[uncredited female rapper]

Food and liquor stores rest on every corner

From 45th and State to the last standin hymn nuhana

J&J's, pale chicken, good finger lickin

While they sin, gin, sin sin at Rothschild and Lynnwood Liquors

The winos crooked stagger

meets the high stride of the youth searchin for the truth

They rebel and raise hell across alleyways and in classroom settings

They get, high off that drum bass and 20/20 rims

They rock braids, Air Force Ones and Timbs

They drink Hennessy, Hypnotiq and 40's

They call they women hoes, bust downs and shorties

They keep funeral homes in business and gunshot wards of hospitals full

Prisons packed, bubblin over in brown sugar

They keep empty, Westside lots crowded, hype's powdered

The well is running dry, the days of Malcolm and Martin have ended

Our hope has descended and off to the side

Waiting for the reinstallment of the revolution

Because we are dying at the cost of our own pollution

But God has another solution, that has evolved from the hood

I present one who turns, the Fiasco to good



[Lupe Fiasco]

A'uzu billahi min ash shaitani r rajimi

Bismi 'llahi 'r-rahmani 'r-rahim

Dedicated, to my grandmother

Peace! And much love to you

YEAH!! And it start

1st and, 15, proudly present

You know what it is

See.. I got this philosophy right

I think the world, and everything in it

Is made up of a mix, of two things

You got your good, y'know, and your bad

You got your food, and your liquor

That's right.. Chilly Chill!

You already know, it's a long time comin

I give you my.. I give you my heart

My soul, my mind my thoughts, my feelings

My experience, nuttin more, and nuttin less

Yes, FNF, uh-huh! So

With no further adieux...

Lupe, Fiasco's, "Food & Liquor"