The Coolest

Lupe Fiasco

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The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
Lord, please have sympathy
And forgive Michael Young History as
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what

I love the Lord, but sometimes it′s like that I love me more
I love the peace and I love the war
I love the seas and I love the shore
No love for no beach, baby, that's law
But she doesn′t see, therefore I spoil
I trip, I fall, run up in raw

I love her with all my heart
Every vein, every vessel, every bullet lodged
With every flower that I ever took apart
She said that she would give me greatness
Status, placement above the others
My face would grace covers of the magazines of the hustlers
Paper, the likes of which that I had never seen
Her eyes glow green with the logo of our dreams

The purpose of our scene, a obscene obsession for the bling
She would be my queen, I could be her king, together
She would make me cool, and we would both rule forever
And I would never feel pain
And never be without pleasure ever again
And if the rain stops and every thing's dry
She would cry just so I could drink the tears from her eyes

She'd teach me how to fly
Even cushion my fall if my engines ever stall
And I plummet from the sky
But she would keep me high
And if I ever die, she would commission monuments on her bosom to him
Or maybe she′d retire as well
A match made in Heaven, set the fires in Hell, and I′ll be

The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
Lord, please have sympathy
And forgive Michael Young History as
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what

And so began our reign
The Trinity, Her and I, Caine
No weatherman could ever stand where her and I came
Hella hard, umbrella whatever, put plywood over Pella pains
And pray to God that the flood subside
'Cause you gonna need a sub ′til he does reply

And not one of Jared's, you think it′s all arid
And everyting's irie, another supply
That means another July inside my endless summer
That was just the eye of the Unger
Felix, ′cause he is the cleanest
Amongst the younger outstanding achieving up-and-comers
The ones that had deadbeat daddies and well-to-do mommas
But not well enough to keep 'em from us
The ones that were fighting in class who might not pass

Rap record pressured to laugh at a life not fast
"Can you feel it? Can you feel it?" That's what I got asked
"Do I love her? Do I love her?" Said, "I don′t know"
Streets got my heart, game got my soul
One time missing sunshine will never hurt your soul

Quote to a crying, dishonored baby mama
Who′s a mama to a daughter that I had fathered from afar
My new lady gave me a Mercedes and a necklace
With a solid gold key like the starter of a car
The opener of a door, or two pounds of raw
You gave me a baby, but what about lately?
Then ha-ha-ha-ha-ha'd, right up in her face, G
There′s more fish in the sea
I'm on my mission to be, be

The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
Lord please have sympathy
And forgive Michael Young History as
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what
The coolest nigga, what, the coolest nigga, what

Come, these are the tales of The Cool
Guaranteed to go and make you fail from your school
And seek unholy grails like a fool
And hang with the players of the pool
Fast talking on the hustle
No Heaven up above you
No Hell underneath ye
And no one will receive thee
So shed no tear when we′re not here
And keep your faith as we chase The Cool

(Cool)