Lupe Fiasco Quotes

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

We all KNOW better, but do we actually DO better?

Gangsta rap-based filmings became the buildin blocks
For children with leakin ceilings catchin drippins with pots
Coupled with compositions from Pac, Nas's "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,

The truth.. is limitless in its range, If you drop a 'T' and look at it in reverse it could hurt

Made me a ripper, deliver like a river, content a little more thicker, slicker...and they said
oil and water don't mix, now they all down at the beach washing off the fish.

Try not to measure your success by the success of others. Success should be defined by one person...Yourself.

I'm not a prophet but Fahrenheit 1/15 is being quoted by preachers. Far from being a leader but I'm still being invited by teachers.

And so it seems that I'm, sewing jeans. And, 1st and 15 is just a sewing machine. So I,
cut the pattern and I, sew in seams. And, button in this hustling then publically, I'm
Buddy Lee. There's no bustin' them and cuffin' them is like. Ushering in the regime, they want
me to make Prince pants. But I withstand, I ain't gotten into that. A little big (B.I.G.) in the
waist, two-pocket (Tupac-it) on the back. Call them Lu-vi's, O.G.'s covered in blue dye

Before I start, like to make sure I'm smart. Gather my composure, rather my swagger
and my couture.Pivot my fitted, then begin to rivet, with a change of lyric. In other
words, I reposition how I sit it. Then make you feel it, like I mispronounced “filet.”

We all trying to get to where the suffering ends. In front of the Most High, being judged for our sins. Can't front for the Most High.

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 wouldn't say it. Me and dog couldn't relate, until a b*tch I dated.

Didn't 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.

My teacher's like, "Mr. Jaco?"
"Yes?"
"With all that knowledge, You aint trying to go to college?
Be a lawyer or a doctor, Get a whole lotta dollars?
Rather degrade women and glorify violence?"
"Well the work that works for me might not work for you
No homework, I got work to do."

Flowers she would pick like guitar strings, for a real good whiff of how how life behind par seems.

Separate wealth from value. All living things have value. We impart this value upon lifeless things to give them worth not vice versa.