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Lupe Fiasco
American
Musician
Born:
Feb 16
,
1982
Man
Me
Music
People
Think
You
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I think that American presidents, that position in itself, as well as American foreign policy, it has terrorism in it. CIA agents going to overthrow certain governments - they're using terrorist tactics. They're not going in there like, 'Hey, you wanna have some cake?'
Lupe Fiasco
Terrorism
You
CIA
Cake
Think
Hey
Presidents
Some
Tactics
Like
Well
Policy
Terrorist
Foreign
Foreign Policy
Governments
Overthrow
Itself
American
Going
Wanna
American Foreign Policy
Agents
Certain
Using
Position
For me, I never wore my religion on my sleeve, you know what I'm saying? I never put myself out there as Lupe Fiasco, he's Muslim, he's from Chicago, he likes to ride a skateboard.
Lupe Fiasco
Saying
Myself
Religion
Me
You
Ride
Sleeve
Out
Muslim
Never
He
Put
Know
Likes
Chicago
Fiasco
Skateboard
Wore
I don't really get the same kinda romance that I would get from, like, jazz. And even to a lesser extent to rock 'n roll. Rock 'n roll has a romance to it - how can I put it? A very vulgar romance, but still a romance; whereas hip hop has more facade.
Lupe Fiasco
Jazz
Hop
Kinda
Would
Facade
More
Put
Like
Vulgar
Rock
How
Hip
Hip-Hop
Still
Rock-N-Roll
Very
Get
Roll
Same
Romance
Whereas
Really
Lesser
Lesser Extent
Even
Extent
I think it is important that you have people from all different vanguards, from all different walks of society and different viewpoints to be focused on the struggle for equality and democracy. We need as many champions for the cause and as many events as possible to help keep this in focus.
Lupe Fiasco
Democracy
You
Struggle
People
Equality
Events
Cause
Focus
Important
Walks
Think
Society
Focused
Possible
Different
Viewpoints
Help
Many
Keep
Champions
Need
You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan.
Lupe Fiasco
War
You
Problem
Had
Know
Afghanistan
Before my father would open up a karate school in a particular neighborhood, he'd clean up the block - kick all the drug dealers and gang bangers off the block. My father was very clear: 'I've got guns too, and I'll kill you just as much as a rival gang would.' And he meant it. He was a man of many facets and complexities.
Lupe Fiasco
You
Man
School
Father
Before
Too
Kick
Neighborhood
Complexities
Would
Guns
Facets
Clean
Clean Up
Rival
Open
He
Clear
Particular
Dealers
Got
Block
Off
Up
Very
Just
Just As Much
Much
Meant
Karate
Gang
Many
I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear.
Lupe Fiasco
Life
Me
Know
Instrument
Hear
Any
Want
Play
The party lines don't change, that's what makes them a party and you'd be a fool to think that just because there's a black man in there it's not gonna change the real foundation of the system. Especially when you look at his largest contributor to his campaign, AIG, one of the culprits in the economic meltdown itself.
Lupe Fiasco
You
Man
Change
Fool
Black
Party
Think
Meltdown
System
Economic
Look
Because
Makes
Real
His
Lines
Campaign
Itself
Contributor
Just
Just Because
Them
Gonna
Foundation
Largest
Some stuff I don't even put out. I'll just be home, happy, creating something for myself, and then ball it up and throw it in the trash. It's less about trying to prove something or get on somebody's list or make a fan happy or make a hater mad or convert a non-believer. That's not the case for me anymore.
Lupe Fiasco
Myself
Home
Me
Happy
Somebody
Just Be
Mad
Out
Hater
Some
About
Case
Something
Throw
Put
Stuff
Make
Ball
Prove
Up
Get
Trying
List
Just
Anymore
Fan
Convert
Then
Creating
Less
Trash
Even
The only person who really impressed me with making new music is Cudi. Everyone else seems to be jumping on the same music, the producer-made stuff, but the one person that's made new music to me is Cudi.
Lupe Fiasco
Music
Me
Made
Else
Everyone
Everyone Else
Seems
Only
Stuff
New
Making
New Music
Impressed
Jumping
Person
Same
Really
Who
People say, 'If you don't vote, then you don't have a right to say anything. But nine times outta 10, I pay more taxes than they do - so even if I don't vote, I still have the right to speak out.
Lupe Fiasco
You
Vote
People
Speak
Pay
Nine
Say
Out
People Say
More
Still
Times
Than
Anything
Taxes
Then
Even
Right
I find it somewhat liberating to jump, to dive into things that are the opposite of me.
Lupe Fiasco
Me
Liberating
Find
Dive
Somewhat
Opposite
Jump
Things
Sometimes I do feel hopeless when I look out and scream out through my music, and I scream out through these interviews, and I scream out to people to kind of get their attention back on the things that are meaningful. There's people dying on the streets of Chicago - young people, young men and women who are losing their lives.
Lupe Fiasco
Music
Women
People
Sometimes
Losing
Hopeless
Men
Men And Women
Young
Back
Interviews
Out
Kind
Through
Attention
Feel
Look
Chicago
Get
Scream
Dying
Young Men
Young People
Meaningful
Who
Lives
Things
Streets
I always saw two sides of life. I saw the dudes who would be the gangsta, big-time guys on the block, but would also be dedicated fathers. It was kind of weird to see that dual story that everybody has.
Lupe Fiasco
Life
Gangsta
Everybody
Fathers
Sides
Saw
Kind
Would
Would-Be
See
Guys
Weird
Also
Dual
Always
Block
Dudes
Story
Dedicated
Who
Two
I have an understanding of Queen and the way Freddie Mercury did his harmonies. I know what tablas sound like, because my father played a lot of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
Lupe Fiasco
Queen
Father
Understanding
Harmonies
Ali
Khan
Way
Freddie Mercury
Mercury
Like
Know
Because
Sound
His
Lot
Did
Played
I trust people to be human. Sometimes you do things that make amazing amounts of sense; sometimes you do things that don't make any sense whatsoever.
Lupe Fiasco
You
Trust
People
Sometimes
Amazing
Sense
Make
Whatsoever
Any
Human
Amount
Things
It definitely wasn't like, 'Hey, I'm going to steal that, and nobody's going to know.' The original 'T.R.O.Y.' came out in 1992, and it was like a 20th anniversary kind of thing. All of those intentions were there for it to be resurrecting a classic for a new generation. I tried to honor it.
Lupe Fiasco
Generation
Honor
Hey
Those
Definitely
Out
Kind
Tried
Classic
Steal
Nobody
Anniversary
New
Like
Know
New Generation
Came
Were
Going
Intentions
Original
Thing
This nation was founded by rebels and revolutionaries, and its flags were carried across the battlefields by people who were very, very against the status quo and who questioned and criticized.
Lupe Fiasco
People
Nation
Carried
Status
Status Quo
Criticized
Were
Questioned
Very
Revolutionaries
Flags
Quo
Against
Across
Who
Rebels
Founded
You know, my goal, once I leave the music business, is like, 'Man, Lupe didn't lead us astray.' It comes directly from Islam: leading people astray is the worst thing you could do. Especially in perpetuity; like, your music continues to go on and live without you. That risk is too great for me; I'm gonna keep it positive.
Lupe Fiasco
Positive
Music
Great
Me
You
Man
Business
People
Islam
Live
Too
Music Business
Once
Astray
Worst
Worst Thing
Risk
Directly
Could
Lead
Leading
Like
Know
Without
Leave
Go
Goal
Perpetuity
Gonna
Us
Your
Keep
Thing
I'm trying to fight the terrorism that's actually causing the other forms of terrorism. You know, the root cause of terrorism is the stuff that the U.S. government allows to happen, and the foreign policies that we have in place in different countries that inspire people to become terrorists. And it's easy for us because it's just some oil.
Lupe Fiasco
Government
Terrorism
You
Fight
People
Inspire
Cause
Become
Other
Easy
Some
Stuff
Countries
Know
Policies
Because
Foreign
Terrorists
Causing
Trying
Just
Oil
Different
Happen
Place
Different Countries
Forms
Us
Root
Actually
In my fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama, and the United States of America.
Lupe Fiasco
Me
Terrorism
Fight
States
Obama
Terrorist
America
Biggest
Against
United
United States
United States Of America
I think you have to ask yourself does voting work on the level that you are trying to effectuate change; that is the conversation you must have.
Lupe Fiasco
Work
You
Conversation
Change
Yourself
Voting
Think
Must
Does
Trying
Ask
Level
I don't hate the music, but I hate the process. When I look at it, I don't see song titles and artwork, I see the fight - I see the emotions, the blood, sweat and tears. There are a couple of songs on there that I love; but 'Lasers' is a little bit of what you love, a little bit of what you like, and a lot of what you had to do.
Lupe Fiasco
Love
Music
You
Fight
Hate
Song
Emotions
Tears
Bit
See
Had
Songs
Like
Look
Couple
Lot
Blood
What You Love
Artwork
Process
Titles
Little
Little Bit
Sweat
I never want to be an artistic bully, and put myself above anyone else... or be more prestigious than anyone else. You like what you like, and you have to take that as you want it.
Lupe Fiasco
Myself
You
Else
Prestigious
Above
More
Take
Never
Put
Like
Bully
Than
Artistic
Want
Anyone
Anyone Else
Da Pak was a group out of Chicago. It was a put-together group. We actually met for the first time at this showcase. They were like 'Yo, you should do a song together.' So we did. It just so happened that the name of the song was 'Wolf Pak.' They said, 'Y'all should be a group called Da Pak, and here's a record deal.'
Lupe Fiasco
Time
You
Together
Song
First
Met
Wolf
Group
Out
Record
Record Deal
Name
Like
First Time
Deal
Said
Were
Chicago
Did
Just
Happened
Should
Showcase
Actually
Here
You expect certain things. You build up in your mind how it's supposed to go down. When you get a record deal, you think you're supposed to get X, Y, and Z. It doesn't happen like that. You're like 'Oh, this isn't as exciting as I thought it was going to be.'
Lupe Fiasco
You
Mind
Thought
Build
Down
Think
Record
Record Deal
Exciting
Like
Supposed
Deal
How
Go
Up
Expect
Get
Going
Oh
Happen
Certain
Your
Certain Things
Things
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