The National Anthem-Lupe Fiasco

[00:02.73]Lupe Fiasco] [00:03.03]Check!One, [00:05.67]TwoAhh. Naw![Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco] [00:10.20]Your attention please, your attention [00:12.39]I need itSo [00:13.17]I can sit you in a position from which [00:14.97]I see itWhere [00:15.75]Im seated is scenic [00:16.80]Heavy-weighter, slim as the [00:18.00]Machinist, so bulimic [00:19.23]Which means you somewhere in between it [00:20.76]I take it back for you like the [00:22.08]Wild Stallions (Wyld Stallyns) of [00:23.25]San DimasIm in the market for low-mile 360 [00:26.43]MedinasAnd a good organic cleaners [00:28.29]My car always a winner [00:29.52]Your cars always pity [00:30.54]We should call it [00:31.14]Stanley Steamers [00:31.92]Most of my friends in gangs [00:33.18]My new nickname is [00:34.44]Ghengis Khan [00:35.43]But without the [00:36.06]Ye, but his last names my side [00:37.98]I ride with the demeanors (the meanest) [00:39.36]Im armed to the teeth [00:40.41]Youre Venus and youve never been to the [00:42.15]Dinas (dentist) [00:42.69]School of [00:43.02]Hard Knocks, [00:43.74]I dean itI done it, as well as a celebrated alumnus [00:47.07]I donate to the campus and my names on the arenas [00:49.68]But you cant bring it to my court [00:51.06]Not even with subpoenas [00:52.20]Cause you cant play my sport [00:53.64]But you can still cheer-lead us [00:54.93]And you cant sit there [00:56.13]That sections for the seniors [00:57.45]And the sexy senoritas [00:58.74]So just move up to the bleachers [01:00.33]How you gonna school me when [01:01.56]I grew up with your teachers [01:02.85]I know that you cant hear me [01:03.96]Cause I blew up all the speakers [01:05.37]And the power line is hanging [01:06.57]Cause I threw up all the sneakers [01:08.10]I ate up the imposters [01:09.30]And I chewed through all the pizzas [01:10.74]I blacked out with a black card [01:11.94]And I maxed out all the [01:12.78]Visas[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco] [01:14.34]UhhAccreditation so prestigious [01:15.87]Just walk across my stage [01:17.16]Your life will be completed [01:18.48]Dont need financial aid [01:19.86]Cause this is just some free shit [01:21.15]You been properly prepared [01:22.35]Throw your hats up in the air [01:23.37]Im red hot, [01:23.61]Chilly, (Red Hot Chili) [01:25.32]Im Anthony [01:25.92]KiedisMy spirit smells teenage [01:27.69]And Chi-towns feelin excellent [01:29.07]We hit them with the [01:29.85]PresidentSee we set the precedent [01:31.83]I dont feel [01:32.43]Im bestI just feel [01:33.75]Im better than[Chorus: Thom Yorke/Radiohead] [01:38.43]Everyone Everyone [01:39.30]Around Here [01:43.62]Everyone is so near [01:44.79]So alone So alone[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco] [01:55.44]See I dont disagree [01:56.73]This is just a grievance [01:58.08]This aint dissin [01:58.83]This is civil disobedience [02:00.69]How you gon make hip-hop [02:01.92]Without all the ingredients? [02:03.27]Lot of mouths to feed [02:04.56]Plus a lot of greediness [02:06.06]And that greed, outshines the neediness [02:08.61]What n-ggas need is some question they authority [02:11.07]And tune out all the [02:11.82]TV sh-tAnd we be this [02:14.04]So I give em more [02:15.21]You see I did it for[Chorus: Thom Yorke/Radiohead] [02:20.52]Everyone Everyone is so near [02:21.72]Everyone has got the fear [02:23.91]So alone So alone[Verse 4: Lupe Fiasco] [02:37.80]Yeah I am back up on the airwaves [02:40.14]Feelin like a [02:40.71]Soldier, and [02:41.22]I aint talking where the [02:42.06]Bears play [02:42.63]Flair, look how [02:43.59]I Fred Astaire (further stair) down the staircases [02:45.36]Finna be a hair-raisin tortoise versus hare race [02:48.06]So you should hang around here (hair) like some earrings [02:50.82]I know attentions all about how you pair things [02:53.37]So when I want them to hear me out [02:55.17]I just sit them next to some pictures of [02:56.76]Rosa splitting with her titties out [02:58.62]And whats written on her titties is what its really about [03:01.23]Then her vagina is some poor kids from [03:03.03]ChinaNipples nuclear missiles [03:05.07]Ass is a daughter without a dad [03:06.90]Back is like [03:07.59]Afghanistan, [03:08.25]IraqHealth care hair [03:10.23]Drive by thighs [03:11.55]Education lips [03:12.84]HIV eyesEnvironment feet [03:15.42]Justice get her so wet, brains get you brains [03:17.91]You can f-ck her if you protest [03:20.01]But before you bust in her face, finish listenin to the tape [03:23.22]Enemy of the [03:23.94]State[End]