky?? wtf listen to all his mixtapes this is what u get: a nigga thats mad nice on da mic(AND HE KNOWS IT) who just so happens to also be concious about things that are happening in the world. yo if u not a lupe fan u cant say nothin about lupe changing he hasnt change nothin... thats why hes still dope.
ReplyDeleteyeah, Crack is wack and reefer sucks, you might think this deep as fuck
ReplyDeletebut this like my weaker stuff,
He said it there. Plus Lupe has cursed in freestyles before and released freestyles with a more commercial sound before.
His album will be on another level. Dont worry.
you’ll see the back of my hand like the tops of palms,
ReplyDeleteI’m balling like the tops of pawns,
circle of influence getting bigger like the ripples on the tops of ponds
Fav part of the Freestyle
He's Nice. All of his songs are good, old ones to new ones. Free styles to Songs, Features. ect. But no one took him seriously, which sucks. Lu - Changed a portion of Hip Hop. But other people still made stupid songs like "You a Jerk"
ReplyDeleteHeres a GOOD COMPARISON.
Lupe, on a song with Asher Roth, and Enimem. All are good rappers, Asher is good, only at rhyming. But Lu is better.
Feels like I've been on Lupe's Kool-aid the whole time. damn
DAMN!! was this on the spot or was it a prewritten freestyle?
ReplyDeleteI dont think Lupes goin commercial, I like this stuff Jedi Mind Tricks type stuff battle raps. Plus but when he was startin out he used to spit some gangsta shit, so what long as it spits truth and has ill lyrics. Long as its all positive.
ReplyDeleteMan ya talkin bout sumthin lupe changin up his style and gettin cocky bout his, man he aint cocky enuff for me , he needs to proclaim himself nationally over jay-z and lil wayne as the best rapper alive on errrffff, and if they76 think other wise, tell em see em on a verse, too bad our lupe is humble and doesnt want any trouble with anybody, even thoough he cud handle it, im just tired of him being overlooked
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