Lupe-Dumb It Down>>>>>>>

[philly5fan]

Was just bumpin this today and I must say.....This is possibly the greatest and wittiest display of lyricism ive ever seen in a song

 

[philly5fan]

No lupe love in the music forum

 

[club29]

i <3 Lupe

and yes, a very well-written, thought-provoking song.

 

[extraordinary swag]

"Pour champagne on a b_!!!!"

I honestly wonder how long it takes Lupe to come up with this stuff. Maybe that's why it takes him forever to put out albums, nearly every verse he spitsis complex as all hell.

 

[jthagreat]

i really wish a scholar would break down "glory" that song is GREAT and insightful.

 

[hiphopdoc09]

dumb it down didnt go over my head.

I was following along clearly first time i heard it

 

[air kalo]

Appreciated.

I have to admit, this *#$+ went over my head for a while.

I think I got some of it though.

 

[sa78210]

Got no problem listening to Lupe...but dat dude sure is right wen he says his rhymes are complex...but my jam is..HIP HOP SAVED ME

 

[cjgenius368]

I've never really liked this song. I thought it was just a weak gimmick.

As far as gimmicky displays of lyricism, "Switch" is much better.

 

[awwsome]

Lupe The Killer >>>>>>>>>>>

 

[starkyl0ve]

Originally Posted by CjGenius368

I've never really liked this song. I thought it was just a weak gimmick.

I kinda feel the same way, weak gimmick might be a little harsh but yea this wasn't one of my favorite songs on the Cool

 

[hiram408]

song is dope

 

[optimusprimeaphia]

LUPE THE KILLER > _



You can take that to the bank.


Someone needs to post that song break down.

 

[inspektahdeck]

Originally Posted by CjGenius368

I've never really liked this song. I thought it was just a weak gimmick.

same way i feel...i always thought gold watch was a underrated song on that album

 

[awwsome]

Originally Posted by inspektahdeck

Originally Posted by CjGenius368

I've never really liked this song. I thought it was just a weak gimmick.

same way i feel...i always thought gold watch was a underrated song on that album

 

[the fresh king]

Originally Posted by Club29

and yes, a very well-written, thought-provoking song.

 

[kix4kix]

That CD sucked.

 

[hiphopdoc09]

Originally Posted by OptimusPrimeAPhiA

LUPE THE KILLER > _



You can take that to the bank.


Someone needs to post that song break down.

Watch and be amazed im like a genious

Unh! I bring you murder in the first
And even as we speak we gettin further in this verse
With no further adieu I do what I respect
Doom got me stripes like Hamburgler for my work
As: Lupe the killa, killa, killa, killa
Mercy, he's a mess! So immersed in his murk
He's two thirds submerged below the surface where they surf
This is where I lay it down like a bird givin birth
So call me Lu the giant's goose or just, Faberge paint
Til I'm called back to the shore by the watchers of the bay
I wait, til I come back like a tsunami
Never microwave like the watchers of the weight
I'm wrapped in aluminum foil, I do my dirt like Kwame
Until that same soil bein pushed into my grave
But I'm so ahead of my time, the next day
Might strike oil while I delay, homie I'm
But I can't fill it like a flathead in a Philips
Don't get it twisted, I'm no tool
More cool than a pool in a blizzard
With ice cubes in it during Christmas
Meanin there's no school, in the misfit
Like I'm throwin a fit
Or I just can't fit it, tidbit too big
It's gotta hem it til it's fresh to death
Dressed to kill it, like unh!

Unh! 187 on my second, I reckon
This is an assault with a deadly session
A soft peace and blessins to the sentence that be reppin
All across in every direction, locality, and section
That know Lupe the killa, killa, killa, killa
Give it how I live it most won't believe
Or achieve how I did it most won't recieve
Til I leave and I bereave the secrets of my sickness
How I, flooded the streets like Venice
I've suffered, demanded, withstanded, pimp handed and hustlin
I'm Colonel Mustard with the speech
They ain't catchin me, no suspicions of stickin
No convictions on my rap sheet
I'm so committin lay my murder game, that's sweet
Speakeasy like Prohibition, no emission
If you ain't knockin like me to the underground bar, buryin a toast
Dodgin the raid like roach, please

Unh! I make it give up the ghost
On the trifecta, the third, I differ
, you ain't heard? My lecture like Lector
Letcha in on a secret, but you can't leak it
Lupe's the killa, killa, killa, killa
Since my entrance, my had packs
They moved 'em to a trap like Winston
Far from bustas, baby nah
All my homies henchmen
I was the rhymer, my talk went through the walls like Slimer
Or like, eatin vagina
Or, a stray bullet, whichever ways I put it
Crooks was hooked like crooks through neighborhoods I pushed it
Little Caesar pizzas was like book it
Delivery mean like Leroy Green
They couldn't take it to the places I took it
Beware, you don't look it
You ain't dressed for this affair
I'm hooded in the bushes like unh!

1st verse

Quote:
Unh! I bring you murder in the first
And even as we speak we gettin further in this verse
The Docs Analysis
murder in the first degree, murder in the first verse. he references this again at the beginning of the 2nd verse with the "187 on my second"

Quote:
Mercy, he's a mess! So immersed in his murk
He's two thirds submerged below the surface where they surf
The Docs Analysis
obviously talking about water. 2/3 of the earth is covered by water
murk=slang for murder

Quote:
This is where I lay it down like a bird givin birth
So call me Lu the Giant's Goose or just, Faberge paint
Til I'm called back to the shore by the watchers of the Bay
The Docs Analysis
besides the obvious bird wordplay (and extended water metaphor):
Lu= Sweet Lou= Lou Piniella
Goose= Goose Gossage
they were teammates on the New York Yankees. Goose was a pitcher
the Giants (baseball) also originated in New York. they moved to San Francisco. hence the line about the Bay.

Quote:
I wait, til I come back like a tsunami
Never microwave like the watchers of the weight
I'm wrapped in aluminum foil, I do my dirt like Kwame
The Docs Analysis
-obviously continuing the water wordplay.
-never microwave...Tsunami's are large waves, not micro, as in small.
-"never microwave like the watchers of the weight"…Weight Watchers make microwavable food plans.
-"I'm wrapped in aluminum foil"…you can't put aluminum foil in the microwave
-watchers of the weight= drug dealers
- "never microwave"= his doesn't get hot
- Kwame was Earth, the black dude on Captain Planet. meaning, he does his dirty work with his boys. When they came together, they were unstoppable (i'llget back to this)

Quote:
Until that same soil bein pushed into my grave
But I'm so ahead of my time, the next day
Might strike oil while I have layed, homie I'm so crude
Texas T, haters is so screwed
But I can't feel it like a flathead in a Philips
Don't get it twisted, I'm no tool
The Docs Analysis
-obviously referencing the "dirt" he does like Kwame.
-Texas Tea is slang for oil. also slang for sizzurp
-"screwed" starting the hardware wordplay. screwed also means to make a drink alcoholic. chopped and screwed music also originated in Houston, TX
-twisted as in the action you do to a screw. also means to get drunk

Quote:
More cool than a pool in a blizzard
With ice cubes in it during Christmas
Meanin there's no school, i'm a misfit
Like I'm throwin a fit
Or I just can't fit it, tidbit too big
gotta hem it til it's fresh to death
Dressed to kill it, like unh
The Doc's Analysis
-no school during Christmas. misfit as in a bad kid who doesn't go to school.
-throwing a fit like a temper tantrum. fit also as in outfit
-"or I just can't fit it" as in clothing
- tidbit too big, meaning it's barely too big. tidbits are also the things you put on a bit wrench (hardware wordplay again)
-he's gotta hem his to fit. (i.e, dumb down his lyrics to cater to hip-hop heads)

 

[rsdplaya]

Originally Posted by kix4kix

That CD sucked.

 

[kix4kix]

Originally Posted by rsdplaya

Originally Posted by kix4kix

That CD sucked.

 

[chicagos finest 23]

thats deep

 

[gello 201]

This is why lupe is the best in the game right now.

 

[awwsome]

Originally Posted by HipHopDoc09

Originally Posted by OptimusPrimeAPhiA

LUPE THE KILLER > _



You can take that to the bank.


Someone needs to post that song break down.

Watch and be amazed im like a genious

Unh! I bring you murder in the first
And even as we speak we gettin further in this verse
With no further adieu I do what I respect
Doom got me stripes like Hamburgler for my work
As: Lupe the killa, killa, killa, killa
Mercy, he's a mess! So immersed in his murk
He's two thirds submerged below the surface where they surf
This is where I lay it down like a bird givin birth
So call me Lu the giant's goose or just, Faberge paint
Til I'm called back to the shore by the watchers of the bay
I wait, til I come back like a tsunami
Never microwave like the watchers of the weight
I'm wrapped in aluminum foil, I do my dirt like Kwame
Until that same soil bein pushed into my grave
But I'm so ahead of my time, the next day
Might strike oil while I delay, homie I'm
But I can't fill it like a flathead in a Philips
Don't get it twisted, I'm no tool
More cool than a pool in a blizzard
With ice cubes in it during Christmas
Meanin there's no school, in the misfit
Like I'm throwin a fit
Or I just can't fit it, tidbit too big
It's gotta hem it til it's fresh to death
Dressed to kill it, like unh!

Unh! 187 on my second, I reckon
This is an assault with a deadly session
A soft peace and blessins to the sentence that be reppin
All across in every direction, locality, and section
That know Lupe the killa, killa, killa, killa
Give it how I live it most won't believe
Or achieve how I did it most won't recieve
Til I leave and I bereave the secrets of my sickness
How I, flooded the streets like Venice
I've suffered, demanded, withstanded, pimp handed and hustlin
I'm Colonel Mustard with the speech
They ain't catchin me, no suspicions of stickin
No convictions on my rap sheet
I'm so committin lay my murder game, that's sweet
Speakeasy like Prohibition, no emission
If you ain't knockin like me to the underground bar, buryin a toast
Dodgin the raid like roach, please

Unh! I make it give up the ghost
On the trifecta, the third, I differ
, you ain't heard? My lecture like Lector
Letcha in on a secret, but you can't leak it
Lupe's the killa, killa, killa, killa
Since my entrance, my had packs
They moved 'em to a trap like Winston
Far from bustas, baby nah
All my homies henchmen
I was the rhymer, my talk went through the walls like Slimer
Or like, eatin vagina
Or, a stray bullet, whichever ways I put it
Crooks was hooked like crooks through neighborhoods I pushed it
Little Caesar pizzas was like book it
Delivery mean like Leroy Green
They couldn't take it to the places I took it
Beware, you don't look it
You ain't dressed for this affair
I'm hooded in the bushes like unh!

1st verse

Quote:
Unh! I bring you murder in the first
And even as we speak we gettin further in this verse
The Docs Analysis
murder in the first degree, murder in the first verse. he references this again at the beginning of the 2nd verse with the "187 on my second"

Quote:
Mercy, he's a mess! So immersed in his murk
He's two thirds submerged below the surface where they surf
The Docs Analysis
obviously talking about water. 2/3 of the earth is covered by water
murk=slang for murder

Quote:
This is where I lay it down like a bird givin birth
So call me Lu the Giant's Goose or just, Faberge paint
Til I'm called back to the shore by the watchers of the Bay
The Docs Analysis
besides the obvious bird wordplay (and extended water metaphor):
Lu= Sweet Lou= Lou Piniella
Goose= Goose Gossage
they were teammates on the New York Yankees. Goose was a pitcher
the Giants (baseball) also originated in New York. they moved to San Francisco. hence the line about the Bay.

Quote:
I wait, til I come back like a tsunami
Never microwave like the watchers of the weight
I'm wrapped in aluminum foil, I do my dirt like Kwame
The Docs Analysis
-obviously continuing the water wordplay.
-never microwave...Tsunami's are large waves, not micro, as in small.
-"never microwave like the watchers of the weight"…Weight Watchers make microwavable food plans.
-"I'm wrapped in aluminum foil"…you can't put aluminum foil in the microwave
-watchers of the weight= drug dealers
- "never microwave"= his doesn't get hot
- Kwame was Earth, the black dude on Captain Planet. meaning, he does his dirty work with his boys. When they came together, they were unstoppable (i'll get back to this)

Quote:
Until that same soil bein pushed into my grave
But I'm so ahead of my time, the next day
Might strike oil while I have layed, homie I'm so crude
Texas T, haters is so screwed
But I can't feel it like a flathead in a Philips
Don't get it twisted, I'm no tool
The Docs Analysis
-obviously referencing the "dirt" he does like Kwame.
-Texas Tea is slang for oil. also slang for sizzurp
-"screwed" starting the hardware wordplay. screwed also means to make a drink alcoholic. chopped and screwed music also originated in Houston, TX
-twisted as in the action you do to a screw. also means to get drunk

Quote:
More cool than a pool in a blizzard
With ice cubes in it during Christmas
Meanin there's no school, i'm a misfit
Like I'm throwin a fit
Or I just can't fit it, tidbit too big
gotta hem it til it's fresh to death
Dressed to kill it, like unh
The Doc's Analysis
-no school during Christmas. misfit as in a bad kid who doesn't go to school.
-throwing a fit like a temper tantrum. fit also as in outfit
-"or I just can't fit it" as in clothing
- tidbit too big, meaning it's barely too big. tidbits are also the things you put on a bit wrench (hardware wordplay again)
-he's gotta hem his to fit. (i.e, dumb down his lyrics to cater to hip-hop heads)

Disgusting.
I wonder how long it takes him to write a verse, kid is something else.

 

[mace40]

Originally Posted by philly5fan

No lupe love in the music forum

Hardly.

Originally Posted by philly5fan

Was just bumpin this today and I must say.....This is possibly the greatest and wittiest display of lyricism ive ever seen in a song

 

[executive76]

Lupe is that dude...underrated imo

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