Fort Minor, Skylar Grey, Takbir Bashir , Lupe Fiasco - Be Somebody lyrics
Lupe Fiasco [Wasalu Muhammad Jaco] Chicago, Illinois, U.S. 🇺🇸
[Fort Minor, Skylar Grey, Takbir Bashir , Lupe Fiasco - Be Somebody lyrics]
You know I'm a fan man, I'm a real fan
(Gonna be somebody)
Feel real honoured to be up in here
(Gonna be someone) you know what I'm saying?
They had to bring out the
Expensive mics for this one
(Gonna be somebody)
You know what I'm saying?
The seven thousand dollar headphones
For this one here (Gonna be someone)
Know what I'm saying? Come on, talk to me
This is the story of them against us
Win or lose
Forcing your feet into someone else's shoes
Everybody's got something to say
That we ought to live their way
What we're doing's not okay in this world
Everybody's got a chip on both
Sides of their neck
Got no respect, wait up a sec
You ever feel like the pressure's
Too much to take?
Too much weight? Ladies and gentlemen
If anybody can hear me right now, please
Shout back
We're not the only ones feeling so trapped
In a dream of somebody else, in fact
They got their heads full
Of some overblown scheme
Opportunity they missed back when
They were sixteen and all they want to do is
Push you to be that
And all you want to do is scream back
Gonna be somebody
(For anybody telling me I can't)
Gonna be someone
(For anyone who told me I had no chance)
Gonna be somebody
(I'm telling you, the time has come
Like that) gonna be someone
(And maybe you'll get it
When I'm finally done)
We don't sleep to dream
We sleep to build stamina
Energy to do our thing, get your camera
'Cause this ride is about to begin
Sit down and buckle it in
Let me say it again
In this world, everybody's got a chip on
Both sides of the neck, got no respect
Wait up a sec, when I was young
They said the odds of making
It were slim to none ladies and, fuck it
I'm tired of them saying the
Dream you have doesn't exist
Telling you you're worthless
Saying you should quit
Basically, telling you that you'll
Never be shit really, they're pissed 'cause
They'll never achieve
Some opportunity they missed back
When they were sixteen
And all they want to do is
Push you to be that
And all you want to do is scream back
Ugh, they gon' think you're
Crazy mumbling to yourself
In the basement all day
Uh uh uh'in to yourself
My pops didn't dig it
Was shoveling to myself
My boys used to get it
They dug it because they felt
My undertaking took me
I was making in my stealth
A wealth of rhymes of crazy
I would chuckle to myself (Ha)
Then they went into the mental Rolodex
See I'm know 'em by heart
Like a brain in my chest
Then I took them to school
Where subjects was gettin' felt (Ugh)
Books under my seat
Notebook laying on my desk
My teacher's like, "Mr jaco?" "Yes?"
"With all that knowledge
You ain't tryna go to college?
Be a lawyer or a doctor
Get a whole lot of dollars?
Rather degrade women and glorify violence?"
"Well, the work that works for me
Might not work for you
No homework, I got work to do"
Gonna be somebody
(For anybody telling me I can't)
Gonna be someone
(For anyone who told me I had no chance)
Gonna be somebody
(I'm telling you, the time has come
Like that) gonna be someone
(And maybe you'll get it
When I'm finally done)
And I'm finally done, yeah
This one goes out to
Those fantastic human beings
That keep us down and hold us back
And give us fuel for what we do thanks
(Gonna be somebody)
Feel real honoured to be up in here
(Gonna be someone) you know what I'm saying?
They had to bring out the
Expensive mics for this one
(Gonna be somebody)
You know what I'm saying?
The seven thousand dollar headphones
For this one here (Gonna be someone)
Know what I'm saying? Come on, talk to me
This is the story of them against us
Win or lose
Forcing your feet into someone else's shoes
Everybody's got something to say
That we ought to live their way
What we're doing's not okay in this world
Everybody's got a chip on both
Sides of their neck
Got no respect, wait up a sec
You ever feel like the pressure's
Too much to take?
Too much weight? Ladies and gentlemen
If anybody can hear me right now, please
Shout back
We're not the only ones feeling so trapped
In a dream of somebody else, in fact
They got their heads full
Of some overblown scheme
Opportunity they missed back when
They were sixteen and all they want to do is
Push you to be that
And all you want to do is scream back
Gonna be somebody
(For anybody telling me I can't)
Gonna be someone
(For anyone who told me I had no chance)
Gonna be somebody
(I'm telling you, the time has come
Like that) gonna be someone
(And maybe you'll get it
When I'm finally done)
We don't sleep to dream
We sleep to build stamina
Energy to do our thing, get your camera
'Cause this ride is about to begin
Sit down and buckle it in
Let me say it again
In this world, everybody's got a chip on
Both sides of the neck, got no respect
Wait up a sec, when I was young
They said the odds of making
It were slim to none ladies and, fuck it
I'm tired of them saying the
Dream you have doesn't exist
Telling you you're worthless
Saying you should quit
Basically, telling you that you'll
Never be shit really, they're pissed 'cause
They'll never achieve
Some opportunity they missed back
When they were sixteen
And all they want to do is
Push you to be that
And all you want to do is scream back
Ugh, they gon' think you're
Crazy mumbling to yourself
In the basement all day
Uh uh uh'in to yourself
My pops didn't dig it
Was shoveling to myself
My boys used to get it
They dug it because they felt
My undertaking took me
I was making in my stealth
A wealth of rhymes of crazy
I would chuckle to myself (Ha)
Then they went into the mental Rolodex
See I'm know 'em by heart
Like a brain in my chest
Then I took them to school
Where subjects was gettin' felt (Ugh)
Books under my seat
Notebook laying on my desk
My teacher's like, "Mr jaco?" "Yes?"
"With all that knowledge
You ain't tryna go to college?
Be a lawyer or a doctor
Get a whole lot of dollars?
Rather degrade women and glorify violence?"
"Well, the work that works for me
Might not work for you
No homework, I got work to do"
Gonna be somebody
(For anybody telling me I can't)
Gonna be someone
(For anyone who told me I had no chance)
Gonna be somebody
(I'm telling you, the time has come
Like that) gonna be someone
(And maybe you'll get it
When I'm finally done)
And I'm finally done, yeah
This one goes out to
Those fantastic human beings
That keep us down and hold us back
And give us fuel for what we do thanks