Lupe Fiasco - Gotta Eat Lyrics
[Intro]
I swear when I see this nigga, I'ma kill em, I'm going to kill him, so make niggas suffer.
[Chorus]
My man said life aint easy when niggas gotta eat thats when shit get greasy streets be all
My man said life aint easy when niggas gotta eat thats when shit get greasy
[Verse 1]
Hey he had a whole lot of cheese plus he was a mac had a whole lot of steez
Made a lot of niggas fat gave a whole lot of G's, grams man he had a whole lot of these
And he would let you hold a whole lot of keys, even if u lose some he would give you new ones
Twice the bread like he had two buns, and he had a whole lot of steez even his kids had meals
For reals some rich small fries wrapped in paper since they was little, ketchup nigga
[Chorus]
Like feed me feed me when niggas gotta eat thats when shit get greasy
My man said life aint easy when niggas gotta eat thats when shit get greasy
[Verse 2]
He was a heart breaker and a large shaker, if it was bout caking, he was a part taker
International he would take trips bon voyage just as hard he was fishing for the chips so greedy
Never gave to the needy thats what some say he shoned on the bums hanging in the subways he
Called them fruits and laughed at em delivery man on the pick up drive through and throw the bag
At em it was hard to understand him sometimes making a killing the way he had em standing in line
Like
[Chorus]
My man said life aint easy when niggas gotta eat thats when shit get greasy streets be all
Like feed me feed me when niggas gotta eat thats when shit get greasy
My man said life aint easy when niggas gotta eat thats when shit get greasy
[Verse 3]
Lovers call him king haters call him clown he would say bite me thats the way its goin down he
Was having thoughts that maybe he should retire went to church on sunday and saw a deep fryer said
He had beef and people want him dead he love the hungry ones only scared of the feds he lived
The fast life couldn't get his path right fried just told him bout the hooters that he had last
Night turn yourself in to the patty wagon said no bacon wouldn't take em had the pigs on the pay
Roll
[Outro]
To be continued, on another menu, ya dig.
Will he give up his life of crime or will he stay?
This and other adventured on lupe fiasco's next album, L - U - P - END
Yessir!
My man said life ain't easy when niggas gotta eat thats when shit get greasy, hey!
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Lupe Fiasco Gotta Eat Comments
Art at it’s finest. This is too underrated
10yrs later this song scares the hell out of me ..... Metaphors and all
"The Cool" should had been a multi-platinum album. I don't know who dropped the ball, the label, radio or the gate keepers that didn't think Lupe should had been up with the superstars of hip hop.
a genius song about the fast food industry, "to be continued on another menu" the mans fucking amazing
Im here because they forgot to play this at the end of Red Dead Redemption 2.
He is talking about Drug Dealing with fast food references. ......and Fast Food with Drug Dealer references at the Same Damn Time.
Incredible word play.Using fast food etc to tell his story or convey his message.
This is pure genius wtf
The whole song is one metaphor
gotta eat 2?
Best rapper I ever heard. Metaphor king
i remember reading a review of the songs and one reviewer thought he was literally talking about food and i had the hardest face palm of all time
T Moore damn... that was dumb lmao... did that review not understand metaphors?
@L-Y3T exactly lol like rap is known for the fact that it's poetic and there's metaphors.
He was making low-key references to fast food restaurants if u pay attention... Lupe on another level.
Only drug dealas or people who been around em get this🤣🤣
Unfortunately, every Lupe album you have ignorant columnist and reviewers who don't understand Lupe's lyrics and write how confounding Lupe album is and how he should make it simpler (i.e. dumb it down). It's really annoying because 10 to 15 years later they'll finally understand and be like ohhhh now I get it.
I put this song on repeat and still don't get tired! song is raw!
3:08 Lupe says so stupid ???
He was saying the beat is so stupid(dope)
i think he did a soulja boy YOUUUUU right before and then he said so stupid
When cops gotta eat thats when shit gets greasee
had a whole lotta seeds even his kids had meals for reals. the embodiment of raw talent.
Curly Cutie some rich small fried wrapped in paper since they was lil... catch up (ketchup) nigggga
So this is about fast food and poor people being forced to take unhealthy routes with their lives because it's cheaper.
i think its a double entendre but its primarily a metaphor of "having to eat" aka getting money and having to grind etc.
ERBOCH it's lyricism all about having to survive in the streets. gotta eat is a metaphor for survival
Seth Demirjian Oh shit, revisiting this a year later, I don't know how I missed this lol.
@ERBOCH I couldn't tell if you were serious or not anyways just figured I'd say it lol
Double Entendre about Hustling and Fast Food industry.
This is seriously one of my favorite Lupe songs. The wordplay is just so dope
I had to look up Lupe in like 2007 after hearing him to find out that he's arguably one of the dopest.
and where is this album L.U.P.END?
Got cancelled before release
Lupe is very underrated.. been a fan for a long time.. did a good track with Fort Minor
This song is fucking fire. So underrated.
kewldude F only from Chicago 🐻
just uploaded this instrumental if anyone is interested
some rich small frys wrapped in paper since they was lil...ketchup nigga..lol
notice the Soulja Boy diss at the end : "YOOOOOOO THATS so stupid"
The word play in this song is underrated
I like this album, best from Lupe in my opinion.
I've definitely grown to appreciate the metaphoric power of this beast of a song.
This is just pure genius!!!
lupe = the goat of lyricism
this sh*t makes my tooooes curl...
The food word play is to sick
I wanna find the one dislike of everyone and slap the shit out of them.
It's both.....the hole song if comparing gangsters to fast food...
Song forreal underated by the public.
Lupe is a monster for this one and Kick Push. Mad creativity
Ketchup nigga!!! lol
Bacon wouldn't take him, half the pigs on the payroll
lmao
play it from 3:00 or it gets cut off part way
at 3:04 there's a shot at Solja boy's whack ass...it's kinda low but it's there
The meaning of this song JUST hit me about a week ago!! love it!!
It's seeds not steez