Lupe Fiasco

"Hennessy and Hypnotic swallowin, hydroponic coughin and All the worlds ills, sittin on chrome 24-inch wheels"

"Gangsta rap-based filmings became the buildin blocks For children with leakin ceilings catchin drippins with pots Coupled with compositions from Pac, Nass "It Was Written" In the mix with my realities and feelings Living conditions, religion, ignorant wisdom and artistic vision I began to jot, tap the world and listen,"

"Didnt have a clue that the rapper was helping the rapers, raiders of the villages, the pillagers of the school....shooters of the innocents, tortures of the witnesses, burners of the businesses..and my bracelet was the fuel."

"I used to hate hip-hop, because the women degraded. But Too Short made me laugh, like a hypocrite I played it; a hypocrite I stated, though I only recited half omitting the word b*tch, cursing I wouldnt say it. Me and dog couldnt relate, until a b*tch I dated."

"Life aint meant to come around twice, thats why I gotta get it right. They said I gotta get it honest, now I gotta give them light, but sleep on it, thats why God gave you night"

"Heavy problems genocide desensitized environments Sometimes make it hard to sympathize, pardon"

"So tell my enemies that they can’t injure me, I know that irritates, you have my sympathies."

"Made me a ripper, deliver like a river, content a little more thicker, slicker...and they said oil and water dont mix, now they all down at the beach washing off the fish."

"I only fear God, know the weapons of the weak, the weakness of the heart, and never fall asleep..."

"A match made in Heaven, set the fires in Hell"

"Rap records pressured to laugh, at a life not fast."

"My most coveted thing is a high self-esteem, and a low tolerance for them telling me how to lean, see the most important parts are the ones that are unseen, cause the wings dont make you fly and the crown dont make you king"