[Intro]I was born in a small villageI was still a child when we were raided by soldiersForeign soldiersTorn from my elders, I was made to speak their languageWith each new post, my masters changedAlong with the words they made me speakWith each change, I changed tooMy thoughts, personality, how I saw right and wrongWords can killTime and again, the country was ruled by a foreign tongueWhen he was a young boy, he lost his native languageThe bedrock for any developing childHis country, his family, his face, his identityEverything was stolen from him[Verse 1]Meet me on the corner, I be waiting on youThousand years of better right into foreverFire on my feathers, fall from out of heavenFight without a weapon, life without a lessonLost, I'm my own boss, pay my own costFill my own goals, see my own hopesTired of all of this, wish I had a switchOne kiss then you cut me offKnowledge is the power, college is for cowardsHollering for hours, swallowing the sourSkin stuck around the rims, peeking in on a life so sweetThe other side made it, why don't we?[Interlude]From ancient times, every civilization's ruler has had the same idea. When people unite under one will, they become stronger than the sum of their parts and what do rulers use to bring people together? Language. This world will become one, I have found the way. Race, tribal affiliations, national borders - even our faces will be irrelevant. The world that the boss envisioned will finally become a reality and it will make mankind whole again[Verse 2]Found a friend in the words and my words and it worksTake away the pain, take away the hurtMake a way to make a change, make it saneSpecially if you plan on staying on this EarthLow to the lows, high to the highsEyes to the sky, strive to revive, dying to survivePool full of cries but it's cool, I'm still aliveAnd every breath is every left soulAnd the family never kept wholeIn the slum, want to quest to be the best of being lessNever let go, the best road to the next levelAnd the scenes where it's mean to do the right thingNot to be a good king but the best devilSo it's horns for the crown, torn from the groundRoses by the roots stolen from the roofs on parade daysLook at them rain downI was brought here a slaveBut I leave here a pharaoh[Interlude]America is a country of liberty, a meeting of immigrantsInstead of simply assimilating, its citizens live alongside othersSo the major sought a system that used informationWords to control the subconsciousIn his eyes, the greatest symbiotic parasite the world's ever known isn't microbial -- it's linguisticWords is what keep civilization, our world, alive[Outro]If you are what you say you are, the coolestWon't you just shine down?You are what you say you are, the coolestWon't you just shine down?
Lyrics by Lupe Fiasco
'Till I Get There [Untitled] #DopeFrancis (American Trap) $nitches 1st & 15th 1st & 15th Gold Watch Streets on Fire A Bathing Harry * Absolute Absolute Freestyle Accept The Troubles Adoration Of The Magi Airplanes All Black Everything American Terrorist American Terrorist 3 American Terrorist II American Terrorist III American Terrorist Pt. 2 And He Gets The Girl And He Gets The Girl Angels Angels (Remix) Animal Pharm Around My Way Around My Way (Freedom Ain't Free) Atomic Misphilosophy Audubon Ballroom Ayesha Says (Intro) B.M.F 'Building Minds Faster' B.M.F 'Building Minds Faster' B*tch Bad Baba Says Cool For Thought Battle Scars Battle Scars (with Guy Sebastian) Beautiful Lasers Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways) Beautiful Lasers (2 Ways) Beautiful Lasers (Two Ways) Birds & The Bees Bitch Bad Blackout Blackout (Circuit City Bonus Track) Blackout [*] Blue Blur My Hands BMF Body Of Work Bone (Babylon Remix) Brave Heart Break The Chain Can You Let Me Know Carrera Lu Carrera Lu [Bonus Track] Champ Is Here (Freestyle) Champ Is Here Freestyle Child Rebel Soldier Chopper Cold War Cold World Coming Up Conflict Diamonds Cool Coolest Coulda Been Crack Crs Customers Daydreamin' Daydreamin' [Explicit Album Version] Daydreamin' Dead Presidents Freestyle Dear Fall Deliver Die Don't Get It Twisted Don\'t Get it Twisted Don't Get It Twisted DopeBoysAtAllStarWeekend DopeFrancis (American Trap) Dots & Lines Dots & Lines Double Burger With Cheese Drizzy's Law Drizzy's Law Dumb It Down Dumb It Down (Radio Version) Emperor's Soundtrack F-N-F Goin' Up Failure Fighter Fighters Fire Form Follows Function Fountain of Youth Free Chilly Free Chilly (Interlude) Friend Of The People Funkmaster Flex Game Time Get Throwed Ghetto Story Girlfriend Girs Glory Go Baby Go Gadget Flow Go Go Gadget Flow Go to Sleep Gold Watch Gotta Eat H.A.M. 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Sarah Green Real Recognize Real Remission Resurrection S.L.R. (Super Lupe Rap) Say Somethin' Say Somethin\' Say Somethin\u2019 Say Something Schemes Shinin Down Shining Down Show Goes On Sittin Sideways (remix) Slow Down SLR SLR (Round of Applause) SLR (Super Lupe Rap) SLR 2 Slr 3 SLR 3 (Round of Applause) SNDCLSH In Vegas Snitches So Ghetto Solar Midnite Spaze Out Spray Paint State Run Radio Steady Mobbin' Stereo Sun Strange Fruition Street On Fire Streets On Fire Summit On The Summit (HP TV Commercial) Sunshine Super Cold Super Star Superstar Superstar (Remix) Superstar [Multimedia Track] Superstar [Radio Edit] Swang on Em Switch (The Science Project) Switch Science Project Thank You The Birds and The Bees The Commercial The Cool The Cool The Coolest The Die The Emperor's Soundtrack The Emperor\'s Soundtrack The Emperor's Soundtrack The End Of The World The End Of The World! 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