Just heard this song for the first time last night this shit is FIRE, I love the old hustler Lupe. I just had to write out the lyrics and try and break it down for yall.

If you notice anything is wrong point it out.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/the-after-life-mp3.html

Give me my doughs, with semi-autos
and many glock fo's in they Fendi ponchos.
Come see me saint cloud condos.
You want it pronto
you hit it on the head like congos.
My auto garage is...
like that of Malik el-Shabazz.*
Those that choose not to dodge us
bullet lodges.
Like water buffalo better get,
hustler ettiquette.
Move rocks like Frederick.
And your dames I entertain
Like my first name Cederick.
Like Max Julien how I max julie n'em(??"
Or any other chiicken that liistens for more than 40 seconds.
Me and shorty steppin, left in the dust is the previous player who
game wasn't up to par with thus such as ours.
See thats where the jealousy starts, the ice grills begin and the weaponry sparks.
So I'm forced to keep a gun up in the drawers and a, vest tight like a woman wit some balls.
Pause... never.
Niggas stall like public bathrooms.
I move fast, while they ask who?
Positions I be splittin and gettin gone
They wanna take me off the wicker throne that I sit upon.
Like Huey Newton but Luey shootin in Louis vutton, movie viewin, hoochie doin'
Hit a chick, similar to Lucy Liu an' only Cuban.
Transmittin, these ghetto laws like the transitions
See the heroin that my man siftin'
I move it to death.
Like my hands spittin, from my lungs to my tounge to my gums to the guns that my hands liftin.
Stay riffin Mercedez Benz sedan whippin
Extra heavy coppin, set up every block and buy out every bag of plastic wrap saran rippin
nigga, nigga... yeeeah!


Help me break it down!

Man I can appreciate the skills to but I think this is the type of shit Lu regrets... like the type of stuff he talks about that the used to spit... that was just that negative poison ya know what im sayin..

Dream Big... sleep little...

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Yeah I like the new Lupe more. Much more.

Haha yall can say whatever you want your entitled to your opinion. I'm not saying I don't LOVE the more commercial Lupe his new music is fucking amazing. Please don't tell me Lupe regrets this shit. Lupe is a hustler not in the literal sense but he's selling himself lupe fiasco has become like a brand name. He is well connected. He doesn't literally push rocks on blocks but he is in the know. You think he didn't know anything about what Chilly was doing with that heroin...

Hell he mentions it in this song and makes countless heroin refrences. He was just gangsta enough to get off without shit happening to him... im not caling Lupe a gangsta rapper he is not. He's far from it but the man said it himself on Failure, "this is gangsta maan!"

He doesn't regret this shit at all. His image has changed though he's been labeled with that new positive-consious vibe by the media so he cant start spittin about drugs and shit and hell he's grown up he wants to make a positive change but don't talk like this isn't the same Lupe.

He was just more raw at this time.

quote:

Originally posted by Kobe101:
Yeah I like the new Lupe more. Much more.

Thanks for the insight.

its gimmie my dough semi-autos
and many glock fo's with they fendi ponchos
kissimie st. cloud condos(its a resort)
you want it pronto
you hit it on the head like congos
my entou-rages(entourage)
like that of Malik el-shabazz hodges(Malcom X)
those who choose not to dodges bullet lodges
like watts of buffalo (??)
better get hustle etiquette
move rock like fred-derick(fred flinstone)
and ya dames I entertain
like my first name ced-derick(cedric the entertainer)
like Max Julian how I macks julie 'nem
or any other chicken that listens more than 40 seconds
me and shorty stepping
left in the dust is the previous player who
game wasnt up to par with thus such as ours
now thats where the jelousy starts the ice grills begin
and the weaponry sparks
so im forced to keep a gun up in draws or a vest tight like a woman with some balls, pause (??? dont get that part)
never, niggas stall like public bathroom( bathroom stall)
I move fast while they assume
positions I be splitting and getting gone
they wanna take me off the wicker throne that i sit upon
like huey newton(black panther leader and one of his infamous pics was him sitting in a wicker chair) buty luey shoting in louis vutton, movie viewing hoochie doing
hit a chick, similar to lucy liu (charlies angels) an' only cuban
transmittin, these ghetto laws like the transitions
see the heroin that my man sifin
i move it to death..like my hand spitting(sign language is the deaf ppls way of communicating)
from my lungs to my gums to the guns that my hands lifin
stay riffin mercedez benz sedan whippin
extra heavy coppin,(copping work) set up every block(set up work on the block) and buy out every bag of plastic wrap saran wrapping (saran wrap used to cover up the smell of cocaine) nigga..nigga..nigga

So basically this is early, not to metaphor-ish, Lupe Fiasco right?

Bullet lodges like WATER BUFFALO

Water Buffalo Lodge= Where Fred and Barney went and wore those hats

Keep a vest tight (vestite) like a woman w/ some balls

woman w/ balls= transvestite

^^^eeeeekkk!!!!
good looking on that...cuz those was the lines i didnt get

[Haha yall can say whatever you want your entitled to your opinion. I'm not saying I don't LOVE the more commercial Lupe his new music is fucking amazing. Please don't tell me Lupe regrets this shit. Lupe is a hustler not in the literal sense but he's selling himself lupe fiasco has become like a brand name. He is well connected. He doesn't literally push rocks on blocks but he is in the know. You think he didn't know anything about what Chilly was doing with that heroin...

Hell he mentions it in this song and makes countless heroin refrences. He was just gangsta enough to get off without shit happening to him... im not caling Lupe a gangsta rapper he is not. He's far from it but the man said it himself on Failure, "this is gangsta maan!"

He doesn't regret this shit at all. His image has changed though he's been labeled with that new positive-consious vibe by the media so he cant start spittin about drugs and shit and hell he's grown up he wants to make a positive change but don't talk like this isn't the same Lupe.]

He was just more raw at this time.


Im not sayin lupe right regrets his flow or his lyrics because you cant deny there dope as hell but I just dont think he was usin his powers for good like he is now... shit i still listen to that old gangster Lu but he has said in interviews he had a change of heart when it come to the content of his lyrics... also I think it really payed off for Lupe to change because he started goin left and being different from all the other rappers out there... even tho he was nice back then he was just rappin about the same shit as everyone else, guns, crack etc so he doin soemthin different sperated him and he became a "breath of fresh air" as they say...

Dream Big... sleep little...

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