Lupe Fiasco - N.E.R.D. Lyrics






Too many best rappers, not enough best rhymes tho
Guess I'm delusional, used to doing it all the time so
Maybe I'm just jaded, out of touch and unrelated
Unable to connect greatness based on the person who makes it
Or maybe I just hate it
And that would make me hater
Maybe it is great but that don't mean it's greater
Having your profile raised doesn't make you a raiser
Being ambiguous with assertions, isn't making you safer
What you mean tho?
Line us up, paddling us on the back
Like we steamboat you, president of the frat
You goin' sling toast, like you Ringo
And you think Doc Holliday's
Just goin' tolerate and too sick to let that thing go
It's just a matter of returns
Ashes to ashes, scattered them from the urns
To start a fire shaky to gather them from the burned
And reassemble these ashes, the blackness is something firm
Then moving blackness backwards in the bread of some other shit
Any deep we spreadin' wheat seeds from a bucket shit
McDonald had a farm and he lovin' it
Rolls Royce of the scented voice against the arms of the government
Artist gettin' robbed for their publishing
By dirty Jewish execs that think his alms from the covenant
I'll retire when I'm tired, that's a Firestone death
Easy to say when nobody's there, like a microphone check
They wanna hear what I'm gon' say before the microphone check
Make me sign an NDA before the microphone test
Let you face that type of faith, institutional opposition
Then with all due respect, you are not my competition
Nah





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  1. C.... S....

    top 3 of all time with jay and em

  2. P.... B....

    bishop g is my dad

  3. I.... ....

    Lupe Fiasco is the king of modern underrated MC's.

  4. D.... S....

    Fuck the jews

  5. c.... ....

    It's rapper like Lupe is why I can't really take J.Cole's "bridging the gap" movement seriously.

  6. 9.... K....

    This track ended his career just for mentioning the JQ..nothing to see here folks

  7. p.... p....

    Only ones saying its not a diss are the j cole fans cause lupes better haha

  8. G.... ....

    I'll retire when I'm tired, that's a Firestone death
    Easy to say when nobody's there, like a microphone check
    They wanna hear what I'm gon' say before the microphone check
    Make me sign an NDA before the microphone test
    'Less you face that type of faith, institutional opposition
    Then with all due respect, you are not my competition

  9. j.... 9....

    This shit got banned from Soundcloud

  10. a.... j....

    this is joey badass' waves beat not jcoles beat even though jcole had a song on it its originally joeys beat

  11. T.... I....

    The Js run the media, entertainment industry, politics, the Fed and major banks.

    T.... I....

    yeah we out here bruh
    we run y'all whole shit
    SMDFTB

  12. P.... B....

    I love Lupe

  13. M.... ....

    https://youtu.be/7nkDzm806k4

  14. M.... S....

    Thanks (((ADL))), I like Lupe Fiasco now!

    M.... S....

    oh damn i love starting shit with internet antisemites

  15. D.... E....

    Lupe Is the GOAT!!!

  16. W.... S....

    Wish you were more grounded and did not let what people say affect you or your music, maybe you could use that as an advantage and get the world to look at you to show them that's it's not a stereotype but rather a situation which is true, it's like Trump blaming imigrants for all the crime, it just doesn't apply to the whole only a few...

  17. M.... W....

    Illuminati got him

  18. J.... H....

    In my personal opinion N.E.R.D. could be an acronym for (Not Everybody Really Dies) oy cause Cole's version is called Everybody Dies...

  19. T.... D....

    "Make me sign an NDA before the microphone test
    Les you face that type of faith, institutional opposition
    Then with all due respect you are not my competition"
    Hes not lying though. If you have to sign an NDA before they even let you rap, then obviously they fear what you will say aka exposing the truth

  20. A.... D....

    How tf did this fly under my radar????

  21. K.... k....

    Fuck the music industry

  22. R.... R....

    So let's get this straight. to those who say Lupe dissed cole on this track, has cole returned with a diss? no, because even cole knows cole can't touch lupe. I prefer to think Lupe is talking about the entire rap industry. who cares about cole he makes some benevolent music and some is just the same as the rest of the radio. which he is on btw. don't belittle Lupe's message to something that doesn't matter. this song is about him getting his freedom from capital records and nothing more than mocking the mainstream. if your favorite artist put himself there then that's fine but I'm sorry for you.

    R.... R....

    Rome Rodgers you clearly don’t listen to cole..

  23. M.... M....

    You know Lupe is honestly my favorite MC, and made get into music to begin with. I know that Lupe would rather walk away from it all before he letting anything like anti semticism be associated with his name. But, that wasn't his intention. When the truth is uncomfortable, there's knee jerk reactions without much thought. But that was one of the reasons Lupe Fiasco will always have a very special place in my heart. He tells what you need to hear, not what is PC or what you thought you wanted to hear. He challenges you to be a better and sharper person in a way only Lupe can. Honestly, I just don't think J. Cole expected Lupe to speak up. Though, I don't think it came from a place of a malice rather than from the spirit of exalted competition. This should have been IMO a call for a J. Cole response to step to the next level, to bring something that would even blow Lupe complex ass mind (Good luck smdh). Not this.

  24. B.... K....

    I MEAN.........WHAT THE F SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM??? OH, THE DIRTY JEW EXEC, RIGHT........thats true, he cant...... WAIT A MINUTE!! WERE THEY MUSLIM???? THEY CANT BE SHADY AND AN EXEC RIGHT? are music execs really jew???? i thought the illuminati was behind it with mind control? but jew?????

  25. J.... S....

    Lupe fiasco is god bars

  26. S.... J....

    first rapper I ever see name the Jew mid-verse.
    Lupe is GOAT

  27. M.... X....

    🖖🏽✊🏽

  28. T.... ....

    insane...Lu is the truth

  29. S.... B....

    We need you out here Lupe. Thank you for always Lifting Us up with dope lyrics and amazing music

  30. J.... D....

    this is the lupe that i loved to listen to when i was growing up lyrical, political and on point with the flow. i hated when he started to dumb down his shit. might as well be a new artist

  31. H.... A....

    This song is not a diss this is lupe trying to make people aware of what the industry is made up of, most people in AMERICA dont believe in what he's saying and thats why one day soon we will all become victims of the zionist jews.

    H.... A....

    Eason Berry oh its starting already

    H.... A....

    Yea it is

  32. J.... G....

    nice try at least he can actually rap but he barking up the wrong tree

    J.... G....

    Joseph Grimsley Lupe would eat J Cole alive

  33. R.... D....

    LUpe is real, the mainstream rappers are all sellouts and that's facts, hollywood controls who gets famous and who doesn't lol

  34. B.... H....

    🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  35. D.... 2....

    the GOAT , they don't censor or cry antisemitism when Eminem talks crazy shit , he really digging into these mother fuckers , so they shut him out

  36. P.... C....

    I wish Lu would make good sells just so people would give him more respect. he is definitely a top 10 when it comes to artistry and top five when we talking bout lyricism

  37. T.... ....

    This sounds like a Nujabes beat.

  38. G.... ....

    Drogas Light, February 10th...

  39. b.... ....

    lupe the legend

  40. R.... E....

    Drogas Light coming soon! So stop it.

  41. V.... L....

    lupe casual word play is better then these rapper today's whole career of writing mumbles.....ayeeeee ahhhhhhhhuhhhh

  42. V.... L....

    8 week rapper lil whatever.....j Cole is the lupe of this generation, it's only fair that he jump on j Coles masterpiece...lol

  43. L.... ....

    I love Lupe's lyrics, but far too many people don't understand them and that's why he's not as successful. If he did dumb it down and started putting out club bangers instead, he would succeed far more as a celebrity musician...but would also sacrifice his artistic ability.

    L.... ....

    not really. if he made good musical albums as the cool and food & liquor - he would've been more relevant. tbh his label wasted his talents and ruined his career imo

  44. J.... V....

    "Like we steamboat you, president of the frat
    You goin' sling toast, like you Ringo
    And you think Doc Holliday's"

    Who is Ringo? and What/Who is Doc Hollidays?

    Gotta know his references to really know the song. Any explanations?

    J.... V....

    Johnny Ringo and Doc holiday are characters from a film called Tombstone

    J.... V....

    ayyyeee. Thanks

  45. T.... T....

    I need those "Drogas", "Skulls", & "Roy" projects... shit, I still want him to release that "LupEND" album too though.

  46. E.... R....

    Miss you Lupe!

  47. B.... ....

    lmao when he mentions the Jewish execs

  48. S.... M....

    lupe is flawless

  49. j.... ....

    Hang the jewish bankers!

  50. F.... W....

    🔥 🔥 all day

  51. J.... S....

    Tbh this shit sucks

  52. S.... ....

    All lupe is trying to do is express how he feels. You gotta respect him for that because there are som artist whose to scared to step out and say what's on their mind but lupe does it well. His lyrics paints an image and he's not afraid to speak him mind. Let him get this stuff off his chest and when he's ready he will make another dope album like "food and liquor"

  53. N.... O....

    the thing is, he isn't calling all Jews "dirty". The Jewish executives like Lyorh Cohen exploit artists, expecially rappers, to control what they say and do to their music and image. They do whatever they can to get more money off their artists, even if it means ripping them off. Lupe is calling them out as Jews going against their religion. They value money more than doing real service to their people

    N.... O....

    N Oz Jews are still a dirty bunch though

    N.... O....

    The Jews have a long history of ripping off Black musicians...

    N.... O....

    They ripped everyone off. There's a reason beyond "anti-semitism" for why they were kicked out of 109 countries.

  54. C.... S....

    Can't wait to see Lupe in the 612 tonight!!!

  55. P.... C....

    Lets go lupe

  56. D.... M....

    By Jewish Exces.

  57. o.... s....

    Mann this dude lupe just checked cole, dropped dope metaphors, and dissed the jews execs all in under 2 minutes! lol too dope

  58. g.... j....

    doesnt sound like the lupe i know

  59. Y.... B....

    lupe is one of the most complex rappers ever.

  60. n.... ....

    Should've never let white people into hip hop smh. They have control over it and have ruined it

    n.... ....

    the day you recognize it's Jews that are doing this, and not regular white people, it'll all make sense and not be confusing to you at all. The Jewish consider themselves a separate race, a race that's chosen by God as being the chosen people, and no they do not consider themselves to be white. Research the following: Zionism, Theodr Herzl, And what the talmud is.

  61. J.... A....

    lupe nooooooo

  62. R.... N....

    He spoke the industry truth that no one wants to hear deep

  63. g.... ....

    Lupe 🔥

  64. S.... G....

    Just goes to show that the 1st ammendment is bull. People love to take things out of proportion.

  65. J.... R....

    Keep telling the truth!!!!

  66. s.... j....

    who is sem wouldn't that be shem

  67. z.... ....

    Shit Lupe..you better watch your back man.You REALLY had to not only call out the Zionist Jews but mark the track at a total numberology of (13)? 1+5+7=13 In case some of you slow niggas in here dont get it,the number (13) ties into comebacks aka "things that most people didnt see coming" this year especially in sports

    Lebron James (was) 31 being 13 years in the league coming back down from 3-1
    The Chicago Cubs later doing that 3-1 tribute as well to win the World Series

    (both which are scripted)

    Lupe is also from Chicago. which has me concerned.

    z.... ....

    boy cavs out played warriors

    z.... ....

    and the games they lost they played awful

  68. R.... K....

    I hope he atleast does mixtapes. If he is done then salute to the god, he was my fav rapper and ill jam to his old shit.

  69. R.... K....

    i hope he aint done rapping cuz of this. i feel like he takin the easy way out quitting.

  70. H.... T....

    Lupe Fiasco used to be my favorite rapper & I thought he had the game on lock when The Cool dropped. I'm the only one that will admit he just isn't the same. FnL is in my top 5 best hip hop albums I've ever heard.

    H.... T....

    He-Ay Music ANY other entertainer that said the same thing that Lupe said about the higher powers would be buried into Oblivion by now. The fact that we can even still get tracks from Lupe and he isn't arrested or dead or labelled as ISIS or anything like that means that he won. Name me one artist, who after getting raped and blackballed by their label actually came out of the other end of that tunnel? Most are shelved and never remembered again.

  71. N.... P....

    He's better than EVERYBODY. Nobody come close.

    N.... P....

    Hafiz Alidu Best Comment All Year!

    N.... P....

    Hafiz Alidu been saying this since middle school and am old af now

    N.... P....

    @faded alexthegreat Lol Right.

    N.... P....

    Hahaha good to know some people share the same opinion with me.

  72. W.... S....

    Rip lupe

  73. E.... E....

    Israeli Mossad Did 9/11.

  74. K.... S....

    sound like he recorded this on a laptop

  75. T.... ....

    Always love the truth in lyrics Lupe connects ~ TRUTH & LIGHT

  76. E.... ....

    Rip Lupe

  77. t.... b....

    the biggest missconsumption of the "jewish execs" verse and what I believe has lupes life in danger is that he's not talking about all Jews just zionist Jews...there kaballah mysticism and evil practice rites etc..make them evil by nature and anyone who subscribes these believes should not be in a position of influence that's just common sense but in today's world everything gets slepted under versace rug...these new rappers all look the same..short dark coloured dreads feminine ways and most of them are on some type of anti depressingly drug they actually have no clue of the world around them..the funny part Is that they even represent the majority of there audience they are some how placed in front of us as if they are the poster children of today's youth but there not there just what the elites want the public to be..dumb deaf and blind

    t.... b....

    Real SPOOKY my guy *jordan tower voice*

    t.... b....

    teddy boii that's some real shit bruh

  78. R.... ....

    They promote and enforce them to use derogatory comments towards other black people, but want to cry when they asses get put on blast lol.

  79. k.... B....

    lupe Fiasco is the best man, I think he went harder then J cole on this beat. even if he did not freestyle it.

    k.... B....

    Lupe is miles beyond J. Cole.

    k.... B....

    Topher M negative. but I will say his mind is more elevated depending on the subject. I've been a fan of lupe since kick push an j cole since the beginning of his time. they are both very educated artist and would love to see a calab being that lupe is the only one elevated enough to do so.

    k.... B....

    Topher M Lupe is lyrically better but jcole has better production

    k.... B....

    He recorded this on his iPhone. This is closer to what other rappers do when they "freestyle" when they're really kicking a written. That means rapping something you wrote but it's not studio polished yet. If you're talking about the other "freestyle" like off the dome: no written- throughout their careers- Lupe is probably one of the only artist that freestyles off the dome. Very few can.

  80. M.... A....

    ayy lupe fiasco has the same birthday as me

  81. i.... k....

    the most genius moment is the title... it says it all.

  82. C.... B....

    Fuck you people who say lupe is anti-semtic from one lyric in a freestyle. If you listened to lupe's music you'd know he's always stood for the exact opposite. One of the goats is gonna retire over this shit, fucking stupid if you ask me.

  83. T.... H....

    *WRITTEN* freestyle.

    T.... H....

    @T-Def Hip Hop Ah okay, I get you. There are times where I can tell, but not always.

    T.... H....

    T-Def Hip Hop and I'm saying I hope you state these "facts" on other rappers videos who can't hold a candle to Lupe in terms of talent. I'm not disagreeing with you bruh, this was definitely written

    T.... H....

    Coolie Bwoy417 Yeah I do

    T.... H....

    I was told that there are two forms of freestyles; 1. Off the top (no prepared lines) and 2. Rapping an already written verse to a new beat (such as bringing verses to cyphers)

    T.... H....

    @Chris Sands I really believe off the top is the true form

  84. H.... S....

    Maybe the last Lupe song ever, I'm sad :'( but Ima still support my dude regardless

    H.... S....

    He changed his mind, he's releasing DROGAS Light on February 10th. Confirmed it on his Twitter.

  85. A.... B....

    Whiny and boring. And I'm a fan.

  86. W.... A....

    Speak the truth great MC lupe the GOAT

  87. F.... ....

    Too bad they took this off of his soundcloud cause he called them "dirty Jewish execs"

    F.... ....

    Darkchild dats truth

    F.... ....

    He spoke the truth, but they're more mad that they called them "execs"

    F.... ....

    To bad they took conflict diamonds off youtube

    F.... ....

    You can offend Black people with saying Nigga, but in any media form, you can't say nothing bad about Jewish people

  88. D.... ....

    He's not gonna quit releasing music... Its his livelihood.

  89. C.... B....

    better than Cole's version

  90. b.... ....

    he went kumakazi on them fake Ashkenazis

    b.... ....

    I call them Jewzis.

  91. M.... B....

    LUPE FIASCO IS THE GREATEST! I love j cole, I have his albums but man Lupe is too FUCKING GOOD! No one in this rap generation compared. Just listen to mural and y'all will stfu

  92. t.... p....

    this hard

  93. s.... ....

    jews got mad he called there evil souless slimy selfs out

    s.... ....

    damn i didn't know i was evil soulless and slimy
    thx for letting me know