Superstar (feat. Matthew Santos)

In the first single off his second concept album The Cool, Lupe Fiasco delivers one of his most popular songs yet with a melancholic, lyrical meditation on the drawbacks of being in the limelight, alongside… Read More [Chorus: Matthew Santos & Lupe Fiasco]

If you are what you say you are (Yeah, yeah)

A superstar (Gon' say now)

Then have no fear, the camera's here (Uh)

And the microphones

And they wanna know, oh, oh, oh (The return)

If you are what you say you are

A superstar (Uh-huh)

Then have no fear, the crowd is here (Yeah)

And the lights are on (Ha)

And they want a show, oh, oh, oh, yeah (Free Chilly)

[Verse 1: Lupe Fiasco]

Yeah, uh, a fresh cool young Lu'

Tryna cash his microphone check, two-one-two

Wanna believe my own hype, but it's too untrue

The world brought me to my knees; "What have you brung? You?

Did you improve on a design? Did you do something new?

Well, your name ain't on the guest list, who brung you?

You—the more famous person—you come through

And the sexy lady next to you, you come too!"

And then it hit me, standing outside of Heaven

Waiting for God to come and get me: I'm too uncouth

Unschooled to the rules and too gumshoe

Too much of a newcomer and too uncool

Like Shadow and Lavelle, I battle with it well

Though I need a holiday like lady who sung blue

"Go back, whatever you did, you undo."

Heavy as Heaven, the Devil on me, two tons too

Ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ha

[Chorus: Matthew Santos]

If you are what you say you are

A superstar

Then have no fear, the camera's here

And the microphones

And they wanna know, oh, oh, oh, yeah

[Verse 2: Lupe Fiasco]

And you better wear your shades

The spotlights here can burn holes through the stage

Down through the basement, past the Indian graves

Where the dinosaurs laid and (Pew!)

Out through China, nearly misses airliners

Magnified times five, this was pointed at the rhymer

Ricochets off the moon and sets the forest ablaze (Woo!)

Now, that's important to say

'Cause even with all that, most of us don't want it to fade

We want it to braid

Meaning we want it to grow, meaning we want it to stay

Like the governor called, and he told him to wait

Unstrap him from the chair, put him back in his cage

The audience ain't fazed

And they ain't gon' clap, and they ain't gon' praise (Uh)

They want everything back (Back) that they've paid

'Cause they've been waiting since ten to see the lights get dim

Ha, ha, ha, ha-ha-ha

[Chorus: Matthew Santos]

If you are what you say you are

A superstar

Then have no fear, the crowd is here

And the lights are on

And they want a show, oh, oh, oh, yeah

[Verse 3: Lupe Fiasco]

So, chauffeur, chauffeur, come and take me away

'Cause I've been standing in this line for, like, five whole days

Me and security ain't getting along, and when I got to the front

They told me all of the tickets were gone

So just take me home where the mood is mellow

And the roses are thrown, M&M's are yellow

And the light bulbs around my mirror don't flicker

Everybody gets a nice autograph picture

One for you and one for your sister

Who had to work tonight but is an avid listener

Every song's her favorite song; and mics don't feedback

All the reviewers say, "You need to go and see that!"

And everybody claps, 'cause everybody is pleased

And then, they all take the stage and start performing for me

Like, "Ha, ha, ha-ha-ha"

"Ha, ha, ha-ha-ha, ha"

[Chorus: Matthew Santos & Lupe Fiasco]

If you are what you say you are

A superstar (Star)

Then have no fear, the camera's here

And the microphones

And they wanna know, oh, oh, oh (Yeah)

[Outro: Matthew Santos]

If you are

What you say you are

Then have no fear