lupe's "gold watch"

[juhnay]

just wondering if anyone knows exactly what's being said during the beginning of the song and throughout? to me, it sounds like it's saying "givethem diamonds up yea yea" + the title of the song is "gold watch"?

 

[akajae]

that's what it sounds like to me.

 

[1and12]

I thought it was dollars hehe

anyway what's in the first verse it is

"am i for the wrong jeans"?

 

[s23a]

Originally Posted by 1and12

I thought it was dollars hehe

anyway what's in the first verse it is

"am i for the wrong jeans"?

He says - In my "Fall of Rome" jeans.

Fall of Rome is Lupe's clothing line that should be coming out soon.

 

[airfreshazn]

This is a good song to me.

 

[jacobmontana]

One of my Favs on the album 4 sheezy.

 

[crimsoncloudattire]

This is a good song to me.
yea, its one of my favorites on the album...I couldn't comprehend the overwhelming hate it seemed to get from NT. I understand the sample isannoyingly overbearing at first, and even when you get used to it, it could still bear to be turned down volume-wise a couple of notches...but the beat is justso sick, and lupe's lyrics and flow are superb.

 

[jeyel]

definitely one of my favorite tracks.

there should be a sing-a-long post just to see how many misheard lyrics there are.

 

[jeyel]

speaking of.. i just looked up the lyrics on azlyrics.com

" [Intro: x2]
Let's peruse the essential of cool
A brief study of the things so instrumental to you
That make me feel flyer than lobbys at bellevues
An exclaimer just aramore no credentials from a school
Now

[Lupe Fiasco:]
In my Falloron jeans, my head caught a wallet
My neighbor hood shirt and my Eddie Chen CLOT %*!*
My not go to college but my street smart polished
Like the black finger nails of that punk rock logic
Do the knowlage, man you can't be punk from projects
Firm disbeliever in your punch clock promise
Was trading off my comics I was taking them to school
One of Jay-z's boys now I'm skating in your pools
Not to be rude I'm just hating on your rules
Like a young fifty I'm on my world tour
Good morning singapore I'm bringing the sun with me
From the Robert Taylor homes to African slum cities
I am American mentally with Japanese tendencies
Norwegian sensibilities so stay out the vicinity of

[Bridge:]
Yea, yea she loves it over here
It's just, yea, yea now look at what I wear

[Chorus:]
Got my gold watch
And my gold chain
With my fancy car
And my diamond ring
With my fancy broad
And she full grain
So it's no words
And it's no slang
And I'm no trick
And I'm no lame
It's just so sick
That she soak game
[x4]
It's just yea, yea she loves it over here

[Lupe Fiasco:]
I like zip-t, candles and my Horishi sandles
And Vita sunglasses and purple murdersouses samples
I like false t-shirts though the street is off the handle
Such a good disgner Junior Wontanabi got genu
I like Go Tiama Moto and I might roll solo
Leather Gucci belts and Guilty Brotherhood polos
I like Mont Blanc pens and most gloomy paper
I like go-yard bags and green Now-n-Laters
Monical magazines and japanese manga
Futuring asperaticks and HTM trainers
I like street fighter 2 I just really hate zanga
If only Ken and Ryu I find it hard to beat Blanca
I keep a weak ninja hanging and a uncle while I'm banging
If you negativin energy stay of the vicinity of...

[Chorus:]
Got my gold watch
And my gold chain
With my fancy car
And my diamond ring
With my ghetto broad
And she so plain
Gotta couple SCARS
And one of those long names
And she fight a$+!#*%
And cusses wit no shame
And her ex-man had her baggin up cocaine
But she..
[x4]
It's just yea, yea she loves it over here

And my most coveted thing is my high self-esteem
And the low tolerance for them tellin me how to lean
See the most important parts are the ones that are unseen
See the wings don't make you fly and the crown don't make you king
Now God don't like ugly, ain't too happy bout pretty
I am ignorance's enemy so stay out of the vicinity of...

Yea, Yea the$#%+@*% over there
Yea, Yea now look at what I wear

[repeat chorus]


[Thanks to jaespur21 for these lyrics]"

i know the references are obscure.. so he gets a pass.. but norwegian sensibilities ?!?! wtf?

 

[getmoneyforever]

I love street fighter 2 I just really hate Zangeif
Only Ken and Ryu I find it hard to beat Blanka

So true it hard as hell to beat Blanka

 

[dj entendre]

Originally Posted by S23A

Originally Posted by 1and12

I thought it was dollars hehe

anyway what's in the first verse it is

"am i for the wrong jeans"?

He says - In my "Fall of Rome" jeans.

Fall of Rome is Lupe's clothing line that should be coming out soon.

What the hell happened to Richeous Kung-Fu???

 

[s23a]

Originally Posted by DJ Entendre

.
What the hell happened to Richeous Kung-Fu???

No idea. I heard about that like back in 06.

Oh, and those lyrics posted are all wrong

 

[jeyel]

^ yeah haha.. its like why put it if it doesnt make sense...

head caught a wallet??? umm.. its head porter wallet.

my horishi sandles? maharishi sandles, son.

like street fighter 2 I just really hate zanga. who the hell is zanga?

azlyrics.com gets a pass for the obscure japanese brand references.. but zanga?

 

[crimsoncloudattire]

wow....that 2nd verse is so awfully wrong its not even funny. I mean...I don't know everything he's saying but damn, I mean...c'mon

Most gloomy - - > Moleskin (as in moleskin bound notebooks)
Go Tiamo Moto - - > pretty sure thats Yogi Yamamoto
Futuring asperaticks - - > what does that even mean?

It's FuturaNosferatus
Zanga - - > quite possibly the most egregious mistake ever in the history of lyric transcription.

 

[novaflight]

Originally Posted by Juhnay

just wondering if anyone knows exactly what's being said during the beginning of the song and throughout? to me, it sounds like it's saying "give them diamonds up yea yea" + the title of the song is "gold watch"?

she says "give the drummer some yea, yea,"

 

[stoker55]

[Chorus:]
Got my gold watch
And my gold chain
With my fancy car
And my diamond ring
With my fancy broad
And she full grain
So it's no words
And it's no slang
And I'm no trick
And I'm no lame
It's just so sick
That she soak game

Is it not:

With my fancy broad
And she for - eign
So it's no words
And it's no slang
And I'm no trick
And I'm no lame
It's just so sick
That she soak game

as in foreign. he just separated the syllables out to better feed the hook, or am I way off base?

 

[midnightmarauda112]

Yo most of this whole song is wrong

and its Parisian sensibility

" [Intro: x2]
Let's peruse the essential of cool
A brief study of the things so instrumental to you
That make me feel flyer than lobbys at bellevues
An exclaimer just aramore no credentials from a school
Now

[Lupe Fiasco:]
In my Falloron jeans, my head caught a wallet
My neighbor hood shirt and my Eddie Chen CLOT %*!*
My not go to college but my street smart polished
Like the black finger nails of that punk rock logic
Do the knowlage, man you can't be punk from projects
Firm disbeliever in your punch clock promise
Was trading off my comics I was taking them to school
One of Jay-z's boys now I'm skating in your pools
Not to be rude I'm just hating on your rules
Like a young fifty I'm on my world tour
Good morning singapore I'm bringing the sun with me
From the Robert Taylor homes to African slum cities
I am American mentally with Japanese tendencies
Norwegian sensibilities so stay out the vicinity of

[Bridge:]
Yea, yea she loves it over here
It's just, yea, yea now look at what I wear

[Chorus:]
Got my gold watch
And my gold chain
With my fancy car
And my diamond ring
With my fancy broad
And she full grain
So it's no words
And it's no slang
And I'm no trick
And I'm no lame
It's just so sick
That she soak game
[x4]
It's just yea, yea she loves it over here

[Lupe Fiasco:]
I like zip-t, candles and my Horishi sandles
And Vita sunglasses and purple murdersouses samples
I like false t-shirts though the street is off the handle
Such a good disgner Junior Wontanabi got genu
I like Go Tiama Moto and I might roll solo
Leather Gucci belts and Guilty Brotherhood polos
I like Mont Blanc pens and most gloomy paper
I like go-yard bags and green Now-n-Laters
Monical magazines and japanese manga
Futuring asperaticks and HTM trainers
I like street fighter 2 I just really hate zanga
If only Ken and Ryu I find it hard to beat Blanca
I keep a weak ninja hanging and a uncle while I'm banging
If you negativin energy stay of the vicinity of...

[Chorus:]
Got my gold watch
And my gold chain
With my fancy car
And my diamond ring
With my ghetto broad
And she so plain
Gotta couple SCARS
And one of those long names
And she fight a$+!#*%
And cusses wit no shame
And her ex-man had her baggin up cocaine
But she..
[x4]
It's just yea, yea she loves it over here

And my most coveted thing is my high self-esteem
And the low tolerance for them tellin me how to lean
See the most important parts are the ones that are unseen
See the wings don't make you fly and the crown don't make you king
Now God don't like ugly, ain't too happy bout pretty
I am ignorance's enemy so stay out of the vicinity of...

Yea, Yea the$#%+@*% over there
Yea, Yea now look at what I wear

[repeat chorus]


[Thanks to jaespur21 for these lyrics]"



%!$! is mad ******ed I cant even correct all this

 

[threat6]

mad wrong on the lyrics

 

[hamez3]

yikes @ those lyrics, how they got those is beyond me.

 

[ryanbbn1]

the sample is so annoying i cant even listen

 

[TYE_The Time Traveler]

To me the sample sounds like it's saying "Go get a drum or something, yeah get out there"

 

[marv machamp]

They butchered that.

[Lupe Fiasco:]
I like zip-t, candles and my Horishi sandles
And Vita sunglasses and purple murdersouses samples
I like false t-shirts though the street is off the handle
Such a good disgner Junior Wontanabi got genu
I like Go Tiama Moto and I might roll solo
Leather Gucci belts and Guilty Brotherhood polos
I like Mont Blanc pens and most gloomy paper
I like go-yard bags and green Now-n-Laters
Monical magazines and japanese manga
Futuring asperaticks and HTM trainers
I like street fighter 2 I just really hate zanga
If only Ken and Ryu I find it hard to beat Blanca
I keep a weak ninja hanging and a uncle while I'm banging
If you negativin energy stay of the vicinity of...

 

[ldea]

anyone else feel that the sample gets a little annoying after a while?

 

[harlemtothebronx]

@Those lyrics.

 

[juhnay]

Originally Posted by novaflight

Juhnay wrote:

---

just wondering if anyone knows exactly what's being said during the beginning of the song and throughout? to me, it sounds like it's saying
"give them diamonds up yea yea" + the title of the song is "gold watch"?

she says "give the drummer some yea, yea,"


thanks for answering the question.