I can't play any instrument for the life of me, but I know what I want to hear. Lupe Fiasco More Quotes by Lupe Fiasco More Quotes From Lupe Fiasco You know what I had a problem with? The war - the war in Afghanistan. Lupe Fiasco afghanistanproblemwar I was once that little boy Lupe Fiasco hip-hopboysworld With 'Hip-Hop Saved My Life,' I attempted to make 'Kick, Push,' but for rappers. To give a real basic play-by-play of the life of a rapper before he makes it - if he ever makes it, because you can get stuck in that and be trying to make it for the rest of your life. Lupe Fiasco rapperrealplay I really embrace my hypocrisy. I embrace that because after I do that, I can move on; I can try and go away from that. You gotta understand what your problem is and know what it is, and then you can change it. You can't just be like, "I'm a hypocrite, and to not be a hypocrite, I'm just going to not do hypocritical things." You can't do that; you don't even understand what a hypocrite is. Lupe Fiasco hypocrisyhypocritemoving The stuff that I make and the things that I talk about, you have to listen, so if the beat is doing too much, it's going to take you away. If the hook is too distracting, it's going to take you away. The hook just needs to be enough to get you from one verse to the next. Lupe Fiasco verseshookenough I don't really care about the GOPs or the Democratic Party. My point is the people, giving the people truth. Lupe Fiasco partygivingpeople People have their morals, but morals aren't concrete. People think because I'm a Muslim that I pray five times a day, but you're never going to see that on a day-to-day basis. People fluctuate. To me, that was the most specific way to put it, the best way to be like, "I listen to this music, but it's the most violent music on the planet." But I like it, and to make up for it, I don't say the cuss words. That's how I get away with it. Lupe Fiasco moralpeoplethinking We on the internet. That's such a small community. We think we're so huge. If you went up to people on the street and asked them about it, they'd probably be like, "You had a album coming out?" Let alone it leaked. Lupe Fiasco communitypeoplethinking In my fight against terrorism, to me, the biggest terrorist is Obama, and the United States of America. Lupe Fiasco united-statesfightingamerica I saw the dudes who would be the gangsta, big-time guys on the block, but would also be dedicated fathers. It was kind of weird to see that dual story that everybody has. Lupe Fiasco gangstablockfather When you look out into the world and you turn on the news and it's just so dark, it's still there. But it's the battle, it's the struggle with that, and at the same time to recognize that happiness and love and all those things exist as well. Lupe Fiasco happiness-and-lovestruggledark My approach is I put God first; I say "God willing" all the time. The only way things will change is with God. So knowing that I can't really change anything, I'm just going to satire it. Lupe Fiasco knowingwayfirsts Some stuff I don't even put out. I'll just be home, happy, creating something for myself, and then ball it up and throw it in the trash. It's less about trying to prove something or get on somebody's list or make a fan happy or make a hater mad or convert a non-believer. That's not the case for me anymore. Lupe Fiasco creatingmadhome I do this for the sake of myself. It's a selfish process. I don't really have any expectations from anyone for your comments or your reviews or your previews. Lupe Fiasco selfishsakeexpectations The biggest terrorist is Obama. Lupe Fiasco terroristrapper Just listening to Pac, ain't gon' make it stop Lupe Fiasco rebelactorslistening Before my father would open up a karate school in a particular neighborhood, he'd clean up the block - kick all the drug dealers and gang bangers off the block. My father was very clear: 'I've got guns too, and I'll kill you just as much as a rival gang would.' And he meant it. He was a man of many facets and complexities. Lupe Fiasco blockfatherschool It's really about taking something inherently negative, and starting with the word loser, starting with something that's negative, and changing it into something that's positive, redefining it, but doing it in a certain way, how - like I would say when I look out at the world and you see it's dark and it's just overbearing and every day is depressed, depressed, depressed. What it took was to change my perspective a little bit. Not to change the world, to change my perspective. Lupe Fiasco perspectivedarknegative The biggest budget is the military budget. For what? We're fighting two wars in very small countries that have no nuclear weapons, that have no capabilities to destroy anything. They probably couldn't even get to America. Lupe Fiasco militarywarcountry Your child’s future was the first to go with budget cuts. Lupe Fiasco cuttingchildrenfirsts
