lupe fiasco
the emperor's soundtrack
I told you I would show up screaming FNF Till the world, blow up, they said I was so finished I told 'em its show business Meaning it's no business, since Fiasco's in it Disrespect the dress code; wear my street clothes in it Measured, sold, and clothed in it Opened up clones, after I entered and drove in it, like unh  [Chorus] Only fear God Know the weapons of the weak The weakness of the hard And never fall asleep  Roll in it, let music bumpin, windows tinted Through they neighborhoods and all of the wolves in it It's already controlled in it Seen it come and go, sellin they soul in it Diamond and gold plated Fountain of youth, dippin my toes in it Bounced in the booth, spit it, like scoldin it Putting my heart and my soul in it Cause  [Chorus]   Once upon a time, not long ago Where the pushaman creep, where they live life po'   With fifteen in the clip and one in the hold Hallway wall full of bricks, only some of us know None of us know the makers of the toast Like the bottom of the stove, that was used in the murderin' of the scroll Heart colder than EDs Won't let the CD's city defeat me Rub me out like genies; smoke a sweet to my graffiti Nigga what  [Chorus]    Marvin Billups said wasup to the reaper Hell met like Riddell and high water hello To the five year old gunshot killer, I hear ya Clearer than the invisible man in the mirror Cheer up, I'll put in on the bars like beer nuts Put a bug in they ear, so from here up, they hear us  [Chorus]   Once upon a time, not long ago Where the pushaman creep, where they live life po'   I put it on my grand mama's daughter My microphone control of the soul of slave hummin "Wadin in the Water" I author like PW brother, like a hustla God place me in ya armor, I prescribe no partnas I do it for the hood like a parka And tell my niggaz not to shiver Only time we quiver like a archer is  [Chorus]   Here we are now, entertain us Change don't change us Ever since the game trained us We came up like worms in the rain I dream my chain became a loose noose that was used to hang us So now, my insane brain, my 32 teeth And two feet creep like its Elm Street Cause  [Chorus]   Once upon a time, not long ago Where the pushaman creep, where they live life po' He said...