22 Golden Lupe Fiasco Quotes From His Lyrics

Lupe started to rap when he was 14 years old, in 1995.

We gathered up some of the best quotes that Lupe Fiasco can say within his lyrics and put them within a few words so that you can just skim through his lyrics and still get the point.

I hope I can make one of those albums and have people like it.

22 Golden Lupe Fiasco Quotes

It makes no sense to talk about something when you can just keep silent about it.

In the case you didn’t notice, I just wanted to remind everyone that Lupe Fiasco is in fact a very clever rapper. I feel like I need to start using “in case you didn’t notice” more.

When I came into the world, we already passed the era of the Black Power Movement. Even in America, we’ve gotten more powerful than any other time. It’s not about time. It’s about the power we have now. We can’t do nothing about the past, but we can do something about the future.

I wish I had no feelings. I wish I didn’t care. I wish I could stop loving you so much.

I’ve been trying for about 5 years to get out of where I am. You would never know if you could ever be, if you never try, you would never see.

As Lupe Fiasco put it, people are cowards when it comes to speaking against injustice. Even if someone is a terrorist, it’s the responsibility of those who oppose them to speak out against them.

The Paraphrase is often a summary of the content, or a “what-the-hell-is-this?” excerpt of the original text. It is an easy way to get rid of something you don’t understand, even if you don’t “get” the entire point.

I think a “T” is a letter that’s hard to spell. Once you get to know a letter you can pronounce it in your head. In reverse it means you’re going too far. You can take the truth to a good place or a bad place. A good place is when your love is real, a bad place is when you lie about things.

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The most powerful emotion that we have is fear. I despise it.

In the same speech, Lupe Fiasco said that he was hoping for the opposite of death when it came to the world, and we could see the exact opposite of life in his words and his music.

You are feeling more than you can handle and you need to get some help. You want to let her go because she is weighing you down. Your soul needs to find some release. You feel like you’re running out of soul and you’re losing control of things. You need to help yourself out so you’re not so heavy to carry. You still have so much to give.

I was never afraid of myself, but I had fears of other peoples opinion of me. I made myself afraid of not living up to people’s expectations. I was afraid of being average. I was afraid of not being good enough.

This is how you measure success in life. To be happy. Money is not the only way to be successful. Fame is not the only way to be successful. You can be successful as a person and not be famous. It’s about happiness. If you’re getting a bad deal in life then you’re the problem, not the situation.

The problem wasn’t in the clouded minds, it was in the rain.

As it turns out, The Legend of Lupe Fiasco was a flop. He released only one more album, and it was pretty mediocre. His second album, Lasers, was released just a few years ago.

I have trouble in relationships. I feel that I can trust people, but the minute I think that I have a connection with someone, they do something that makes me feel they don’t care about me. I have a hard time with that. When I start feeling it, I get out of there as fast as I can.

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People can tell if you’re not giving your best effort by the way you treat your clients. If you don’t show them good faith, they won’t return your good faith.

There are many problems in our world and they are not all created equal. We do not need to be worried about learning how to read and do basic multiplication because no one should attempt to teach you or I all of that. On the other hand, there are situations that warrant a reaction that would not be justified in the classroom, no matter how big or small the crime.

In my hometown, I’ve been blessed with the opportunity to live in a community that has beautiful, tree-lined streets. Many of these streets are lined with older houses built from brick, which many of my friends, neighbors, and family members own. I’m excited to live in a community that has these old, charming houses, and I appreciate being able to live in a neighborhood that has a strong, old feel.

Lupe Fiasco says that people should not steal, but he has never said that land is owned by someone other than Allah.

When you create an opinion, and you start critiquing, and you start doing something, people are actually sitting down and critiquing. A lot of the stuff people hate, they really don’t. They only look at the outer shell. They don’t really get into it.

“I do this for my own selfish reasons. I don’t really care what other people think or what your comments or your reviews are.”

There is a difference between the two sentences and it is the difference of meaning. In the second sentence, the writer expresses the opinion that his work is not worth mentioning.

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It’s always a good idea to trust people. But there will be times when you will just have no idea what to think and how to react.

I’ve always had my own opinions and thoughts, and I’ve always had a lot of respect for artists that have their own style. When you listen to me, you know you’re getting someone who’s going to be speaking on a lot of different topics, and I’m always going to have the freedom to express myself.

In other “Rise of an Angry Artist” news, I’ve made it into the top 5,000 on the iTunes chart. Not too shabby! It’s in their top 100 and top 25. My friend, and the mastermind behind the track, Nana Kwabena, has a new blog up. You should check it out. He also did a podcast with me recently.

When he first started out, everyone on the “Day N Night” single was an established artist with a long history of working with other producers. When he came out, he was the only one that had made a whole record by himself that could be seen as his own, and now we are seeing a similar situation with the Cudi and Kendrick collaboration.
If Kendrick wasn’t a big Cudi fan, Cudi probably wouldn’t have a big career today. The Kendrick collaboration has a similar feel to the “Day N Night” single, so it isn’t that surprising that Kendrick wants to work with him.

I always hated faking it. It was always so easy for people to try to make other people think they were better than they really were. I never liked it, and it was a constant struggle for me to stay real.

Lupe Fiasco says that he thinks that he should just jump into things that are the opposite of him.

Summary

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