Lupe Fiasco- Twilight Zone
Музыка
Twilight Zone
Lyrics:
Uh, uh, uh, uh, 1-5 who's crooked than One-Time?
I say 1-5 who's more crooked than One-Time?
Yeah, yeah check is my mic on? As I twilight zone?
[Verse:]
My mindstate rewinds wakes
And fast-forwards bullets makin'a B-line for my face
Then they stop like Neo
Laugh at me throw some cash at me then fly pass me
But one ricochette off the wall to come ask me
Am I scared of him or the "nigga that blast me"
Or maybe just the hammer that goes to be a hole in an innocent bystander
My eye's a camera my ear's a microphone
My mind is Pro Tools my head is a stool
Whats recorded in my dome gets reported when I zone
My mouth is a speaker I'm anchoring the misery
There's no friends my enemy of my enemy is my enemy
Beekers and test tubes full of memories
In my labatory I create stories
Doze off then wake up surrounded by Forties
Wit glocks tucked in they labels
And they caps is baseball hats
Playin poker at a table
Cigarrets massage they shoulders in belly tops showin off they navels
A dime sack side bets, a tech is runnin' for president
Jesus pieces walk around with niggas hangin from they necks
Monoploy is playin' chess
I just picked up an obituary of a bullet proof vest
Put the headphone on my mouth speak into my ears
Yea microphone check, check, check, check, check
Check, a pair of Air Forces told me Rims've been extinct for years
Been ethnic cleansed by Jersey's tryna take over the set
And Television is on deathrow for killing BET and MTV over a dice game
And paralyizing CNN for knifing him in the neck
I hear Clear Channel's been fightin him in the rec
Who's in for givin' grape Kool-Aid laced wit STRY 9 to Mixtapes and arm robbin cassettes
Dope told me Weed was a crack fiend but Crack told me Dope was a base head
Hi-hats told police he was just a soldier he did what the Bass said
The Snare and the Kick didn't make it out alive
The Sample made it out with some money but he died in the ride
The 808 got caught wit some work (He ain't never comin' home)
So the MPC's and the MP3's is fightin over his turf
Sean Don just gave birth
But she's thinkin' bout leavin it on the doorstep of a church
Cristal can't have kids she plottin' to kidnap it that she orchestrated with a purse
But Gucci told Fendi and Fendi turned and around and told Henny
And Henny is Moets baby's father
But she tried it anyway disguised as nurse
In the newspapers it says "Hip-Hop called Rock n Roll racist"
The Six ripped the Five and the Maybach taped it
A Hundred dollar bill just signed a record deal
But blew all his money on the Braceletes
And givin' the Gold Dollar a face lift
A Button Up just drove by in a 6-4 Impalla
All the Rolex's is hatin' you see the smirks on they faces
The Havatampas is defending the Dutches they keep catchin cases
But the judge is a Swisha he just give em iBonds and community service with the Papers
so the Newport's is gettin mad at the ZigZags then out come the razors
See the Kool's is killers on the creep
Rush up on the Philly, leave his guts spillin on the street
Some Gold Grills burned down a building of some teeth
Some Sharpened Tooth Brushes is holding the trampoline cuz some children finna to leap
I just seen Rocawear rock Sean John to sleep with the same heat that Baby Phat carried
Sprint is pimpin Nextel she just gave head to a Black Berry...
I heard she go two-ways
But he was skeetin on her face as it was beepin on my waist
This is the mind of Lupe
Just make sure my mic's on when I Twilight Zone, Zone, Zone, Zone
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This song is why people tell Lupe to dumb it down.
@canaisyoung3601
5 жыл бұрын
Those people are morons.
this song is the definition of personification
@yoyoyoaliman
7 жыл бұрын
his lyrical prowess is so overlooked smh.
@ajamucollins4395
5 ай бұрын
@@yoyoyoalimanThis is only proof of where this world has truly and always been headed. 😢
When people ask me why I think Lupe is one of the greatest rappers of all time i send them this track.
Lupe is forever the best. His bars are on another dimension. Haha.
@alextltdtoliveto_die5515
10 жыл бұрын
On some real shit lol I was done at the beginning.
@jayrusso1589
5 жыл бұрын
Kendrick Lamar
@NoCenterTV
4 жыл бұрын
@@jayrusso1589 he cant do this breh
@antwahnredding7637
4 жыл бұрын
@@NoCenterTV Kendrick Lamar did with DAMN.
@Sensaikev
2 жыл бұрын
Just here in 2021 to pay my respects to this lyrical murder y’all favorite rappers can’t rap like this
Hi-hats told the police/ he was just a soldier/ he did what the bass said 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯
I thought I'd never be able to say this, but this actually puts nas original piece to shame... I actually thought that was an impossible feat at one time
The picture he paints is legendary been listening to this track since it came out…Lupe Top 3 no doubt
Lupe is brilliant. He just described society for what it is....we're no longer humans but beings that are obsessed with materialism. Consumers that are consumed by Capitalism. This is personification at its best!
Lupe is the goat. I’m saying this post tetsuo, post wave, post lasers. He been that status since revenge. Solidified it with the gorillaz. Cemented it with every album after that. Sadly, he’ll be sidelined as average til he’s dead. Then atomic mis philosophy will be a lesson in every poli-sci class
Holy shit. I consider my self somewhat of an intelligent person, and even I felt like this is some next level shit...
lupe da MAN. he and andre 3000 have a lyrical genius that is literally out of this galaxy.
I just realized what this song is. Lupe writes a spec script for the most unhinged Pixar joint yet
The is like the most Clever shit ever
Lupe doesn't write lyrics. He writes essays.
@chrism.nsarille2842
6 жыл бұрын
invrcuss dude writes plays!
He used personification throughout this whole song to form an allusion displaying his views on hip hop culture as a whole, from mere fashion to the repetitive topics rappers elaborate on... Dudes a genius
Jesus pieces walk around with, n hanging from they necks 1:48 that inversion catches me off guard every time
lupe is the best rapper in the game hands down content + delivery+passion = greatness or real music
Best hip hop song evr he talks about everything going on in the streets with perfect transitions
blew the fuck out of my mind.
I can't decide which is better: This, Failure or Mural...
@n4su5
7 жыл бұрын
Mural is a bit unfuckwitable friend...
@ajlawless7937
6 жыл бұрын
All crazy, but failure.
@wellDamnJamz
6 жыл бұрын
honorable mention Lupe The Killer but Mural the weakest to me of those to me. probably Failure
@valzod3808
5 жыл бұрын
Mural
@mrcrackdonald_1
4 жыл бұрын
Mural is actually still deeper than people think, and I mean even among people who think it’s complex, it’s even more complex
This joint is so crazy he just incorporates so much into his music its too sick for the usual listener too raw for the game the best rapper alive
Lupe is underrated as hell.
"This is the mind of Lupe"
I remember when i heard the 1st time this track, i was wondering when he said at the end. ''This is the mind of Lupe'' Lupe is a genius.
"A Hundred dollar bill just signed a record deal But blew all his money on the Braceletes And givin' the Gold Dollar a face lift" priceless
Lupe is the Hemingway of hiphop. If you don't know, you better ask somebody!!!
I need a lupe x cambatta collab ASAP
now this is hip hop...this is art...the difference between talented and gifted...a lot of rappers are scared to think outside the box which is y everything sounds the same...Lupe is a beast wit it
OMFG LUPE IS GOD. AFTER THIS SONG YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO SAY SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT LUPE EVER!
This man is the reason why I still have faith in hip hop as an art. This is one of the dopest songs I've heard in a while. True poetry over a beat.
most creative rapper in the history of hiphop period!!!!!!! Lupe for prez!!!
What many people fail to realize is that many rappers have their own style which is based off of where their from or how they were brought up. Its pointless to argue whose better because they dont rap about the same things. Drake was never from the streets so he doesnt rap about the hood. He raps abouts things that he has experienced so how does that make him fake? Lupe raps about his experiences and keeps it real just like many other rappers do.
that black berry bar is so sick
I was playing this in my car today....And i was driving through the ghetto part of my city, and @ 0:30, the gun shots scared the shit outta me haha
Man this is freestyle material. I love to see him battle against some of HipHops top MC's
man let the hater's hate, all they can do it show how oblivious to the pure intelligence and creativity that lupe presents in his music, if they want to listen to lil wayne and gucci mane, let them, hey they'll be in jail or dead in a few years lol, and if they arent, what they say wont impact much, all they can do is hate on the best rapper ever!!!
i love how on a song like this where lupe just shows how skilled he is at rap / rhyming people are like eh eminem jayz nas is best whatever, when on a song like daydreamin dumb it down or conflict diamonds, everyone bows down to lupe / immortal.
Wish more rappers were this creative and lyrical, but who Am i kidding.. Lupe is a BEAST!!!!!
“Monopoly is playin' chess, I just picked up an obituary of a bullet proof vest.” This quote may not stand out. But if we break it down, we start to understand what Lupe brings to the table. In that quote Monopoly doesn’t only mean the famous game but the concept of a monopoly that is now outlawed. Since it is outlawed companies must come up with new strategies to make the most money in their industry.
Best of lupe. Period!
so much depth, I love it
Lupe Fiasco the educated Emcee "Put the headphone on my mouth speak into my ears" this guy takes the complex English language and makes it his play thing with his diction and word play So sick
seriosuly lupe on some other lyrical genious mind provokin stuff best lyricist of this time hands down
dope told me weed was a crack fiend and crack told me dope was a bass head this is the mind of lupe
My goodness this is one of my favorites for a reason.......#enjoi Its bcuz his mind is #Soanimated
Finally somebody with sense..Ur the first i've seen with Kweli, common and 3000 on the top 10..I applaud ur taste
Lupe is greater than a great number of even the all time greats.
@SuperGlaurung What you fail to understand are the meanings behind the lyrics Lupe spits For example the line you called whack "My mind state rewinds wakes" is a play on words using the antonym of sleeping he’s asleep and yet his thoughts run rampant, "And fast-forwards bullets makin' a B-line for my face" dream sequence where he is obviously being shot Those are the easiest lines to understand the whole song is one big metaphor
“The sample made it out with some money, but died in the ride.”
that song is just out of this world lupe is the best
''the thiefs theme'' as always when a lupe song ends you get that goosebumps whit that extra meaning to the song
Love this dude!!!
The things we own own us. It become impossible to separate the individual from the stuff, the things from the person. What's hip-hop without Glocks, rims, bitches, snitches, and work? This is what Lupe makes me think about here.
see lupe makes u just wanna pick up a pen and paper and write lyrics....its like inspirational how many rappers/emcees u know that could come up with something as intricate as this?
well...damn. one of the greatest hip hop songs made since the turn of the century. hands down. wow.
Lupe is sick !! :D
lupe is the best mainstream rapper
Damn all this Consumerism in one verse What I get from it is that all these labels and companies are fighting eachother to get the most money from the people
Lupe is raw as hell and there was a reason that both Kanye West and Jay-Z said that Lupe Fiasco was going to be the savior of Hip-Hop, and this was because of these songs that Lupe started with and people like Nas and Jay-Z recognized his talent and helped get started. The reason Lupe does not like Jay-Z is because Jay-Z thinks himself as a God and Lupe is very religious. This feud can be seen in Lupe's "Popular Demand." Lupe is the real thing not the mainstream just wait till his album drops
Living, walking, breathing crossword puzzle. WasaLupe Fiasco!
@SuperGlaurung He's saying his mind (as we know is the setting for the song hence him saying "This is the mind of Lupe") rewinds him waking up then he sees bullets coming for him (Fast-Forwarding bullets) but then it stops like Neo (The Matrix) and then the bullets mock him. But one bullet ricochets and asks him if he,Lupe, is scared of the bullet itself or the person wielding the weapon. Then goes on to say that it will become a bullet-wound in an innocent bystander. Idk what else to tell you.
Wow...This is the sickest flow I've heard over this beat...
Lupe please dumb it down!
this song alone makes Lupe the best rapper out there
who has the mental capacity to come up with this lyrics???? oh yea my boy Lupe!!!
no one can get it as easy as lupe the lyrics just come to him once hes ready and no one is as complex as him ever!
Damn, Lupe be coming with them lyrics.
Holy Shiit lupe.. this song is incredible.. seriosuly not even rap its art..
he personified almost every rapper in the game.
Most unbelievable flow ever!
Personification to the 10th power
Damn. Just, damn. I hope Lupe never gets the cure for the sickness he's got.
hip hops uncrowned king
definition of true Hip Hop: Lupe Fiasco. another artist like is Blu
its so sad that Lupe's stuff is hundreds of years ahead of this time. the only reason he's not bigger than wayne, jay-z, drake, eminem, kayne, biggie, and tupac is because the general public cant comprehend what he's rapping about. this is real shit
This...song...literally....blew....my....mind..
Wtf nothing will ever be this creative this is ridiculous
Yo this is on some next level lyrical shyt.
incredible...
Rap IS poetry. Its street poetry.
skeeting in her face as it was beeping on my waste funny thing is I heard this track before even knowing it was a Nas beat originally go figure.
Lupe sheesh classic
Amazing
Wow. Can you imagine this song back-to-back with "Dumb It Down".
My favorite song from him!!
haha wow whoever said lupe sucks is clearly a mainstream bandwagon hop on whoever is hot atm. lupe is a beast and lyrically insane. if u don't like him then why comment on the song in the first place. wayne has good stuff too but his is more get hype music whereas lupe is lil more soulful and life relating rapper. i personally can't relate to him but his music is deep for a reason. just cause u can't understand him don't hate because he truly talented
And this is why Lupe is my favorite rapper under Nas
Love you bro.
nas and him should get 2gether and do something. Rhythmatic explosion is what ur frame of mind has chosen
Dang, give Lupe one word and he'll turn it into a whole story.
its like looking into the mind of a rapping genuis.....oh wait we are!!!!!!! Lupe Fiasco for ever!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
you know who i like to see on this track lupe and blu omggg that would be beastt i could imagine what blu would say
Nas and Lupe killed this beat!
He is too hard...seriously!! Lyrics @ its finest!
inna gadda da vida sample.... classic...only lupe
DAMN THIS SICK AS HELL !
nas rapped on the slow version of this beat first....he said he had to bring it back in the beginning of hip hop is dead.
nah, his last was gonna be a 3 disc called lupEND, but he put that off indefinitely. his next album comes out in winter and its called LASERS.
@PowShredder801 holy shit!!! myfriend u just blew my mind alllllllllllllll over again when it comes to this song. this song is what the radio and the elite FEAR!!!!!!!
this was a freestyle? if it was then lupe really is the best.