“That should be the measure of success for everyone. It's not money, it's not fame, it's not celebrity; my index of success is happiness.”

Lupe Fiasco

“Didn't have a clue that the rapper was helping the rapers, raiders of the villages, the pillagers of the school....shooters of the innocents, tortures of the witnesses, burners of the businesses..and ...”

Lupe Fiasco

“I used to hate hip-hop, because the women degraded. But Too Short made me laugh, like a hypocrite I played it; a hypocrite I stated, though I only recited half omitting the word b*tch, cursing I would...”

Lupe Fiasco

“Gangsta rap-based filmings became the buildin blocks For children with leakin ceilings catchin drippins with pots Coupled with compositions from Pac, Nas's "It Was Written" In the mix with my realitie...”

Lupe Fiasco

“Hennessy and Hypnotic swallowin, hydroponic coughin and All the world's ills, sittin' on chrome 24-inch wheels”

Lupe Fiasco