17. Be Somebody
[Intro - Lupe Fiasco]
Uh! M.S., Lupe,
You know... I'm a fan, man, I'm a real fan,
I feel real honored to be up in here, you know what I'm sayin'?
They had to bring out the expensive mics for this one,
You know what I'm sayin? The $7000 headphones for this one here,
You know what I'm [bad word] on..talk to em'!

[Verse 1 - Mike]
This is the story of them against us, win or lose,
Forcing your feet into someone else's shoes,
Everybody's got somethin' to say,
That we oughta live their way,
What we're doing's not "okay",
In this world everybody's got a chip on,
Both sides of their neck,
Got no respect, wait up a sec!
You ever feel like the pressure is too much to take,
Too much weight?
Ladies and gentleman,
If anybody can hear me right now please shout back,
We're not the only one's feeling so trapped,
In a dream of somebody else...in fact,
They got their heads full of some overblown scheme,
Opportunity they missed back when they were sixteen,
And all they wanna do is push you to be that,
And all you wanna do is scream back...
 [bad word] - Holly Brook and Mike]
Gonna be somebody...
For anybody telling me I cant,
Gonna be someone...
For anyone who told me I had no chance,
Gonna be somebody...
I'm telling you the time [bad word]  (like that)
Gonna be someone...
And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done.

[Verse 2 - Mike]
We don't sleep to dream,
We sleep to build stamina,
Energy to do our thing,
Get your camera,
Cause this ride is about to begin,
Sit down and buckle it in,
Let me say it again,
In this world everybody's got a chip on,
Both sides of their neck,
Got no respect, wait up a sec!
When I was young,
They said the odds of making it were slim to none,
Ladies and.. [bad word] it,
I'm tired of them saying the dream you have doesn't exist,
Telling you you're worthless, telling you should quit,
Basically telling you that you'll never be [bad word] 
Really, they're [bad word] 'cause they'll never achieve,
Some opportunity they missed back when they sixteen,
And all they wanna do is push you to be that,
And all you wanna do is scream back...

[Verse 3 - Lupe]
Uh!
They're gonna think you're crazy mumblin to yourself,
In the basement all day 'uh-uh-uh'in to yourself,
My pop's didn't dig it, was shovelin' to myself,
My boy's used to get it, they dug it cause they felt,
My undertaking took me I was makin' in my stealth,
wealth of rhymes, of crazy I would chuckle to myself, (ha)
Then they went into the mental rolodex,
See I knew em' by heart like a brain in my chest,
Then I, took em' to school where subjects was getting felt,
Books under my seat, notebook lying on my desk,
My teacher's like, "Mr. Jaco?"
"Yes?"
"With all that knowledge, you aint tryin' to college,
Be a lawyer or a doctor, get a whole lotta dollars,
Rather degrade woman and glorify violence?"
Well the work that works for me, may not work for you,
No homework, I got work to do!
 [bad word] - Holly Brook and Mike]
Gonna be somebody...
For anybody telling me I cant,
Gonna be someone...
For anyone who told me I had no chance,
Gonna be somebody...
I'm telling you the time [bad word]  (like that)
Gonna be someone...
And maybe you'll get it when I'm finally done.

[Outro - Mike]
Yeah, this one goes out to those fantastic human beings,
That keep us down and hold us back,
And give us fuel for what we do...thanks!
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