Lupe Fiasco-The Cool (song) what does it mean?

[harlemtothebronx]

He used his mouth as a shovel to try and hollow it.

 

[uncle ice]

And when he couldnt dirt spit, he swallowed it...

 

[johnnycage202]

*PAGING BLAZINJKID*...

 

[kingkb34]

Working like a.. hmm.. reverse archaeologist, except.. his buried treasure wassunshine.

 

[petozham]

So when some shine through a hole that he had drove, it reflected off the gold and almost made son blind

 

[young dr0]

he grabbed onto some grass and climbed

 

[babam11218719]

pulled his self up out of his own grave and looked at the time

 

[greatwallofjohnnynguyen]

At a watch, that had stopped, 6 months after the shots put him in the box raining Henny out his socks.

 

[cafinest23]

Figured it was hours because he wasn't older

 

[gokickrocks]

Used some flowers to brush the dirt up off his shoulder

 

[DVMNXK]

this track is cold!

K.West on the beat!

 

[skip2mylou23]

"So with a right hand that was all bones and no reason to stay"

It's just telling the story of someone coming back to life. More importantly, it was someone who was worried about the "cool" stuff in life likemoney or women. He was also a drug dealer.

 

[greatwallofjohnnynguyen]

He decided to walk home.

 

[theo6kid]

and he
This life is passing you by it might go fast if you lie
you gonna live then you die
if life goes passing you by don't cry
if you breaking the rules making your moves paying your dues chasing the cool

He begged for some change to get him on the train.

 

[jayjay414]

Damn that n***a stank is what they complained...


The coooooooooooooL...its so ill LIVE

 

[an66eon]

tried to light the blunt but it burst into flames
Caught the reflection in the window of what he became
A long look... Wasn't shook, wasn't ashamed
Matter fact only thing on his brain was brains

 

[oidreez]

And getting back in his lane, doing his thang

 

[dj rashy]

first he had to find something to slang...

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Next stop was his block

 

[militaryiv]

it had the same cops

 

[dunkishh]

Walked right past the same spot where he was shot

SHOT

 

[thesypha03]

Shocked that some lil' n____s tried to sell him rocks

 

[harlemtothebronx]

It just felt weird, being on the opposite

 

[sbmcdunk]

they figured that he wasn't from there

 

[militaryiv]

so they pulled out