LUPE FIASCO – SUPERSTAR

Lyrics

[Chorus - Matthew Santos]
If you are what they say you are - a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera's here
And the microphones and they wanna know
If you are that they say you are - a superstar
Then have no fear, the crowd is here
And the lights are on and they want a show
[Verse One - Lupe Fiasco]
A fresh cool young Lu
Trying to cash his microphone check two one two
Want to 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 the design? Did you do something new?
Well you're 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 waitin' for God to come and get me
I'm too uncouth, unschool'd to the rules and too gum shoe
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 what ever you did you undo
Heavy as Heaven, the devil on my two tons too
[Chorus - Matthew Santos]
If you are what they say you are - a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera's here
And the microphones and they wanna know
[Verse Two - 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 out through China nearly misses air liners
Magnified times five this is pointed at the rhymer
Ricochets off the moon and sets the forest ablaze
Now that's important to say 'cause even with all of 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
Un-strap him from the chair and put him back in his cage
The audience ain't fazed and they ain't gone clap and they ain't gone praise
They want everything back that they paid 'cause they been waiting since ten to see the lights get dim
[Chorus - Matthew Santos]
If you are that they say you are - a superstar
Then have no fear, the crowd is here
And the lights are on and they want a show
[Verse Three - 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 songs a 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
Then they all take the stage and start performing for me
[Chorus - Matthew Santos]
If you are what they say you are - a superstar
Then have no fear, the camera's here
And the microphones and they wanna know
If you are that they say you are - a superstar
Then have no fear, the crowd is here
And the lights are on and they want a show

Paroles (Traduction)

[Refrain - Matthew Santos]
Si tu es ce qu'ils disent que tu es - une superstar
Alors n'aie aucune crainte, la caméra est là
Et les micros veulent savoir
Si tu es ce qu'ils disent que tu es - une superstar
Alors n'aie aucune crainte, la foule est là
Et les projecteurs sont allumés et ils veulent un spectacle
[Couplet un - Lupe Fiasco]
Un jeune Lu frais et cool
Essayant d'encaisser son chèque de micro deux un deux
Je veux croire en ma propre hype mais c'est trop faux
Le monde m'a mis à genoux, qu'as-tu apporté toi ?
As-tu amélioré le design ? As-tu fait quelque chose de nouveau ?
Ton nom n'est pas sur la liste des invités, qui t'a amené ?
Toi, la personne plus célèbre qui passe
Et la jolie dame à côté de toi, tu viens aussi
Et puis ça m'a frappé, debout devant le Paradis en attendant que Dieu vienne me chercher
Je suis trop grossier, pas instruit des règles et trop détective
Trop nouveau venu et trop pas cool
Comme Shadow et Lavelle je bataille avec ça bien
Bien que j'aie besoin de vacances comme la dame qui chantait le blues
Reviens en arrière, tout ce que tu as fait, défais-le
Aussi lourd que le Paradis, le diable sur mes deux tonnes aussi
[Refrain - Matthew Santos]
Si tu es ce qu'ils disent que tu es - une superstar
Alors n'aie aucune crainte, la caméra est là
Et les micros veulent savoir
[Couplet deux - Lupe Fiasco]
Et tu ferais mieux de mettre tes lunettes de soleil
Les projecteurs ici peuvent brûler des trous à travers la scène
En bas dans le sous-sol, passant par les tombes indiennes où les dinosaures reposaient
Et dehors en Chine, manquant de peu les avions
Multiplié par cinq, cela est dirigé vers le rimeur
Ricoche sur la l

Thématique La pression du succès

Style Hip-hop

Keywords Sacrifices, Succès

Entités normées Lupe Fiasco, Matthew Santos