| Lupe Fiasco – The Coolest Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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The noise before the main beat is how he reflects this song and album back to the original song "The Cool" on Lupe Fiasco's Food and liquor...where he talks about the resurection of the cool...its like the sound of the grave being opened. "He came back In the same suit that he was buried in Similar to the one his grand father was married in Yes... he was still fresh to death bling, two ear-rings, a chain laying on his chest He still had it cuz they couldn't find it And the bullets from his enemies sat like two inches behind it smelled the Hennesy from when his niggas got reminded and poured out liquor in his memory, he didn't mind it, But... He couldn't sip it fast enough So the liquor was just filling the casket up floating down by his feet was the letter from his sister Second Grade hand-writing simply read "I miss ya" Suit jacket pocket held his baby daughter's picture Right next to it one of his man's stuck a swisher He had a notion as he laid there soaking Saw that the latch was broken, he kicked his casket open and he..." thats the first verse of "The Cool" |
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| Lupe Fiasco – The Coolest Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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also i think where he says quote: he is refering to Eminem's baby mama drama because the subject of the lines are very similar: "Quote: To a crying dishonored baby mama Who's the mama to a daughter that I had fathered from afar" "dishonor caught up bein a father and a prima donna Baby mama dramas screamin on and Too much for me to wanna Stay in one spot" Its a leap...but thats how im trying to bridge it loosely because I can totally see the reference working...if we compare the lives of eminem's character in 8 mile to the life of Michael Young...both are aspiring rappers, and both have to choose essentially between family and fame and trying to make there lives more than what they are how ever they can and both are enticed by the streets...I don't think its a direct quote but a paraphrase, to draw attention to the similarities of both situations and the fact that this situation can very well often be someones reality...I think that "Quote" in this instance is placed here to draw the attention that this situation has happened many times before... chosing between family and fame...and its a cliche but it is also the truth. |
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| Lupe Fiasco – The Coolest Lyrics | 17 years ago |
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If you hit up Lupe Fiascos website www.lupefiasco.com....it really explains all of the metaphors clearly. there are biographies for three characters: The Game: which is the desire for infamy and success The Streets: The allure and an alternate illicit route to success The Cool: Michael Young History's like soul... I chose to explicate Lupe Fiasco's lyrics as a poetry project for my AP English class...you guys helped me out alot XD thanks so much haha the albulm is basically about Michael Young ( and coincidently I believe Lupe Fiascos Michale Young=My cool Young) relationship with these enticing characters...its crazy how his whole entire album can be kind of like a biography of not just Michael Young's life but so many characters lives through out history...and how they have strayed off the path easily chasing fame. I couldn't understand the part where he is like: "and if I ever die She would commission monuments on her bosom, to him " but if you read The Streets' biography on the website and look through the booklet it talks about how she tattoos of those she has had an affair with on her chest...and if you look closely in the booklet you can see the names tattooed there like Roger Clemens'. also this part: "and everything's irie, anoth' supply That means anoth' July inside my endless summer" it means like everything is going good because he recieved another supply "another july, my endless summer," refers to the movie, "The Endless summer" Its title comes from the last line in the film, which expresses the idea that if one had enough time and money it would be possible to follow the summer around the world, making it endless. this links Paris/Tokyo in the album back to this song... "no weatherman" said quick sounds like no other man: "No weather man could ever stand where her and I came" which refers back to the need just for success but to be THE GREATEST. and when he is talking about magazines: "Above the others, my face with grace covers of the magazines Of the hustlers, PAPER, the likes of which That I had never seen," paper is the perfect transition because it is the name of a magazine. seas and shore in the first line arent= seas and shore seas=sieze which means the appeal shore=sure which means the confidence which is like how people feel like they are more confident when they are carrying a piece and the danger and the lifestyle of a gangster is appealing because it brings fame and $$$ then when he says "No love for no Beach" he is affirming that he isn't talking about the beach at all, because he just said he loves the seas and the shore...which would be a beach, but in the same verse says that he doesn't love the beach... GOTTA LOVE LUPE...there is so much more but I would be glued to my computer if I didn't leave it right now. |
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