“Superstar” Lyrics

Album: The Cool

Artist: Lupe Fiasco featuring Matthew Santos

Genre: Midwest hip hop

Lyrics:

[crowd cheering]

[Chorus (Matthew Santos):]
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera’s here
And the microphones
And they wanna know, oh oh oh yeah

[Verse 1 – Lupe Fiasco]
Yeah, uh
A fresh cool young Lu’
Tryna catch his microphone check 2, 1, 2
Wanna believe my own hype but it’s too untrue
The world brought me to my knees, what have you bring you?
Did you improve on the design? Did you do somethin’ new?
Well your name ain’t on the guest list, who bring you?
You! The more famous person you come through
And the sexy lady next to you, you come too
And then they hit me
Standin’ outside of heaven waitin’ for god to come and get me
I’m too uncouth
Unschooled to the rules and too gum shoe
Too much of a new comer and too un-cool
Like Shadow and Lavelle, I battle with it well
Tho I need holiday like lady who sung “Blue”
Go back, whatever you did you undo
Heavy as heaven
The devil on me, two ton’s too

[Chorus (Matthew Santos):]
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera’s here
And the microphones
And they wanna know, oh oh oh yeah,

[Verse 2 – Lupe Fiasco]
And you better wear your shades
The spotlights here can burn holes through the stage
Down through basement pass the Indian graves
Where the dinosaurs laid
Then out through China, nearly misses airliners
Magnified times five, ‘less it’s pointed at the rhymer
Ricochets off the moon and sets the forest ablaze
Now that’s important to say
’cause even with all that most of us don’t want it to fade
We want it to braid, meaning we want it to grow
Meaning we want it to stay
Like the Governor called and he told him the way
Un-strap him from the chair and put him back in his Cage
The audience ain’t fazed
And they ain’t gonna clap and they ain’t gonna praise
They want everything back that they’ve paid
’cause they’ve been waitin’ since ten to see the lights get dim

[Chorus (Matthew Santos)]
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the crowd is here
And the lights are on
And they wanna show, oh oh oh yeah,

[Verse 3 – Lupe Fiasco]
So chauffeur chauffeur come and take me away
’cause I’ve been standin’ in this line for like five whole days
Me and security ain’t getting’ along
And when I got to the front, they told me all of the tickets were gone
So just take me home where the mood is mellow
And the roses are grown, M&M’s are yellow
And the light bulbs around my mirror don’t flicker
Everybody gets a nice autograph picture
One for you and one for your sister
Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener
Every songs a favorite song and mics don’t feedback
All the reviewers say “You need to go and see that”
And everybody claps ’cause everybody is pleased
And then they all take the stage and start performin’ for me
Like, ha ha ha ha ha
Ha ha ha ha ha, ha

[Chorus (Matthew Santos):]
If you are what you say you are, a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera’s here
And the microphone’s
And they wanna know, oh oh oh yeah,

If you are, what you say you are
Then have no fear

Album Info:

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The Cool
The name of Lupe Fiasco’s sophomore set sounds like a Kanye-ism, and that’s fitting: The Cool spills over with Mr. West-style urgency, and it’s just about as smart as anything Fiasco’s more flamboyant mentor has issued. It could even land Lupe a little too close to the top of the hip-hop heap for Kanye’s comfort. The Cool is cool not only for its sober, clear-headed vibe — Fiasco ponders everything from the apocalypse to poverty to the weight of worldly possessions in these songs, some of them produced with a level of sensitivity uncommon among studio tracks by Soundtrakk — but also for its potential. Songs like “Dumb It Down,” about the music industry’s insistence on the same old sorry themes, burn with relatability and realness. But others go deeper. “Little Weapon,” produced by Fall Out Boy’s Patrick Stump, and “Intruder Alert” shape-shift customary hip-hop dialogue to let the issues of the day come sharply into focus. They make you think. Overall, The Cool is fevered, fierce, and at times furious, but so is Lupe Fiasco, and the album easily earns its spot as one of the top 10 CDs of 2007. –Tammy La Gorce

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